I don’t know if Governor Jerry Brown, a life-long Californian, has ever actually been surfing, but he is currently riding a wave of political acumen, popularity and good fortune that could qualify him to compete in the elected official’s equivalent of the “Mavericks” big surf contest. Some of his earlier public policy wins are well [...]
It’s not often that you hear the Bible, William Butler Yeats, and “The Little Engine That Could” quoted in the same political speech, but Governor Jerry Brown did just that today in a wide ranging State of the State address that was aimed as much to inspire as it was to inform. The Governor told [...]
The Governor and Democratic legislative leaders announced yesterday that they have reached agreement on the outstanding budget issues. The budget deal closes a $15.7 billion budget shortfall with a combination of ongoing and temporary cuts, temporary taxes, some internal borrowing, and other solutions. The Legislature passed the main budget bill last Friday, but some areas [...]
The LAO released a curious document this week. They’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Facebook. On the one hand, who doesn’t spend a lot of time thinking about Facebook? But they’re doing it during working hours, unlike all of you, no doubt. They’ve been wondering how much this week’s IPO means in revenue [...]
CSAC’s full analysis of the 2012-13 May Revision is in our latest Budget Action Bulletin. Today Governor Brown released his May Revision of the proposed 2012-13 budget which contains reductions in programs and services counties provide to 38 million Californians. “Governor Brown demonstrated once again his commitment to counties by staying true to his vow to [...]