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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; John Chiang</title>
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		<title>John Chiang: California&#8217;s books still look good</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/08/john-chiang-californias-books-still-look-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 17:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California took in $15.03 billion in revenue in April – $119.9 million short of estimates, but still leaving the Golden State in relatively solid financial condition, state Controller John Chiang reported today. Total revenues for the first 10 months of the fiscal year exceeded Gov. Jerry Brown’s January projections by $4.6 billion (6.1 percent), due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda&#8217;s endorsers &amp; Khanna&#8217;s &#8216;digital advocates&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle for the 17th Congressional District continues as Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, rolls out a new batch of endorsements and Democratic challenger Ro Khanna fires up his digital grassroots. Honda on Tuesday announced the endorsements of state Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker John Perez, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$14 mil in state tax refunds returned, unclaimed</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/03/14-mil-in-state-tax-refunds-returned-unclaimed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John Chiang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s Franchise Tax Board announced this morning that it’s holding more than $14 million in returned state income tax refunds, mostly for taxpayers who moved and didn’t update their addresses. “I want to make sure all taxpayers receive their refunds and as quickly as possible,” state Controller John Chiang, who chairs the FTB, said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What they&#8217;re saying about the budget forecast</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/16/what-theyre-saying-about-the-budget-forecast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legislative Analyst’s Office today issued a fiscal forecast showing California’s state budget deficit for the fiscal year starting next July 1 will be almost $13 billion. If the state Finance Department concurs next month, this could mean $2 billion in mid-year “trigger cuts” this year, mostly in the K-12 and higher education budgets. From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit finds lousy bookkeeping in Calif. prisons</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/20/audit-finds-lousy-bookkeeping-in-calif-prisons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lousy internal control policies in California’s prison system puts millions of taxpayers’ dollars at risk of fraud and abuse, according to an audit released today by state Controller John Chiang. “My auditors found the CDCR has grossly inadequate procedures in place for collecting overpayment of salaries and travel advances made through the agency’s office revolving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controller smacks down state prisons</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/20/controller-smacks-down-state-prisons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state prison system lacks financial internal controls and puts millions of dollars at risk for fraud and abuse, reported California Controller John Chiang in a new audit of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Read on for Chiang&#8217;s news release: Controller Review Finds Poor Financial Controls at CDCR SACRAMENTO – In an audit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiang: Lawmakers won&#8217;t get paid</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/21/chiang-lawmakers-wont-get-paid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/21/chiang-lawmakers-wont-get-paid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state budget passed by legislative Democrats but vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week was incomplete and unbalanced, according to state Controller John Chiang’s analysis, so lawmakers failed to meet Proposition 25’s requirement of a balanced budget by June 15 and will have to forfeit their pay since that date. “My office’s careful review [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The buzz on Jerry Brown&#8217;s May budget revision</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/16/the-buzz-on-jerry-browns-may-budget-revision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From state Senate Republican Leader Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, and state Senate Budget Vice Chair Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar: “Senate Republicans believe Governor Brown is moving in the right direction by making education and law enforcement funding a top priority. We also applaud the governor for embracing Republican proposals of paying down state debt and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry Brown nixes state buildings&#8217; sale/leaseback</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/09/jerry-brown-nixes-state-buildings-saleleaseback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown announced this morning that he’s deep-sixing former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s already-in-motion plan to sell and then lease back 11 state office buildings, saying it would fleece taxpayers in the long run. Among the state buildings that had been on the sale block were the Elihu Harris Building, at 1515 Clay St. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Chiang to audit redevelopment agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/24/john-chiang-to-audit-redevelopment-agencies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As debate rages over Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to raid local redevelopment agencies’ coffers to help close the state budget deficit, state Controller John Chiang today announced his auditors will review 18 redevelopment agencies – including five in the Bay Area – to see how they spend their money. “The heated debate over whether RDAs [...]]]></description>
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