Thursday, April 14, 2011
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		Of Heads On Sticks, And Taxpayer Funded Cars For Legislators
		
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		FR Blog: Bill Leonard on Proposition 25 and Taxes
		
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		VOC: California Supreme Court Rejects County's Pension Lawsuit
		
 - SFChron: Orange County loses sheriff pension battle
 - OCR: County loses deputies pension fight
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		OCReg: CSUF students rally for college funding
		
 - LAT: Thousands rally at Cal State campuses against higher education cuts
 - ModBee: CSU Stanislaus joins statewide protest against budget cuts
 - SJMerc: SJSU students protest cuts, tuition hikes
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		PE: Texas reporter weighs in on Calif. lawmakers' visit
		
 
- BakCal: College students, staff protest budget cuts
 - FresBee: Fresno State students, faculty invade Welty's office
 - VCS:CSUCI joins campuses across the state protesting budget cuts
 - SacBee: Sac State students, employees protest budget cuts, tuition hikes
 - SBSun: Clamor over cuts
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		CCTimes: Brown: Public's safety at risk
		
 - SacBee: Brown's Countdown, Day 84: Governor's shifting budget strategy now focused on cops
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: Is Gov. Brown Saying Urban Riots OK?
 - Cal Capitol: Jerry Brown and Law Enforcement Representatives Tout Governors Proposed Tax Extension
 - CapWkly: Logue and Chesbro both seek to fund cops - but by very different means
 - CapWkly: Dems say GOP living in a magical, mythical world
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		How $38.5 Billion in Cuts Became $352 Million
		
 - NatlRev: Strike One
 - WaPo: Fact Checker: Biggest cuts? Well, no.
 - LAT: Bill to disband Vernon gets support of Assembly panel
 - CapWkly: Oil severance tax plan slips into view
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		NCTimes: REGION: Bill to ban red-light cameras hits Sacramento stop sign
		
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: Key Bills Would Reform Bad Regulations
 - SacBee: Bill targeting hotel worker injuries OK'd by California Senate panel
 - SanGabTrib:Assembly shelves Portantino's salary freeze bill -- again
 - SacBee: The Buzz: Teachers' union plan built on emotion
 - RivPE: First 5 seeks to sue state over $1 billion in diverted monies
 - OCReg: Economic downturn adds to Medi-Cal costs
 - SacBee: Brown names two to pay panel before vote on lawmakers' cars
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		SacBee: California joins insurance fraud lawsuit against Sutter Health
		
 - SacBee:Ami Bera raises $230,000 for second bid for Congress
 - VOSD: Fact Check: Bilbray's Abortion Funding Flop
 - CapWkly: Following the trail of Californias booze exemptions
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		LAT: Barry Bonds is convicted of obstruction of justice
		
 - The Hill:Freshmen shrugging off Tea Party primary threats over spending deal
 - Politico: Obama puts GOP in no mood to deal
 - WaTimes: Obama outlines deficit-reduction policy
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		Politico: Wis. governor testifies for Issa
		
 - SFChron: Trump's toying with race carries deja vu for state
 - SFChron: 'The Donald,' part 2
 
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The Golden Pen
		WashPost: Free Money, Big Banks Are a Threat to Capitalism
		
 - OCReg: A Vision of a Redistributive America
 - WSJ: Obama's Rhetoric vs. Reality
 - SacBee: Editorial: Obama searches for center to cut federal deficit
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		OCReg: Editorial: Budget may derail bullet train
		
 - SacBee: Editorial: Delayed fix for weir starts to smell fishy
 - SacBee: Dan Morain: Brown courts union and wins over old foe
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		SFChron: Romney and Obama - bipartisan brothers
		
 - LAT: Making California relevant to presidential campaigns
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		CapWkly: Opinion: Opportunity to build on Californias foundation for green buildings
		
 - SacBee: Sacramento Kings fans give their all, maybe for a last time
 - CCTimes: BART general manager resigns
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		SJMerc: Cost estimate doubles for special election for Milpitas Wal Mart measure
		
 - BakCal: City council hears high-speed rail update
 - FresBee: Fresno City Council revisits sports park deal
 - SLO Trib: Central Coast residents share their goals for redistricting
 - VCS:McGrath State Beach will close indefinitely
 - LADN: Villaraigosa stresses fixing schools in State of the City Address, but some call other concerns more pressing
 - LAT: Mayor's State of the City speech focuses on education
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		OCReg: Tax Day rallies planned by Tea Party and MoveOn
		
 - LAT: O.C. judge accused of waiving friends' traffic fines
 - OCReg: Newport Beach could ban smoking in parks
 - OCReg: Marijuana dispensary sues Dana Point for $20 million
 - OCReg: Garden Grove council OKs $51 million water-park resort bond
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		RivPE: RIVERSIDE: The city buys its own redevelopment bonds
		
 - DesSun:Public invited to help redraw county districts
 - RivPE: I-215 project fined over storm runoff
 - RIVERSIDE: Dismissed ethics complaint not dead
 - SBSun: Judge issues rulings
 - SDUT: Competing Tax Day rallies in Oceanside Friday
 - SDUT: SANDAG to buy bankrupt South Bay Expressway?
 - SDUT: Another ugly budget for San Diego
 
