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Jerry Brown eases up on push to revamp California's environmental law
SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown toured China over the last week, he repeatedly contrasted that nation's speedy construction of modern transportation systems and other key public works with what he characterized as a lack of vision back home. A...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Regional Authority, China, Justice System, Politics
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Skelton: Brown's plan is bad for some schools
Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a passionate campaign to change how Sacramento distributes money to school districts. But George Skelton says in his Monday column that the governor's plan isn't as fair as Brown says it is. "It’s not that simple,...Tags: Politics, Government, Executive Branch
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California may go forward without a financial reserve
SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded voters nine years ago that if they let him borrow money to cover the budget deficit, California's financial woes would end for good. A key part of his plan was a new rainy-day fund to insulate the state...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brookings Institution, Regional Authority, Voting, Marketing
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Campus courtroom offered up
A Costa Mesa law school hopes to ease the stress on the California court system, which has suffered severe budget cuts, by offering its newly christened practice courtroom on campus for official legal proceedings. In response to belt-tightening within...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Colleges and Universities, Justice System, Trials
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Gov. Brown as Robin Hood
Now we know what Gov. Jerry Brown really cares about — what gets him riled and raring to rumble. "The battle of their lives," he promises opponents. "This is a cause." When a governor bares his soul like that, not only is he waving a nasty...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Regional Authority, China, Politics
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Assembly passes bill to let noncitizens serve on juries
SACRAMENTO — California would allow noncitizens to serve on juries under a proposal being considered by state lawmakers, potentially expanding a fundamental obligation of American life to millions more people. The measure, which would apply only...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Trials, Immigration, Labor Legislation
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Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California
The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...
Tags: Curren D. Price, Jr., Hospitals and Clinics, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Politics, Unemployment
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Prisons chief says more releases could 'unravel' realignment
California prisons chief Jeffrey Beard says he is concerned more reductions of the state prison population would overwhelm counties already struggling with the state's 2011 realignment program. The state achieved a 25,000 reduction in its prison...
Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
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Assembly backs proposal to allow non-citizens on California juries
SACRAMENTO -- Legislation approved by the Assembly on Thursday would make California the first state to allow non-citizens to serve on juries as long as they are in the country legally. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont),...Tags: Bob Wieckowski, Justice System, Politics, Immigration, Elections
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Congressional Democrats demand resignation of Brown appointee
SACRAMENTO -- Five Congressional Democrats have demanded the resignation of a top official in Gov. Jerry Brown's administration for comments the official allegedly made about the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The controversy surrounds...Tags: Anna Eshoo, George Miller III, Politics, Mike Thompson, U.S. Congress
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Gov. Brown will mean business on his weeklong trip to China
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is stepping back onto the world stage. After two years largely spent cloistered in California tending to the fiscal crisis, he starts a weeklong visit to China on Tuesday in a bid to reclaim the state's reputation...
Tags: National Government, Environmental Issues, Business Enterprises, Regional Authority, China
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Gov. Jerry Brown promises fight over education overhaul
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday promised lawmakers "the battle of their lives" if they balk at his bid to overhaul state education. A day after Democratic state senators announced their differences with him over his proposal to change...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Regional Authority, Politics, Justice System
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