Schwarzenegger Again Orders Furloughs for State Workers
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| California has been ground zero in the war between over paid state employees unions and government budgetary concerns and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has leveled yet another salvo in that battle by again ordering more furloughs for state workers. After ending the previous program to furlough 200,000 state workers the Governor has introduced a scaled back plan after the state controller reported that state accounts would be in the red by October. Unlike the last time, Schwarzenegger's newest attempt is open ended and will end "when lawmakers pass a 2010-11 budget." There are other differences in this scaled back plan including... |
Schwarzenegger names NRDC staffer to Delta panel
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has appointed Natural Resources Defense Council western director Felicia Marcus to the Delta Stewardship Council. The seven-member panel, created as part of the 2009 water policy package, is tasked with crafting and implementing a plan for the future management of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Marcus, a former EPA administrator and Los Angeles Board of Public Works commissioner, replaces another Schwarzenegger pick, Richard Roos-Collins. Roos-Collins, an attorney for the Natural Heritage Institute, resigned earlier this month after his nomination was opposed by environmental groups. |
Movie tax cuts 'help struggling California economy'
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A year-old program granting movie studios tax breaks for filming in California has saved jobs and should yield two billion dollars in direct spending, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said. In a statement released Friday, the governor said the program was "creating and retaining tens of thousands of jobs and generating spending in California." "This is exactly why I fought so hard for tax credits in last year's budget," Schwarzenegger said. "Just the first two years of this incentive will generate two billion dollars in direct spending, with even more to come." The program, passed last year, allows... |
Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| WASHINGTON (AP) — A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could be facing an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the midterm election outlook for the party as it battles to hold onto its majority. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about unannounced charges, say the allegations could be announced next week. The House ethics committee declined Friday to make any public statement on the matter. Waters, 71, has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving a bank that was seeking federal aid. Her husband owned stock in the... |
California Faces Total Meltdown
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Governor Schwarzenegger of California on Wednesday ordered furloughs for 156,000 of the state’s 237,000 employees. The estimated savings from these furloughs is $150,000,000 per month — only $80,000,000 of which comes from savings in general revenue — a drop in the bucket compared to the overall state deficit which stands at $19,000,000,000. If the furloughs were permanent, the annual savings to the State of California would be $1,200,000,000, which means that it would take over 15 years of furloughs to close the state budget deficit. The furloughs will begin in August, but an earlier state furlough just ended in June.... |
High-speed rail seeks another $1B
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Another $1 billion in federal funds is being sought by the California High-Speed Rail Authority to help build the first stages of a proposed 800-mile, $45 billion rail network. The project secured more than $2.2 billion in federal stimulus funds earlier this year out of $8 billion made available for such projects nationwide... |
Whitman: Arizona Immigration Law OK for Arizona
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman - who has campaign billboards and Spanish-language ads in California declaring "NO to the Arizona law" - told talk show hosts Wednesday that the same controversial immigration law should be allowed to stand in Arizona. "You know, I'm running for the governor of California so I had to make a decision," Whitman said. "Does the Arizona law make sense for California? And I have said no, I don't think the Arizona law makes sense for California because we have a much bigger state with much bigger geography." |
Dan Walters: Pension hike revelations show massive failure
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger insists he won't sign a new state budget unless the Legislature rolls back a hefty increase in state employee pensions enacted 11 years ago. It's the latest wrinkle in Schwarzenegger's years-long war with the California Public Employees' Retirement System and state worker unions over what he contends is an unsustainable and "inexcusable" pension system that's killing the state budget. CalPERS and the unions respond, in effect, that the system is sound, despite multibillion-dollar investment losses, and that once the economy recovers, the nation's largest pension fund will resume hefty earnings to cover its obligations. As the argument... |
"Californians reevaluate Arizona boycott plans"
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| "The federal court ruling Wednesday that set aside key provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law is causing some Californians to rethink their efforts to boycott the state." Many believe that the Arizona Gangs vs California Gangs may repeatedly TORCH each others landscape that would usurp state resources and ultimately financially bankrupt the states as well as set off an interstate war so to speak. NOT GOOD! Let's pray this never happens! |
Medical Board Pursues Case in California Botched Abortion Death
Saturday 31st of July 2010 06:12:01 PM
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| Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- The Medical Board of California this week amended its complaint against abortion practitioner Andrew Rutland to include the charge of homicide in connection with the death of an Asian woman who died from a botched abortion he performed at his facility. http://LifeNews.com/state5301.html |
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