California’s population grew by 0.9 percent adding 356,000 residents in 2013 to total 38,340,000 as of January 1, 2014, according to the population report released today by the Department of Finance. The report shows preliminary January 2014 and revised January 2013 population data for California cities, counties, and the state. Highlights include: The San Francisco
They are Democrats, yet their votes in the Capitol have helped big business continue fracking in California and defeat a bill dictating pay and benefit levels for Wal-Mart workers. As California’s Republican Party shrinks, the influence of moderate Democrats in the Capitol is growing. But pinning down exactly who belongs to the group is not
Under voter-approved Proposition 28, first-term lawmakers may spend a dozen years in one chamber, down from 14 years split between the two houses under the original terms limit law enacted in 1990. For this year’s election – just the first regularly scheduled vote since the rule was changed – at least 15 freshmen declined the
POLLSTER: FOOD POLICY WILL AFFECT MIDTERMS: "If food policy ends up playing a role in the midterm elections, it's not likely to be spurred by hot button issues like GMO labeling or soda bans, but rising food prices," reports Pro Agriculture reporter Helena Bottemiller Evich this morning. "Back in 2012, during a panel at the
If every generation is supposed to be better off financially than the one that proceeded it, “millennials” have a lot of catching up to do. http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/25/6352579/no-job-no-house-no-kids-welcome.html#mi_rss=Business
A changed media environment has dealt a severe blow to the Sunday institution itself. In an era of 24-hour news delivered through digital snippets, the historic influence of the weekend morning shows may now be irrecoverable. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/04/the-death-of-the-sunday-shows-187181.html
San Diego County Water Authority contends emails prove the Met used member districts in "secret PR campaign" at $15,000 a month: http://www.10news.com/news/docs-secret-pr-campaign-targeted-san-diego-water-ratepayers
Lawmakers return from their spring recess this week focusing on hundreds of bills that have to pass from one house to the other by the end of May. Discussions on divisive issues include how to alter an $11 billion water bond that is on the November ballot but that nearly all lawmakers agree needs to
Brown's fiscal reform will next need to fry bigger fish — revenue sources. There are 3 major state income streams: personal income, corporate income and sales taxes. The current financial woes of California's municipalities vividly illustrates this peaks-and-valleys imbalance: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/24/6352487/dan-walters-california-cities.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters
Air quality regulators, embarking on a bold new strategy to reduce smog in Southern California, want to hold the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach responsible for their pledges to cut pollution from thousands of trucks, ships and trains carrying goods to and from the nation's largest port complex. If a rule proposed by