MORE ON: Bill Lockyer

Daily Report: Money and Politics

Counting on additional $4B, lawmakers approve state budget

June 28, 2011, 10:22 PM
For the second time in two weeks, Democratic legislators relied on a simple majority vote to pass a budget package that closes the state's current $9.6 billion deficit, a move finalized late tonight less than three days before the end of the fiscal year. Unlike the June 15 budget Gov.... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

State treasurer worries about bullet train’s finances

June 28, 2011, 12:04 AM
California’s vision for an 800-mile bullet train system is bold and appealing, but the project’s finances aren’t penciling out, the state’s top financial official warns. In an interview with California Watch, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer said the state’s $45... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

JPMorgan Chase makes millions on California bonds

September 8, 2010, 12:05 AM
JPMorgan Chase & Company, the global financial services firm which received a $25 billion federal bailout and is now reaping huge profits, has made tens of millions of dollars floating California bonds.  But you won't find that figure in the full-page ads that have appeared in... + read more
Josefina Herrera, an L.A. County public health nurse, went undercover for the attorney general's office to investigate a
Spotlight: Health and Welfare, Public Safety

Prosecutions of elder abuse cases decline under Jerry Brown

August 21, 2010, 4:05 PM
The office of Attorney General Jerry Brown has dismissed an increasing number of criminal cases against defendants suspected of elder abuse, while cutting back on surprise inspections to investigate violence and neglect in nursing homes. + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

County parties raking in cash, including $55k from Lockyer

June 2, 2010, 12:04 AM
It's still early, but according to last week's round of state campaign finance reports, dollars have already begun flowing by the thousands this year into county-level political parties around the state – organizations that, as we have discussed, are often used as conduits to... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

As Wall Street reform advances, Lockyer's lobbying goes unheard

May 21, 2010, 12:14 AM
Congressional Democrats (and a couple Republicans) may have broken out the bubbly yesterday as the Senate voted to close debate on a massive overhaul of the nation's financial regulations, but back here in the Golden State, at least one Democrat was left wanting. Last month, State... + read more
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