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Change in the Law Governing the Scattering of Cremated Remains at Sea
Cremated remains destined for scattering at sea cannot be transferred to a “scattering urn” from the original container in which they were stored until seven days before the actual scattering.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed this new law July 10. Sponsored by the California Funeral Directors Association, the legislation attempts to establish a protocol for at-sea ash-scatterings. Read more »
Revenues Up In June, Shortfall During the Last Fiscal Year Smaller, Controller Says
Controller John Chiang released his monthly report July 10 covering California’s cash balance, receipts and disbursements in June and for the complete 2011-2012 fiscal year which showed the state doing better financially than anticipated.
“The fiscal year ended with solid numbers in June – the State’s largest revenue month – but some revenue streams remain weak,” said Chiang in a statement. Read more »
New Law Brings More Bodies to Three Cemetery Districts
The Great Recession has hastened the death of any number of businesses and institutions:
Cemeteries are no exception.
Over the objections of the Cemetery and Mortuary Association, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation July 9 allowing three cemetery districts – two in Shasta County, one in Solano – to bury up to 40 non-residents of each district each year, up to maximum of 400, as a way to raise revenue. Read more »
The California Reform Industry — A Prognosis
In the current recession, the ranks of the unemployed in California have swelled by nearly 1.2 million.
Still, one industry seems to be thriving in America’s nation-state: the California “reform industry.”
The key organizations in the Golden State’s world of reform are California Forward and Think Long, each with high-profile board members including Hoover’s George Shultz and Condoleezza Rice, former California Gov. Read more »
A Slightly Belated Fourth of July Reminder
AMERICA
We are the dream that other people dream.
The land where other people land.
When late at night
They think on flight
And, flying, here arrive
Where we fools dumbly thrive ourselves.
Refuse to see
We be what all the world would like to be.
Because we hive within this scheme
The obvious dream is blind to us. Read more »
Speaking of Principles…
“If principles can become dated, they’re not principles.”
— Warren Buffett
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“Those are my principles. And if you don’t like them…I have others.”
— Groucho Marx
A Look at Some “Government Efficiencies” in Jerry Brown’s Two Budgets
On page 9 of the Summary of the budget signed by Gov. Jerry brown on June 27, he listed as an accomplishment “eliminating over 50 boards, commissions, task forces, offices and departments.”
The list below, compiled by Brown’s Department of Finance, shows what’s been eliminated or consolidated. A number of the entities are advisory bodies, whose members are not compensted. Read more »
The Number of On-Time Budgets Since 1977
For those keeping score at home, the Department of Finance maintains this spreadsheet showing the number of on-time budgets since 1977. That period spans the final term of Gov. Jerry Brown’s first two terms as governor and incldues the administrations of George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the 2011 budget signed by, once again, Jerry Brown. Read more »
State Schools Chief Announces More Than 10,000 Students Earn New “State Seal of Biliteracy”
SACRAMENTO—More than 10,000 graduating high school students across California have earned the first state recognition in the nation for achieving proficiency in multiple languages, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced July 5.
The “State Seal of Biliteracy” was established by Assembly Bill 815 — authored by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, a Santa Monica Democrat — to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in one or more languages in addition to English. Read more »
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