February 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Los Angeles City Council spends the most money – about $1.7 million per seat – and pays the highest salaries – an average $178,789 – of 15 cities examined in a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trust's Philadelphia Research Initiative. Two other California city...
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February 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
Black youth and young adults are nearly five times more likely to be killed in California than the average young Californian. The disparity was even wider for black males, who have a homicide rate more than 14 times that of whites and nearly four times that of Hispanics. Those...
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January 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
As the state copes with yet another massive budget shortfall, the once strange-sounding prospect of selling government goods on eBay has come up again. Unlike the property sold off in the past – a leather jacket signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, used Highway Patrol cruisers,...
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January 31, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new opinion survey of nearly three dozen deans from California community colleges suggests many colleges are turning away qualified applicants from health care programs at a time when demand is expected to soar. One official called the report's findings accurate and sobering but said...
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January 28, 2011, 12:05 AM
Unlike the often angry responses in recent years to fee increases at UC and CSU, the community college fee hike proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is being met with little resistance. In his budget proposal, Brown wants to raise community college fees from $26 to $36 per credit, which for students...
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January 26, 2011, 9:05 PM
California voters appear to be initially supportive of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to hold a special election this summer that would help plug the state's budget deficit by extending taxes and fees, according to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released tonight. The poll...
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January 25, 2011, 12:06 AM
As schools in California brace for another difficult year, new forces have emerged that are poised to reshape the education landscape in California. In recent months, most attention has focused on traditional power centers of educational politics in California, including the governor,...
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January 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
A proposal to cut off access to community college students who linger too long – loading up their transcripts with gym classes, poor grades and far more units than they need to transfer or graduate – has merit and should be explored, the system's chancellor says. A report [PDF...
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January 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to end state funding for a program designed to protect farmland and open spaces has reignited a decades-old controversy over the law's effectiveness. The recommendation to cut $10 million from the program has led to an outcry from the state's agricultural...
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January 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Policies that strengthen data tracking and improve pre-kindergarten programs are needed now to ensure the state's children are successful in the 21st century, according to a study released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California. The report, "California 2025: Preparing...
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January 21, 2011, 12:06 AM
The fact isn't lost on many people, least of all the man himself, that Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial proposal to do away with local redevelopment agencies is rich with small ironies. First, there's the governor's new loft: an award-winning example of infill development in...
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January 20, 2011, 12:07 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown’s bid to abolish the state youth prison system could save hundreds of millions of dollars and quicken the pace of reform at county facilities. But the changes could remove important barriers that keep some juvenile offenders out of adult prisons. Brown’s plan to...
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January 20, 2011, 12:07 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for funding court security could make it difficult to ensure that courts are sufficiently protected, according to the nonpartisan state Legislative Analyst's Office. In the realignment proposal outlined in Brown's budget, counties would no longer provide...
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January 18, 2011, 12:07 AM
School districts are grappling with an excruciating dilemma: whether to plan for the coming school year based on the assumption that taxpayers will approve tax increases in a special election in June, or on an equally uncertain assumption that they will reject it. For school districts,...
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January 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
In the halls of local governments, most of the talk surrounding Gov. Jerry Brown's state/local realignment strategy this week has centered on the proposed demise of redevelopment agencies – a prospect that has rankled some local officials, who worry that such cuts could stymie local...
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