Friday, March 16, 2012
- Prisoners Paid $7.4 Million in Workers' Comp
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		TIME TO REPEAL THE GOVERNOR'S FIRE TAX
		
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		SDUT: GOP: Repeal fire tax
		
 - LATimes($): Republicans to propose repeal of California fire tax
 - RivPE: FIREFIGHTING: Republicans try to scrap fire fee
 
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		CCTimes: Despite merger of California tax initiatives, proponents will also go their own ways
		
 - State of Play
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		LATimes($): California lawmaker seeks plea deal on gun charges
		
 - SacBee: Donnelly seeking plea deal
 - CalCap: To Qualify His New Initiative for the November Ballot, Gov. Brown Faces an Almost Impossibly Tight Deadline
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		BakCal: McCarthy, rail chairman spar over project
		
 - CCTimes: State political watchdog approves $30,000 fine against Schwarzenegger
 - CCTimes: California judges win temporary reprieve from online financial disclosure rule
 - LATimes($): State ethics panel delays posting judges' financial disclosures
 - SacBee: Judge rejects UC Davis pepper-spray report secrecy
 - SacBee:AM Alert: Capitol insiders dissect upcoming California elections
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		VCS:New academic standards moving into local schools
		
 - VOSD: San Diego Explained: Last Hired, First Fired (21)
 - SanGabTrib:Baldwin Park to break ground for new Transit Center
 - SanGabTrib:New Temple City director comes from beleaguered First 5 LA agency
 - SanGabTrib:Rosemead to remain with current trash hauler, commercial rates to rise
 - SanGabTrib:Baldwin Park Unified School District mulls parcel tax
 - SanGabTrib:Database: Local school districts issue layoff notices to more than 500 teachers
 - LADN: Dispute continues over new council districts
 - LATimes($): Black L.A. council members protest redistricting
 - LATimes($): Panel exempts city officials from conflict rules on appointments
 - OCReg: 1,517 O.C. school employees face job losses
 - OCReg: Judge: Assemblyman Norby's motel stay legal
 - OCReg:Fullerton overcharged water users millions in fees
 - OCReg:New life for Laura's Law? Mental health bill may help
 - OCReg: Union man goes door to door for Assembly seat
 - OCReg: Rep. Loretta Sanchez faces 4 challengers
 - LATimes($): Democrats see openings in Inland Empire
 - RivPE: REDLANDS: Congressman discusses projects that earmarks helped fund
 - RivPE: 2012 ELECTIONS: Liberatore joins race for desert congressional seat
 - RivPE: LOMA LINDA: City likely to cancel election
 - SBSun: Lawsuit seeks to count disqualified ballots in San Bernardino city clerk race
 - SBSun: Former San Bernardino school district employee awarded $550,00 in back pay as well as job
 - SBSun: Water board approves first fine for Pacific Gas & Electric over Hinkley water
 - DesSun:Indian Wells City Council cuts most of its perks
 - DesSun:Special Indio City Council closed session to focus on labor talks
 - DesSun:Occupy Coachella Valley protesters urge vote on 'foreclosure tax'
 - RivPE: JURUPA VALLEY: Rubidoux water board OK increase
 - RivPE: LAKE ELSINORE: Council to start city manager search
 - RivPE: RIVERSIDE: New board OKs old redevelopment debts
 - SDUT: Heavy hitters fund SD pension initiative
 - NCTimes: REGION: NCTD seeks more power over transit parking lots
 - SDUT: Big money poised to ramp up mayor's race
 - SDUT: Slater-Price endorses Democrat Dave Roberts
 - NCTimes: OCEANSIDE: City contesting $1.6 million sewage fine
 
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The Golden Pen
		OCReg: Victor Davis Hanson: Who's to blame in California?
		
 - FresBee: EDITORIAL: CalPERS, state put off moment of reckoning
 - SBSun: Leaders ignore expert's advice on CalPERS
 - DesSun:Our Voice: Politicians should put actions behind transparency talk
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		CPR: Texas vs. California: Why the Lone Star State is More Appealing
		
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		OCReg: Editorial: California government opaque online
		
 - OCReg: Editorial: Supervisors' critics proof of their wisdom
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		CalWatchdog: NEW: AB 1500 Would Kill More Calif. Businesses
		
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: ObamaCare: Can You Say 'Trillions?'
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: DeVore Explains Why He Left for Tex
 - NCTimes: EDITORIAL: Let ACLU foot the bill
 - RivPE: STATE: Vote-shift ruse
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		OCReg: We need gas, not algae, in our tanks
		
 - LATimes($): Healthcare wasn't broken
 - F&H Daily: California’s New Insane Way To Pay Its Bills
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		F&H Daily:Brown Surrenders on Ballot Tax Measure
		
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		F&H Daily:Business Could Oppose Compromise Tax Initiative
		
 - SFChron: Obamacare drives up health care costs for everyone
 - CPR: California’s Endangered Charter Schools: Regulation by Teachers’ Unions
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		SacBee: Dan Walters: Big hazard for Jerry Brown's new tax plan
		
 - SacBee: Editorial: Boehner's Natomas tour is a good sign
 - SacBee: The Buzz: Cooley's the only Democrat in 8th Assembly District race
 - SacBee: In Elk Grove, and around state, students protest budget cuts
 - SacBee: With rising gas prices, Capitol Corridor train ridership jumps 11 percent
 - CCTimes: Bay Area schools send out fewer teacher layoff notices than anticipated
 - SFChron: Gascón questions Mirkarimi's guilty plea
 - SJMerc: Sewer, water rates headed up in San Bruno
 - OakTrib: UC Berkeley professors condemn light punishment for administrator
 - CCT Political Blotter: AD 18 brawl erupts over SEIU's 'un-endorsement'
 - CCTimes: Santa Clara OKs final 49ers stadium deals, including loan increase of up to $100 million
 - SJMerc: Measure would give San Jose libraries bigger budget slice
 - BakCal: Height of Isabella dams could rise 16 feet
 - BakCal: Election notebook: Endorsement made in supervisor race, more
 - ModBee: Ailing Modesto school to get $3M grant
 - SLO Trib: Water worries thwart plan
 - SCS:Crews fight off San Lorenzo River to save Boardwalk
 - SFChron: Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk at risk due to rains
 - SLO Trib: Study divvies up costs of roads for retailers
 - VCS:Officials take second swing at grant money for highway project
 - VCS:Fourth-quarter taxable sales in county reflect slowly recovering economy
 
