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UC regents table proposal to link coaches' bonuses to athletes' grades
After spirited debate over how to improve student athletes' classroom performance, the University of California regents on Thursday blocked a proposed new policy that would have linked coaches' compensation to their teams' grades and graduation rates. Several regents, including Gov. Jerry Brown, said they thought the plan's academic standards were too low and would have little impact because all but one of the more than 120 UC varsity teams already meet them. Other regents said they were worried that UC would lose important athletes to other schools if the requirements were set too high and that some low-income and minority students could lose an avenue to...
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UC regents table proposal to link coaches' bonuses to athletes' grades
After spirited debate over how to improve student athletes' classroom performance, the University of California regents on Thursday blocked a proposed new policy that would have linked coaches' compensation to their teams' grades and graduation rates.
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Fewer California parents refuse to vaccinate children
The number of California parents who cite personal beliefs in refusing to vaccinate their kindergartners dropped in 2014 for the first time in a dozen years, according to a Times data analysis.
The shift came amid rising alarm over the number of children...
Brown appointees to Supreme Court renew hopes in death penalty cases
On the day justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Leondra R. Kruger were sworn in this month, the California Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling leaving in place a death sentence for a man with a long criminal record.
With Gov. Jerry Brown's newest...
Tom Steyer's green ambitions
Gov. Jerry Brown's inauguration speech this month was as green as the decor in the ornate Assembly chamber where he gave it. And it left Tom Steyer tickled pink. The philanthropist put millions into the 2014 elections, primarily through his NextGen...
'Suspicious' fire under investigation at governor's mansion
A “suspicious” fire broke out over the weekend near the governor’s mansion in Sacramento, but investigators are uncertain what sparked the blaze, fire officials said Monday.
About 1 p.m. Sunday, a state park ranger noticed the charred remains of a fire...
Brown should bend on school bonds
SACRAMENTO — Since when did the state government chipping in to help build classrooms for kids become a bad thing? Since Jerry Brown returned as governor, that's when.
Correct that: It's not a bad thing for most people in the state Capitol — only the...
The tangle behind the UC funding spat
It looks like a classic game of budget chicken: Gov. Jerry Brown tells the University of California not to raise tuition again. When the regents vote to do it anyway, the governor threatens to withhold $120 million from UC's funding for next year unless...
UC president, Gov. Brown to jointly review university finances
Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano, who have butted heads over proposed tuition increases, are expected to team up next week as a rare two-person committee to review the 10-campus system's spending patterns, graduation rates and pension...
Holdouts, tribes clash over border of Colorado River reservation
Leaning against a dilapidated gazebo overlooking a lazy bend in the Colorado River, Roger French recalled better times in the nest of mobile homes known as Ranchos Not So Grande.
For 28 years, he lived on the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation...
Kamala Harris is front-runner for Boxer's seat — for the moment
Who will be California's next U.S. senator, replacing the retiring Democrat Barbara Boxer?
It'll be another Democrat, bet on that.
State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, 50, is the early front-runner. But we'll have to see how she performs running for a...
Gov. Brown's budget plan would slash state arts grant spending
Last spring, some heavy lifting in the California Legislature produced a budget bill that gave state arts funding its first legislated boost in more than a decade, albeit a modest one.
California taxpayers’ investment in the California Arts Council,...
Legislative analysts have praise, warnings for California budget
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office issued a report Tuesday saying California's revenue could exceed Gov. Jerry Brown's projections by billions of dollars.
The additional money would likely be directed to schools and community colleges by the...
Critics accuse Gov. Jerry Brown of neglecting California's poor
When Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his latest budget proposal last week and the topic turned to Californians' financial struggles, he became uncharacteristically personal.
He described getting behind the wheel to drive mothers to shelters in Oakland, where...
Brown's budget is a skinny, homely thing, but it's got brains
Gov. Jerry Brown's new budget proposal is really boring. It's bare-bones — for a Democrat — and hardly bold. But mostly it's smart.
It's a brake on what otherwise could be a return to runaway spending in Sacramento.
It's vintage Brown and the main...
Why Jerry Brown will probably never make a fourth try at White House
Jerry Brown will almost certainly never be president of the United States, a fact that disappoints no one so much as Jerry Brown himself.
It's not for lack of trying. California's governor has made three attempts at the White House, the first in 1976,...
Gov. Jerry Brown's three presidential campaigns: A recap
Gov. Jerry Brown's three presidential campaigns shared a common theme: He was the underdog waging a grass-roots insurgency. They also were seen as similarly disorganized undertakings and generally did not get great reviews from the press. The Times...
Gov. Jerry Brown's budget highlights a glass half-empty
The $164.7-billion budget that Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Friday for the coming fiscal year highlights the glass-half-empty nature of California's improving fortunes. His administration projects that the state's economy will grow an impressive 4.5% in 2015...
Brown offers $164.7-billion budget plan
Taking advantage of a growing economy, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $164.7-billion budget Friday that would boost funding for schools, community colleges, courts and home care for the elderly and disabled.
He did not include money that University of...
UC and Cal State hope for more funding than Brown offers
After Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal was announced Friday, reaction from California’s public universities showed that much lobbying and political maneuvering is ahead to establish higher education spending levels for next year.
UC...
Key budget spending categories
Here is a look at four spending categories in Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $164.7-billion budget.
EDUCATION
The governor proposes increased funding for K-12 schools, community colleges and public universities by tapping temporary tax revenue from...
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