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Caltrans Swift At Putting Federal Stimulus Dollars to Work
Caltrans, the state’s Department of Transportation, has been swift in using nearly $1 billion in federal economic stimulus money, already putting out to bid projects using 92 percent of the funds, a recent report by the Legislative Analyst shows.
Transportation agencies for the state’s cities and counties have been slower in spending their $1.6 billion, with less than one-third of their funds out to bid. Read more »
Draft Report Assesses Financial and Economic Costs of AB 32
California entities that emit greenhouse gases could pay between $48 billion and $143 billion between 2012 and 2020 as part of the implementation of AB 32, according to a draft report by the California Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee.
The report, Allocating Emissions Allowances under California’s Cap-and-Trade Program, takes a somewhat dimmer view of the impact of the landmark legislation, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, than its champions like Gov. Read more »
Some Surprises on California’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting List
Six hundred five businesses, cities,military bases and other California emitters of greenhouse gases report the level of those emissions to the state Air Resources Board.
The air board’s spreadsheet of those reporting and a November 18 press release by the board discuss the process. The reporting has been required since 2007. Read more »
Anecdotal Evidence of An Unintended Furlough Consequence
A friend visited the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento on Friday December 4 to have some blood work done. He encountered a large line of other persons waiting to have blood drawn.
He said many of them were state workers who, now furloughed three of every four Fridays each month, use those vacant days to dispense with non-work related errands of which getting blood tests is apparently one. Read more »
Would That More Fundraisers Showed This Much Creativity
There’s plenty of humor in politics, much of it unintentional.
The prevailing attitude among politicians, at least where their public persona is concerned, appears to be that the people’s business is extremely serious and can only be conducted at the epicenter of a vast, levity-free zone.
All of which makes even more delightful the recently e-mailed fundraiser invitation from Todd and Jennifer Kaufman on behalf of Don Saylor, a candidate for Yolo County supervisor. Read more »
The Republicans Are At Least Partly Right – er – Correct
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December 3, 2009 916-448-9496
CRP Statement Concerning Obama’s Job Summit
SACRAMENTO – California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring today issued the following statement:
“Today’s ‘job summit’ is political theater aimed at moving the national dialogue away from the complete failure of the so-called ‘stimulus’ to stimulate anything other than the national debt, which continues to skyrocket. Read more »
Not Sure Carly Or Barbara Feel Breath on Their Necks But…
The headline on our website reads: “$1,000,000, DeVore for California Hits Major Milestone.”
That’s right, the critics are silenced.
As I reflected early this morning about the things I am thankful for, I was very mindful of the thousands of Americans who have stepped forward to support my campaign to defeat Barbara Boxer. Read more »
The Personnel Craze Sweeping the Nation: Furlough-a-Go-Go!
It’s not just California and Hawaii that have turned to employee furloughs as a means of reducing budget deficits – 22 other states are using them as a means to reduce payroll costs.
Geographically, the states span the nation, from Maine to Oregon and Wisconsin to New Mexico.
A recent article in The Pew Center on the States’ ongoing “Focus on Performance” series, a collaborative project with Stateline.org, Read more »
Sound Eerily Familiar? Think ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’
Of War:“There has never been a just one, never an honorable one – on the part of the instigator of a war. I can see a million years ahead and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances.
The loud little handful – as usual – will shout for the war. Read more »
You’re Not Alone California — Check the Aloha State’s Budget
California is by no means alone in its fiscal calamity.
At least 48 states have addressed or still face shortfalls totaling $190 billion in their 2010 fiscal years, a figure representing 28 percent of all state budgets, according to a November 19 report by the Washington D.C. based Center on Budget Policies and Priorities. Read more »
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