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The Buzz: Study finds governments imposing fewer layoffs and hiring freezes

Published: 12:00 am

A new survey finds that "the picture is brightening" for state- and local-government civil service workforces as fewer employers resort to hiring freezes and layoffs – although they're continuing to whittle away at employee benefit costs.

Dan Walters: Big Capitol fight on Medi-Cal looms among Democrats

By Dan Walters - Published: 12:00 am

As he presented his revised 2013-14 budget to the Legislature last week, Gov. Jerry Brown warned against expanding spending beyond his administration's conservative revenue estimates.

Corrosion plagues new Bay Bridge span

By Charles Piller - Updated: 8:32 am

Experts say that while a total collapse seems unlikely, if Caltrans miscalculated corrosion estimates a major quake could cripple sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns

By David Siders and Phillip Reese - Updated: 12:29 pm

In many ways, resistance to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to overhaul California's school financing system is a function of simple math.

Bay Area firm's idea to lift underwater homeowners to positive equity loses steam

By Hudson Sangree - Updated: 8:32 am

A year ago, with the real estate market still in a deep slump, a San Francisco firm caught the attention of officials in California and elsewhere with its novel idea of using eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in order to reduce the amount that borrowers owe.

Gov. Jerry Brown

Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money - 8:10 am
Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns - 12:29 pm
UC regents cool to Gov. Brown's suggestions - May 16

Big Capitol fight on Medi-Cal looms among Democrats

As he presented his revised 2013-14 budget to the Legislature last week, Gov. Jerry Brown warned against expanding spending beyond his administration's conservative revenue estimates.

CAPITOL ALERT

Group urges parents to keep kids home on Harvey Milk Day

Posted by Melody Gutierrez at 2:53 PM

An anti-gay rights group has purchased hourly radio spots in Sacramento to urge parents to keep their children home from school on Harvey Milk Day, which honors the gay rights ...

Analyst projects $3.2 billion higher state revenues than Jerry Brown - 11:39 AM
Dan Walters Daily: Realignment raising eyebrows - 6:00 AM
AM Alert: Analyst gives lowdown on the budget revision - 6:00 AM
Assembly approves bill to limit immigration holds - 5:50 PM
No A's for state lawmakers from UC students - 4:43 PM
Jerry Brown wants college students to graduate faster. But how? - 5:31 PM

THE STATE WORKER

Audit: Departments wrongly doled out hourly jobs to managers

Posted by Jon Ortiz at 5:23 PM

Some of California's most prominent departments improperly gave salaried managers additional jobs that pay an hourly wage, violating civil service rules, according to a audit released late this afternoon. The ...