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Record High School Exit Exam Passing Rate Posted in 2010
Approximately 94.5 percent – more than 419,600 seniors in the Class of 2010 — passed both the English and math portions of the high school exit exam, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell announced August 24.
It is the highest passing rate since the test was first administered in 2006. Read more »
Busy College Students May Get Convenient Ballot Drop-Offs
Assembly Democrats and Republicans sparred over whether college students at three state universities and colleges should be given vote-by-mail drop-off locations.
During a lengthy floor session on August 23 – the first of the last seven working days of the 2010 legislative year – the measure on ballot drop-offs for college students generated some of the most heat. Read more »
Senate Bucks Law Enforcement, Goes Soft on Solar Crime
In two hours of morning work, the Senate sent 16 Assembly bills back to the lower house August 20 – six of them unanimously – held some brief committee hearings and adjourned for the week.
The Assembly, which also scheduled a rare Friday session to cope with the avalanche of bills that bottle up in each house at the close of the legislative session which occurs August 31. Read more »
A Sign — Albeit a Little One — Of Some Economic Recovery
In a tiny microcosm of improvement in the construction industry, building has recently begun on a new home in Sacramento’s Tapestri Square midtown development.
The project was planned for 58 brownstone homes on a city block bounded by 20th St. and 21st and T and U Streets. Prices sought or the row houses ranged from the higher $300,000s to $800,000. Read more »
Rest Easy, Citizens, Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado Is in Charge
UPDATED: MEDIA ADVISORY
For Planning Purposes Only
Thursday August 19, 2010
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Schedule for August 19
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has left the state.
(Editor’s Note: Only for a few hours, though. Phew.) Read more »
A Busy Thursday Morning Moving Product in the State Senate
In approximately two-and-one-half hours on August 19, the state Senate during its morning session sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger 43 pieces of legislation, 34 of them on unanimous votes.
A budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 wasn’t one of them.
Of nine bills that received votes in opposition, only four had seven or more “no” votes. Read more »
Should Include “Good Government” on the Don’t-Use List
(Editor’s Note: On August 18, Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, an Oakland Democrat, described a piece of legislation as a “good government bill.” In theory, all measures being approved by the Legislature are “good” or, put more neutrally, beneficial to Californians of one stripe or another. Else why would legislative time and taxpayer dollars be spent on them? Read more »
“Neighborhood Electric Vehicle” Exemption OK’d for Fresno
On a unanimous vote, the state Senate approved a bill August 18 that would allow the city of Fresno to crate a “neighborhood electric vehicle” plan.
Low-speed vehicles, like golf carts, are prevented from being driven on roads with speeds above 35 miles per hour unless the state issues an exemption. Read more »
Block on State Worker Furloughs Overturned by High Court
The California Supreme Court, which has consolidated three challenges to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s state worker furloughs, overturned an Alameda County judge’s restraining order on August 18 that had blocked further furloughs.
Schwarzenegger’s Press Secretary Aaron McLear said this:
“The result of the (high court’s) ruling today means that the furloughs will continue until the court says otherwise. Read more »
No Budget in Sight, Democrats Try to Land a Rhetorical Punch
Meet the Expendables
(BERKELEY, CA) Assemblymember Nancy Skinner was joined today by the stars of a new video, the “Faces Behind the Governor’s Cuts,” her East Bay constituents who stand to lose their job, their independence, or their ability to go to work if the Governor’s proposed budget cuts prevail.
Premiering today, “Faces Behind the Governor’s Cuts”, presents real people directly at risk by the Governor’s plan to eliminate childcare, close senior programs, and make deep cuts to vital services. Read more »
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