Tag: Jerry Brown

(AP) Calif. budget to be buoyed by voter-OK’d tax hikesBy JULIET WILLIAMSAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.After years of double-digit deficits and billions in budget cuts, California’s fiscal outlook is looking brighter. Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday will propose his third budget since

California Gov. Jerry Brown, following in the footsteps of his compadre in the White House, is now intent on redistributing the public wealth – in education. Brown hasn’t released the details of his plan, but he has stated that he

On Tuesday, California released a report that revealed state tax revenues have plummeted even further below Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) estimates, even after residents voted to increase taxes via Proposition 30 in November’s elections. At the end of November, “taxes were 3% short

California State Controller John Chiang has announced that total state revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million, or 10.8%, below budget.  Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create

Our country is currently saddled with $86 trillion in unfunded mandates, a $16 trillion deficit, and annual deficits of over $1 trillion. Most of this is the result of pure selfishness at the hands of  a Baby Boom generation under

California Gov. Jerry Brown is fine with endless public expenditures of taxpayer cash. But when it comes to private donations, Brown is putting his foot down. The new University of California Berkeley chancellor, Nicholas B. Dirks, is all set to

Even union lackey California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) can’t handle the unions anymore. Brown has appealed a lawsuit that would pay state unions some $12 million because Brown furloughed them thanks to the $16 billion state debt. Last summer, an

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday said California would start a tax-increase wave across the nation, but recent history suggests California’s tax increases will only accelerate the number of people who will leave California to other states with better tax

Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown, fresh off his triumph in somehow convincing Californians to raise their own sales and income taxes yet again, announced that California was a model for the nation on taxes. His language was stunningly and unapologetically

Democrats won big in California Tuesday night in both state legislative chambers while also seeing tax-increasing initiatives passed on the state’s ballot. Voters in California passed Proposition 30, a tax increase designed to prevent $6 billion in budget cuts to

California voters narrowly approved Proposition 30,  Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed “temporary” tax hikes on wealthy earners, by a margin of 54% to 46% yesterday. The referendum will allow the big-spending state to raise revenues from those earning over $250,000 per

During the 2008 vice presidential debate against Sarah Palin, Joe Biden told an anecdote about someone at his local gas station who did not have enough money to fill up his gas tank because gas prices ($3.17 on average for

In a clear threat to the voters of California, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District implicitly warned that if either Propositions 30 or 38 aren’t passed, the children of the city will miss the last two months

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 9 (UPI) —Retail gasoline prices in California continued rising Tuesday but the pace of the increases has slowed, consumer information indicates. A series of refinery and pipeline issues in California sparked an increase in the price of retail

(AP) Calif. gov takes action as gas prices keep risingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESGov. Jerry Brown is taking action in an effort to drive down the cost of gasoline as California drivers cope with record-breaking prices at the pump. For

(AP) Panel recommends parole for Manson family memberBy LINDA DEUTSCHAP Special CorrespondentLOS ANGELESA California parole board panel recommended parole Thursday for a Charles Manson follower who has been imprisoned for 40 years. Bruce Davis, convicted with Manson and another man

Last week, employees for a Southern California painting company rid themselves of their trade union, which they accused of serving them poorly by “losing work, health and vacation benefits.”  According to OC Weekly, 59 employees at GPS Painting and Wellcovering

Emboldened by President Barack Obama’s executive action that allows some illegal immigrants to apply for work permits, a group of illegal immigrants on the “Undocu-Bus” arrived in Charlotte during the week of the Democratic National Convention to advocate for broader

Democrats across the country are in full meltdown over the growing possibility that their favored candidate, incumbent President Obama, may lose to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. And, exercising Godwin’s Law, they’re already labeling Ryan and the GOP Nazis.  Monday

Once you’re gay, you stay that way —and that’s an order. So says the California State Assembly, which has just banned a form of psychotherapy, called reparative therapy for minors, aimed at making gay people straight. California, never shy about

We were severely criticized last week by the left and the right for publishing “CALIFORNIA DEFAULT RISK TURNS BROWN INTO A CAPITALIST.”  The report highlighted that California Governor Jerry Brown is steam-rolling environmentalists and regulators to generate more state tax

The klaxon horn went off for California municipal bondholders when Moody’s credit rating service issued a report stating that the plummeting financial condition of many California counties, cities, school districts and other government agencies will soon result in large numbers

There is nothing like the threat of insolvency and a downgrade to junk bond status to motivate traditionally liberal politicians to abandon the environmentalists who heavily fund their campaigns. Last week, Governor Jerry Brown of California tossed one of his

As California teeters near default in many areas, news is breaking that Gov. Jerry Brown may have taken up to $3 million from a fund created “in honor of the victims of the 2001 terror attacks” to make up for shortfalls. The