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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; California budget</title>
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		<title>Hertzberg turns on reformer&#8217;s charm in Walnut Creek</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/02/hertzberg-turns-on-reformers-charm-in-walnut-creek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a little while today, we all forgot that Democrat Bob Hertzberg is no longer the Assembly speaker or even an elected official. (Read the full story here.) Three days after he officially bowed out of a state senate bid against Sen. Fran Pavely, D-Augoura Hills, Hertzberg was in Walnut Creek stumping for his favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State reform groups merge and revive ballot measure</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/26/the-long-and-the-short-of-it-reform-groups-merge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two state reform groups with disparate timelines have combined forces and resurrected a budget  initiative using what every successful ballot measure needs: Cash. With matching $3 million pledges, eccentric billionaire Nicolas Berggruen and his Think Long Committee will join California Forward, a reform organization led by former Contra Costa Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak and former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier to host budget town hall in Concord</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/25/desaulnier-to-host-budget-town-hall-in-concord/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, will host a budget town hall on Feb. 2, where residents may share their concerns and offer ideas for improving statement government operations. The free event will be held from 7-9 p.m. at Concord City Council Chambers, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord. For information, call 925-942-6082.]]></description>
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		<title>State budget reform initiative unveiled</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/04/state-budget-reform-initiative-unveiled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce McPherson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Forward Action Fund, a state fiscal reform group, has submitted a ballot measure that would substantially alter the state and local government budget process. The Government Performance and Accountability Act would mandate the adoption of two-year budgets, five-year reviews of every program and the identification of the source of the money for new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to hear redevelopment case Nov. 10</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/19/supreme-court-to-hear-redevelopment-case-nov-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/19/supreme-court-to-hear-redevelopment-case-nov-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Nov. 10 on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state lawmakers&#8217; decision to divert $1.7 billion in redevelopment dollars this fiscal year to help balance the budget. The California Redevelopment Association and the League of California Cities is bringing the suit. It will be heard in San Francisco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature posts members&#8217; spending</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/legislature-posts-members-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bowing to political pressure, the California Legislature has released its members&#8217; office spending numbers, according to the Los Angeles Times. Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010  Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011 Senate spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010 But the man who started this debate, Assemblyman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redevelopment advocates fight back</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/18/redevelopment-advocates-fight-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizations that represent California&#8217;s cities and redevelopment agencies have filed a lawsuit challenging recently passed legislation that all but eliminates  redevelopment as a separate entity. The League of California Cities, California Redevelopment Association and the cities of San Jose and Union City filed will challenge in the bill as unconstitutional in the state Supreme Court, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education online town hall set for tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/education-online-town-hall-set-for-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/education-online-town-hall-set-for-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Steinberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Superintendent of Public Schools Tom Torlakson will participate in an Internet town hall on education starting at 7 p.m. tonight. Torlakson, a former state senator and assemblyman from Antioch, will join state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and California Community College Chanceller Jack Scott in a live, online discussion of the state&#8217;s severe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controller will withhold legislators&#8217; pay</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/controller-will-withhold-legislators-pay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Controller John Chiang will withhold state legislators&#8217; paychecks starting June 16 if they fail to approve a balanced budget within the next two weeks. The provision is part of Proposition 25, which voters approved in November. Some analysts had concluded that Legislature&#8217;s March budget satisfied the requirement but Chiang disagrees. Here&#8217;s what the controller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown unveils budget, talks begin</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/10/brown-unveils-budget-talks-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/10/brown-unveils-budget-talks-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s proposed budget here, but don&#8217;t expect any cheery news. It contains big cuts in everything from childcare subsidies to higher education. And expect a lot of talk around this innocent-sounding word: Realignment. It refers to Brown&#8217;s interest in shifting responsibility away from the state to local government. The idea is to [...]]]></description>
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