Whitman initially gave a cautious response to [...]
California Attorney General Jerry Brown ruled Thursday that the California Citizens Compensation Commission can cut the salaries of state lawmakers, setting in motion an 18% pay cut for members of the Assembly and Senate. The salary reduction will take effect Dec. 7, and reduce legislators' pay from $116,208 a' [...]
So much for getting a break from the state budget.
On this week's Capital Notes Podcast, we take a look at this week's prediction of a $20.7 billion budget gap and what that means for lawmakers once they return to Sacramento.
Capitol Weekly's Anthony York and I also discuss the staffing changes [...]
Because it takes a two-thirds majority of the legislature to raise taxes in California, the lawmakers and the governor last summer came up with something called “an involuntary tax-free loan” from you and me to the State. That did not require a two-thirds majority.
All of us who get paychecks now [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed only two amendments to be brought up to the nearly 2000-page health reform bill. One was the Republican substitute to the Democrat’s measure. The other was on abortion.
Lawmakers got 20 minutes to debate a bipartisan amendment that would make it crystal clear that [...]
Lawmakers working into the night on health reform.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez won’t say yet whether she’ll vote for the health bill even though she favors health reform and a public option.
The Santa Ana Democrat has been spending the day negotiating with [...]
Speaker Nancy Pelosi,flanked by Rep. James Clyburn, left, and President Barack Obama, right.
President Barack Obama was in the White House Rose Garden a few minutes ago urging lawmakers to vote yes on health reform even [...]
The Los Angeles Times reports 
