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“Neil Armstrong said it pretty well when they asked him what worried most about being on top of the booster rocket is that both the rocket and the capsule were built by the lowest bidder,” said Hugh Smith, the executive

The state’s youth prison system may not be shuttering yet, as Governor Brown has decided to back away from a plan to dissolve the once troubled facilities. The change of heart came after a public and private outcry from probation

The City of Roseville is going to the goats. As part of the city’s effort to reduce fire risk, the city has hired a private company to bring in a herd of goats to clear firebreaks between homes and open

Under the May Budget revision revealed by Governor Jerry Brown on Monday, California will continue to fight looming deficits with cuts, taxes, and borrowing. “We have a more difficult problem and we’ll have to cut deeper,” said Governor Brown at

Many of the nation’s toughest environmental laws were passed in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when it seems the American people first realized that there could be a limit to the natural resources at our disposal.  Congress took action,

Last year, the Assembly gave local governments an effective tool for dealing with local fiscal crisis. Now, at least one Assemblyman is trying to take that tool back. When originally proposed, AB 506 was a danger to local governments. It

Originally posted at www.calpensions.com Stockton has enrolled three mayors and 14 city council members in CalPERS since 1991, despite a provision in the city charter that clearly states no council member shall receive retirement or death benefits, the Stockton Record

California’s initiative process is one of the most open and accessible in the nation. As a result, a variety of sometimes competing measures appear on the same or subsequent ballots. But how well does ballot box budgeting serve the better

In November, the death penalty may die in California. However, those who are charged with seeking the penalty marched against the initiative. Already qualified for the November Ballot is the SAFE California Act, which would banish the death penalty in

The legal woes continue for the former CalPERS CEO and one former board member. Two years ago, the State filed suit against Alfred Villalobos, now the Federal Government has joined in the action. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued the