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The Author, Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries, Is Silent As To What the Mushrooms Are Fed
MUSHROOM ALERT – A Week of Action Outside the Capitol and Continued Inaction on Reforms Inside the CapitolI only issue a Mushroom Alert on very rare occasions and generally only when I believe that you are being left in the dark, or need to be promptly informed of what is (or is not?) Read more »
At Last The Mystery is Over — California Decides What Constitutes a “Hot Dog”
California will define what a “hot dog” is in legislation moving through the Senate.
If approved by lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, California’s food safety code will say a hot dog is:
“A whole, cured, cooked sausage that is skinless or stuffed in a casing and that is also known as a frankfurter, frank, further, wiener, red hot, Vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, or knockwurst, and that may be served in a bun or roll.” Read more »
Today’s Latin Lesson Is What All Politicians Seek
Sempiterna Gloria
“Immortality”
(Literally: “Everlasting Glory”) Read more »
Listen Up — Yeah, You Under the Capitol Rotunda
“A politician is not as narrow-minded as he fancies himself to be.”
— Will Rogers
Should California’s Smallest School Districts Consolidate?
To save money, California should raise to 100 the minimum number of students to qualify as a school district, according to a study issued May 2 by the Legislative Analyst’s office.
As part of the budget for the current fiscal year, the analyst was required to study whether consolidation of smaller school districts into larger ones would improve student performance and reduce costs. Read more »
More Good News Than Bad as April Tax Collections Wind Down
With one day left in the month, April revenue forecasts have exceeded expectations – on both sides of the ledger.
Through April 29, income tax payments were $7.1 billion — $300 million more than projected in Gov. Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal, according to a Franchise Tax Board daily tally.
Bank and corporations tax collections for the month were $27 million short of the budget’s $1.6 billion estimate. Read more »
April Tax Receipts Bring Smallish Smiles to State Beancounter Faces
So far, April has brought largely good news to state budget writers.
Through April 27, income tax receipts were slightly above $6.8 billion, the level projected in Gov. Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal.
Requests for refunds, however, were slightly above the expected $2.5 billion, according to a Franchise Tax Board daily tally. Read more »
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