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Brown's tax measure holds uneasy lead in latest polling -- Five months before Election Day, public support for Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to raise taxes hangs precariously above 50 percent, with confidence in Brown slipping. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 Unions meeting with Brown administration on 5 percent cut -- Look for a series of announcements in the next few days from Gov. Jerry Brown and several bargaining units that they have reached agreements to reduce employees' compensation. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12 California Highway Patrol union tentatively accepts furloughs -- The California Highway Patrol officers union and Gov. Jerry Brown's administration have reached a furlough agreement to cut pay 5 percent for a year. Under the deal, the CHP's roughly 6,300 officers will be furloughed eight hours per month starting July 1. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12 About 1 million ballots remain to be counted in California -- As many as 1 million ballots remain to be counted from Tuesday's primary election in California, according to the Secretary of State's office. Dan Smith in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12 15 races are still unresolved after Tuesday's primary -- In most of the undecided candidate contests, it's not yet clear who finished second — a crucial position in the state's new 'top-two' elections system. Jean Merl in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 Pelosi marks a quarter-century in the House -- Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House, is celebrating 25 years as a member of Congress on Saturday and the celebrations and commemorations of the milestone have been epic. Paul Kane in the Washington Post -- 6/9/12 Lungren-Bera rematch part of Democratic effort to retake House -- Sacramento County voters are expected to have a front-row seat to the national battle over the control of Congress in the November rematch between Republican Rep. Dan Lungren and Democrat Ami Bera. But the results of their primary face-off this week didn't make that clear. Torey Van Oot in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12 Jeffe: Tuesday’s Election -- For California, Tuesday’s election was indeed unique. As former Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte laid it out, what made it unique was the fact that California has never before held an open primary in a redistricting year, in the middle of a presidential campaign. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe NBC LA Prop Zero -- 6/9/12 Peters expands lead over Saldaña in third day of counting -- Scott Peters grew his lead to 954 votes over Democratic rival Lori Saldaña in the race that will determine a challenger to Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-San Diego, who was leading with 41 percent. Christopher Cadelago UT San Diego -- 6/9/12 Vargas helps pick opponent in race for Congress -- Democratic state Sen. Juan Vargas used some of the $630,000 he spent running for Congress in the primary election on an unusual but ultimately fruitful cause — direct mailers promoting a Republican rival, his preferred opponent in November. Christopher Cadelago UT San Diego -- 6/9/12 GOP foes in Valley races must court Democrats -- California's new "top two" primary election produced about two dozen November contests that will pit candidates who belong to the same political party against each other. Two of those are in the Valley, and they will be red vs. red as Republicans battle each other for the first time in a general election. John Ellis in the Fresno Bee -- 6/9/12 San Bernardino County turnout goes to GOP -- Republicans won the turnout battle by about 28 percent in Tuesday's primary despite Democrats' registration advantage among voters in San Bernardino County. Neil Nisperos and Benjamin Demers in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 6/9/12 Bill aims to close restitution loophole -- Should criminals be allowed to use credit for time served in jail to escape paying restitution to their victims? Michael Gardner UT San Diego -- 6/9/12 Mirkarimi wants city to pay his lawyers -- Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who has been charged with official misconduct by Mayor Ed Lee, has asked the city to fund his private legal defense team as he battles to save his job. Rachel Gordon in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/9/12 Steve Schmidt: A Career Resurrected After McCain and Palin -- Steve Schmidt, the senior adviser in 2008 to Senator John S. McCain, feared that his role in that campaign would scar his reputation, but he has rebounded. ADAM NAGOURNEY in the New York Times$ -- 6/9/12 Caltrans asks for retraction of Bee story on Bay Bridge flaws -- The California Department of Transportation on Friday called "completely inaccurate" a Bee investigation that raised questions about the structural integrity of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the agency's director publicly requested a retraction. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12
$365,000 salary for new high-speed rail chief -- Jeffrey Morales, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's new executive director, will earn $365,000 a year when he starts the job June 18, according to a contract approved Friday by the authority's board in Sacramento. Tim Sheehan in the Fresno Bee -- 6/9/12
Crowd labor matches quirky jobs with micro-workers -- Tasks such as transcribing business cards or titling porn films give rise to a vast army of temporary employees in matches made through Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Patrick May in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 Fewer Grapes, More Drinkers -- California's wine industry is getting squeezed by a shortage of grapes. For a decade, grape prices in the nation's dominant wine-producing state were in decline, pressured by big vineyard expansions during the 1990s that flooded the market with product. MIKE ESTERL in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 6/9/12 California's export trade stalled in April -- The streak lives on … or maybe not. California trade, which rode a wave of record numbers in 2011 and early this year, faltered a bit in April. Mark Glover in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12
Sacramento leaders eye sales tax, pension change ballot measures -- Earlier this week, City Council members made their strongest comments to date on what they argue is the need for the city's employees to contribute more toward their pensions. Ryan Lillis in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12
Teachers union and L.A. school district reach pact to save jobs -- The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement Friday that would prevent thousands of layoffs in exchange for one year of pay reductions. Under the accord, teachers would lose 10 days of pay and students would lose five days of their school year. The pact mirrors agreements reached by other employee unions. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 Teachers Union Votes to Talk -- The San Diego Education Association, the union that represents local teachers, has voted to start “limited negotiations” with the San Diego Unified School District over possible concessions on salaries in order to save teachers from layoffs. WILL CARLESS Voiceofsandiego.org -- 6/9/12
UC Davis student wins coverage fight for 'investigational' cancer treatment -- On the day her doctor phoned to tell her she had cancer, Isabel Call scribbled notes through her tears, stunned by news of a monstrous illness that suddenly was threatening her life. Cynthia Hubert in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/9/12 Doctors alarmed over cost-cutting for poor, elderly -- To save money, Gov. Jerry Brown wants to enroll 627,000 poor, elderly and disabled Californians into managed care plans, which try to keep medical costs down by restricting access to health services. BRIAN JOSEPH in the Orange County Register -- 6/9/12
Appeals court rejects waste storage at nuclear plants -- A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a rule that allows nuclear power plants to store radioactive waste at reactor sites for up to 60 years after a plant shuts down. MATTHEW DALY Associated Press -- 6/9/12
Illegal immigrant review finding few cases to set aside -- As federal attorneys in San Francisco's busy immigration court prepare for their second week of weeding out the least important deportation cases, Ulises Toledo is among thousands in the Bay Area hoping to be deemed a low priority. Matt O'Brien in the Contra Costa Times -- 6/9/12
Obama news conference signals rising concern about economy -- President Obama on Friday prodded European leaders to take further steps to stabilize their financial system while urging Congress to act on his jobs proposals at home, twin moves that signaled rising concern in his administration about the impact of the Euro zone crisis on the tenuous economic recovery. Michael A. Memoli in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 Obama pins blame on Congress that left jobs bill 'just sitting there' -- Reeling from last week’s dismal employment report, President Obama on Friday took Congress to task for not passing his jobs bill, which he says would have put up to one million people back to work. Amie Parnes and Jonathan Easley The Hill -- 6/9/12
Private sector 'doing fine'? Romney pounces on Obama remark -- The president tries to backpedal as Republicans turn the tables and cast him as the one who's out of touch with economic reality. Michael A. Memoli in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/9/12 |
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