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As of March 9, 2009 — 2,360
Since the 2009-2010 legislative session began last December, the Assembly has introduced 1,543 pieces of legislation, an average of 19.3 measures per each of its 80 members.
The 40-member Senate has introduced 817 bills, a 20.4-per-member average.
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Continue Foster Care benefits to Age 21, State Officials Urge
A bipartisan group of state elected officials, including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced their support for extending foster care benefits from 18 to 21 years of age at a March 9 Capitol press conference.
Despite annually spending of nearly $1.7 billion on child welfare services, foster care remains one of California’s more glaring public policy failures. Read more »
It’s Bad Out There
The Sacramento Bee announced it is eliminating 128 jobs today, or 11 percent of its workforce, and will impose pay cuts on remaining workers. The cutbacks are part of other layoffs announced by its parent, The McClatchy Co. of Sacramento, which said it is erasing 1,600 jobs or 15 percent of its workforce. Read more »
State Controller John Chiang On California Cash Concerns
CC: Did this latest budget solve the long-term gap between spending obligations and revenue?
JC: No. My principle concern is what takes place next year. We still have significant cash issues. In fact, the cash issues appear to be greater next year than the ones we just experienced.
CC: When you say cash issues that means what? Read more »
California’s Budget Problems Are Far From Over
It’s good that the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 has a $2 billion reserve and that the Senate Appropriations Committee has said it will not approve any legislation with a price tag, no matter how small.
The state of the state’s economy is worsening and there is the strong probability the budget enacted on February 19 is moving toward becoming out of balance. Read more »
How Green Are Tomorrow’s Jobs Today?
Several lawmakers, led by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, a Sacramento Democrat, announced a package of bills March 5, 2009, which they said, would “take the first steps towards linking our education system to hig-wage jobs in the emerging economies.”
Like the so-called economic stimulus measures that accompanied last month’s budget, the reality is somewhat less than the hyperbole. Read more »
California Consumer Affairs Cabinet Secretary Rosario Marin Resigns
Sent: Thu Mar 05 15:31:32 2009 Subject: Thank you
Dearest Cabinet Colleagues,
I have given my all for this job and I believe I have held myself to the utmost level of integrity and professionalism. I truly believe in Governor Schwarzenegger and I have made it my goal to see his policies and his agenda move this great state forward. Read more »
Young People
(Editor’s Note: We note, regrettably, some disturbing behavioral trends in our chief correspondent as he approaches the age of 50. We have received reports of obsessive garage cleaning, uncontrollable weeping during Hallmark Card commercials and, as evidenced here, a disturbing fixation on youth. A letter has been placed in his personnel file.) Read more »
A Look Back — And Ahead to the May 19 Election
The conventional wisdom on special elections held in odd-numbered years is that turnout will be lower and comprised mainly of high propensity voters who tend to be older, white and monied.
“A special election is a wild card because voter turnout could be significantly lower and oriented toward older and more conservative voters,” Mark Baldassare, Public Policy Instute of California’s president and pollster tells California’s Capitol. Read more »
California’s Capitol Press Credential Request
March 2, 2009
Governor’s Press Office, State Capitol
Press Corps Credentialing Coordinator:
It is with some trepidation that we request a credential for our chief correspondent. While Mr. Lucas does write frequently about the governor and his policies, it is most commonly in an unctuous and ill-informed manner.
This has led to a bevy of reprimands in his personnel file and frequent reader complaints. Read more »
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