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Archive of California on Monday June 29, 2009
CA: Governor's last stand -- his way or IOUs
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, seeking to conquer what could be the last budget crisis of his tenure, is engaged in a high-stakes negotiating strategy with lawmakers that could force him to preside over a meltdown of state government. Read More
CA: More furloughs possible for California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California said he would order some 200,000 state workers to take a third furlough day every month if lawmakers could not agree on how to close a $24 billion deficit. Read More
Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Read More
CA: Assembly Democrats push budget plan that doesn't need GOP support
Democratic legislators trotted out a stick-and-carrot approach to closing the state's budget gap Sunday night, negotiating with the governor on one floor of the Capitol while voting for a package of cuts and taxes on another. Read More
CA: Assembly Democrats OK budget package
Democratic leaders in the state Assembly, frustrated by the refusal of Republicans to support tax hikes to help balance the state budget, pushed through a proposal Sunday night that uses a series of legal maneuvers to put higher levies in place without any GOP votes. Read More
CA: Calif. OKs new steps to cut climate change
California has become the first state to require that all new cars sold after 2012 have windshields that block the sun to cool vehicles, increase fuel efficiency and cut greenhouse gases. Read More
CA: Turf wars loom as services retooled
Overshadowed by the more immediate budget crisis, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers are crafting separate plans to restructure state fire protection and water-delivery services across California. Read More
CA: Governor threatens third furlough day for state workers
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to furlough state workers an additional day each month starting in July if lawmakers do not send him an immediate solution for the entire $24 billion budget deficit, he said Friday. Read More
CA: Fiscal crisis puts Prop. 13 up for discussion
About this time every year, as the Legislature and governor wrestle over how to pass the state budget, somewhere, somebody blames Sacramento's stalemate - and the state of the California's mediocre schools and crumbling roads - on Proposition 13. Read More
CA: No sign of deal to close Calif. deficit
With the threat of IOUs just days away, Democratic and Republican lawmakers show no sign of compromise in their efforts to close California's $24.3 billion deficit. Read More
CA: Roadshow -- California's hands-free cell phone law is increasingly being ignored
As officer Ruben Jones eased his California Highway Patrol cruiser onto the freeway last July 1 looking for drivers ignoring the state's new hands-free cell phone law, he figured he'd be one busy cop. Read More
CA: Governor says he would veto any budget end run
In a controversial simple-majority vote Sunday night, the state Assembly approved raising taxes on oil production and tobacco products as part of a Democratic budget proposal that closes most of the $24.3 billion budget shortfall through June 2010. Read More
CA: Two-year colleges' fees likely to rise 30%
Nearly 3 million California community college students are expected to face a 30 percent, $6-per-unit fee increase this fall regardless of how lawmakers ultimately decide to balance the state budget. Read More
CA: Fiscal changes hit prison officers union hard
Once seen as the model of public employee labor sophistication and clout, California's prison officers union is struggling amid the state's financial meltdown and a sour relationship with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read More
CA: Dan Walters -- More fuel for debate on malaise
Perhaps the most enduring political debate in California – right up there with water – is whether the state's periodic plunges into economic recession are caused by circumstances beyond its control or a self-inflicted malady. Read More
CA: Burning Moms use humor to push for education changes in California
They think of themselves as street-theater activists who are willing to get in the face of the powers-that-be to bring equity to the state's school funding system. Read More
CA: Democrats try talks, majority-vote approach
Democratic legislators trotted out a stick-and-carrot approach to closing the state's budget gap Sunday night, negotiating with the governor on one floor of the Capitol while voting for a package of cuts and taxes on another. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More
WA: U.S. ports ask Congress to help fight competition
WASHINGTON – Struggling to ride out the recession, West Coast ports face new competition as ports in Canada and Mexico, an expanded Panama Canal and even the Suez Canal could steal away some of the cross-Pacific shipping they've relied on. Read More
US: States consider gas and oil levies
Cash-strapped states are considering raising taxes on oil production to plug yawning budget gaps, but they face strong resistance from oil companies, which warn the moves could lead to lost jobs and higher energy prices. Read More |
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