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Let’s face it. I don’t like asking you for money and you probably don’t either. But California is a big state and we need to stop the tax and spend policies of Barbara Boxer and her liberal colleagues in Washington.  Unlike DC insiders, I have always supported transparency, which is why I’m introducing a new way to donate to our cause! Introducing ChuckBucks.net <http://clicks.electionemail.com/v/?u=bb67bde133040ce8ae5827369eba05e5&g=196&c=2667&p=18731b19f42fede2785acf4911f81d57&t=1> , a website where you can choose something to buy for the campaign. How much does it cost to print bumper stickers? How much does it cost to rent [....]

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Out of Office Automated Message

(Editor’s Note: The chief correspondent of California’s Capitol is writing a history of what’s now known as the Fish and Game Pack Trip. It began 50 years ago with Gov. Pat Brown — who went every year of his eight years as governor except one when he sprained his ankle. It now takes a dozen or so people usually up into the Eastern Sierras where there is neither cell coverage nor Wifi. The chief correspondent returns to the radar screen Thursday, July 30. We apologize for any inconvenience.)

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Who Says Republicans Don’t Care About the Environment

Explore Yosemite 2009 is less than a month away!  The event is more popular than ever and is selling out quickly. We have limited space, so if you have not already RSVP’d, please let us know if you are planning on attending.  Many thanks. We hope to see you there. 

Molly Parnell

CRP Finance Director 

916-448-9496 

Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth,

Assembly Republican Leader Sam Blakeslee,

The Senate & Assembly Republican Caucuses

& The California Republican Party? 

Invite You To The

2nd Annual

EXPLORE YOSEMITE? 

Friday, August 14- Sunday, August 16, 2009? 

Join Us For

Two Nights At The Beautiful Tenaya Lodge

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The Latest on the La Jolla Seal Deal from AP

By GILLIAN FLACCUS  Associated Press Writer Published: Thursday, Jul. 23, 2009 – 11:51 am  SAN DIEGO – A judge on Thursday delayed an order to remove federally protected harbor seals from a La Jolla cove, minutes before a deadline expired that would have required city officials to begin dispersing the seal colony. Superior Court Judge Yuri Hofmann earlier this week gave the city 72 hours to start the removal from the Children’s Pool in La Jolla. But the city requested an emergency hearing to ask him to dismiss the order because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a state bill earlier in the week that could permit the seals to [....]

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A Summary of the Budget Balancing Plan

This Floor Report summarizes the contents of a majority vote package of bills that provides $24 billion in budgetary savings and achieves a $921 million reserve.

California’s budget reflects the harsh reality of diminished resources forced by the recession and mirrors the difficult decisions millions of our residents must make in these lean times. However, this budget is shaped by several guiding principles that resonate throughout the actions that have been taken: [....]

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Give Early, Give Often

Among the measures used to help balance the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1 is paying more estimated tax payments sooner.

Prior to this year, taxpayers and corporations paid four quarterly payments of their estimated tax liability of 25 percent each. To help balance the budget in February, that payment schedule was changed to 30 percent during the first two quarters and 20 percent during the final two.

The plan to close an estimated $26 billion hole in the current budget year modifies the schedule again. Beginning with the 2010 tax year, the second quarter payment will increase to 40 percent, the third quarterly [....]

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What the Budget Deal Means for Public Schools

A major component of the budget deal announced the evening of July 20 is a commitment by the state to pay back public schools $11.2 billion they have been shorted over the past two years.

Proposition 1B on the May ballot, which was defeated by voters, would have required the state to pay back $9.3 billion but the amount owed schools has grown. That growth is due, in part, to lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger being able to reduce spending for schools in the fiscal year that ended June 30.

Previously, it was thought that because the fiscal year ended, the $1.3 billion reduction sought [....]

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DAY 20: FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 YREKA!!! BUDGET DEAL ANNOUNCED

A deal was announced around 7:15 PM, Pacific Standard Time, between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature on closing an estimated $26 billion gap in the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.

As always, untidy details to follow.

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Schwarzenegger signs La Jolla Seal Deal Bill

Saying that even though solving the state’s budget problems was his first priority, GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger signed a measure July 20 to help resolve one of La Jolla’s most vexing crises — what to do about the enclave of harbor seals that have taken over a small cove near the intersection of Coast Boulevard and Jenner, just shy of Scripps Park.

The problem is that when San Diego was given that section of tidelands in trust in 1931, it was to be used as a coastal park and a children’s pool. The property is called “Children’s Pool Beach.”

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Day 20: Fiscal Year 2009-2010

SACRAMENTO

4:47 PM, Pacific Standard Time

As of this hour, no deal has been struck between lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on closing an estimated $26 billion hole in the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.

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On July 19, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat, predicted a deal would be consummated before the end of the week. The GOP governor’s press secretary also said negotiators were closing in on a solution.

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