Thursday, January 8, 2009

California News Rooundup - January 8, 2009

Schwarzenegger proposes 5 fewer school- Faced with a massive budget deficit, the governor wants to stop state funding for a week of classes. Educators criticize the plan as most harmful to poor students. .

Is public access TV dead?- Big cable may finally push out quirky cable. Your remote control isn't screwed up. As of now, there really is nothing on some cable channels.

Lawsuit seeking to block California Democrats' tax hikes is tossed- An appellate court says it cannot rule on the $9.3-billion package because the governor vetoed the legislation hours after the suit was filed.

Arnold: California can take a page from Irish- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger , speaking to the media in Sacramento this afternoon for the first time since returning from his Christmas ski vacation, offered a few interesting analogies to show how he and Democratic and Republican legislators can keep ...

Steinberg talks budget, 'God's work' and- As you may have seen, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, stopped by The Bee's Capitol Bureau on Wednesday. He talked budget. He talked budget. And he talked budget.

Dept. of Endorsements: DeVore announces GOP- It may be early and a certain governor of California still could enter the race, but Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, a conservative Orange County Republican, is already gathering up endorsements for his 2010 run against Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Governor, Democrats collide over environmental exemption for Hwy. 50- With the clock ticking toward insolvency, talks on fixing California's budget this week hit a bottleneck on Highway 50 in Rancho Cordova – where officials are at odds over the state's iconic and controversial environmental protection law.

Schwarzenegger promises a labor pick on Cal-OSHA Board of- State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said Wednesday that he had a commitment from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger nominate a labor representative to a long-vacant position on the three-person occupational safety appeals board.

The-Buzz- Friday's court date could be delayed for the lawsuit brought by the California Association of Professional Scientists and Professional Engineers in California Government against the state employee furloughs ordered by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger .

The State Worker: Schwarzenegger loses the rank and- A crisis doesn't build relationships. It reveals them. Little wonder, then, that California's budget fiasco has exposed the deep antipathy many state workers hold for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The animosity has been years in the making, ...

Obituary: Former California Assembly speaker Monagan- Robert T. Monagan Born: July 5, 1920. Died: Jan. 7, 2009. Remembered for: Former California Assembly speaker and Republican lawmaker; served as assistant transportation secretary in the Nixon administration and as mayor of Tracy; ...

State cancels computer modernization- Citing missed work deadlines and other problems, the state has terminated a $69 million contract with BearingPoint Inc. of McLean, Va. The company, which provides management and technology consulting services worldwide, won the contract to work ...

Editorial: Deal or no deal, Capitol- Following Tuesday's meltdown at the Capitol, the deterioration of California's finances appears to be matched only by the deterioration of its leadership. Close to a budget deal over the weekend, Democrats and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suddenly ...

Editorial: Finally, real school data is within- Last year, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's stated No. 1 priority for getting education reform began: 'We need better data.' The economic downturn got in the way, and the state ended up doing only the minimum to meet federal No Child Left Behind...

Governor, legislative leaders to talk- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said today he will meet Wednesday with Democratic and Republican legislative leaders to restart budget negotiations, using his budget as a template to bridge the state's looming $41.5 billion deficit during the next 18 ...

Roadshow: Higher fine for using cell phone?- State Sen. Joe Simitian may introduce legislation to make penalties stiffer.

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