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Judge orders changes to Prop. 32 language -- A Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Monday ordered the secretary of state to change language on the November ballot describing Proposition 32, the initiative that promises to eliminate special-interest money in politics. Michael J. Mishak LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 PUC is urged to cut ratepayer costs in wake of San Onofre closure -- The California Public Utility Commission's ratepayer advocate division sent a letter Monday asking that the commission act immediately to lower Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric customers' bills to remove the costs associated with the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant. Abby Sewell in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Assembly Republican, Independent, join Democrats to pass tax hike -- By a razor-thin margin, the California Assembly passed legislation today to raise a billion dollars annually for middle-class college scholarships by altering tax law for numerous out--of-state corporations. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 8/13/12 California scrambles to pay its bills with more borrowing -- Embedded in a Monday report from the California controller is a statistic showing just how much the state is straining to pay its bills before November's vote on higher taxes. Chris Megerian LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 Controller Says Revenue Nearly $500 Million Below Estimates -- Total revenues were $475 million below projections contained in the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, said State Controller John Chiang on August 13 in his monthly report covering California’s cash balance, receipts and disbursements in July 2012. Greg Lucas California's Capitol -- 8/13/12 Senate leader Steinberg issues mea culpa -- Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, issued a mea culpa to reporters Monday, saying he "messed up" last week when he cancelled the cable television broadcast of a hearing on the four ballot measures on taxes and the budget. Steven Harmon in the San Jose Mercury Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 better state accounting -- The head of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review committee said today he plans to introduce a bill requiring state finance officials to ensure their accounting books are consistent and use the same tracking methods. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 8/13/12 California donors to VP pick Paul Ryan's House campaign -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's decision to name Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate probably won't change the outcome of the race in blue California, but it could bring even more Golden State cash into the campaign. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 8/13/12 Jerry Brown launches website to rebut climate change skeptics -- Gov. Jerry Brown said today that "humanity is getting dangerously close to the point of no return" on climate change, and he launched a website criticizing conservatives who dispute its significance. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 State lawmakers push recreational uses for Los Angeles River -- Kayakers and environmental groups would have better access to sections of the Los Angeles River under legislation approved Monday by the state Assembly. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 California Republican Party approves structural changes -- With less than three months to go until the November election, the California Republican Party Board of Directors has approved a structural shake-up some insiders say is meant to limit Chairman Tom Del Beccaro's involvement in the party's strategic planning and fundraising efforts. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 8/13/12 State ethics czar touts new emphasis on 'public trust' violations -- The chairwoman of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission is among four local officials facing fines this month in cases involving conflicts of interest, and Ann Ravel, the head of the California ethics agency, says the cases represent a new approach to enforcement. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 8/13/12 Gasoline jumps 23 cents; Tesoro to be state's biggest refiner -- The state's average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped 23 cents over the past week to $4.083, leapfrogging a handful of Midwest states to regain its all too common rank as the nation's second most expensive place for motor fuel. Ronald D. White in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Harris takes a pass on death penalty initiative -- Attorney General Kamala Harris is one of California’s best-known opponents of capital punishment. Bob Egelko Chronicle Politics -- 8/13/12 California affordable housing projects suffer from loss of funding -- Duroville trailer park residents are among the victims of a loss of state and federal funding that affordable housing projects had historically relied on. Alexandra Zavis and Jessica Garrison in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Paul Ryan's budget logic is quandary for some Catholics -- His faith is devout, but church leaders worry about plans that could cut the safety net for the poor. Kathleen Hennessey and Lisa Mascaro in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Fox: The Ryan Pick and California’s Policy Debate -- A day after the Washington Post’s Morning Fix column headlined The Lamest Week of the 2012 Campaign, Mitt Romney selected a running mate that should, at least for a time, turn the presidential contest into a discussion about substance and policy. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 8/13/12 Axelrod: Paul Ryan’s veep selection brings back memories of Sarah Palin -- Senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod dismissed the GOP base’s enthusiasm for Mitt Romney’s new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), on Monday, likening it to the reaction Sarah Palin received when given the party’s vice presidential nod in 2008. Meghashyam Mali The Hill -- 8/13/12 Ten reasons why Paul Ryan could help the Republican ticket -- First up, we’ll look at ten reasons why Ryan could improve Romney’s chances of beating President Obama this fall. Richard Dunham Chronicle Politics -- 8/13/12 Paul Ryan’s Plan for Medicare -- Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s choice for vice president, has provoked consternation from Democrats and anxiety among some congressional Republicans with his proposals to reshape Medicare. Marilyn Werber Serafini KQED State of Health -- 8/13/12 GOP memo: ‘Don’t say entitlement reform’ -- It only took two hours after the Paul Ryan vice presidential announcement for Republican congressional candidates to get their talking points on how to spin the Ryan budget and Medicare attacks. ALEX ISENSTADT Politico -- 8/13/12 Mitt Romney’s constitutional amendment would bar Paul Ryan from the presidency -- Three years ago, Mitt Romney proposed a constitutional amendment that would say “the president has to spend three years working in business before he becomes president of the United States. Ezra Klein in the Washington Post -- 8/13/12 What did Ayn Rand teach Paul Ryan about monetary policy? -- In 2005, Paul Ryan explained that he often looks to Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” as inspiration for his views on monetary policy. Brad Plumer in the Washington Post -- 8/13/12 Retirees Shower Paul Ryan With Contributions -- Democrats say presumptive GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan is a senior citizen's worst nightmare, but retirees seem to have no problem writing him checks. Janie Lorber Roll Call -- 8/13/12 Obama to rover team: If you contact Martians, please let me know right away -- President Obama called NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday to congratulate the team involved with the landing on Mars last week of the rover Curiosity. DONOVAN SLACK Politico -- 8/13/12
Judges may free inmates as state fails on crowding -- An early plunge in the prison population to address a court order has leveled off. Federal jurists have asked the state to come up with an early release plan or other ideas to reduce its prison population. Paige St. John in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 ARB looks at reducing 'cap and trade' burden on businesses -- Big business sees California's global-warming law as a job killer, a $1 billion tax that could force some of the state's heaviest industries to flee. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee -- 8/13/12 Business interests wary of tangling with labor over California's Proposition 32 -- Sacramento boasts a cottage industry of political message massagers, but when a chance to become the spokesman for a controversial initiative on the coming November ballot surfaced last year, none of the local firms stepped up. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 8/13/12 Walters: Rebels make gains, but California's judicial war still rages -- For years, hundreds of Superior Court judges have waged a political rebellion against what they considered to be an oppressive and bloated state judicial bureaucracy based in San Francisco. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 8/13/12 Newsom touts efforts that benefit donors -- In seeking to sharpen the traditionally ambiguous role of state lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom has posited himself as a Mr. Fix-It for local good-government measures under threat from out-of-towners. Matt Smith and Lance Williams California Watch -- 8/13/12 Campaign Over Soda Tax Bubbles Up -- This working-class city northeast of San Francisco has emerged as the next battleground between business and health advocates over a municipal tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. VAUHINI VARA in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 8/13/12 Rep. Howard Berman takes gloves off in race against Brad Sherman -- Howard Berman's turnabout in the Valley congressional contest, knocking fellow-Democrat Sherman's record and getting surrogates to attack him, is common underdog behavior, observers say. Jean Merl in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Legal pension hikes: air time, golden handshake -- If the Legislature attempts pension reform this month, one of the targets may be “air time,” a decade-old policy that allows CalPERS and CalSTRS members to boost their pensions by buying up to five years of additional service credit. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 8/13/12 Mayor Villaraigosa says he wants 'time to reflect' -- So, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, if you were a tree, the sardonic Dan Schnur asked the mayor last week as he channeled his inner Barbara Walters, what Cabinet post would you take in a second Obama administration? Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/13/12 Efforts under way to make Nixon's White House tapes accessible -- Archivists are working to better code hundreds of hours of secret audio tape recorded by former President Richard Nixon in hopes that researchers will have an easier time searching, listening to and following along with the material in a simpler web interface. G.W. Schulz California Watch -- 8/13/12
Timber Sales Cultivate Jobs -- The West Coast's beleaguered timber industry is making a comeback, boosting the economies of rural towns that remain otherwise hard hit by the economic downturn. JUSTIN SCHECK in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 8/13/12
Court backs union, sends LAUSD layoffs case back to judge -- Handing United Teachers Los Angeles a significant procedural victory, a state appeals court has overturned a landmark ruling challenging the contractual rights of teachers in Los Angeles Unified. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 8/13/12 State moving forward on plan to upgrade schools, seek 2014 bond -- State officials have set to work on an ambitious plan to upgrade California’s aging and outdated school facilities and, in doing so, lay the groundwork for a 2014 bond measure to help pay for it. Kimberly Beltran EdSource -- 8/13/12 Summer programs turning struggling students into readers -- When “The Hunger Games” became the hottest ticket in town, about 350 middle school students in Fresno already knew how the movie would end. Susan Frey EdSource -- 8/13/12 Moir: Surefire way to know if a teacher evaluation system will succeed or fail -- Like school districts all across the country, California’s are figuring out the best way to evaluate teachers. The stark reality is that some districts will be successful in this, and others will not. Ellen Moir EdSource -- 8/13/12 LAUSD rolls out new batch of healthy menus -- Breakfast in the classroom, more appetizing lunch choices, eco-friendly meal trays and higher cafeteria prices will greet Los Angeles Unified students when they return to school on Tuesday. Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 8/13/12
Handy HIV tests help more learn status -- Incredible advances in the treatment and prognosis of HIV infections mean that a diagnosis is no longer quite as terrible as it once was - and getting tested for it is far less fraught with dread than it was a decade or two ago. Erin Allday in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 8/13/12 Napa State Hospital to roll out new alarm system -- The system became a priority after a psychiatric technician was slain. One problem: Workers are being asked to wear the alarms on neck lanyards, creating what they say is a risk of strangulation. Lee Romney in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Riding the Silver Tsunami -- Sister Roseanne Murphy basks in the sun of the peaceful courtyard of the Mercy Retirement & Care Centeer, content after finishing off a lunch of barbecued chicken alongside 100 fellow residents. Matt Perry HealthyCal.org -- 8/13/12
Presidio Trust rebuilding San Francisco history -- The long-buried skeleton of colonial San Francisco is being brought to the surface at the site of the old Spanish fort in Yerba Buena, where California as we know it was born. Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 8/13/12 Outside prison walls, ex-inmates meet, eat and offer support -- Some have grown children and several have lost some hair. They tease each other about the weight they’ve gained since moving on from prison cuisine. TREY BUNDY Bay Citizen -- 8/13/12 After bankruptcy, Vallejo is a city of both dreams and struggles -- A number of businesses have opened in recent months, and municipal finances have reached a degree of stability. But there are still many empty storefronts, and crime is a major concern. Maria L. La Ganga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12 Key test set for sustained hypersonic flight -- The unmanned experimental aircraft X-51A WaveRider is expected to fly above the Pacific Ocean near Point Mugu at Mach 6 for 300 seconds Tuesday. W.J. Hennigan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/13/12
Obama, Paul Ryan to overlap in Iowa -- President Barack Obama will have company when he hits the campaign trail in Iowa on Monday, as Rep. Paul Ryan also will be traveling to the Hawkeye State. JENNIFER EPSTEIN Politico -- 8/13/12
What Paul Ryan’s budget actually cuts — and by how much -- Both campaigns seem to agree that Mitt Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan for the veep spot sets up a big, clear policy choice for the election. Brad Plumer in the Washington Post -- 8/13/12 Responding to protesters, Mitt Romney tries to take high ground -- It may have been an instant of quick thinking. Or it may have been the product of thoughtful preparation. Felicia Sonmez in the Washington Post -- 8/13/12 In key swing state Florida, Paul Ryan a virtual unknown -- A conservative rock star in the marbled halls of Congress, Paul Ryan — his ideas, his politics, his very name — was just barely beginning to register at the Spot Cafe off State Road 16 here Sunday. Stephanie McCrummen in the Washington Post -- 8/13/12 |
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