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2013/06/20 05:07
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Facing intense pressure from the state's media organizations and government watchdogs, California's Assembly leaders agreed on Wednesday to preserve tough provisions of the state's open records laws...
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2013/06/20 03:44
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SACRAMENTO — The Senate and Assembly are taking different approaches to dousing the firestorm over provisions approved with the state budget on Friday that would make it optional for local governments...
2013/06/20 03:44
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SACRAMENTO — State politicians were granted 5.3 percent raises on Wednesday, now that California government is enjoying an infusion of cash from November’s voter-approved Proposition 30 tax...
2013/06/20 02:58
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Soon after legislators approved the state budget over the weekend, a couple of local school districts discovered they will have to make revisions to their 2013-14 budgets after approving them by the...
2013/06/20 02:29
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That is unless public officials choose not to comply to save a few bucks.That's essentially how the state would amend the act by way of two budget trailer bills, AB 76 and SB 71, that threaten to gut...
2013/06/20 01:58
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The tussling over the California Public Records Act took a new turn Wednesday as Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said the Senate will hold any bill from the Assembly that contains amendments...
2013/06/20 01:53
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Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders are praising the state's existing law requiring public access to government documents -- even though there's disagreement about a new budget provision to make...
2013/06/20 01:53
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If the measure passes the Assembly and Senate, Gov. Jerry Brown would essentially be left with a choice: signing a budget bill that places restrictions on the state’s open meeting laws or one that...
2013/06/20 01:33
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The Legislature's Democratic leaders are pledging to address a budget bill that threatens public access to information held by local governments, but to do so in different ways. The attempts to...
2013/06/20 00:54
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Facing intense public criticism, the Legislature's Democratic leaders on Wednesday prepared to back away from the provisions of a budget bill that threatened public access to information held by local...
2013/06/20 00:44
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Former California lieutenant governor and state legislator Abel Maldonado was in San Diego Wednesday to push his proposed initiative to repeal the 2011 legislation that shifted low-level offenders to...
2013/06/20 00:39
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As Jerry Brown and the legislature approach a final budget deal, there is some tempered good news for adults needing help paying for dental care. At this writing, the budget calls for $17 million for...
2013/06/20 00:25
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The mayors of California’s largest cities met with Governor Jerry Brown today. They talked about a host of issues including prison realignment, high speed rail and the governor’s proposed Delta water...
2013/06/19 21:58
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Brown and legislators versus California public First we learn that our state legislators continue to use gut and amend to pass bills that they know the public will find odious. Then, if that's not...
2013/06/19 21:21
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Although it's not always in the spotlight, health care advocates have been dealing with continuous cuts to health care services over the years due to the state's dismal fiscal climate. One of the most...
2013/06/19 21:02
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SACRAMENTO – The commission that sets the pay for California lawmakers and statewide elected officials such as the governor and attorney general voted Wednesday to restore a 5 percent pay cut it made...
2013/06/19 20:58
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While open-records advocates urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto legislation that would weaken California's open-records law, crime victim advocates are raising objections to language in the same bill that...
2013/06/19 20:57
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RICHMOND -- The West Contra Costa school district board ratified a three-year contract with its teachers Wednesday that calls for 2 percent annual increases in compensation. The teachers' bargaining...
2013/06/19 20:29
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Wednesday's vote was 5-1 in favor of restoring the wages to 2011 levels. Chairman Thomas Dalzell, a labor attorney appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, opted not to vote because a tie-breaker was not...
2013/06/19 20:18
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SACRAMENTO — Pay for Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and other top elected officials is going up, a state commission decided Wednesday. The California Citizens Compensation Commission voted 5-1 to...