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Long hours in Capitol can mean lousy lawmaking, critics say

Feb. 14: Sen. George Runner, R-Lancaster, listens to debate on the $42 billion state budget gap. July 24: Democratic Sens. Denise Moreno Ducheny, left, and Gloria Romero wait to vote on budget bills. Sept. 11: Republicans meet on the floor of the ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  George Runner,  Denise Moreno Ducheny,  Gloria Romero,  Gloria Negrete McLeod

Water plan has local goodie

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, left, bumps fists Tuesday with Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, before a water bill was passed with Maldonado's help. Meanwhile, Steinberg was criticized by Sacramento Regional County ...

From STEVE WIEGAND AND JIM SANDERS, Sacramento Bee,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Darrell Steinberg,  Abel Maldonado

Lawmakers predict water package passage today

California lawmakers waded part of the way late Monday through a landmark set of proposals to revive the state's creaking water system, and legislative leaders predicted they would finish the job today. Before adjourning shortly after midnight, the ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  Darrell Steinberg,  U.S. Republican Party,  Karen Bass,  Dave Cox

Legislators continue talks on state water plan, now $9.99 billion

California legislators took a first step on an ambitious path to overhaul the state's water system Monday night, when the state Senate approved a bill that would change oversight of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. On a bipartisan 29-5 vote, ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joe Simitian,  Darrell Steinberg,  Jared Huffman,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Karen Bass

Constitutional convention effort launched

The quest to overhaul California's creaking government took its first formal step today as supporters turned in two proposed initiatives that would set in motion the state's first constitutional convention in 120 years. Supporters of the idea turned ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  28 Oct 2009

Former California lawmaker named in aide's corruption case

response to questions from Judge Ellen Huvelle, federal prosecutors said they intend to submit statements from 11 "co-conspirators" outside the Abramoff firm. They include the Doolittles, four former Doolittle aides and five former aides to other ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Inside Bay Area,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  John Doolittle,  Jack Abramoff,  U.S. Department of Justice

Should California's lawmakers be part time?

Once upon a time when new Volkswagen Beetles cost $1,825 and were fueled by 34-cent-a-gallon gasoline California's legislators were part-time workers. That was 43 years ago. In November 1966, voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jeff Denham,  Steve Poizner,  U.S. Republican Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  U.S. House of Representatives

Doolittle, wife named as unindicted co-conspirators in corruption case

Federal prosecutors name former Rep. John Doolittle as an unindicted co-conspirator in a corruption case against one of Doolittle's former aides. In documents filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., last week, the government also alleged ...

From STEVE WIEGAND, Sacramento Bee,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jack Abramoff,  U.S. Department of Justice,  John Doolittle

Since Prop. 13, California officials have had an aversion to tax hikes

Anti-tax crusader Paul Gann, co-leader of the 1978 campaign for Proposition 13, was a Carmichael salesman. Since the approval of Proposition 13 in 1978 and the beginning of the "tax revolt," legislators and governors generally have found the thought ...

From STEVE WIEGAND AND PHILLIP REESE, Sacramento Bee,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Jerry Brown,  Pete Wilson,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Going Broke: State's a wreck can it be fixed?

Richard Costigan, legislative aide to the governor, second from left, huddles during a break in a legislative hearing with Finance Department officials, from left, H.D. Palmer, Steve Kessler and Mike Genest. TODAY California's tax system makes it ...

From STEVE WIEGAND AND PHILLIP REESE, Sacramento Bee,  22 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Ronald Reagan,  John Garamendi,  U.S. Democratic Party

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