First Take: Show me the money. UC balks at prison healthcare takeover. Parole rules upheld

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The UC Board of Regents doesn’t seem terribly eager to take over the state’s prison healthcare system.

A fight has erupted over the right of the media to obtain electronic payroll files from the Legislature.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would help troubled homeowners, but has asked the Legislature to send him another one.

A federal appeals court upheld a state ballot measure that approved strict new rules for parolees.

DWP rates are set to rise by more than one-third to help pay for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s renewable energy plan.

-- Anthony York

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