Political Stories – Top stories George Skelton: Reps. Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff couldnât be less alike â just like the two Californias they come from — Two congressmen from the state President Trump seems to despise most are leading an investigation into whether his campaign team conspired with the Russians. And the two lawmakers couldnât be more different. […]
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March 26, 2017
Political Stories –Â Top stories Jerry Brown rips Trumpâs wall: âWe not going to sit around and just play patsyâ — Gov. Jerry Brown wonât allow President Donald Trump to deport millions of people and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, he said in an interview that aired Sunday. Sacramento Bee article John Myers: All […]
March 25, 2017
Political Stories –Â Top stories Harsh portrayal of their hometown congressman Devin Nunes riles his neighbors and friends â âThis B.S. that he milks cows from Podunk and shouldnât be on the intelligence committee â câmon,â Watte said. âItâs just a continuation of, I guess, Trumpâs election. They need to get over it.â In the agricultural […]
March 24, 2017
Political Stories –Â Top stories Dan Walters: Legislators propose bonds, need skeptic Brownâs OK —Â Sponsors of water and housing bonds believe that shortages in both of those vital commodities provide political impetus for enactment, and were they to reach the ballot, they likely would pass. However, they have to get past Brown and his disinclination to […]
March 23, 2017
Political Stories – Top stories California voters continue to shun political identification — California had more than 19.43 million registered voters as of early last month, with voters shunning party affiliation at a growing rate, according to new state registration numbers. Sacramento Bee article Jerry Brown sounds skeptical note on single-payer health care for California â Gov. Jerry Brown, in […]
March 22, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Brown has been unwilling to update political reform law — Since returning to the governorship after a 28-year hiatus, however, Brown has been somewhat disdainful of shining more light on politiciansâ financial dealings, often vetoing reform bills. One victim of Brownâs much-changed attitude has been an effort to tighten […]
March 21, 2017
Political Stories –Â Top stories Tax rebates for Californians? Itâs a distant possibility amid budget dispute —Â California taxpayers could be in line for their first budget rebate checks in three decades under a vestige of the stateâs nationally watched âtaxpayer revoltâ in the late 1970s. But a lot stands in the way of that happening â […]
March 20, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Jerry Brown would undermine a spending limit he sponsored — Brownâs proposed 2017-18 budget would put spending just a few billion dollars under the Gann Limit, Taylorâs office has calculated. Furthermore, Taylor believes that state revenues are likely to be several billion more than Brown has projected, which could […]
March 19, 2017
Political Stories –Â Top stories Will California farms find enough workers amid Trumpâs immigration crackdown? —Â As the spring picking season approaches, farmworkers are convinced the fields will be raided by federal agents intent on rounding up undocumented immigrants and shipping them back to Mexico or Central America. With many fearing the authorities will also set up […]
March 18, 2017
Political Stories – Top stories Trumpâs proposed budget cuts would hit Valley hard in housing, health, broadcasting areas — President Donald Trumpâs federal budget proposes big funding cuts that Valley officials say could have devastating effects on federally funded services at the local level, including public housing, health and broadcasting systems. But local officials say the presidentâs proposal is just the first step in […]