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Once-troubled state employment department seeing improvement, director says
California's unemployment insurance agency, after stumbling in the aftermath of the Great Recession, is making strides toward improving service to the jobless, the program's director told members of a state Senate oversight committee. "We are meeting the service goals," said Patrick W. Henning Jr., director of the Employment Development Department. New funding and staff "enable us to be better prepared to provide assistance in the next economic downturn." Henning told the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee on Wednesday that he hopes to fill gaps in service created by antiquated telephone and computer equipment by providing access to...
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Once-troubled state employment department seeing improvement, director says
California's unemployment insurance agency, after stumbling in the aftermath of the Great Recession, is making strides toward improving service to the jobless, the program's director told members of a state Senate oversight committee.
"We are...
John Mockler dies at 73; architect of California school funding law
John Mockler, a leading education advisor for four decades who was a principal author of Proposition 98, the law that guarantees California's public schools a sizable share of the state budget, died Tuesday in Sacramento. He was 73.
The cause was...
Lawmakers announce renewed push for Medi-Cal funding
California lawmakers and advocates are gearing up for a new chapter in the battle over the state's healthcare program for the poor.
They announced new legislation on Wednesday that would pump more money into Medi-Cal, which has expanded to cover more...
UC to freeze California enrollment, cap UCLA, Berkeley non-residents
The UC system will not expand enrollment of California freshmen and transfer students in the fall unless more state revenues are appropriated and will cap enrollment of out-of-state students at UCLA and UC Berkeley, UC President Janet Napolitano said...
Jerry Brown's popularity as governor doesn't extend to a presidential race
Katherine Martinez is a Democrat from San Andreas, fiercely supportive of her state's — and party's — governor.
"I have definitely followed him and definitely voted for him," she said of Jerry Brown, and she has pushed back on anyone who had...
California Legislature hits a lull
SACRAMENTO — It's quiet at the California Capitol.
While activity traditionally lags in the first few months of a legislative session, it's downright sleepy at the statehouse.------------FOR THE RECORD: Capitol scene: On the Monday Business page of...
Despite some nightmares, poll finds voters still California Dreamin'
It has beckoned for generations. To California came the Spanish missionaries, the Gold Rush buccaneers, the Dust Bowl refugees, émigrés from the East and the South and other lands, entrepreneurs and hippies and assembly line laborers and...
Jerry Brown must enforce California's environmental laws
To the editor: I am floored. Article after article in The Times and other news outlets in the state keep exposing ways that the oil industry is cutting corners and putting our health and our water — particularly in the Central Valley — at risk....
California bill would reduce sales tax on green cars
The California Legislature is considering a bill that would cut the state sales tax on green cars by more than half in an effort to spur sales of clean vehicles.
The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), would reduce the sales tax...
Voters strongly oppose UC tuition hike, poll finds
California voters overwhelmingly oppose a tuition increase at University of California campuses, even if that forces the colleges to cut spending or accept more out-of-state students who pay higher fees, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times...
Denial of parole for Mexican Mafia killer a relief to victim's family
Rene Enriquez's eloquence on the subject of the Mexican Mafia prison gang has impressed many. He wrote two books on the topic, prosecutors used him as an expert witness in gang trials, and numerous law enforcement officials turned to him for training...
Gov. Jerry Brown denies parole for ex-Mexican Mafia killer Rene 'Boxer' Enriquez
Gov. Jerry Brown rejected parole late Friday for a former Mexican Mafia killer who left the prison gang and has spent more than a decade cooperating with authorities and speaking at law enforcement conferences.
Brown acknowledged the valuable...
Tuition hike put on hold for UC summer school
Students planning to attend UC's upcoming summer school sessions got a much welcome reprieve Wednesday from tuition increases that could have been as large as 5%.
UC President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday that the system would not implement any...
Polluter fees in California could boost state budget, analysts say
California could generate much more revenue from fees on polluters than Gov. Jerry Brown expects, legislative analysts say in a report released Thursday.
Administration officials have estimated $1.7 billion in revenue from the fees by June 30, 2016,...
Jerry Brown backs Obama on immigration order
Gov. Jerry Brown, who has made California a more welcoming place for immigrants who are in the country illegally, criticized on Tuesday a federal judge's decision to temporarily block President Obama's executive order reducing deportations.
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Advisors push Brown administration to estimate prison savings
Analysts for the state Legislature determined the state could save $20 million in private prison costs due to Proposition 47, the statewide ballot initiative voters approved in November that makes drug possession and minor theft charges misdemeanor...
On train, tunnel, Newsom would change course from Brown
In a Gavin Newsom governorship, California's current bullet train project probably would be derailed.
The delta twin tunnels, as presently envisioned, also likely would be buried.
Those are Gov. Jerry Brown's two big legacy-builders. But Brown will be...
Gavin Newsom is the first to enter 2018 race for governor
In an unusually early announcement of political intentions, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom launched a fundraising committee Wednesday to run for governor in 2018.
The move, for a race that is well over three years away, will allow Newsom to raise as much as...
All-powerful Democrats find new adversaries: each other
Latinos feel insulted by blacks. Angelenos are suspicious of San Franciscans. Democrats are squabbling. It's inevitable.
It's the unintended consequence of one-party domination in California. Democrats have conquered Republicans. So they're turning on...
Finally, California lawmakers say vaccination is a social responsibility
Early this morning, I posted about the newly vocal majority on vaccination—the parents who are willing to fight back against the anti-vaccination trend that has been implicated in the latest outbreak of measles. Cases have reached more than 100.
It’s...
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