As we discussed at the end of March, Proposition 1B ensures that schools receive $9.3 billion over time, so that the money cut during the current budget crisis is not permanent.  The payments to schoo ...

Vanguard Radio will host California Senator Mark Leno on its radio show April 29, 2009 from 6 to 7 pm on KDRT 95.7 FM. Senator Leno will be discussing his pending universal health care legislation, Th ...

The Vanguard caught up with first term Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada at the California Democratic Convention in Sacramento yesterday.  Yamada serves the 8th Assembly District representing Davis and much ...

Write in to ask questions of Jessica Rothhaar from Health Access - Universal health care has long been on the agenda, but for nearly 20 years, politicians from state legislators up to the President of ...

Earlier this month freshman Assemblymember Mariko Yamada announced her support and co-authorship of legislation introduced by Senator Mark Leno that would provide all Californian's with universal heal ...

In theory the requirement in California to obtain the consent of two-thirds of the legislature to vote for a budget sounds like an idea that would promote consensus building and bipartisanship. I wish ...

California After an all night session - 45 hours for the entire session - the State Senate voted early this morning 27 to 12 to approve a massive state budget that includes spending cuts, tax increase ...

California It is ironic that Sacramento chose yesterday to honor Captain Chesley Sullenberger who heroically managed to land his imperiled aircraft into the Hudson River and averted disaster by saving ...

California About the last person I expected to be talking about on the Vanguard was Senator Abel Maldonado. Maldonado represents among other places my former hometown of San Luis Obispo. I remember hi ...

California Valentine’s Day came and went, and still there was no budget. On deep into the night it continued, desperately trying to find one more Republican Senator brave enough to end this nightmare, ...

No CSR Flexibility*, Categorical Flexibility California At the outset, I should qualify this analysis as saying that it could change in a final budget bill or could get thrown out the window if there ...

California Given the fact that this is the bicycle capital of the world, I risk a lot by saying this, but the priorities of people are a bit off in this country. Originally the state legislature was g ...

California I rarely comment in this space about comments to other posts, but given that I am trying to bring together multiple threads into a single article, it actually works quite well.The anonymous ...

Friday the Vanguard primarily looked at the fiscal crisis the school district now faces which is due entirely to the state budget situation at this point. The school district is not alone in receiving ...

Despite a veto from the Governor, this is likely going to be the budget. The legislature expects to override the Governor's Veto this is coming on Friday. If that happens, California will finally have ...

In case you missed it this week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stunned even veteran politicians by announcing that in light of a budget impasse, he would be cutting the salary of all state workers to ...