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Tobacco giant, drug companies give money to Jerry Brown -- Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA has pumped another $27,000 into Gov. Jerry Brown's re-election campaign, according to a campaign finance statement Brown filed with the state Wednesday. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Occidental College settles with students in sexual assault case -- Occidental College has reached a monetary settlement with at least 10 current and former students who were part of a federal complaint that accused officials at the Eagle Rock campus of repeatedly mishandling allegations of sexual assault, according to three sources familiar with the agreement. Jason Felch and Jason Song in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Boeing to shutter C-17 cargo jet line in Long Beach -- Aerospace giant Boeing Co. said Wednesday it plans to complete production of the C-17 cargo jet and close the final assembly facility in Long Beach in 2015. The move marks the end of the last major airplane production line left in Southern California. W.J. Hennigan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg presses for immigration reform in D.C. -- Zuckerberg was pressing his case in private meetings Wednesday and Thursday at the Capitol, including with Republican and Democratic members of House and Senate leadership. Erica Werner Associated Press -- 9/18/13 Silicon Valley IPOs heating up ahead of Twitter offering -- With Twitter's initial public offering on the horizon, Silicon Valley's IPO market is beginning to sizzle: A biotechnology company entered the public markets with a rising stock price Wednesday and two enterprise software companies increased the share price they are targeting in IPOs expected later this week. Jeremy C. Owens in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/18/13 Court upholds California's low carbon fuel standard -- A panel of federal judge on Wednesday upheld California's first-in-the-nation mandate requiring fuels producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Jason Dearen Associated Press Dana Hull in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/18/13 Gay bias in jury selection: Federal appeals court struggles with another gay rights issue -- Wading into uncharted waters, a federal appeals court on Wednesday tussled with whether the same legal barriers against excluding women and minorities from juries apply to gays and lesbians. Howard Mintz in the San Jose Mercury Maura Dolan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Some UC regents discuss unloading university-owned mansion -- Some University of California regents on Tuesday said it might make more sense to sell off a university-owned mansion that needs a major overhaul rather than restore the Contra Costa County property. Larry Gordon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Google spins off Calico, a new company to focus on health -- Google is spinning off a new company that will focus on health and diseases associated with aging, CEO Larry Page announced Wednesday. Brandon Bailey in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/18/13 Brown Wants Extension on Inmate Transfers, But Corrections Department Making Preparations -- But California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation isn’t waiting around for the judge’s response. As Governor Brown and legislative leaders focus attention on their rehabilitation and treatment-centered approach, the department is already laying the groundwork for relocating prisoners. Scott Detrow KQED -- 9/18/13 A tale of two cities: Palmdale and Lancaster -- Nestled deep in the smoggy Antelope Valley north of Los Angeles are two peaceful California towns — Lancaster and Palmdale. But between those two quiet communities, a raucous fight is raging about a power plant on their border. Palmdale wants to build it. Lancaster wants to stop it. Alex Matthews Capitol Weekly -- 9/18/13 Study of hydraulic fracturing in state puts off suit -- The Obama administration has tentatively settled an environmental lawsuit over oil and gas drilling in Monterey and Fresno counties with an agreement to conduct a statewide study of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and its possible effects on water and wildlife. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 Fox: Focus on Changing Prop 13 Still Hot -- While a just released Public Policy Institute study suggested that lowering the two-thirds vote for school parcel taxes would be limited in effect, don’t think for a moment that the effort to cut Prop’s 13’s requirement to raise taxes won’t be pushed by the legislature next year. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 9/18/13 Why NJ Senate candidate Cory Booker is coming to SF Friday.OK, besides for the money -- For years, we’ve been told that Newark, NJ mayor/Stanford grad Cory Booker is the next, next thing in Democratic national politics. Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 California paves road for ridesharing -- State officials are set to vote Thursday on what could become a national model for how to regulate the increasingly popular – and controversial – smartphone-based ridesharing industry. Chris Nichols UT San Diego$ -- 9/18/13 Government shutdown moves closer as House sets vote to defund Obamacare -- House Republican leaders announced Wednesday morning that they would take a risky double-barreled attack on President Obama’s health-care law, making it the cornerstone fight over government funding due to expire Sept. 30 and the effort to lift the Treasury’s borrowing authority. Paul Kane and Ed O’Keefe in the Washington Post$ -- 9/18/13
Ravel's FEC nomination heads to floor of U.S. Senate -- Ann Ravel, chair of the state's ethics watchdog, today received unanimous approval from a U.S. Senate panel in her quest to join the Federal Election Commission. Christopher Cadelago in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Democrats target Denham, Valadao in robocalls -- Democrats today are launching a flurry of robocalls charging two Republican San Joaquin Valley congressmen with contemplating shutting down the government and withholding financial support to implement the new federal health care law. Christopher Cadelago in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell wins state Senate seat -- Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) on Tuesday cruised to victory in a race for a seat on the state Senate vacated by Democrat Curren Price when he was elected to the Los Angeles City Council this year. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ Jeremy B. White in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Linda Ronstadt recalls time with Jerry Brown in new memoir -- Linda Ronstadt’s new memoir recounts her decades-long career in music and chronicles her current battle with Parkinson’s disease. But the autobiography of the former Stone Poney’s frontwoman is also peppered with references to her former beau, Gov. Jerry Brown. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 California unemployment checks delayed amid computer upgrade -- The state Employment Development Department said today that about 50,000 unemployed Californians have had their benefit checks delayed as the department struggles to implement a computer system upgrade. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 California prison riddle -- How ever California meets a December deadline to ease prison crowding, the state's prison problems are far from over. Paige St. John in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Brown urged to veto housing bill -- A team of economists backed by the California Building Industry Association is urging Gov. Jerry Brown to veto a sweeping housing bill carried by San Diego Assemblywoman Toni Atkins. Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ -- 9/18/13 Walters: California politicians play hide-the-pea on ballot measures -- As the ballot measure evolved into California’s primary public policy tool over the last three-plus decades, clever people were paid large sums of money to figure out how to persuade voters. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Hollywood producer led push on early parole for juvenile offenders -- Just after 9 on Monday night, Gov. Jerry Brown's legislative secretary Gareth Elliot picked up the phone and called a Hollywood studio executive. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Group forms to fight casino referendum -- A political committee has been formed to block a referendum challenging a proposed tribal casino north of Madera planned by the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians. John Howard Capitol Weekly -- 9/18/13 Campaign finance bills fare poorly in California Legislature -- Measures to increase power of a state watchdog and raise fines for violations stall. Only one, requiring more training for campaign treasurers, goes to the governor. Chris Megerian and Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Filner gave raises to seven employees in final weeks -- The raises took effect as staff members were being interviewed by the city attorney's office about the sexual harassment allegations that ultimately drove Filner to resign. Tony Perry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 State, feds reach deal to help veterans -- For the first time, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will open its doors and records so a newly created state strike force can help chisel away at a daunting backlog of claims that is costing California veterans millions of dollars in lost benefits every year. Michael Gardner UT San Diego$ -- 9/18/13 Ex-Dodgers owner McCourt gives Georgetown $100 million to launch public policy school -- A former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is giving Georgetown University $100 million to found a school of public policy that will bear his family name, the largest donation ever to the nation’s oldest Catholic university. Nick Anderson in the Washington Post$ -- 9/18/13
California high-speed-rail groundbreaking pushed back another few months -- All year, the state billed the summer of 2013 as the season when California's biggest-ever public works project -- a $69 billion high-speed rail line -- would finally leave the station with a groundbreaking that has been decades in the making. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/18/13 CNA nurses' union girds for battle with Kaiser Permanente -- The California Nurses Association, already battling Sutter Health hospitals over contracts in San Francisco and the East Bay, is busy painting a target on the biggest fish in the pond: Kaiser Permanente. Chris Rauber San Francisco Business Times -- 9/18/13 Better pay for home care workers under U.S. labor rule, CA bill -- The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that federal minimum wage and overtime requirements will be extended to home health aides, certified nursing assistants and other workers who provide home care to the elderly, injured and disabled. Melody Gutierrez in the Sacramento Bee$ Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 While Brown considers OT for domestics, Obama goes national -- Overtime pay for 200,000 in-home domestic workers in California is still in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown, who’s considering a scaled-down version of a bill he vetoed last year. But the Obama administration has just taken some of the pressure off by issuing nationwide overtime regulations for domestics. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 San Francisco's Hired helps link firms with workers -- From offering weekly housecleaning services to on-site yoga and Pilates classes, tech companies have been rolling out the red carpet to attract talented engineers. Ellen Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 Arena opponents obtain signatures paid for by Seattle’s Chris Hansen -- The campaign to force a public vote on the city's arena subsidy received a big boost over the weekend when it obtained 18,000 petitions funded by Chris Hansen. Ryan Lillis in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Lower vote for parcel taxes may not matter, says report -- A priority for some Democratic legislators -- lowering the threshold to impose local parcel taxes for schools -- may not do much to affect either the number of those ballot measures or their outcome on Election Day. John Myers News10 Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 U.S. poverty rate holds steady near a generational high -- The number of people living in poverty stood at 46.5 million last year, or 15% of the country's population, for the second year in a row. Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 State clears way for use of ‘offsets’ in carbon restrictions -- Starting in a couple of weeks, the hundreds of companies subject to California’s strict curbs on greenhouse-gas emissions will have a new way to meet the regulations. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13 Palo Alto's super-high-speed Internet dream lives again -- Palo Alto's on-again, off-again goal of bringing super-high-speed Internet access to every corner of the city appears to be back on again. Jason Green in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/18/13
Jerry Brown says he will sign bills extending vehicle fees -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he will sign legislation extending a fee on vehicle registrations and tire sales in California to pay for programs designed to reduce emissions and promote alternative fuels. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/18/13
Feds elaborate on the requirements California can’t meet for testing waiver -- The federal Department of Education specified for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one-year transition to implementing the Common Core standards. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 9/18/13 Local Tea Party activists oppose Common Core standards -- They’re promoted as making American students more competitive with their international peers, but some local conservatives say new educational standards set to be fully implemented next school year amount to a federal takeover of local education. Beau Yarbrough in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 9/18/13 Academic Growth Over Time data show improvement at LAUSD schools -- The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday released its latest Academic Growth Over Time data, which found that 13 schools had performed “Far Above Predicted” in some categories for the last three years. The item is in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/18/13 LAUSD approves $113M budget to train teachers for Common Core standards -- After debating nearly two hours and voting down a proposed compromise, the Los Angeles Unified board on Tuesday approved a plan for spending $113 million to implement a new curriculum — the same budget that triggered the resignation of the district’s instructional chief when it was rejected last week. Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 Credentialing revenues continue to slide, prompting new budget tightening at CTC -- Despite cost-cutting efforts that reduced operational costs by 75 percent since 2007, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing faces a bleak outlook next year that threatens core functions. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 9/18/13 Nationally recognized child care program opening center in California -- A multi-million dollar preschool and child care center that education leaders say will help close achievement gaps between low-income and wealthier students is coming to California. Lillian Mongeau EdSource -- 9/18/13 Lawmakers resolve community college funding gap -- Across California, some six dozen community college districts – locally administering 112 schools, the largest higher education institution in the country – were scrambling for $90 million. On the last night of the legislative session, just before lawmakers went home for the year, the Legislature approved it. Samantha Gallegos Capitol Weekly -- 9/18/13 Students build futures in old-school shop classes -- Several engine blocks sat on racks near an early 1980s white Volkswagen Rabbit and a slightly beat-up, bright yellow Porsche 914 on a lift. A greasy garage smell wafted out the door. Jill Tucker in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 UC panel OKs initial work to presidential mansion -- The UC regents' buildings and grounds committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend that the regents spend $620,000 in nonpublic funds as a first step toward renovating the grand but decaying Blake House in Kensington, a 1924 mansion that could cost $3.5 million to $6 million to fully restore. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 Zuckerberg talks with students at new San Francisco school -- A seemingly ho-hum ribbon-cutting ceremony for a charter school Tuesday turned into a who's-who, full-house event starring Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Jill Tucker in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 LAUSD pays out $27 million as 58 more Miramonte molestation claims are resolved -- Los Angeles Unified has paid out more than $27 million to settle claims by nearly five dozen children who allege they were molested by former Miramonte Elementary teacher Mark Berndt, the district announced Tuesday. Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/18/13 Lopez: L.A. Unified leaders don't make the grade -- The nation's second-largest public school district is dealing with a few disciplinary problems of late, but it's not the students I'm talking about.It's the grown-ups. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13
California Bill Would Add Privacy Option in Health Insurance Paperwork -- California reproductive health and civil liberties advocates are waiting for Governor Jerry Brown to take action on a bill that would create a more private way for patients to receive information about sensitive health services. Pauline Bartolone Capital Public Radio -- 9/18/13 Access to healthcare for the poor varies widely among states -- The poor in the highest-ranking states are more likely to be covered by health insurance, to have a regular source of medical care and to get recommended preventive care, a study says. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13
Blue-footed boobies delighting California bird-watchers -- Though a recent 'invasion' of blue-footed boobies is exciting bird-watchers, some experts wonder what it might mean environmentally. Louis Sahagun in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13
Navy Yard shooting near U.S. Capitol unlikely to spur new gun laws -- A leading advocate of stricter gun safety laws argued earlier this month that momentum had not stalled in Congress and cited one “inevitable fact” as proof. “There will be another mass shooting. And when it happens, members of Congress will have a lot of explaining to do,” Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said in an interview. Michael A. Memoli in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13
Herdt: Patching a problem Congress won't fix -- While state agricultural leaders continue to cry out to the federal government to help them address a severe labor shortage, California lawmakers passed a law that will at least allow the undocumented farm workers already here to legally drive to work. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star$ -- 9/18/13 Obama blames Boehner for delay on immigration reform -- Despite the Senate passing a comprehensive immigration reform package almost three months ago, there's been little movement in the House of Representatives. Justin Sink The Hill -- 9/18/13 Dems tire of waiting on immigration reform -- President Obama, congressional Democrats and activists have given Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) some room to maneuver on the thorny issue, but they are now saying that the clock is ticking. Alexander Bolton The Hill -- 9/18/13 Outside groups try to revive immigration reform -- Nancy Pelosi is huddling with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, top labor leaders and former AOL exec Steve Case in separate meetings this week as supporters of immigration reform try to revive the issue, which fast seems to be dying on Capitol Hill. Anna Palmer and Seung Min Kim Politico -- 9/18/13
L.A. County tries to put more eyes, ears on Sheriff’s Department -- Saying the troubled Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department should be placed under greater scrutiny, the county Board of Supervisors stepped up its search for an inspector general Tuesday but stopped short of creating a proposed citizens oversight commission. Christina Villacorte in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/18/13 LAPD to ramp up hit-and-run policies -- Los Angeles city officials agreed Tuesday to take a tougher stance on how it treats and tracks hit-and-runs, dropping the perception that they are accidents and voting to adopt a longer statute of limitation for serious ones. Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/18/13 Jeffe: Mayor Bloomberg Had A Bad Election Day -- Not only has Bloomberg’s staunchest critic–Bill De Blasio–emerged atop the Democratic pack of mayoral candidates, two Bloomberg supported state senators in Colorado were ousted in recall elections sparked by their votes in favor of gun control. Douglas Jeffe Fox & Hounds -- 9/18/13 Endgame: San Francisco police shut down sidewalk chess -- Street chess, that institution of young, old, rich and poor mentally duking it out over a checkered board in the open air, thrives downtown in nearly every big city of America - except, now, San Francisco. Neal J. Riley in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/18/13 Two rather unusual political campaign ads -- Sometimes a campaign ad is just so out of the ordinary that it bears repeating far beyond the candidate’s would-be constituency. Josh Richman Political Blotter -- 9/18/13 Elton John performs free concert with USC students -- Monday was a good night to be a USC student. Sir Elton John performed a free concert to a small crowd of mostly students at the university's 1,250-seat Bovard Auditorium. Mary Plummer KPCC -- 9/18/13 Why Amazon Hides Its Cheapest Price (and Where) -- Bloomberg Businessweek's Sam Grobart unveils the secret behind those hidden discounts. Bloomberg -- 9/18/13
FISA court defends NSA surveillance decisions -- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court says National Security Agency practices aren't unconstitutional because numbers dialed aren't private. David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13
Despite shrinking U.S. deficit, House GOP eyes government shutdown -- The federal deficit has shrunk to its lowest level since 2008, according to a report released Tuesday, but House Republicans will begin the next budget battle this week with a vote that threatens to shut down the federal government unless President Obama agrees to halt his healthcare law. Lisa Mascaro in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/18/13 White House budget office urges agencies to prepare for possible shutdown -- The White House budget office directed federal agencies on Tuesday to prepare for the possibility of a federal government shutdown should Democrats and Republicans fail to find a budget compromise by the end of September. Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton Reuters -- 9/18/13 |
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