Gov. Jerry Brown has laid down his political gauntlet in the face of the legislative supermajority enjoyed by the Democrats, pledging to veto any new taxes that aren’t approved by the voters.

By Joe Garofoli
May 19, 2013

After Jim Araby’s union of grocery store workers donated millions of dollars and cranked out 7,500 three-hour volunteer shifts last fall to help elect a supermajority of Democrats to the state Legislature and win statewide ballot measures, they, like many California liberals, began to dream big.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, May. 19, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, May. 19, 2013 – 8:10 am

Jerry Brown – who made “lower your expectations” a catchphrase of his first governorship – is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.

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By Lori Fowler
lori.fowler@ inlandnewspapers.com @IECourtsNow on Twitter
Posted: 05/16/2013 05:31:14 PM PDT
Updated: 05/16/2013 05:31:22 PM PDT

A group of local officials are spearheading an effort to re-staff courts and provide more funds to what they call a starving court system.

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By Patrick McGreevy
May 16, 2013, 3:07 p.m.

The state certified Thursday that it has a sufficient reserve fund to allow pay raises for Gov. Jerry Brown, state lawmakers and other elected officials, but members of a panel that sets pay say they will probably maintain the status quo for another year.

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New election ahead to fill Assembly vacancy
By Canan Tasci
canan.tasci@ inlandnewspapers.com @ChinoValleyNow on Twitter
Posted: 05/15/2013 05:46:58 PM PDT
Updated: 05/15/2013 05:47:09 PM PDT

Now that Assemblywoman Norma Torres will take over as the state senator in the 32nd District, her 52nd Assembly District seat will be up for grabs.

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LAURA OLSON, Associated Press
Updated 10:13 am, Saturday, May 11, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California schools are expecting a boost from the $900 million to be raised over the next year through the closure of a corporate tax loophole, but Gov. Jerry Brown is locked in a disagreement with state lawmakers over how to hand out that money.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, May. 12, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, May. 12, 2013 – 7:33 am

There’s absolutely nothing wrong, per se, with incurring debt, whether it’s by families, businesses or governments. A functional credit market is absolutely vital to a modern economy.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, May. 7, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Tuesday, May. 7, 2013 – 8:37 am

There’s nothing ambiguous about Article IV, Section 8a of the California Constitution:

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By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, May. 6, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Monday, May. 6, 2013 – 7:56 am

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers are on a collision course over restoring cuts to California’s safety net, marking a key test of vows to hold the line on state spending.

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By Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/02/2013 04:18:21 PM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO — A group trying to recall the city’s top nine elected officials drew about 50 people for a news conference Thursday explaining why they think the city needs all new leaders.

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May 02, 2013; 02:17 PM

SACRAMENTO – In a rare legislative setback for members of Inland Southern California’s powerful tribal casino industry, the Assembly narrowly passed legislation ratifying a gaming compact between the Brown administration and a Central Valley tribe.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Eneterpise, click here.

The Assembly is set to vote on a measure critics say sets precedent for casino proximity to cities

May 01, 2013; 06:35 PM

SACRAMENTO — A pair of influential Riverside County tribes with casinos are trying to scuttle a gaming compact between the state and a Central Valley tribe that could come up for an Assembly ratification vote as early as today.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 29, 2013

A bipartisan handful of legislators is trying to stop the Sacramento tradition known as the “gut-and-amend” bill — the last-minute, late-night law-making that has become the summertime norm in the Capitol.

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AB 10, which would give California its first minimum wage increase since 2008, was approved by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee on a party-line vote.

By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
April 29, 2013

SACRAMENTO — California’s $8-an-hour minimum wage needs to go up, says Watsonville Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo. And he may be getting the votes he needs to make it happen.

But don’t count on it; Alejo has tried this before.

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By Laurel Rosenhall
lrosenhall@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013 – 10:56 am

At first glance, the role interest groups play in crafting laws in California seems easy to spot.

Unlike in many states, legislative analyses list “sponsors” for many bills, indicating that a lobbyist suggested – perhaps even wrote – and martialed forces for the measure.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Apr. 28, 2013 – 7:25 am

David Crane, a businessman who advised former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on financial matters – particularly long-term public pension deficits – recently wrote an I-told-you-so piece for the Bloomberg news service about the State Teachers Retirement System.

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Apr 25, 8:09 PM EDT
By JUDY LIN
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The California Assembly passed a bill on Thursday that would make the state the first in the nation to allow non-citizens who are in the country legally to serve on jury duty.

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Senate next takes up the proposal, which would apply to legal residents. One of the bill’s authors says it would expand jury pool and help immigrants integrate.

By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
April 26, 2013, 10:30 p.m.

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.

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April 25, 2013; 07:30 PM

SACRAMENTO — Legislation to impose statewide regulation on the storefront sale of medical marijuana advanced this week, but it’s unclear how it would affect local ordinances in Inland Southern California and elsewhere that seek to ban the dispensaries.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 23, 2013

Despite relatively robust income tax returns and a projection that the state will finish April billions of dollars ahead of estimates, Gov. Jerry Brown today dismissed a reporter’s suggestion he must be “pretty happy,” suggesting any overage may be tied up by Proposition 98, California’s school-funding guarantee.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State

By Chris Megerian
April 19, 2013, 7:00 a.m.

SACRAMENTO — By now it’s a safe bet that California tax revenue will surpass expectations during the current fiscal year. But the question of what that means for the state’s bottom line is far from settled.

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The program would confiscate firearms because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness. Lawmakers reject bill to let school districts arm teachers.

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
April 18, 2013, 8:30 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — The state Assembly approved $24 million Thursday to speed up the confiscation of guns from Californians who are not allowed to own them because of criminal convictions or serious mental illness.

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Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 18, 2013

A day after Congress rejected a package of bills aimed at tightening restrictions on gun ownership, California lawmakers moved in the opposite direction, increasing funds for a program that confiscates weapons from people who are prohibited from owning them because of mental illness or violent criminal pasts.

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Hagman

Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 16, 2013

A bill establishing a statewide guide for bail amounts passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday with a bipartisan 6-0 vote.

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Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
By Melody Gutierrez
April 15, 2013

Two Republican-backed measures to repeal a fire prevention fee levied on some rural California residents cleared an Assembly committee Monday.

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By Christopher Cadelago7:13 a.m.April 13, 2013

SACRAMENTO — In Sacramento, an old maxim holds true for some of the state’s largest power brokers: Always be nice to the secretary.

And the legislative director.

And the committee consultant.

And the chief of staff.

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April 12, 2013; 05:48 PM

SACRAMENTO – For months last year, it was difficult to watch TV in western Riverside County without seeing ads for a pair of hard-fought contests in the county.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Assemblyman Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga

April 10, 2013; 05:55 PM

SACRAMENTO — A committee hearing Thursday, April 11, will offer an early indication of whether an Assembly Republican plan touted as a way to increase transparency inside the Capitol has any chance at success.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 8, 2013

The California Assembly passed a bill today that will limit the use of a controversial facilities improvement bond that allows school districts to delay repayment for decades while hefty interest obligations accumulate.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Apr. 7, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Apr. 7, 2013 – 7:33 am

Dan Schnur came to Sacramento a couple of decades ago as a media spokesman for then-Gov. Pete Wilson.

Schnur later became chairman of the Fair Political Practices Commission and today directs the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
By Chris Megerian
April 3, 2013, 6:42 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — An Assembly subcommittee voted Wednesday to restore $418 million to California’s judiciary, but not before one lawmaker shared some tough words for the state’s court system.

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Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
April 2, 2013

A bill to regulate the sale of ammunition in California cleared the Assembly Public Safety Committee today.

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This year, Sacramento is home to 1,526 registered lobbyists representing 2,410 clients. Their vying for lawmakers’ attention and votes begins in earnest Tuesday.

By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
April 1, 2013

SACRAMENTO — California businesses and other special interests quickly learn that playing politics in the ornate chambers of California’s Capitol building is more like a barroom brawl than a civics lesson about how bills become laws.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 – 09:30 a.m.

Here’s some news flowing across the transom Thursday morning.

Barstow Court to remain open

The state has coughed-up funds to temporarily keep one courtroom open at the Barstow Court facility through early summer.

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Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
March 27, 2013

At least two groups of lawmakers are spending their spring recess from the Capitol on overseas trips underwritten by outside groups.

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By Torey Van Oot
tvanoot@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Mar. 25, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Monday, Mar. 25, 2013 – 6:59 am

The concept of banning California lawmakers from fundraising while they’re at work has a new cheerleader: a former head of the state’s political watchdog agency.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
By Chris Megerian
March 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — For most politicians, earning the support of one in three voters would be a red flag. But for the California Legislature, it’s a sign of improvement.

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By Ed Mendel | 03/21/13 1:00 AM PST

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office yesterday recommended that the Legislature adopt a plan to fully fund CalSTRS in 30 years — an estimated cost of $4.5 billion a year, a hefty addition to current annual contributions totaling $5.7 billion.

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March 19, 2013; 06:29 PM

SACRAMENTO – For several years, the state’s deep budget problems have thwarted attempts by supporters of a school of medicine at UC Riverside to get the Legislature to appropriate $15 million for the school.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

The Assembly moved swiftly to OK the addition of $2 million to the California secretary of state’s budget to speed up the processing of business paperwork.

By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
March 18, 2013, 5:33 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — The state Assembly moved swiftly to OK the addition of $2 million to the secretary of state’s budget to speed up the processing of business paperwork.

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March 17, 2013; 06:35 PM

Turnout in last Tuesday’s special election in Inland Southern California’s 32nd Senate District stands at a whopping 9.6 percent.

To read the Political Empire column in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/17/2013 05:51:58 PM PDT

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has formally served three state agencies with a class-action lawsuit intended to overturn a controversial “fire tax” levied on Californians who live in some the state’s forested areas.

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By Ed Mendel
Monday, March 18, 2013

Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, an upset victor last fall in a new election process, has introduced a bill containing Gov. Brown’s stalled proposal to restructure the CalPERS board, adding financial expertise and loosening labor control.

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By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Mar. 18, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 1A

California’s legislative leaders vowed to act with austerity after voters passed billions of dollars in tax hikes last November.

More than two dozen bills introduced in the current session, however, take aim at Californians’ pocketbooks.

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March 14th, 2013, 3:43 pm
Posted by BRIAN JOSEPH

Two new reports released in conjunction with Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote open government, have found that it ain’t exactly sunny in California.

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“We want the people to have their voice heard.” — Assemblyman Tim Donnelly

March 14, 2013 5:31 PM
RENE DE LA CRUZ, Staff Writer

A local politician will soon take his conservative thoughts and discussions to the radio airwaves.

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly will host a weekly “Radio Free California” show on Victorville’s TALK 960AM beginning at 9 a.m. March 30.

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Donnelly

Bill requiring additional court judges introduced
March 12, 2013 6:42 PM
Brooke Self, Staff Writer

BARSTOW • A new bill that would call for more judges and a funding increase for California’s judicial system was introduced to the State Assembly by Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, on Monday.

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It’s possible that upcoming vacancies could complicate some budget action, but no major upheavals are expected.

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
March 10, 2013, 7:27 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — State Assemblyman Robert Blumenfield’s election to the Los Angeles City Council last week won’t keep him from helping to push a state budget through by June 15. But it could complicate things later for his fellow Democrats in the lower house.

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By Torey Van Oot
tvanoot@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Mar. 10, 2013 – 2:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Sunday, Mar. 10, 2013 – 11:26 am

Thirteen years after California instituted campaign finance limits, lawmakers at the state Capitol are making broad use of a maneuver to avoid them.

In addition to their campaign accounts, legislators create “ballot measure” committees of their own that set no limits on the amount donors can contribute. The committees allow legislators to ask special interests for far more than the $4,100 per election they can solicit for their own campaigns.

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Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Pomona, and state Sen. Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands. (Contributed Image)

March 06, 2013; 03:55 PM

SACRAMENTO – Inland Southern California lawmakers received more than $50,000 in gifts and travel from businesses, unions, and other groups in 2012, according to recently filed economic disclosure documents.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

The Assembly leader in free travel was Norma Torres, D-Pomona, who accepted $20,000 in trip aid, including $10,811 from the American Israel Education Foundation.

jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Mar. 3, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Mar. 3, 2013 – 12:46 pm

California lawmakers accepted food, travel, tickets and other gifts totaling more than a half-million dollars last year, ranging from a $14,000 trip to Brazil to a $1.89 Coca Cola drink with straw.

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Corporations, trade groups and other special interests with matters before the Legislature doled out trips, sports tickets, meals and other perks. In August, legislators killed a measure that would have prevented some such giving.

By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
March 3, 2013

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers accepted a trip to Brazil, fine cigars and crystal ducks, among many other gifts from corporations, trade groups and other special interests last year.

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Dark clouds hang over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 28.(Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

March 01, 2013; 06:03 PM

Having identified Rep. Gary Miller as a target for defeat in 2014, Democrats are taking every opportunity to go after the Rancho Cucamonga Republican.

To read column by Imran Ghori, Jeff Horseman and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly

Beau Yarbrough, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/23/2013 12:32:19 PM PST
Updated: 02/23/2013 07:20:47 PM PST

An Inland Empire assemblyman wants to shave up to 9 percent off the cost of every college textbook sold in the state.

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By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 – 8:59 am

When CalPERS balked at releasing records that could shed light on its decision to invest $100 million in an East Palo Alto housing project that failed, a judge ordered disclosure nearly three years ago.

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THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
February 22, 2013; 07:15 PM

You lead a party that picks up four competitive seats in the November election. And for your labors you’re tossed four months later?

To read column by Jeff Horseman, David Olson and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Last Modified: Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 – 8:40 am

The old argument about whether the chicken or the egg came first has a political counterpart in California:

Did the Legislature lose relevance as a policymaking institution because of the explosion of ballot measures, or did the latter occur because the Legislature had become dysfunctional?

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February 12, 2013; 06:19 PM

SACRAMENTO — Budget cuts have decimated the state’s court system, judges and others said Tuesday during several hours of Assembly testimony in which speakers warned that further reductions would bring the third branch of government to its knees.

To read story by Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Former San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry/THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE

February 09, 2013; 12:33 PM

While former San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry lost his bid for chairman of the San Bernardino County Republican Party, he plans to remain active as its vice-chairman.

To read column by Imran Ghori, Alicia Robinson and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Wyatt Buchanan
Updated 10:39 pm, Thursday, February 7, 2013

Sacramento –California would significantly restrict gun use and ownership, including major new bans on ammunition magazines, under dozens of new proposed regulations that would cement the state’s status of having the strictest gun-control laws in the United States.

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Conway

Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
February 4, 2013

Whispers are getting louder.

Assembly Republicans are not talking publicly, but they’re meeting in little groups and buzzing among themselves about the possible overthrow of their caucus leader, Connie Conway.

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Walker

Thursday, January 31, 2013 – 11:00 p.m.

San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector and State Senate Candidate Larry Walker (D-Chino) has started a fire.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
January 31, 2013 | 7:00 am

Gov. Jerry Brown received a record high approval rating after introducing his latest budget proposal, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.

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January 30, 2013 5:28 PM
LYNNEA LOMBARDO, Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO • Assemblyman Tim Donnelly formally introduced his California School Marshal Plan Wednesday. Assembly Bill 202 would authorize school districts, county offices of education and charter schools to use general purpose funds to provide training to qualified school employees who wish to carry concealed firearms on campus.

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State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly

Andrew Edwards
Posted: 01/29/2013 05:45:08 PM PST
Updated: 01/29/2013 06:32:35 PM PST

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly plans to introduce a bill that would allow teachers or other school personnel to receive publicly-funded training to carry weapons on campus as a deterrent against future mass shootings.

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By Jon Ortiz
jortiz@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 – 6:58 am

Three months after lawmakers enacted public pension rollbacks, a new measure has surfaced that would exempt thousands of public transportation workers from the law.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
By Jeff Gottlieb
January 28, 2013 | 6:18 pm

A joint Assembly and the state Senate committee will conduct a hearing to determine the extent that California agencies are using off-budget accounts to hold money outside the state system.

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Torres

Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/26/2013 06:56:50 PM PST

BLOOMINGTON – Assemblywoman Norma Torres won the California Democratic Party’s endorsement in her bid to win a vacant state Senate seat.

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Friday, January 25, 2013 – 04:00 p.m.

State Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) has gained a path to become chairman of the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee next week, courtesy of current Chairman Robert Rego.

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Gov. Jerry Brown says California has averted fiscal collapse. He calls for investing in water and rail programs, but warns: ‘Fiscal discipline is not the enemy of our good intentions but the basis for realizing them.’

By Anthony York and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times
January 24, 2013, 5:40 p.m.

SACRAMENTO — Seeking to reclaim the state’s identity as an innovator and engine of growth, Gov. Jerry Brown declared in a sweeping State of the State address that “California did the impossible” in emerging from financial crisis poised to lead again.

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By Steven Harmon
Bay Area News Group
Posted: 01/23/2013 02:36:42 PM PST
Updated: 01/23/2013 02:57:31 PM PST

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown will take center stage Thursday morning when he gives his State of the State address. But he’ll have to keep his eye on restless Democratic lawmakers — fresh off winning two-thirds majorities in both chambers of the Legislature — who consider themselves equal partners in a brand new era of political dominance.

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PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
January 23, 2013 | 8:00 am

A bipartisan group of California lawmakers concerned by the past rushing of legislation has proposed asking voters to require all bills to be in print and online for 72 hours before final passage.

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Dan Walters

By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

When members of the California Legislature pass legislation, they are, in effect, writing rules they expect everyone to obey.

It’s particularly strange, therefore, that legislators skirt, or even ignore, the rules they are supposed to follow.

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Staff Reports
Posted: 01/20/2013 03:47:15 PM PST
Updated: 01/20/2013 06:23:26 PM PST

The Inland Empire’s legislative delegation is well-represented in committee assignments announced earlier this month. Several local members have been chosen for leadership positions on key panels.

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By DON THOMPSON and JUDY LIN – Associated Press
Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 | 12:33 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers adjourned Friday for the long holiday weekend, but they will keep getting daily expense payments even while they’re not in Sacramento.

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