Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
By Doug Saunders, The Sun
Posted: 03/11/14, 2:14 PM PDT |
LOS ANGELES >> Disbarred Rancho Cucamonga attorney James Reiss, 52, of Upland pleaded no contest to two counts of grand theft, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said today.
March 10, 2014; 03:12 PM
There will be contested races for every Inland county supervisorial seat up for election in the June 3 primary, candidate filings show.
To read story by Jeff Horseman in The Press Enterprise, click here.
WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 10, 2014; 09:38 PM
WASHINGTON — Thirty people are vying for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the November midterm elections in seven congressional districts that span Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Among the pool of incumbents are three first-term freshmen incumbents, one long-standing member and one third-term Congressman, while two incumbents have decided not to run for re-election at all.
To read story by David Hood in The Press Enterprise, click here.
By Liset Marquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/10/14, 11:02 PM PDT |
UPLAND >> Water rates could go up 10 percent this year and continue to climb in the next five years.
By Donna Cassata, Associated Press
Posted: 03/11/14, 8:21 AM PDT | Updated: 20 secs ago
WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. She said the CIA’s own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department.
By Melanie Mason
March 10, 2014, 3:28 p.m.
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly gave final legislative approval Monday to a bill that aims to crack down on anonymous campaign money by giving California’s ethics and tax agencies more authority to conduct investigations.
By Anthony York
March 10, 2014, 4:08 p.m.
As California Republicans prepare to gather outside of San Francisco for their semi-annual convention this weekend, at least one of the party’s gubernatorial candidates wants to debate.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Mar. 10, 2014 – 6:18 pm
When Jerry Brown signed legislation giving California’s public employees collective bargaining rights during his first governorship, he – wittingly or otherwise – began a major political shift.
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014 12:08 pm | Updated: 7:39 am, Tue Mar 11, 2014.
By NICK GERDA
Orange County transportation officials fired their Sacramento lobbying firm Monday in the wake of a massive fine against the firm for giving illegal gifts to state lawmakers.
Alice Walton | March 10th, 2014, 3:25pm
Speaking to KPCC Monday, Mayor Eric Garcetti said he will run for re-election in 2017, but would not commit to serving out a second term if another office beckoned.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
March 10, 2014
Emphasizing that young students who frequently miss school are far more likely to fall behind and commit crimes later in life, California Attorney General Kamala Harris and half a dozen lawmakers introduced an anti-truancy bill package on Monday.