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School districts face deficits next year
Glendale and Burbank school districts are facing structural deficits of $19.5 million and $6 million, respectively, in 2012-13 officials said this week, even if California voters pass a November tax initiative meant to bolster state coffers. The...
Tags: Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Elections, Public Finance
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Brown's budget proposal could sideline Glendale courthouse project
Plans for a new for a new $123.9-million courthouse in Glendale could get iced by Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal. His spending plan, unveiled Monday, freezes construction of new courthouses for one year, sharply cuts health and welfare...
Tags: Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Judges, Politics, Justice System
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Report urges delay in bullet-train funding decisions
The plan to build a bullet train has so many funding uncertainties and so many other details that remain unclear that the state should delay any decision this year to commit billions of dollars to the project, the nonpartisan research branch of the...
Tags: Government, Los Angeles Times, Politics, Jerry Brown
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Ron Kaye: Cities can't wait for state
What started out a year ago as a multibillion-dollar money grab triggered by Gov. Jerry Brown's call to abolish redevelopment agencies statewide now shows every sign of morphing into a power grab. City managers of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena are...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics
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Dawn Lindsay asks voters to support governor's tax initiative
The importance of community collaboration in sustaining and bolstering student success at Glendale Community College was President/Supt. Dawn Lindsay's theme Thursday night in her final State of the College address. “This community is a very large...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Government, Politics, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Jack Scott to retire from college post
Jack Scott, the chancellor of the California Community College system and a former college leader and state lawmaker based in Pasadena, will retire from his current post in September, ending 58 years in public life.
“I have greatly enjoyed my...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government, Politics, Jack Scott
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Governor again blocks parole for killer of CV High student in '91
For the second time, Gov. Jerry Brown has reversed a state decision to grant parole to a 39-year-old man who killed a 17-year-old Crescenta Valley High School student nearly 21 years ago. In his March 16 decision, Brown stated that Paul Crowder, who is...Tags: Prisons, Government, Politics, Jerry Brown
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School district pushes forward with transitional kindergarten
Glendale Unified school board members voted unanimously Tuesday to launch a pre-kindergarten program for children with fall birthdays despite ongoing uncertainty about state funding.
“My primary concern at this point is we have parents that need...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government, Judges, Politics, Justice System
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Think Again: A look at Brown's proposed tax increase
We all feel it when gas prices spike. It's a pattern every four years that coincides with elections. Israel threatens to strike Iran, Iran threatens to block oil shipments and presidential candidates spew inflammatory rhetoric. Suddenly, oil companies...Tags: Personal Income, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, ConocoPhillips, Elections, Petroleum Industry
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Ron Kaye: It'll be hell to pay when the bills come due
I don't know about you, but I've been through a lot in my life and I've never seen anything like this — and it isn't at all like seeing an elephant fly. Our elected officials must think we are all “Dumbos” and will somehow go along with...Tags: Lotteries, Public Officials, Occupy Wall Street, Democratic Party, Regional Authority
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Ron Kaye: L.A. County is too big not to fail
The walls of L.A. County's Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration are so thick and shielding of public scrutiny that even the old-line Commies in charge of the Kremlin in Moscow would be envious. The city's newspapers have assigned teams of reporters over...Tags: Elections, Public Officials, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Elections, National Government
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Obama administration reaffirms support for California high-speed rail
Despite a series of a cautionary reports by outside agencies and groups, the Obama administration is reaffirming its commitment to California's $98.5-billion bullet train project.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood traveled the state this week...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Los Angeles Times, Politics, Jerry Brown
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