This morning's Sacramento Bee points out that those who own the land and buildings in downtown Sacramento pay an estimated 31 million dollars in property taxes every year.  Contrary to popular belief, ...

One thing Jerry Brown cannot be accused of doing is playing things safe.  His plan is bold, it spreads pain, and it has the potential to  both please and irritate everyone at the same time.Time will t ...

Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his budget plan Monday, but critics have already scoffed that it looks remarkably like that of former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and GOP leaders have already said th ...

In an Op-ed in the LA Times yesterday, Joe Mathews asked if the failures of Arnold Schwarzenegger will save the state.  He argued, "Nothing worked for Schwarzenegger because the system itself doesn't ...

Last week we reported that Genentech, one of the chief backers of Prop 24's efforts to prevent the closing of tax loopholes opened up in the 2008 and 2009 budget deals, had pumped 1.6 million dollars ...

Davis has often lamented the fact that Dixon, rather than Davis, got Genetech's expansion.  In 2008, Genentech, a company based in South Francisco, decided to put a 140,000 square foot research facili ...

Apparently Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger did not get the memo - he is a lame duck, he is no longer in charge, and even when he was in charge he did a poor job of getting budgets passed anyway.  It is ...

We already knew it was going to be a problem because the last budget passed was largely smoke and mirrors covering up a deficit as high as ten billion dollars.  But now we know it is much worse than t ...

Governor Calls Out Republican Legislators for Attempting to Block Reform - Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger used his weekly radio address on Saturday to call out Republican legislators, who he says trie ...

They would not share the details on Friday night, but the Governor and legislative leaders from both parties apparently believe that they have reached an agreement that would end the state's record-se ...

One of the more innovative and far-reaching environmental proposals was defeated by the State Senate this week, with the help of half a dozen Democrats, including Davis' Senator Lois Wolk.  The measur ...

There are a couple of noteworthy editorials in this morning's Sacramento Bee pertaining to the issue of pensions and state workers.  I have long supported both unions and public employees.  However, w ...

by Chris Prevatt ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED on PublicCEO.com Last week, the OC Weekly's R. Scott Moxley wrote about the roaring debate over public employee pensions in "Death and Taxes."While I appreciate h ...

For those who do not believe that pension reform is quickly becoming inevitable, the proposal by Democratic Governor Candidate Jerry Brown probably makes it exactly that.  And while his opponent Meg W ...

On Friday a Sacramento County Superior Court Judge denied Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to pay state employees minimum wage.  Judge instead is asking for a full hearing in August, which mea ...

The 3rd District Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a nearly year-and-a-half old ruling that would allow the Governor to order state  workers' pay reduced to minimum wage until a new budget can be sign ...

Controller John Chiang Refuses to Implement Pending Court Ruling on Legality - In a move that will have stark implications for the city of Davis if it gets enacted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has o ...

One of the key differences that people need to understand is that the composition of the state budget is very different from the local budget.  Locally, employees make up over 70% of the city's costs. ...

According to the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report that we released this year, showing state spending at a record low while the recession is the primary cause of California's Budget deficit.  ...

Given the state of California's economy and cutbacks to education, perhaps it is not surprising that several different groups are threatening to sue.  On Thursday a lawsuit was filed in Alameda County ...