Capitol Weekly

From HealthyCal: LAO says AB 32 will cost jobs

2010-03-09T08:34:52Z

Assessment contained in letter to Dave Cogdill

PG&E's price tag for Prop.16 could reach $35 million

2010-03-09T17:27:34Z

Requires two-thirds vote to create local electrical utilities, public-power districts

From Ed Mendel: Deals raised CalSTRS pensions, cut state costs

2010-03-09T20:27:48Z

Deal-making shows how CalSTRS is different from other funds

From Greg Lucas: Millions for nonexistent higher education enrollment growth

2010-03-09T20:24:00Z

Governor's budget offers $112 million to CSU, UC even though both predicting declines

From PolitiCal: Panel eyeing 10 percent pay cut for lawmakers

2010-03-09T20:31:36Z

Poizner releases excerpt from upcoming memoir...Credibility questions for Campbell's Senate campaign...

Reporter's Notebook: Covering Jerry

2010-03-07T22:57:27Z

The next eight months are going to be very interesting: Will the canoe still float?

State's game wardens focus of TV show

2010-03-08T17:58:51Z

National Geographic Channel's 'Wild Justice' eyes DFG

Dan Weintraub: Dems pass plan to rescue some state aid to transit

2010-03-04T19:28:11Z

Complex tax swap would free up hundreds of millions of dollars

Court sides with Schwarzenegger on medical board furloughs, fee shift

2010-03-04T19:30:44Z

CMA pondering whether to appeal

New speaker sees ‘pathway’ for Maldo’s confirmation

2010-03-04T07:36:14Z

Lite gov process may drag out for weeks but boosts Dems’ hopes of getting Senate seat

Battle over ‘fire tax’ heating up in Capitol

2010-03-03T20:56:26Z

Equity, tax-vs.-fee,issue play key roles

California tribes get $1.5 million from feds for conservation

2010-03-03T20:57:57Z

Gaming tribes among recipients, say casinos help fund restoration

A Brief Proposition 98 primer

2010-03-03T21:02:35Z

Proposition 98 fight at core of state budget debate

2010-03-03T21:01:23Z

The fight for ‘heritage schools:’ Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day

2010-03-03T21:04:13Z

Redistricting: An expensive experiment gone wrong

2010-03-03T21:05:56Z

Personnel Profile: Robert Durell

2010-03-03T21:08:51Z

Photographer behind the current “Decade Under the Dome” photo exhibit

State overhauls workers’ travel bookings, goes in-house

2010-03-04T17:02:41Z

DGS severs ties to dozens of small firms; travel agents cry foul

Skinny

2010-03-03T20:59:02Z

Pension reform in 17 states, but not California

2010-03-03T21:19:01Z

Experts Expound

2010-03-03T21:11:25Z

Big Daddy

2010-03-03T21:14:29Z

Politics at The Theater:“Women of Juarez”

2010-03-03T21:21:00Z

Dining Out: Lumberjacks

2010-03-04T11:30:01Z

David Jensen in HealthyCal: Stem cell agency facing new challenges

2010-03-03T08:00:26Z

Transparency, structure eyed in Alquist legislation

Sen. Roy Ashburn arrested for DUI

2010-03-03T22:57:32Z

GOP lawmaker from Bakersfield arrested early this morning; 2nd person was in the car

Jerry Brown formally launches campaign for governor

2010-03-02T19:19:20Z

"Insider's knowledge but an outsider's mind:" Former two-term governor wants old job back

Jerry Brown in his own words

2010-03-02T13:13:22Z

Judge rules some furloughed state workers eligible for back pay

2010-02-26T11:08:02Z

Administration plans immediate appeal; 50,000 employees could be affected

From Dan Weintraub: Oh, Canada: Are they beating us on health care, too?

2010-03-02T08:02:27Z

Single-payer plan: Mark Leno picks up where Sheila Kuehl left off

Podcast: It's the little things

2010-02-26T08:32:21Z

Anthony York and John Myers discuss the state budget and the week that was in California politics. Don't forget the green eyeshade...

What a difference a year makes: Without a cash crunch, lawmakers opt to wait out fiscal crisis

2010-02-24T19:25:14Z

Democrats want to wait until spring before adopting major new spending cuts

State’s environmental rules may be eased for major projects

2010-02-24T19:27:42Z

Bi-partisan plan bypasses judicial review, fails in early test

Capitol Weekly Calendar

2010-02-25T17:13:53Z

Political events, fundraisers, hearings, entertainment for the Capitol community

Group effort pushed minority outreach for Redistricting Commission

2010-02-24T19:30:29Z

Prompted by scant state resources – and nonprofits’ donations – panel sees surge in minority applicants

From CalPensions' Ed Mendel: Public pension ‘spiking’ targeted in new legislation

2010-02-25T07:49:44Z

Some state workers work out of state

2010-02-26T13:23:29Z

Including New York, Chicago and Houston

Skinny

2010-02-24T18:44:26Z

If they won’t drink the Kool-Aid, pour ‘em a Coke

2010-02-24T17:31:25Z

Water bond needed to protect water, environment, economy

2010-02-24T17:29:19Z

Preventing courts from considering parental alienation will harm kids

2010-02-24T17:27:08Z

Author's Corner: Steven Hill

2010-02-24T17:20:35Z

Author of "Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age.”

Experts Expound

2010-02-24T17:21:57Z

Big Daddy

2010-02-24T17:41:08Z

Movie Review

2010-02-24T18:08:44Z

A trip to the Oscars.

Dining Out: Sacramento Beer Week

2010-02-24T18:32:47Z

Hot yoga guru warms to Jerry Brown

2010-02-24T11:34:28Z

Gives $25,900 to campaign -- the maximum allowed

From HealthyCal: Is Anthem scenario a sign of things to come?

2010-02-24T15:51:23Z

Dan Weintraub: Most disturbing is the loss of 25,000 customers in California in past year

Letter to the Editor

2010-02-24T17:32:49Z

Liberal advocacy group launches Web-based ad blitz against Whitman

2010-02-24T11:40:08Z

Courage Campaign seeks to punch holes in GOP frontrunner’s moderate image

Public pension plan targets ‘spiking,’ double-dipping

2010-02-19T14:28:54Z

All pension funds -- CalPERS, STRS and locals -- would be covered

Dismissed as obscure and irrelevant, 'lite gov’ draws new attention

2010-02-18T07:12:37Z

Maldonado confirmation, Newsom option raises political profile of No. 2 gig

Poll: $11.4 billion water bond may be in trouble

2010-02-18T18:23:15Z

More than half oppose plan in early survey

Whitman files FPPC complaint over Dems' 'Level the Playing Field'

2010-02-19T10:36:57Z

Her campaign says rival committee fails to identify sponsors, funding

'Crash tax’ gaining ground in California

2010-02-19T16:58:44Z

But critics cite inequities, double taxation

Opinion: Fighting for the rights of the average Californian

2010-02-18T07:18:35Z

When government fails to protect the public, the attorney steps in

GOP hits Dems in Spanish-language media over Maldo

2010-02-18T13:30:39Z

See rejection of Lt. Gov. nominee as wedge issue, but some aren’t buying it

Wesson COS Bonpua dies

2010-02-17T19:55:38Z

Gov signs new tribal gaming pact with Pinoleville Pomo Nation

2010-02-17T19:54:19Z

Tribal Gaming: By The Numbers

2010-02-17T20:02:54Z

Yes, Sen. Pavley: The sky is falling, and so is California’s prosperity

2010-02-17T20:05:11Z

Parental Alienation must be excluded from all custody hearings

2010-02-17T20:07:07Z

Food fight: Small vendors spar over DGS contracting

2010-02-18T10:51:19Z

Group wants to repeal Price bill they supported last year

Personnel Profile: Nate Phelps

2010-02-17T20:13:29Z

Famed for his “God Hates Fags” protests

Retiree health: bigger problem than pensions?

2010-02-17T20:20:40Z

Skinny

2010-02-17T19:52:42Z

Experts Expound

2010-02-17T23:25:08Z

Politics At The Movies

2010-02-17T20:23:07Z

“Temple Grandin” and the hipness of autism

Dining Out: Panda Express

2010-02-17T20:25:16Z

Big Daddy

2010-02-17T20:16:52Z

From HealthyCal: Fumigant Methyl Iodide poses health risk

2010-02-16T18:05:48Z

New study targets compound used in strawberry fields, elsewhere

Retiree health care: a bigger problem than pensions?

2010-02-15T11:05:27Z

From Ed Mendel: State's debt on promised coverage swells to $58 billion

Podcast: How do you define rejection?

2010-02-12T13:22:49Z

This week, Anthony York and John Myers discuss Abel Maldonado, the constitution and the definition of rejection

Constitutional convention effort "calls it quits"

2010-02-12T14:31:05Z

No money to gather signatures for two ballot initiatives

Governor withdrawing Maldonado nomination from Assembly

2010-02-12T18:33:58Z

But he'll resubmit it to launch new 90-day clock, jump-start negotiations

What does “nonpartisan” mean?

2010-02-13T08:06:42Z

Millions of dollars pledged to Jerry Brown, other Dems

2010-02-10T20:32:45Z

Unions, allies flex political muscle

Anti-casino group says leader of rival tribe not Indian

2010-02-10T20:34:57Z

Graton’s Greg Sarris refutes claim, says there is no authority to remove him

Analyst walks a tight rope, tells truth to power

2010-02-11T08:02:43Z

Mac Taylor at center stage in budget fight

Evans lambasts DPH for “unilateral” cuts to Every Woman Counts

2010-02-10T20:49:20Z

Administration said program hit by falling Prop. 99 revenues

Budget pain: Cutting vital programs misses the human element

2010-02-10T20:44:37Z

Has the Governor declared war on the state’s elderly?

2010-02-12T13:01:26Z

The human dimension of the looming budget cuts could be devastating

Health care: Is Schwarzenegger turning his back on the children?

2010-02-10T20:46:02Z

What part of 65,000 jobs and cleaner air don’t they understand?

2010-02-10T20:47:43Z

State’s political watchdog details campaign cash

2010-02-10T21:18:37Z

Big Daddy

2010-02-10T20:53:52Z

Brown asks CalPERS, STRS to sever ties to Iran-linked firms

2010-02-10T20:39:18Z

Furlough suits clog courts in budget fight

2010-02-10T20:57:06Z

Experts Expound

2010-02-10T20:51:28Z

Skinny

2010-02-10T20:37:46Z

CHP union exec: lower pensions for new hires?

2010-02-10T20:58:37Z

Movie Reviews

2010-02-10T21:00:49Z

Valentine's Day and Wolfman

Dining Out: Noodles & Co.

2010-02-10T21:02:29Z

2010-02-11T15:50:35Z

Backers promise millions of dollars to aid Jerry Brown, other candidates

2010-02-10T19:26:29Z

Unions, Democrats, allies flex political muscle

Maldonado: Assembly Rules paves way for Thursday floor vote

2010-02-09T20:02:14Z

But nominee's fate uncertain before the full house

Pension fund middlemen: New controls, no ban

2010-02-10T10:05:16Z

From Ed Mendel: CalPERS, CalSTRS backing legislation

Health care: Is Schwarzenegger turning his back on the children?

2010-02-08T10:38:27Z

A year after Obama signs CHIPRA, governor's earlier support is waning

Laird claims his own poll gives him slight edge over Blakeslee

2010-02-09T15:48:43Z

But potential matchup depends on whether Maldonado is confirmed

Brown asks CalPERS, STRS to sever ties to Iran-linked firms

2010-02-08T16:58:21Z

Likely candidate for governor says divestiture is overdue