448 results for "Kevin Yamamura"
Capitol Alert: Schwarzenegger resumes lucrative role as bodybuilding editor
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 2:38 PMArnold Schwarzenegger is a bodybuilding editor once again, resuming a lucrative position he resigned in 2005 when critics pointed out his conflict of interest as governor.
Fresh controversy follows Karl Rove to California GOP convention
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 5:21 PMGOP strategist Karl Rove may be an unpopular figure among Republican volunteers, especially after launching a drive this year that tea party activists considered an attack on their brand of grassroots conservatism.
Capitol Alert: California appellate court dismisses school budget challenge
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 11:05 AMIn the ongoing tussle over budget rules, a state appellate court has dismissed a challenge from school groups who said California leaders had illegally manipulated the state constitution when they wrote the 2011-12 budget.
Capitol Alert: California analyst says K-12 funding overhaul has merits
Friday, February 22, 2013 at 1:58 PMThe nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office says in a new report that Gov. Jerry Brown's school funding overhaul has many strengths but questions the retention of some "irrational" relics from the current system that benefit p...
Capitol Alert: California analyst rejects Gov. Jerry Brown's clean energy plan
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:43 PMThe nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office has so many complaints with Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for spending new clean energy money that it produced a separate 12-page pamphlet today to detail the problems.
California fire chief defends secret fund
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:34 PMCalifornia's fire chief last week called his department's off-books fund "an invaluable tool" and said he "will not apologize for using it to improve our cost recovery efforts" in an internal memo obtained by The Bee.
California prosecutors launch criminal inquiry into parks 'hidden funds'
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 12:00 AMThe state attorney general's office has launched a criminal investigation of California parks officials after the "hidden funds" case seemingly reached a dead end when state and local prosecutors did not pursue charges last month.
Capitol Alert: Gov. Jerry Brown releases funding data for K-12 districts
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 4:52 PMGov. Jerry Brown's Department of Finance released a long-awaited table today that shows how each K-12 district fares in his new plan to direct more money to schools with low-income students and English learners.
Capitol Alert: California state auditor offers hypothesis on hidden parks funds
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 2:35 PMOne curiosity in California's state parks controversy is why department officials hid millions of dollars when they needed the Legislature's approval to spend the funds.
Analyst says Jerry Brown's budget plan vulnerable to legal attack
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:00 AMThe nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said Tuesday that Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal "raises serious legal concerns" in at least two instances where the governor wants to use fees to fund potentially unrelated prog...
