Political Stories – Top stories Jerry Brown’s budget probably understates California revenue, analyst says — Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for the year beginning July 1 probably understates California income tax collections by billions of dollars, the Legislature’s non-partisan fiscal analyst said in a report Friday. Sacramento Bee article; LA Times article Immigration attorneys confront fear, anxiety, confusion a week […]
Political Stories – Top stories Dan Walters: California will see scramble if U.S. Senate seat opens up — We already know that Brown will retire from the governorship for a second time, and about a half-dozen Democrats are in the mix to replace him. When Dianne Feinstein, the state’s 83-year-old U.S. senator, announced this week that she […]
Political Stories – Top stories California revenue is growing. So why the talk of deficits? — The paradoxical budget picture is a result of revenue growing more slowly than economists had predicted after years of rapid increases from a hard-charging economy. While Brown expects revenue to be up 3 percent next year, the governor and lawmakers assumed […]
Political Stories – Top stories Jerry Brown budget plan urges ‘saving some biscuits for a rainy day’ — Amid deep uncertainty about changes in state revenue and Washington, California Gov. Jerry Brown presented a $177.1 billion state budget Tuesday that assumes the state will have billions of dollars less to spend over the next 18 months compared […]
Political Stories – Top stories Four big questions for Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget — The well-being of California’s volatile revenue mix is a constant of state budgets, and Gov. Jerry Brown has regularly warned of looming red ink since returning to the statehouse six years ago. But this month’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, along with […]
Political Stories – Top stories This California Republican is hoping he’ll have more luck with his immigration reform idea under Trump — Rep. Jeff Denham has been at odds with his own party’s leadership on immigration reform before, but he’s trying again with this Congress, hoping a single comment from the president-elect is a sign his idea might have a […]
Political Stories – Top stories John Myers: The only thing ‘special’ about California special elections is the cost to taxpayers – The common sense meaning of the word “special” is to describe something that, at the very least, is unusual. But there have been 50 special legislative or congressional elections in California in the last decade, according to […]
Political Stories – Top stories Foon Rhee: How democracy is growing in California cities – A new index shows that more city council members are being elected from districts and that more elections are being held on dates with higher turnouts. But there’s more work to do on campaign finance. Rhee in Sacramento Bee In rural California town […]
Political Stories- Top stories Legislature doesn’t look like California, but in some ways it’s closer than before — The California lawmakers who returned to the Capitol this week as a group are younger and much more reflective of California’s diverse racial and ethnic makeup than their counterparts about two decades ago. In all of those categories, though, […]
Political Stories – Top stories Obama moves to speed up Delta tunnels project — The Obama administration acted Wednesday to speed up federal environmental reviews on California’s controversial Delta tunnels project, saying the project is needed “to help address the effects of drought and climate change on California’s water supply and imperiled wildlife.” Sacramento Bee article; Stockton Record article […]
