Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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		REPUBLICANS DELIVER BUDGET FIXES WITH NO NEW TAXES AND ESSENTIAL REFORMS
		
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		Prop 8 Beat Roger Niello in His Own Assembly District. A Conservative Can Win In AD-5
		
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		LAT: Ethics probe aims at lawmaker's home
		
 - SFChron: Brown's favorite charities get millions
 
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		OC Reg: Schwarzenegger signs budget bills, cuts $489 million more
		
 - NYTimes: California Budget Trimmed Further
 - SJMerc: Schwarzenegger signs budget, makes major cuts to programs
 - SFChron: Governor slashes half a billion more
 - LADN: Governor signs 'good, bad, ugly' budget
 - LAT: Governor cuts $500 million, signs budget
 - FresBee: Governor makes deeper cuts to balance budget
 - WSJ: Governor Signs California Budget
 - SJMerc: Schwarzenegger cuts nearly $500 million more from state programs
 - VentStar: Governor cuts millions, signs budget
 - SBSun: Schwarzenegger signs budget with more welfare cuts
 - SDUT: Governor hacks $656M more from budget
 - Sac Bee: State could be in for an encore unless everything goes right
 - SFChron: Balanced budget is painful yet still precarious
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		LAT: Pundits and the California budget
		
 - SacBee: A State of Confusion editorial: Safety net takes hit in this budget
 - FresBee: State must improve its work force efficiency
 - LAT: Line-item vetoes
 - SacBee: The new budget
 - OakTrib: Analysis: Governor appeared to relish role of government slasher
 - LAT: State tax collectors denied exemption from furloughs
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		LAPD gets federal stimulus money to hire 50 officers
		
 - OakTrib: Feds award Oakland the most funding for cops in California
 - SacBee: Federal aid going to Sacramento police, but Sheriff's Department left out in the cold
 - StockRec:Police funds confirmed
 - BakCal: Police department to add 17 new officers, restore special units
 - OCReg: $6.7 million federal grant means 18 new cops in Santa Ana
 - SBSun: Stimulus money allows Inland Empire cities to hire more cops
 - ModBee: Grant restores valley police jobs
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		Red State: Rep. Maxine Waters (D) Let's primary Blue Dogs.
		
 - Hum Events: Blue Dog Dems Report Card
 - The Hill: Rep. Waters warns Blue Dogs to beware 2010
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		Politico: Arnold touts Hollywood tax incentives
		
 - LADN: Film, TV projects line up for $67.5 million in incentives
 - Hum. Events: Keep Your Eyes on California
 - US News: The Lessons of California and New York
 - LADN: Influential Latino vote up for grabs in Governor race
 - Brown Has 2nd Thoughts
 - LAT: Guess Jeans co-founder loses $370 million in suit
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		American Spectator: The Coming Demise of the Strange Co-Presidency of the United States
		
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		SFChron: Dire forecast for fire season in the West
		
 - SDUT: Wildfire season looking to be bad, forecast says
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		LAT: L.A.'s water misers
		
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		LAT: Does Schwarzenegger care about nursing care?
		
 - LAT: California schools chief reacts to U.S. criticism on teacher evaluation
 - OakTrib: Political Blotter: Marijuana legalization ballot measure proposed
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		OC Reg: Hard Times: Calif. had 1 in 4 of major U.S. layoffs in June
		
 - SFChron: Could recession zap California's population boom?
 - LAT: We're No. 1: U.S. consumer confidence is worst in Far West
 - PE: State workers protest in San Bernardino
 
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The Golden Pen
		National Review: Better Parties, Better Goverment
		
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		SacBee: California state budget deficit still looms for next year
		
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		VentStar: Drill, baby then stop?
		
 - Politico: Time for true pension reform
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		SacBee: Roger Carrick: California should be pumped about its oil
		
 - WSJ: Let's Break up the Fed
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		SFChron: $7.5 mil payout backed in S.F. police case
		
 - SJMerc: Obama nominates Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute CEO to run USGS
 - OakTrib: Oakland council selects AMB/CCG for former Army base development
 - CC Times Politics Blog: Concord blog targets local GOP with petition
 - SacBee: Volunteers help fill law enforcement gaps
 - SacBee: Sacramento County's budget veers into the red again
 - SacBee: 'Cash for clunkers' program boosts Sacramento-area auto dealers
 - StockRec: Stockton to pay $4M in sewer spill settlement
 - ModBee: Stanislaus sheriff's race off to early start
 - ModBee: Cardoza pressed on health care during Modesto rally
 - ModBee: New Patterson distributor to bring 150 to 200 jobs to area
 - FresBee: Developer in Fresno's Uptown to start sixth project
 - FresBee: Drought relief in Fresno Co. gets $4m in food aid
 - FresBee: County bungles children's services again
 - SC Sentinel: Kirby Nicol foes must collect 1,532 signatures for recall by Oct. 26
 - SC Sentinel: Video clip comparing Palin, Santa Cruz woman popular on Huffington Post
 - SLO Tribune: California Mid-State Fair: Fans get a KISS of rock
 - VentStar: Ventura tightens regulations for massage studios
 - VentStar: Ventura County braces for state raids on coffers
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		LADN: Villaraigosa calls for changes to business tax classifications
		
 - LADN: Riordan backs Christine Essel in City Council District 2 race
 - LAT: L.A. City Council considers providing loan for Cirque du Soleil performances
 - LAT: Los Angeles County Museum of Art cancels its weekend film program
 - SanGabTrib:Whittier, San Gabriel Valley-area cities deal with losing property tax to the state
 - SanGabTrib:Caltech presidents seeks mental health task force in wake of recent suicides
 - SanGabTrib:DA asks for more investigation on fatal Pico Rivera shootings
 - SanGabTrib:Recall group barred from signature count
 - SanGabTrib:El Monte voters asked to stop electing mayor, ban overnight parking
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		SBSun: Newsom makes his pitch in San Bernardino
		
 - RivPE: Newsom touts 2-year budget cycles
 - SBSun: Minuteman Project demands recognition for slain border agent at San Bernardino protest
 - RivPE: The state budget agreement may be good news for Riverside's Citrus State Historic Park, which was on a list to be closed
 - RivPE: More cuts to budget denounced
 - RivPE: Probe the DA? No
 - IVDB: Berry out as Grand Terrace acting city manager
 - VVDP: Erwin charges county with false arrest, civil conspiracy
 - Des Sun: New hazardous waste dump site opens in Palm Springs
 - Des Sun: Palm Springs Planning Commission sends hotel plans back
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		OC Reg: UCI budget cuts rocket up to $77 million
		
 - OCReg: Editorial: Planning agency loses sight of mission
 - LAT: Swine flu keeps Orange County men's jail under quarantine
 - OCReg: OC Fair employee diagnosed with swine flu
 - LAT: O.C. sheriff warns more cuts likely next year
 - OCReg: Sheriff targets her own brass to save
 - OCReg: Nativo Lopez may settle voter-fraud charges
 - OCReg: Garden Grove tests LED street lights
 - OC Reg: Home foreclosures drop in 61 O.C. ZIPsThe mortgage market
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		Voice of SD: Next Stop for Train: Del Mar Fairgrounds?
		
 - SDUT: A tangled web
 - SDUT:La Mesan convicted for Obama threats
 - SDUT: PolBlog: Ethics panel process derailed
 - SDUT: Hot Seat: Bill Gore
 - SDUT:A new law, lower prices put big bite in metal thefts
 - SDUT: City Council puts brakes on pedicabs
 - SDUT:Fewer officers but more tickets
 - NCTimes: Chamber of Commerce CEO retiring
 - OC Reg: State wants to ban cooling system that kills sea lions at electric plants like San Onofre. Pricetag: Billions
 - NCTimes: Recall threat driving policy, some say
 - SDUT:Local housing prices inch up
 - NCTimes: Boxer takes up request by nuke plant activists
 - NCTimes: Homeowner prepares to seek city permit, risks losing backyard ballfield
 - NCTimes: Community clinics to gain about $10M in fed stimulus
 
