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Brown and Kashkari teams let down guard on 2014 contest
With the election nearly three months behind them, top aides to Gov. Jerry Brown and his Republican challenger, Neel Kashkari, let down their guard Saturday at a postmortem organized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies. In a candid back-and-forth, they shared behind-the-scenes recollections of how Brown coasted to reelection and trounced Kashkari, 60% to 40%. Neither candidate always listened to the aides. Brown suggested a whistle-stop train trip across California in his campaign for reelection. “We said that was a bad idea,” said Dana Williamson, the Democratic governor’s cabinet secretary. Kashkari ignored the advice of advisors...
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Brown and Kashkari teams let down guard on 2014 contest
With the election nearly three months behind them, top aides to Gov. Jerry Brown and his Republican challenger, Neel Kashkari, let down their guard Saturday at a postmortem organized by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies.
In a candid...
Gov. Jerry Brown weighs parole for killer in controversial LAPD lecture
Rene Enriquez boasts an impressive law enforcement resume.
Author. Expert witness. Government consultant. College lecturer.
But he achieved such respected standing because of his earlier life's work: Killer, drug dealer and Mexican Mafia "shot...
Neel Kashkari spent more than Jerry Brown on governor's race
Republican Neel Kashkari spent more than $7 million on his unsuccessful campaign last year to unseat Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who spent less than $6 million on his run for reelection, financial reports show.
Kashkari’s latest spending report, filed...
Willie Brown warns Villaraigosa: 'Don't crowd Kamala!'
With the possible exception of a Hollywood celebrity following in the footsteps of Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican candidate has as much chance getting elected to the U.S. Senate from California as a Southern Baptist has to become pope. The only way...
Jerry Brown spends less than $6 million on reelection
Gov. Jerry Brown spent less than $6 million on his run for reelection, a remarkably low sum for a California governor, and he finished 2014 with nearly $24 million in the bank for unspecified campaigns ahead, according to newly filed finance reports.
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Sen. Kevin de Leon proposes boosting child care, social services
After a two-day policy retreat by Democratic lawmakers, California Senate leader Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) said Thursday that his caucus’ legislative priorities this year would be economic growth, the environment, education and income equality.
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More parole agent caseloads exceed limits under new sex offender rules
Since two sex offenders were charged with killing four women while under state and federal watch, California has changed how it supervises such parolees, increasing scrutiny of some and relaxing the monitoring of others.
A Times analysis of state data...
High marks for Jerry Brown in new poll
California voters are happier than ever with Gov. Jerry Brown and less concerned about the state budget than they have been in years, according to a new poll released Wednesday night.
The poll from the Public Policy Institute of California said 61% of...
Greek debt and California debt: so very different
The Times' editorial Tuesday about Greek voters rebelling against the austerity measures demanded by international authorities led several readers to liken Greece's budget problems to those closer to home.
"The benefits of a democracy in voting to...
California runs risk of financial relapse, ratings agency says
When Gov. Jerry Brown released his latest budget proposal earlier this month, he said California's finances were balanced but remain precarious.
On Wednesday, a report from Wall Street ratings agency Standard & Poor's echoed the governor's concerns...
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...
In San Francisco's close quarters, political giants are bred
This is a city of 47 square miles, 800,000 people and millions of deeply held, fiercely fought convictions.
Spilling down its hillsides to the westernmost edge of the country, San Francisco is the closest thing to an East Coast enclave set along the...
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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U.S. judge rejects overtime for home health aides
California will not award overtime to home aides who care for the state's elderly and disabled after a judge overturned a federal regulation requiring the higher pay, officials announced Thursday.
By not paying overtime and some related benefits,...
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...
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