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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: Jerry Brown, Economy, Business and Finance, Property, Finance, Politics
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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: Mitt Romney, Politics, ConocoPhillips, Personal Income, Jerry Brown
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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, Politics, Republican Party, Jerry Brown
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Public Officials, Politics, Zev Yaroslavsky, Jerry Brown
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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: Transportation, Los Angeles Times, Jerry Brown, Travel, Railway Transportation
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Local lawmakers stake out positions on Gov. Brown's budget cuts
Local lawmakers expressed frustrationthis week that Gov. Jerry Brown ordered $1 billion in mid-year cuts, pointing to the move as proof of the inability of Democratic and Republican legislators to work together.
Among the cuts triggered by lower-than-...Tags: Jerry Brown, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Gatto, Politics
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Ron Kaye: Unraveling the redevelopment mess
Sooner or later, the bills come due in all our lives — even in the lives of government agencies. Just ask the people who bought a house they couldn't afford or city officials who got addicted over the years to draining vast amounts of tax dollars...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Museums, Jerry Brown, Arts, Public Officials
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Gov. Brown set to meet in private with L.A. County supervisors
California Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to meet with Los Angeles County supervisors Monday afternoon in a closed session over a controversial plan to shift care of some parolees from state workers to county probation officers.
The meeting will be held...Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Government, Executive Branch
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Burbank mayor, councilman up for being DeBell golf ball targets
City Hall critics take note: The opportunity may soon arise to pepper Mayor Jess Talamantes and Councilman Dave Golonksi with golf balls.
But it will cost you.
Although the details are still being worked out, the committee charged with helping to turn...Tags: Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Bob Hope, Golf, Politics, Clubs and Associations
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EPA finding could raise clean-up costs for San Gabriel, San Fernando valleys
One of the most widespread groundwater contaminants in the nation is more dangerous to humans than earlier thought, a federal agency has determined, in a decision that could raise the cost of cleanups nationwide, including large areas of the San...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Liver Cancer, Bob Hope
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Burbank mayor gets his 'move' on
Burbank did it's part for the national Let's Move campaign on Saturday at Johnny Carson Park.
Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, Let's Move promotes family involvement in physical activities as a means to reduce childhood obesity. Burbank Unified...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Michelle Obama, Johnny Carson, Politics
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Berman-Sherman battle is one Democrats would rather not have
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- Rep. Howard Berman hasn't had to fight for a job since Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern and M*A*S*H made its television debut. That was 1972, when he won a state Assembly seat in his first race. Now the...Tags: David Geffen, Howard Berman, Henry A Waxman, Voting, Politics
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