Illegal immigrants would be harder to deport under immigration bill —
A California lawmaker is making a renewed push to limit the detention and deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally after his legislation was vetoed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown. LA Times article;Sacramento Bee article
Read MoreDan Walters: A perilous tax trend materializes –
When voters passed Proposition 30 last year, they unwittingly accelerated one of the most perilous trends in California governmental finance – an ever-increasing reliance on income taxes from rich people to finance schools and myriad other state and local services. Walters column in Sacramento Bee
Read MoreCouncil approves long-range plan to manage Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta –
A California agency on Thursday unanimously adopted a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. After several hours of public comments and protests by opponents, the Delta Stewardship Council voted 7-0 to approve the final version of the Delta Plan, a blueprint for restoring the delta’s ecosystem and improving water-supply reliability. AP article; Stockton Record article
Read MoreJudge to hear lawsuit over high-speed rail bonds –
State officials on Thursday agreed to drop a request to consolidate all lawsuits challenging California’s use of voter-approved high-speed rail bonds, allowing a trial seeking to stop their sale to begin later this month. AP article; Fresno Bee article
Read MoreObama says ‘no apologies’ over U.S. security leak probe —
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he makes “no apologies” for his concern about leaks to the media that could compromise U.S. national security or put American military and intelligence officers at risk. Reuters article
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