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Jerry Brown, lawmakers agree on lower revenue estimate
SACRAMENTO -- Top Democratic lawmakers have agreed to use Gov. Jerry Brown's more conservative tax revenue estimates in the budget, according to Capitol sources. The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Darrell Steinberg, Politics, Regional Authority
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Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss state budget deal
Gov. Jerry Brown will talk about the budget deal he has reached with Democratic legislative leaders at a news conference Tuesday afternoon in the state Capitol. Details of the plan began to emerge on Monday. They include major victories for the governor...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Darrell Steinberg, Politics, Regional Authority
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FBI's Ron Calderon probe has lawmakers feeling somber
SACRAMENTO -- The FBI raid of the offices of state Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) on Tuesday sent a chill over the state Capitol the day after. Normally talkative lawmakers were somber and declined to comment on the investigation, while others worried...Tags: Katcho Achadjian, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Tim Donnelly, Anthony Cannella
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California can expect more tax revenue, analyst says
SACRAMENTO -- The Legislature's top budget advisor said Friday that California can expect much more tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown has estimated. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office projected that the state will receive a bit more than...
Tags: Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Jerry Brown
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Dennis Zine endorsed by Gloria Molina in L.A. controller's race
City controller hopeful Dennis Zine picked up an endorsement from Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina on Thursday and said the nod would be a "huge plus" in helping him win support among critical Latino voters. Molina, the sole Latina on the...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Kevin de Leon, Ed Reyes, Laura Chick, Jose Huizar
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California Democrats gather in Sacramento to celebrate victories
California Democrats, gathered for their annual convention in Sacramento this weekend, are expected to celebrate their victories -- holding every statewide elected office, winning super majorities in both houses of the Legislature in November and...Tags: Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, John Chiang, Barbara Boxer, Interior Policy
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Garcetti edges ahead of Greuel in mayoral fundraising
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti has edged ahead of opponent Wendy Greuel in fund-raising for the May 21 runoff contest, raising $1.27 million during the 4 1/2 weeks that followed the March 5 primary election. The haul means that Garcetti has...
Tags: Carmen Trutanich, Wendy Greuel, Politics, Mike Feuer, Human Interest
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Assembly speaker demands action on Vernon recycling plant
Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) on Friday asked the state Department of Toxic Substances Control to take "immediate action" on dangerous arsenic emissions from a battery recycling plant in Vernon. Last month, the South Coast Air...
Tags: Exide Technologies, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Jose Huizar
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Candidates for city attorney, other posts spar at downtown forum
The two candidates battling to be Los Angeles city attorney in next month’s election sharpened the contrasts in their views of the job during a forum Monday. “We don’t do policy, we do law,” City Atty. Carmen Trutanich told a...Tags: Carmen Trutanich, Litigation, Prosecution, Justice System, Laws
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Assembly approves off-reservation tribal casino
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...
Tags: Heroin, Lifestyle and Leisure, Politics, North Fork, Jerry Brown
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State officials temporarily shut down Vernon battery recycler
State regulators announced Wednesday that they are temporarily shutting down a Vernon battery recycler that has been under fire for posing a danger to as many as 110,000 people because of arsenic emissions. The state Department of Toxic Substances...
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Termed-out Fuentes stays on Assembly payroll while running for council
The headline on this post has been changed from the original, as explained below. Voters in northeast Los Angeles picked former state Assemblyman Felipe J. Fuentes III (D-Sylmar) in March to represent them on the City Council, but that job won't begin...
Tags: Richard Alarcon, Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Jr., Alex Padilla, Politics
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