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3 hrs ago | San Francisco Magazine

David Chiu Sparks a Family Feud

Is his call for citywide ballot initiative an innocuous, family-friendly proposal? Or a way to get elected to the state assembly? What if it's both? When Board of Supervisors President David Chiu introduced his proposal last week for a citywide ballot initiative setting laws around flexible schedules for caregivers, he was not only cribbing from ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Governors, UC Berkeley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US News, US Senate, Edward Kennedy, Democrat

7 hrs ago | KESQ-TV Palm Desert

Supervisors tentatively approve $4.7 billion budget for next fiscal year

Riverside County supervisors today tentatively approved a "fragile" $4.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2013-14, holding off on full implementation of the financial blueprint until the county's yearend balance sheet is clearer.

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Related Topix: Riverside County, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Governors

7 hrs ago | Power Line

Green Weenie of the Week: Jerry Brown

Now I know what you're thinking: doesn't California Governor Jerry Brown deserve a coveted Power Line Green Weenie lifetime achievement award for some of the things he did 35 years ago , when he was governor first time around? Goes without saying.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, US Governors, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

10 hrs ago | Whittier Daily News

City seeks to corner new state budget funds to reopen courthouse

On Friday, Mayor Bob Henderson sent a letter to the presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court urging him to begin the process re-opening the courthouse.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Huntington Park, CA, Malibu, CA, Whittier, CA, Beverly Hills, CA, US Governors

14 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Dan Walters: Many bills remaining for California Legislature

With the state budget behind them and three months remaining in the 2013 legislative session, do lawmakers have much left to do? Hundreds of bills remain to be processed in the few weeks remaining before the midsummer vacation recess and the month after the recess, but while several are controversial and at least semi-important, there's nothing of ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Governors, Sacramento, CA

Mon Jun 17, 2013

CBS Local

SF Judge Considers Moving California Prisoners Over Valley Fever

An attorney representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge on Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Governors

CBS Local

Bill Would Allow Cities And Counties To Delay Public Records Requests

Cities and counties could dramatically restrict the information they release to the public without explanation under a bill approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown as part of the state budget package.

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Related Topix: US Governors, California, California Government

Merced Sun-Star

Lawsuits hit new Delta Plan from all sides

A plan intended, at least in part, to resolve decades of water conflict in the Delta has instead spawned a flood of lawsuits, with at least five separate suits filed against the plan in recent days.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, US Governors

Examiner.com

Prop 8: the courts attempt to make sense of the illogical

It all started with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom doing something illegal. It then continued with then attorney general Jerry Brown's office changing the focus of a marriage initiative.

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Related Topix: Gavin Newsom, US Governors, Gay/Lesbian, US Supreme Court, US News

Post and Courier

Florida Gov. Rick Scott reaches out-of-state for jobs, to improve economy, fulfill promises

A candidate in a sour economy, who is now governor in a still-recovering Florida, Rick Scott has made job creation his signature political theme.

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Related Topix: Rick Scott, US Governors, Minnesota Government, Minnesota, Rick Perry, Texas Government, Texas, Nikki Haley

The San Diego Union-Tribune

County wary of Brown budget

California's counties have convinced Gov. Jerry Brown to rewrite a complex plan involving health care for the poor, but they still risk shouldering higher costs if promised savings fail to materialize.

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Related Topix: US Governors, San Diego County, CA, Immigration Reform

Sun Jun 16, 2013

ABC News

Burned Woman Warns of Spa Dangers

Daphne Carroll went a medspa to buy makeup but said she couldn't refuse the free consultation for a laser facial .

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Related Topix: La Vergne, TN, US Governors

Townhall

Marita Noon: Greenbacks Beat the Greens in Uber-Green California

If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, US Governors, Opinion

Merced Sun-Star

California Democrats wrap up budget, flex supermajority power

As the state Senate finished voting today on a bill to extend a tax on managed care plans, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters at the back of the room, " That is what's called a supermajority."

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Sacramento, CA

Courier News

Fracking fuels water fights in nation's dry spots

MAY 30: Protestors stage a demonstration against fracking in California outside of the Hiram W. Johnson State Office Building on May 30, 2013 in San Francisco, California.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

In El Dorado County

Detroit to renege on pensions? CA next?

In an omen for California, Detroit just was declared insolvent by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who said, "We are tapped out."

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors

Merced Sun-Star

What's in the budget?

Here are highlights of the proposed state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Lawmakers approved the measures Friday and Saturday.

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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Crime is on the rise in the Inland Empire

Crime in many Inland Empire cities - from Pomona to Redlands - has shot up in the last year, and some agencies say it's a result of California's Prison Realignment Plan.

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Related Topix: Prison, Redlands, CA, Pomona, CA, California, US Governors

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Campbell Reporter

California finances healthy now, but huge bills coming due

Let's say you were buried under an avalanche of debt for years and could only make the minimum payments on your credit card bills.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Avalanche, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Berkeley Daily Planet

Tell Governor Brown to Veto Public Records Act Threats in Budget Bill

The California Public Records Act is gravely threatened by stealth amendments revealed for the first time yesterday as part of a "trailer bill" to the new state budget.

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