Human trafficking focus of conference —
When thinking about crime in the Central Valley, thoughts often turn to gangs and burglaries. Not many bring up human trafficking, which generates an estimated $32 billion worldwide every year. Soroptimist International of Hanford hopes to change public perception this week. On Thursday, they will host a free conference at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino on the impact and spread of human trafficking. Hanford Sentinel article
Read MoreGov. Jerry Brown takes cautious approach on California budget –
Gov. Jerry Brown, dismissive of a surge in state tax revenue that stirred optimism at the Capitol, moved Tuesday to blunt appeals for increased spending, downgrading his budget proposal from January. Sacramento Bee article; LA Times article; San Jose Mercury News article; AP article; New York Times article; Sacramento Bee editorial; Governor’s Revised Budget on California Department of Finance website
Read MoreDan Walters: California school aid, safety net programs in budget conflict –
The political and financial forces stemming from passage of Proposition 98 and of last year’s tax increase coalesced Tuesday. Gov. Jerry Brown declared in his revised budget that all of a multibillion- dollar revenue windfall must be given to schools, thus leaving advocates of restoring multibillion-dollar cuts in health and welfare services for the poor, the elderly and the infirm sputtering. Walters column in Sacramento Bee
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