Wednesday, March 28, 2012
- TAX "COMPROMISE" WOULD WORSEN BUDGET PROBLEMS
- A USER'S GUIDE TO THE OBAMACARE ARGUMENTS IN THE SUPREME COURT
- Nathan Fletcher: Results, Not Politics - YouTube
- SDUT: Mayoral candidate Fletcher quits GOP, turns independent
- VOSD: Fletcher Ditches the GOP
- SacBee: APNewsBreak: Fletcher bolts GOP in San Diego
- Calwhine: Bullet train derailed? Path to demise looking clear! Woo. Hoo.
- OCReg: Bill would ban hiring requests for Facebook passwords
- CCT Political Blotter: Leland Yee introduces social media privacy act
- ModBee: Olsen rolls out legislation targeting teacher-student romances
- SacBee: State Senate committee to hold hearing on Caltrans' Bay Bridge review panel
- LATimes($): Justice's skepticism a bad sign for health law
- LATimes($): Lawmaker wants to bar bosses from demanding Facebook, Twitter data
- OCReg: Magic Johnson group gets Dodgers for $2B
- LATimes($): Magic Johnson group to buy Dodgers
- LADN: Magic Johnson group to buy L.A. Dodgers for record $2B
- SBSun: Dodgers reach deal with Magic Johnson group
- SanGabTrib:Magic Johnson group to buy L.A. Dodgers for record $2B
- RivPE: Record $2 billion offered to buy Dodgers
- SFChron: Dodgers' magic number: $2 billion
- CCTimes: Solyndra informed U.S. of finances, restructuring, officer says
- VCS:Strickland hosts Romney fundraiser in L.A.
- CCTimes: Rick Santorum to rally at Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield
- CCT Political Blotter: Romney rolls out California leadership team
- First Lady Michelle Obama extends CA visit to hit Alameda, Los Angeles Saturday
- Politico: Plea likely in embezzlement case
- OCReg:Campaign treasurer Durkee: Prosecutors allege $7 million fraud
- LATimes($): Additional charges filed in Kinde Durkee case
- SacBee: Democratic campaign treasurer Kinde Durkee expected to plead guilty to stealing millions
- SacBee:Dan Walters Daily: Judicial Council pulls the plug
- LATimes($): Courts pull plug on overbudget computer-modernization project
- SJMerc: California courts scrap $2 billion tech project
- RivPE: WILDFIRES: Senators urge outside review of tanker shortage
- SJMerc: Water bond teeters, may be pulled from 2012 ballot
- LATimes($): A win for Jerry Brown in school budget fight
- SCS:SVUSD anticipates $15.3 million in 2012-13
- SCS:Santa Cruz gives initial blessing for Ironman: Organizers working to fund $100K bid fee, other costs
- SCS:Board puts personal finances on the line for County Fair's $200k loan
- SLO Trib: Power towers get upgrades on Cuesta Grade
- SLO Trib: Homeless parking plan gets OK
- SLO Trib: Teachers in Paso agree to furloughs
- SLO Trib: Road improvements begin in North and South County
- VCS: Rallying around Brownley
- VCS:Thousand Oaks Council swears in new member, sets priorities
- VCS:One-strike policy maintained for Oxnard public housing
- VCS:Supervisors push for revising opt-out program for smart meters
- VCS:Simi Valley council delays decision on mandatory pit-bull neutering
- VCS:Mark Lorenzen named new chief of Ventura County Fire Department
- SanGabTrib:Facing pressure from minority groups, Mt. SAC board to vote on trustee redistricting plan
- SanGabTrib:Walnut candidates raise old issues
- SanGabTrib:Hundreds protest layoffs at Baldwin Park Unified meeting
- LATimes($): State teachers union backs Republican for Assembly seat
- LADN: Red-light scofflaws will catch a break
- LADN: L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa accused of trying to stifle criticism of LAFD
- LADN: LAPD chief Charlie Beck defends handling of profiling claims
- SFChron: Possible conflict seen in oversight of Coliseum
- LADN: Sheriff's Aero Bureau to be audited
- LADN: NFL Stadium EIR goes public on April 5
- OCReg: Fired Capo coach could get $79,559 handshake
- OCReg:Higher water rates on tap? Rates could be double 8 years ago
- OCReg: Lone Republican takes on 4 Democrats in Assembly race
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Ballot measure goes forward
- SBSun: Board of Supervisors approves pay-cut initiative for ballot
- RivPE: SAN BERNARDINO: Judge rules against Derry in ballot issue
- SBSun: SBIA may serve as Sheriff's aviation base, but redevelopment complications surround plan
- SBSun: Rialto council votes for contract with American Water Works
- DesSun:Palm Springs City Council sets Measure J Oversight Commission interviews
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors pledge help for budget-battered cities
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Indio jail expansion a partial remedy, officials say
- RivPE: HIGHLAND: New San Manuel tribal leader elected
- SDUT: 'Kony' exec jokes about pocketing $900K
- SDUT: Schools health trust to divulge trips
- SDUT: Supervisor gets county money to visit China
- VOSD: Tax Hike Details Remain Secret
- NCTimes: SAN MARCOS: Land deal aims to jump-start University District
- Politico: Romney's 4-car fantasy home
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The Golden Pen
HumEvnts:Eve of the budget debate - SacBee: Dan Walters: Legislative mischief on 'trailer bills' becomes easier
- CalWatchdog: NEW: Tax and Spend, Tax and Spend
- WSJ: A Constitutional Awakening
- HumEvnts:Cheaper American alternatives are already here
- CalWatchdog: NEW: S.F. Upholds Right to Hold Public Officials Accountable
- F&H Daily:Poll: Governor's Tax Proposal Could be Undercut by the Economy and Business' Response
- F&H Daily:Moody's Says Climate Change Rules are Emerging Risk for California Refiners
- CapWkly: Opinion: Injured workers benefit most from recovery
- NatlRev: Obamacare Mandates Justified by ‘Interstate Commerce’?
- AmerSpec: Preacher Maggie
- Townhall: Job Killers
- Politico: Streamline the federal government
- WSJ: The Trayvon Martin Tragedies
- Reason: Justices Raise Powerful Objections to Mandate
- WSJ: Demand for U.S. Debt Is Not Limitless
- SacBee: 'Astronaut' OK in bio, but maybe not on ballot
- OCReg: Editorial: Justice Kennedy drives debate on mandate
- OCReg: Supreme Court arguments day two: "a train wreck" for Obamacare
- DesSun:Valley Voice: Boxer should support bill to ease pest control rules
- OCReg: Steven Greenhut: Water socialists are all wet
- RivPE: STATE: Budget tangles
- NCTimes: EDITORIAL: Consequences of fiscal folly
- SDUT: State agency still persecuting city
- SacBee: Elk Grove to discuss restriction on smoking in rental apartments
- SacBee: Sacramento City Council approves water, sewer rate increases
- SacBee: Heroin use surges in suburban, affluent Placer County
- SacBee: Sacramento airport officials take closer look at walkway safety if people mover breaks down
- SacBee: El Dorado Irrigation District approves new multiyear rate structure
- CCT Political Blotter: Endorsement tiff causes county-state GOP rift
- OakTrib: Bill approved by state Senate committee would halt Metropolitan Transportation Commission move until audit is complete
- SFChron: S.F. local-hire law passes 1st 'test,' backers say
- CCTimes: Walnut Creek law would allow crackdowns on all bars
- CCTimes: Critics say Martinez council should scratch lice ruling
- SJMerc: Credit downgrade to cost San Jose $350,000 a year
- SJMerc: Council signs off on priority repairs
- FresBee: Homeless told to vacate private property in Fresno
- FresBee: Fresno ranks low nationally in recession recovery
- FresBee: Fed-up Fresno County prosecutor switches to defense
- FresBee: Fresno County supervisors back away from criticism of high-speed rail
- BakCal: Buck stops with the supervisors? Apparently not
- FresBee: Labor walk-out delays, alters Renee Fleming's Fresno concert
- BakCal: Mosquito district chief on leave as spending investigated
- BakCal: State, local candidates report fundraising totals
- BakCal: Greenfield may study closing one campus
- BakCal: Supervisors approve long-sought contract with largest union
- BakCal: Supervisors appoint Brian Marshall as fire chief
- ModBee: Legal expenses mount in Riverbank
- ModBee: TID weighs altering its water rates
- ModBee: More results from auditing firm pushed by Modesto leaders