by jpitney | Jan 31, 2024 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Environment
Dan Walters at CalMatters enumerates California government’s many dysfunctional projects and adds two to the list. California received $800 million from a settlement with German carmaker Volkswagen over its cheating on pollution emission testing and has spent...
by jpitney | Jan 26, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists
Claremont McKenna College alum Cameron Joseph at The Columbia Journalism Review: On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Times laid off 115 people, more than 20 percent of its total staff. If those cuts went to the bone, in Washington, DC, it was more like an amputation: four of...
by jpitney | Jan 20, 2024 | California Politics, Public Opinion, Uncategorized
.Taryn Luna at LAT: Half of California registered voters consider the state budget deficit an “extremely serious” problem, and 57% believe the state is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2024 | California Politics, Local Government
Rigel Robinson at Berkeleyside explains why he is quitting: I have served this community on the Berkeley City Council since 2018 and, for the last several years, have served as Berkeley’s representative on the Alameda County Transportation Commission. When I was first...
by jpitney | Jan 7, 2024 | California Politics, Insurance
Dan Walters at CalMatters: While Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators wrestle with a massive state budget deficit this year, a few blocks from the Capitol another crisis that could have far more impact on California families will be playing out. Ricardo Lara,...
by jpitney | Dec 30, 2023 | California Politics, Higher Education, Public Service
Mallika Seshadri at EdSource: College students are earning money for public service as part of the College Corps, a new state program, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. With $73.1 million from California’s general fund, College Corps pays thousands of college...
