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So many bills, so little time for Schwarzenegger -- Lawmakers shut down the 2009 regular session a week ago without reaching compromise on water legislation, but they did approve hundreds of other bills in the final days. The item is in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Cuts in in-home care to affect 130,000 in state -- In-Home Supportive Services care will be reduced or axed for 130,000 Californians starting Nov. 1, the state Department of Social Services announced Friday. The program pays caregivers with a combination of federal, state and county money, as well as recipients' out-of-pocket contributions. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Disabled tenants in Monrovia allowed to stay after Gov. Schwarzenegger intervenes -- After reaching an agreement with the complex's owner, the governor tells the good news to nearly two dozen residents at Regency Court Apartments who had received eviction notices. Corina Knoll in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09 Stalled water measures spur veto threat -- A frustrated Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may threaten to veto dozens of unrelated bills if lawmakers fail to move a stalled water package to his desk in the coming days, according to those close to negotiations. But those brokering the deal privately warn that such an ultimatum could further poison negotiations already marred by distrust, making it even more challenging to meet his demand. Michael Gardner in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 9/19/09
In Left-Leaning San Francisco, There Was Something About Harry -- Harry Aleo was a conservative gadfly known for sparring with his liberal neighbors. Now some of them want to pay tribute to his colorful past. CONOR DOUGHERTY in the Wall Street Journal -- 9/19/09 Newsoms welcome daughter Montana -- San Francisco Mayor and California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom has a new title: Daddy. Heather Knight in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/19/09 G.O.P. Checks for a Pulse, and Finds One -- Less than a year after an election that nearly wiped them out politically, conservatives are showing signs of life. ADAM NAGOURNEY in the New York Times -- 9/19/09 DNC promises 'rain of hellfire' -- The increasingly aggressive Democratic National Committee on Friday launched a new “Call ’Em Out” website targeting prominent Republicans for statements they have made about President Barack Obama’s health reform plans. MIKE ALLEN Politico -- 9/19/09 CalBuzz: Swap Meet: Newsom, Poizner Up; Jerry, Meg Down -- Calbuzz kudos to Jen and Gavin Newsom, who welcomed their new daughter, Montana Tessa, tipping the Toledos at 7 lbs 12 oz, shortly after noon. Not long after, Prince Tweety was sending 240-character digital messages to the world: "Jen's doing great...not sure she's happy I am on Twitter." Trust us, man: she's not. Jeez. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 9/19/09
L.A. City Council gains union concessions to help close budget gap -- The early retirement plan is resurrected and some employees are spared layoffs and furloughs in the agreement that erases nearly a third of this year's shortfall. Union members still must approve. David Zahniser and Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09 SEIU shows softer side with lawn signs in Sacramento area -- Service Employees International Union Local 1000 has planted nearly 15,000 lawn signs in the Sacramento region aimed at building public support for the 95,000 state workers it represents. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Official: agreement "in principle" reached on Industry NFL stadium -- An agreement has been reached "in principal" in the ongoing settlement talks over the proposed NFL stadium in Industry, a city official said Friday. James Wagner in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 9/19/09 Sacramento will ask arbitrator to settle dispute over price of railyard parcel -- A multimillion-dollar land value dispute between the city of Sacramento and its downtown railyard developer appears headed for a long-awaited resolution. Tony Bizjak in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Utilities ask for help from state -- Facing steep losses and soaring insurance premiums because of wildfire damage, some utilities serving the Southland have asked the state for permission to pass on the higher costs to customers. Tony Castro in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 9/19/09 Wilmington struggling with slowdown at ports -- Just two years ago, Jack McLaren and Eddie Ortiz were part-time dockworkers riding a tsunami of international trade that allowed them to work as many as five days a week at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Ronald D. White in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09
Venture capital industry sees glimmers of hope but is still in a deep slump -- For two shining moments last week, Benchmark Capital reminded Silicon Valley of the win-win way venture capital is supposed to work. Scott Duke Harris in the Oakland Tribune -- 9/19/09 Petruno: Markets gave Fed what it needed -- The Federal Reserve needed a rebound in financial markets this year to set the table for a lasting economic recovery. Mission accomplished -- at least with the first half of the strategy. Tom Petruno in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09 Tame inflation no help for taxpayers in 2010 -- Nobody likes inflation, until it's gone. For the first time since the Internal Revenue Service started indexing federal taxes for inflation in the mid-1980s, taxpayers will get virtually no benefit from inflation in 2010. Kathleen Pender in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/19/09
Report: More Orange County teachers prepared for the classroom -- The number of underprepared teachers in Orange County has dropped dramatically in just eight years, according to preliminary results of a report due out later this year. FERMIN LEAL in the Orange County Register -- 9/19/09 Principal gets credit for turning schools around -- Matthew Tessier fixes broken schools. Chula Vista's Harborside Elementary was in pieces when he arrived as its principal two years ago. Chris Moran in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 9/19/09
Are flat screen TVs the new SUVs? -- Sparking a battle with the electronics industry, the California Energy Commission on Friday released the nation's first rules mandating energy efficiency for televisions. Under the rules, new TV sets sold in California will be required to reduce electricity consumption 30 percent by 2011 and 50 percent by 2013 from current models. Paul Rogersin the San Jose Mercury -- 9/19/09 San Francisco takes green issue to dry cleaners -- Your dry cleaner may claim to be "green" or "environmentally friendly," but San Francisco officials warn that the business is probably using a hazardous chemical solvent that could be harming you, your cleaner and the environment. Marisa Lagos in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/19/09 With ban on plastic grocery bags in Palo Alto, they are gone and quickly forgotten -- Out of sight, out of mind. Plastic bags officially vanished from Palo Alto grocery stores on Friday, and customers scarcely noticed them missing. Lisa M. Krieger and Will Oremusin the San Jose Mercury -- 9/19/09 Corporate push for recycling -- At the east Sacramento Save Mart on Friday, the nonprofit Keep California Beautiful launched a statewide campaign meant to get shoppers to recycle more plastic grocery bags and bring their own bags to the store more often. Jim Downing in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Ruling delays massive development near Hwy. 41 -- A Madera County judge has ruled that a key environmental report for a massive housing development near Highway 41 lacks important information, forcing the county to rewrite part of the report and threatening to delay the 5,200-home project. Chris Collins in the Fresno Bee -- 9/19/09 Swimmers brave dirty Delta for awareness -- Seven swimmers swimming, Sacramento to San Francisco. Tongue twister though it is, the swimmers and their backers hope a 100-mile weekend relay will become a mind teaser, raising awareness about increasing threats from pollution in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay. Ed Fletcher in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/19/09 Qualcomm Stadium is amid effort to go green -- Qualcomm Stadium officials are building on their environmental record and looking to save money this season with cutting-edge efforts to provide solar-powered trash compactors and recycling machines that spit out coupons when people put in cans and bottles. Mike Lee in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 9/19/09
Judges are of two minds when it comes to Obama's birthplace allegations -- A Georgia judge dismisses a suit as "frivolous" while a Santa Ana judge is proceeding toward trial. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 9/19/09 In media blitz, Obama says vitriol isn't racism-based -- Fear of "big changes" and of the growing role of government -- not racism -- are behind much of the criticism that the White House faces, President Obama said during a sweeping series of television interviews to air Sunday. Mark Silva in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09
Sanchez talks health care, defends travel expenses at Irvine forum -- A moral obligation to cover the uninsured isn’t enough to get a health care bill passed in the next few months, Rep. Loretta Sanchez said today in Irvine. Jennifer Muir in the Orange County Register -- 9/19/09 Acne, Pregnancy Among Disqualifying Conditions -- A proposal to make preexisting health conditions irrelevant in the sale of insurance policies could help not just the seriously ill but also people who might consider themselves healthy, documents released Friday by a California-based advocacy group illustrate. David S. Hilzenrath in the Washington Post -- 9/19/09 GOP lawmaker who survived cancer blasts government healthcare -- Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) struck a personal note in the national debate over healthcare in the Republican weekly radio address. Michael O'Brien The Hill -- 9/19/09
Religious leaders seek healthcare for illegal immigrants -- Calling access to healthcare a moral and spiritual imperative, Los Angeles faith leaders held a religious service and launched a phone bank Friday to urge congressional leaders to include illegal immigrants in any healthcare reform plan. Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09
Metrolink performance on key reform stuns Boxer -- U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer said Friday she was "stunned" that the Metrolink regional rail service still runs 87% of its trains with only a single crew member in the control cab. Rich Connell in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09 Lawmakers push for arson registry -- The deadly Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest is renewing a push from California lawmakers for a national registry of convicted arsonists. Kevin Freking AP -- 9/19/09 FCC chief will propose Internet neutrality rules, source says -- Chairman Julius Genachowski reportedly wants the commission to require Internet companies to treat content providers equally. Bloomberg -- 9/19/09 John Wells elected president of Writers Guild -- The Writers Guild of America, West elected John Wells, executive producer of the hit TV shows "ER" and "The West Wing," to be the union's new president, in a partial repudiation of the man who led the guild during last year's strike against the Hollywood studios. Richard Verrier in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/19/09 |