When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns Sept. 15 from a six-day trade mission in Asia, he'll have 700 or so bills to sign or veto. He'll also likely have to contend with a still-not-done budget.

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Score one for little-d democracy.
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Housing aid, arson, CSU, etc.
David and Charles Koch, billionaire oil men from Kansas, can't stop dabbling in California politics.
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As California students head back to school, they will be boarding a ship sinking below constitutionally minimum levels of quality and fairness. Once the envy of the nation with one of the best-funded and highest-performing school systems, today California is racing to the bottom – 44th of 50 states in per student spending levels and 46th in education spending as a percentage of personal income.
We went sledding there and played hide and seek, rolled Easter eggs and stole our first kisses. We could be dragged away only when we heard our mom's vibrant whistle, signaling dinner.
If you are one of the 1.3 million people served by the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, you might want to prepare for an eventual hike in your monthly sewage treatment bills.
Physicians take a solemn oath to first do no harm. But in California, shortcomings in the board that polices doctors threaten to undermine that promise.

Do you value local parks?


The Bee's Stuart Leavenworth considers the question: "Do you value local parks?"
Posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
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The Conversation Forum

Head to Head  Pia Lopez and Ben Boychuk
President Barack Obama has proposed a $50 billion spending package for building roads, railways and runways. He also proposed to establish a national infrastructure bank to leverage local, state and private investment in infrastructure with a capital base provided initially by the federal government.

David and Charles Koch, billionaire oil men from Kansas, can't stop dabbling in California politics.

You might have seen local TV reports about 10 days ago saying real estate executive Michael Lyon was going through a divorce and that some ugly accusations had been made as part of his court fight.

The writer Wallace Stegner once had this to say about our natural wonders.

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