After a months-long battle with the city of Irwindale over complaints about a spicy odor, Sriracha sauce creator David Tran said Wednesday that he is now seriously considering moving his factory to another location. Texas state Rep. Jason Villalba asked Tran in a Facebook post to meet with Texas officials. Villalba offered to organize a
By the time the Legislature wound up a couple of weeks of intense committee hearings Thursday and left town for an 11-day spring break, the atmosphere had soured. Three Democratic senators facing criminal charges had been suspended thereby erasing the upper house’s supermajority and dooming some of the most ambitious measures. The California Chamber of Commerce, which
Ever wonder what those political consultants mean when they say secretively, "I've seen the cross tabs"? Here are the raw Field Poll data on Brown's approval rating: http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2014/04/08/14/25/cXFPk.So.4.pdf
California's tax revenues jumped by $18.2 billion in 2013, thanks to an improving economy and the impact of a temporary sales and income tax increase approved by voters, a new Census Bureau report shows. All tax collections, including those for special purposes as well as the state General Fund, increased from $115 billion in 2012 to $133.2
BRUSSELS—Europe's energy-intensive industries scored a victory this week in being largely let off the hook in footing the bill for the transition to an economy that uses less carbon dioxide. The European Commission watered down some key parts of new rules on government aid aimed at encouraging production of energy from renewable sources, lessening the
Nancy McFadden begins most mornings on a conference call with other members of Gov. Jerry Brown's inner circle, the governor occasionally chiming in from the background. When Brown took office, the gathering, led by his wife, Anne Gust Brown, included compatriots plucked from different eras of his five decades in politics — his first tour
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/04/feinstein-recasts-california-water-bill.html Her letter with bipartisan House members to federal water officials: http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=1a201be3-99b6-4364-9b99-1f9cafaeac78 Â
Assembly Speaker-elect Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will take the leadership baton from termed-out Speaker John A. Pérez, D-Los Angeles, on May 12, the two agreed this week. Democrats voted in March make Atkins the next lower house leader, but the timing for the transition was left up to the two top officials. Atkins will steer the
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Is Affirmative Action the issue that will let the air out of the Democrats' Big Tent — and effective supermajority? Before the Yee scandal, a seemingly simple resolution from the powerful Latino Caucus passed to restore affirmative action UC admissions. Then alarmed Asian-Americans started calling their legislators… http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-affirmative-action-20140331,0,2270777.story?track=rss#axzz2xW0MGb69