Wednesday, January 7, 2009

California News Roundup - January 7, 2009

California may delay tax refunds amid budget impasse- With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of Democrats' $18-billion package of tax hikes and cuts, the state could begin issuing IOUs as soon as Feb. 1.

Nature Conservancy backs Delta canal, with- One of the nation's largest environmental groups has decided to support building a controversial new water canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Sacramento council wants more details of mayor's plans- Kevin Johnson is mayor of Sacramento.It wasn't the kind of unruly crowd you'd see at, say, a New Year's Eve bash on K Street, but the Sacramento City Council's first meeting of 2009 came with a hint of attitude. Council members demanded Tuesday ...

The Buzz- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's deficit-closing plan to temporarily raise sales taxes by 1.5 cents on the dollar has drawn predictable howls of protest from the right. Now the left has weighed in with equal disgust. Peace and Freedom Party state ...

Daniel Weintraub: Newsom assesses his city – warts and all- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, sparring with legislators over the state's impending fiscal meltdown, has postponed his annual state-of-the-state address until Jan. 15, perhaps hoping that by then he can describe California's condition as anything but ...

Blue Shield to reinstate 678 canceled policies-Nearly 700 subscribers whose policies were canceled by Blue Shield of California will be reinstated as part of a settlement reached with the California Department of Insurance, state officials announced Tuesday. The insurer has agreed to ...

Dan Walters: New approach needed to aid poor-The ethnic, linguistic, aptitudinal, cultural and economic diversity of California's 6 million public school kids has expanded greatly over the past few decades, but the school system itself has become more centralized, more politicized and more ...

Steinberg: 'I am perplexed'-Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said today they were sending down their $18 billion majority-vote package despite Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's vow to veto the plan. 'In sending down our package this ...

Schwarzenegger to veto budget bills- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will immediately veto the Democratic plan to reduce the budget deficit by $18 billion and urge lawmakers to use his January proposal as a template for implementing midyear cuts, according to Schwarzenegger communications ...


Black support for Prop. 8 called exaggeration- Reports of overwhelming African American support for Proposition 8's ban on same-sex marriage were exaggerated in exit polls, a new look at the November election results has found. 'Party identification, age, religiosity and political view had much ...

Assessing a Whitman candidacy-Assessing candidacy of eBay's Meg Whitman Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who made her political intentions perfectly clear when she quit various corporate boards on Monday, wouldn't be the first eBay alum to run for governor.


Governor rejects Democrats' budget; will unveil his plan this week- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Democratic lawmakers' $18 billion mid-year budget package on Tuesday after leaders of the state Legislature sent the governor their plan, saying they were perplexed by his unwillingness to break the deadlock.

Editorial: Governor finally wants prison-There may yet be a silver lining behind the calamitous $41 billion state budget deficit. It may force policy changes and budget cuts for a once-untouchable area of spending: state prisons.


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