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Stockton bankruptcy can move forward, judge rules -- A federal judge ruled Monday that Stockton is eligible for bankruptcy protection, over the objection of creditors who argued the city could come up with more money. Diana Marcum in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Speaker's top aide pitches Medi-Cal bill from his hospital bed -- Greg Campbell is raising standards for dedication to his job as chief of staff to Speaker John A. Peréz after using a get-well call from Gov. Jerry Brown as a way to pitch his boss's Medi-Cal expansion bill. Melody Gutierrez in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 4/1/13 Supreme Court rejects call to change voting district head counts -- The Supreme Court has rejected a conservative challenge to the common practice of counting everyone, not just U.S. citizens, when adjusting the size of voting districts across the nation. David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona seeking reduced prison term -- A federal judge may decide Monday whether to resentence convicted former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona, potentially freeing him from federal prison. Nicole Santa Cruz in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Walters: Reservoirs should stay in water bond -- The bad news is that a dry winter means the Sierra snowpack is only half of its statistical normal as the annual spring runoff begins. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 4/1/13 »0|0«
Google's Cesar Chavez 'doodle' causes a stir on Easter Sunday -- Conservative commentators lashed out at Google over the company's decision to feature labor and civil rights legend Cesar Chavez, instead of an Easter-related theme, as its "Google Doodle" Sunday. Dana Hull in the Oakland Tribune -- 4/1/13 Fox: Riding the Rails to the ‘Great Train Robbery’ -- The United States Government Accounting Office backed up California’s High-Speed Rail Authority by leaking a report last week that claimed the ridership projections for the new bullet train were “reasonable” – that’s the new ridership projections, which have dropped considerably from earlier reports. Joel Fox Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 4/1/13 Lobbying to intensify as committees begin considering bills -- This year, Sacramento is home to 1,526 registered lobbyists representing 2,410 clients. Their vying for lawmakers' attention and votes begins in earnest Tuesday. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Will talk of big pensions bring reform? -- Revelations about a Bay Area county executive whose base retirement plan will top $400,000 a year have sparked new debates about public employee pensions. Christopher Cadelago UT San Diego$ -- 4/1/13 Morain: Mental health care issues in California prisons are rooted in the past -- At last count, the California state prison system housed 33,777 inmates diagnosed with significant mental illness, including 6,051 with severe conditions such as schizophrenia. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 4/1/13 Great Water Debate -- Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious tunnels designed to ship water partly underground to Southern California would be tall enough to comfortably fit an adult giraffe, wide enough for three freeway lanes and have ample room to carry enough water to serve 35,000 homes on a typical day. Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ -- 4/1/13 Tech PAC rewriting political party lines -- The young innovators and entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley, billionaires and dreamers alike, have laid claim to an unorthodox mantra in business: "Move fast and break things." Now some of the valley's digital generation gurus are applying that mind-set to a new universe - politics. Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 4/1/13 Curious Friends: How Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Can Help Republicans --By zeroing in on issues where bipartisanship is possible, Zuckerberg’s political efforts can soften the GOP’s hard edge. Elahe Izadi National Journal -- 4/1/13 Red flags ignored in Shirakawa case -- Santa Clara County debt collectors mixed him up with his dead dad. Election chiefs broke the law by not reporting his missing campaign files. And three audits overlooked his charges for "county business" billed from far-flung casinos and golf fairways. Karen de Sá in the Contra Costa Times -- 4/1/13 Skelton: Sacramento mayor directs offense in fight to retain NBA's Kings -- Sacramento's Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star, is determined to keep the city's beloved Kings from bolting. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Walters: New biography of Jerry Brown is but a primer -- During Jerry Brown's first stint as governor three-plus decades ago, a number of books were written about him – some laudatory, some critical and some analytical. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 4/1/13 Stockton bankruptcy: the case for CalPERS cuts -- If a federal judge rules today that Stockton is eligible for bankruptcy, bond insurers facing big losses may wonder if they should have taken a harder look at how the city’s CalPERS debt could be cut. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 4/1/13
San Francisco, Los Angeles vie for tallest skyscraper -- Starry-eyed city leaders boast that the $4.2 billion Transbay Transit Center planned for South of Market will include the tallest building on the West Coast, but they've left out one crucial detail: a tower in Los Angeles that is poised to stretch 30 feet higher. Aaron Kinney in the San Jose Mercury -- 4/1/13 San Francisco Symphony strike: Tentative agreement reached -- The sound of silence from the San Francisco Symphony appeared to be coming to an end as a tentative agreement was reached Sunday to end a 2½-week strike. Associated Press Joshua Kosman in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 4/1/13 A 'fast, furious' spring homebuying market -- Mike Kallenbaugh's search for a home in Orange County's tight market keeps taking him in circles. The typical whirlwind lasts less than a week: Kallenbaugh spots a new listing. He falls in love with the place. He makes an offer. He gets rejected. He starts over. MARILYN KALFUS in the Orange County Register -- 4/1/13 Affordable housing is again a red flag in 'green' Marin County -- The issue has long produced conflict in the eco-friendly county, California's wealthiest. Officials are being urged to help workers find housing in a place where the median home price is $650,000. Maria L. La Ganga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Analyst says Sacramento hiring demand is rising -- This time four years ago, local market analyst Rick Reed likened Sacramento's economy to a car stuck in low gear. Darrell Smith in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 4/1/13
Schools struggle to provide dental health safety net -- As California educators grapple with boosting student achievement across economic lines, the teeth of poor children are holding them back. Jane Meredith Adams EdSource -- 4/1/13 Gabel: State still has a role in supporting and holding districts accountable -- With the passage of Proposition 30 and almost nine out of 10 local ballot measures last November, the voters of California gave our schools an almost unprecedented chance to begin rebuilding after years of budget cuts. Erin Gabel EdSource -- 4/1/13
Healthcare an obstacle as Republicans court Latinos -- As GOP members of Congress seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act, they risk undermining outreach efforts among the law's biggest supporters. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 Self-help fights childhood obesity: UCSD study -- verweight children and their parents can shed extra pounds on their own, if they get guidance from medical experts, according to a new study led by UC San Diego researchers. Bradley J. Fikes UT San Diego$ -- 4/1/13
After five years, has the Bay Area wood burning ban spared the air? -- Despite some lingering anger over wood-burning rules, Bay Area air quality officials say a five-year burn ban has paid off for the region's 7 million residents. Denis Cuff in the Contra Costa Times -- 4/1/13 How Flooding Fields Could Alleviate Water Supply Stress -- This past weekend’s rain was too little, too late, to save Northern California from tight water supplies this summer. Sasha Khokha KQED -- 4/1/13
'Gang of Eight' Forecasts Immigration Bill Next Week -- A day after labor and business groups struck a deal on a new guest-worker program, key senators said they are within reach of finalizing an immigration overhaul proposal. Ben Weyl Roll Call -- 4/1/13 Senators disagree on how close they are to a deal on immigration -- Key senators trying to negotiate an agreement on immigration reform were divided Sunday on how close they are to reaching a consensus on the legislation. Richard A. Serrano in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13
Walnut Creek memo outlines employees' failure to report alleged sexual abuse at Lesher Center -- Top Lesher Center officials uncovered evidence of possible child sexual abuse by a city employee and then fired him, but never informed local police of the allegations, a law enforcement review has concluded. Elisabeth Nardi the Contra Costa Times -- 4/1/13 Motorcycle-riding Easter Bunny encounters CHP on the freeway -- California Highway Patrol Officer Adam Griffiths spotted the bunny on Saturday. White furry suit: good. Pink ears: good. Floppy white feet: good. White gloves: good. No helmet: not good. Tony Perry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13 State artifacts collection had everything — but a home -- The 2 million relics, many in various warehouses, will be moved to a massive, safer space at the former McClellan air base. The collection will also be thinned out. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 4/1/13
Minister criticizes ‘captains of the religious right’ at Obama’s Easter service -- With President Obama and his family in the pews for Easter Sunday worship, the Rev. Luis Leon at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington’s Lafayette Square took the opportunity to take a shot at political conservatives, arguing from the pulpit that some conservative positions are holding people back. Hamil R. Harris in the Washington Post -- 4/1/13 Woman among those under consideration to lead FBI -- The Obama administration has begun to search for a replacement for FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, and for the first time one of the leading contenders is a woman. Sari Horwitz in the Washington Post -- 4/1/13
Beef with the sequester? At least one federal program was able to beat it -- Last week, President Obama signed a spending bill that gave the Agriculture Department’s food inspectors what everybody else wanted: a get-out-of-the-sequester card. Their program got $55 million in new money, which replaced almost all of what the sequester took. David A. Fahrenthold and Lisa Rein in the Washington Post -- 4/1/13 |
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