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Jerry Brown signs bill to avert cash flow crunch

By David Siders - Published: 1:06 pm

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation allowing the state to borrow $865 million from earmarked funds to help avoid a cash flow problem in March, Brown's office announced today.

Unions howl at details of Jerry Brown's pension overhaul

By Jon Ortiz - Published: 12:00 am

Gov. Jerry Brown laid out a detailed plan to alter California's state and local public retirement systems on Thursday – and immediately drew fire from his core labor constituency.

Bee exclusive: Former CSBA exec's pension slashed after audit

By Melody Gutierrez - Updated: 9:59 am

The former executive director of the California School Boards Association who retired amid a financial scandal involving his pay and bonuses will have his pension reduced by 65 percent, the state pension fund said.

Transitional kindergarten's fate in California is still up in the air

By Diana Lambert - Published: 12:00 am

Sherry Tam doesn't know where her son will go to school next year.

CalSTRS' gap rises as return forecast falls

By Dale Kasler - Published: 12:00 am

By lowering its investment forecast by another quarter point, CalSTRS made a bow toward economic reality – but also may have complicated efforts to shore up its finances.

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California Democrats distort their majority-vote budget power

Many years of partisan wrangling over the state budget reached a climax in 2010 when public employee unions and Democratic politicians persuaded voters to pass Proposition 25, eliminating the two-thirds vote for budgets.

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FPPC attorney John Wallace picked for executive director post

Posted by Torey Van Oot at 4:16 PM

California's political watchdog agency has filled its vacant executive director post. Fair Political Practices Commission Chairwoman Ann Ravel announced today that John W. Wallace, a longtime attorney with the agency, ...

Assembly candidate to plead guilty to bribery charges - 3:24 PM
Jerry Brown signs bill to avert cash flow crunch - 12:56 PM
House panel smacks California high-speed rail - 7:24 AM
AM Alert: Lawmakers head out of Dodge, uh, Sacramento - 6:00 AM
VIDEO: Ron Paul supporters in Reno pay to 'beat Obama' - 9:41 PM
Jerry Brown's about right about drop in California factory jobs - 2:29 PM

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Read the furlough settlements between CASE and California

Posted by Jon Ortiz at 2:27 PM

The State Worker has obtained the settlement agreements that end two furlough lawsuits against the state in exchange for restoring back pay for a handful of employees represented by the ...