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Capitol Alert | The State Worker | Gov. Brown | 2012-2013 California budget

Dan Walters: California's budget bill would gut sunshine law

By Dan Walters - Updated: 12:19 am

What goes around, comes around.

Panel to consider restoring pay cuts for state's top elected officials

By Jim Sanders - Published: 12:00 am

After passage of a budget with a $12 million windfall for the Legislature and a likely pay increase for state workers, a commission today will consider whether to restore salary cuts for California's top elected officials.

Budget bill would make it optional for California local governments to comply with public records laws

By Annalise Mantz and Jeffrey Dastin - Published: 12:00 am

A budget bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would make it optional for local governments to comply with several key provisions of the California Public Records Act.

What's in the new California state budget?

dsiders@sacbee.com - Updated: 12:07 pm

Here are highlights of the proposed state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Lawmakers approved the measures Friday and Saturday. Gov. Jerry Brown has 12 days to act after receiving the bills.

California Democrats wrap up state budget, flex supermajority power

By David Siders and Jim Sanders - Updated: 12:07 pm

As the state Senate finished voting Saturday on a bill to extend a tax on managed care plans, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters at the back of the room, "That is what's called a supermajority."