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9/2/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 2, 2010
9/1/2010 -
Daily Briefing for September 1, 2010
8/31/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 31, 2010
8/30/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 30, 2010
8/27/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 27, 2010
8/26/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 26, 2010
8/25/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 25, 2010
8/25/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Realities of Federal Health Care "Reform" and Repeal
8/24/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Pension Fund Trustee Soaks Taxpayers
8/24/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 24, 2010
8/23/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 23, 2010
8/20/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 20, 2010
8/19/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Lack of oversight may cost county $17 million
8/19/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of August 16, 2010
8/19/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Second Amendment Victory - The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Extends to the States
8/19/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 19, 2010
8/18/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 18, 2010
8/17/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 17, 2010
8/15/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 16, 2010
8/13/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of August 9, 2010
8/13/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 13, 2010
8/12/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Land deal cost CalPERS almost $1 billion
8/12/2010 -
Briefing Report: Contingency Attorneys in Public Entities' Litigation
8/12/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 12, 2010
8/11/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 11, 2010
8/10/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 10, 2010
8/8/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 9, 2010
8/6/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of August 2, 2010
8/6/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 6, 2010
8/5/2010 -
Briefing Report: It Is Time to Give Employers and Employees Scheduling Flexibility
8/5/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 5, 2010
8/4/2010 -
Waste Watcher: CSBA's Troubling Resignation
8/4/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 4, 2010
8/3/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of July 26, 2010
8/3/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 3, 2010
8/2/2010 -
Daily Briefing for August 2, 2010
7/30/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 30, 2010
7/29/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 29, 2010
7/28/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Taxes Squandered on E-waste and Overpaid Officials
7/28/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 28, 2010
7/27/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 27, 2010
7/26/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 26, 2010
7/23/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 23, 2010
7/22/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 22, 2010
7/21/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 21, 2010
7/20/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 20, 2010
7/19/2010 -
Daily Briefing for July 19, 2010
7/14/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Los Angeles's $260 Million Dollar Annual Sinkhole - Unpaid Parking Tickets and IOUs
7/14/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of July 12, 2010
7/6/2010 -
Waste Watcher: And the List Goes On and On and On...
7/5/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of July 5, 2010
6/30/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Welfare Recipients Take Out $1.8 M in "Cash Assistance" at California Casino Floor ATMs
6/28/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of June 28, 2010
6/24/2010 -
Waste Watcher: LA County Probation Department Charges Entertainment Expenses to Taxpayers
6/24/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of June 21, 2010
6/23/2010 -
Briefing Report: Public Employees' Retirement - Costs and Proposed Reforms
6/16/2010 -
Briefing Report: Has the Ship Sailed - Does California Have the Will to Compete for Container Traffic at the Ports?
6/16/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Audit Finds City of Los Angeles Misplaced $1 Million in Purchased Items
6/16/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of June 15, 2010
6/9/2010 -
Waste Watcher: UC Employee Uses Anti-Violence Program To Assault Taxpayers' Wallets
6/9/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of June 9, 2010
6/3/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Ground Rules on Groundwater
6/2/2010 -
Waste Watcher: 33% of San Francisco City Employees Make over $100,000
6/1/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of June 1, 2010
5/26/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Dark Side of Disclosure - Is It Time to Rethink Aspects of On-line Disclosure Requirements?
5/26/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Shocking allegations highlight taxpayer-funded workers engaging in risky business
5/26/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of May 24, 2010
5/21/2010 -
Harman Discusses Public Safety in Senate Republican Weekly Radio Address
5/21/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of May 17, 2010
5/20/2010 -
Waste Watcher: State Wasted $13 Million on Prison Drug Program
5/19/2010 -
Briefing Report: Drink-up! Free Sampling of Alcoholic Beverages at Grocery Stores and Retail Locations in California
5/18/2010 -
Budget Brief: Highlights & Analysis of the Governor's 2010-11 May Revision
5/12/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Proposed Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center
5/5/2010 -
Briefing Report: Furloughs - Public Employees' Unions vs. the Governor and the Public
5/5/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of May 3, 2010
5/4/2010 -
Proposition 98 Education Spending Comparison
4/29/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of April 26, 2010
4/29/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Spa treatments in Hawaii, ski trips to Utah
4/28/2010 -
Briefing Report: A Critical Evaluation of Taxpayer-Financed Spending
4/27/2010 -
Huff's Bill to Review State Regulations Receives Unanimous Support [Audio]
4/26/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of April 19, 2010
4/23/2010 -
Waste Watcher: UC Berkeley Audit Reveals $75 Million a Year in Waste
4/21/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Legislature's Large CARB Footprint
4/16/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of April 12, 2010
4/14/2010 -
Briefing Report: Huanglongbing and the Asian Citrus Psyllid Threaten California's Citrus Industry
4/14/2010 -
The Red Line: Week of April 5, 2010
4/7/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Politicians can't run government or colleges
4/7/2010 -
Briefing Report: The "Best Available" Science Could Be A Lot Better
4/1/2010 -
Briefing Report: A Waning Williamson Act?
3/25/2010 -
Waste Watcher: L.A. County Supervisors Spend Millions on Pet Projects
3/24/2010 -
Briefing Report: How to Fix CA's Failing Public Higher Education Industry
3/17/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Prison Overcrowding Crisis - AB 900 Three Years Later
3/17/2010 -
Waste Watcher: CalPERS Loses Big On Deal Shepherded By Ex-Board Member
3/10/2010 -
Briefing Report: License to Kill Jobs - A Look at Occupational Regulation in California
3/3/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Meets CA's High-Cost Energy
2/24/2010 -
Briefing Report: California’s Flirtation with High-Speed Rail - Brave New World or Big Dig West?
2/24/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Controller's Report - Counties Slow to Catch Fraud
2/17/2010 -
Briefing Report: California Counties and Design-Build Contracting
2/17/2010 -
Waste Watcher: $75 Million and Counting...
2/10/2010 -
Briefing Report: What AB 32 Hath Wrought
2/4/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Los Angeles Unified School District - Lessons Not Learned
2/3/2010 -
Briefing Report: Laptops, Cell Phones, and... E-Cigarettes?
1/28/2010 -
Budget Brief: Cash Flow Woes Continue in 2009-10
1/28/2010 -
Budget Brief: Proposition 42 v. Excise Tax Constitutional Protections
1/28/2010 -
Waste Watcher: And the Beat Goes On - Teachers Still Getting Paid to Do Nothing
1/27/2010 -
Briefing Report: The Hidden Tax on Middle-Class Families - Diverting Higher Education Fees for Financial Aid
1/20/2010 -
Briefing Report: That’s “Doctor” To You - Degree Creep in California Healthcare Professions
1/19/2010 -
Waste Watcher: Taxpayer$ Pony Up for Doctors’ Tropical Junkets
1/13/2010 -
Briefing Report: Federal Financial Regulatory Reform
1/12/2010 -
Governor’s Special Session Solutions
1/12/2010 -
Highlights and Analysis of the Governor’s Budget
1/6/2010 -
Briefing Report: Poker Fun For Everyone! California’s Dabbling With Intrastate Internet Poker
12/15/2009 -
Waste Watcher: To Heck with Taxpayers CSU Top Official Eats, Drinks, and is Merry on Their Dime
11/19/2009 -
Waste Watcher: California Taxpayers Unknowingly Throw Good Money after Bad
11/10/2009 -
Waste Watcher: UC Berkeley Spends $3 Million to Learn How to Stop Spending
11/10/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Idle State Vehicles Cost Taxpayers Big Bucks
10/30/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Santa Clara County Gets Sued - Taxpayers Pay the Price
10/23/2009 -
Budget Briefs: Revenue Update
10/22/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Blatant Fraud at UC Davis Hurts Abused and Neglected Children
10/15/2009 -
Waste Watcher: San Francisco Board President Uses District Credit Card as Her Own
10/8/2009 -
Waste Watchers: CSU Sabbaticals Leave Students and Taxpayers Short-Handed
10/1/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Department of Corrections Fiscal Mismanagement Punishes Taxpayers
9/24/2009 -
Waste Watcher: School District Pay Policies Artificially Create Winners and Losers
9/23/2009 -
Updated: Highlights and Analysis of the 2009-10 Budget
9/16/2009 -
Waste Watchers Update: UC System’s Labor Institute “Hall of Shame”
9/11/2009 -
Briefing Report: Hey, Buddy... Can You Spare a Dime for a Vet?
9/9/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Big Pension Giveaway in Contra Costa County Translates into Big Costs for Taxpayers
9/3/2009 -
Waste Watcher: California’s Water Woes Cost Jobs
9/2/2009 -
Briefing Report: Prisons - Dispelling the Population Myths
8/27/2009 -
Waste Watcher: California’s Pension System… a Ticking Time Bomb
8/26/2009 -
Briefing Report: The Bay Delta Conservation Plan
8/19/2009 -
Corrections Budget Language
8/19/2009 -
Briefing Report: The Role of a School Principal
8/13/2009 -
Dispelling Myths about California Prison Population, Three Strikes and "Overcrowding"
8/5/2009 -
Waste Watcher: South Coast School Bureaucrats Bungle Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
8/5/2009 -
Waste Watcher: High Tech Perks Pad County Jobs at Taxpayers’ Expense
8/5/2009 -
Highlights and Analysis of the 2009-10 Budget
7/29/2009 -
Waste Watcher: School Teachers Getting Paid Not to Teach?
7/16/2009 -
Briefing Report: The Real Economic Impacts of AB 32
7/15/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Rational Budget Solutions are Within the Legislature’s Grasp
7/8/2009 -
Briefing Report: A Bridge 33% Too Far?
7/1/2009 -
Briefing Report: The Risk of Regulating Systemic Risk
7/1/2009 -
Waste Watchers: Los Angeles County Probation Department’s Overtime Pay is Better than Vegas
6/24/2009 -
Waste Watchers: School District's Shady Deal Proves Costly for Taxpayers and Students
6/16/2009 -
Waste Watchers - When the San Jose School District’s Big Pizza Pie Hits the Taxpayer in the Eye, that’s not Amore
6/10/2009 -
Waste Watcher: UC Public Officials Gone Wild With Taxpayers’ Dollars
6/4/2009 -
Waste Watcher: City Employee Gets Paid to Quit
5/27/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Los Angeles Unified School District Pays Teachers Not to Teach
5/21/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Mass Transit = Mass Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
5/20/2009 -
Roadmap to Restoring California
5/20/2009 -
Roadmap to Restore California Press Conference Transcript
5/19/2009 -
Highlights and Analysis of the Governor's 2009-10 May Revision
5/13/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Public Servant Serves Herself at Taxpayers’ Expense
4/29/2009 -
Waste Watcher: California--Land of the Golden Parachute
4/29/2009 -
Briefing Report: Eight Kids and Counting - New Laws Focus on Fertility Clinics
4/23/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Waste Not, Want Not - Clearly Not the Mantra of San Diego City Officials
2/12/2009 -
Waste Watcher: Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work - Paying a Teacher Not to Teach
1/14/2009 -
Waste Watcher: UC Workers Paid $600,000 to Change Offices
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