IN SUMMARY Schools must prepare to do more with less as the fall term approaches. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal includes steep cuts to California school districts, many of…
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Loss of sales taxes and exploding pension costs could force cities to cut personnel, slash services, eliminate programs As nightclubs and bars close their doors, as foot traffic at shops…
General Information Background and Overview In October 2014 Governor Brown signed AB 1826 Chesbro (Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014), requiring businesses to recycle their organic waste on and after April 1,…
Watchdog group gives Irvine its highest fiscal grade in nation, while LA, Long Beach, Anaheim and Riverside branded as ‘sinkholes’ First, some good news about the public purse: Irvine continues…
Calls to wrest Pacific Gas & Electric from investors’ hands have grown louder, amplified by a state bill that would allow cities to carve up PG&E territory into government-run utilities….
Swiping your Visa is about to get more expensive. This week, Visa announced major fee changes in a document sent to banks, according to Bloomberg. The interchange rates, meaning the amount…
LAGUNA BEACH – A plan to bury utility lines to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire in this town might be getting some help from Sacramento. Laguna Beach officials…
LAGUNA BEACH – South Coast Water District customers can expect mailers this week announcing proposed increases in water and sewer rates. The rate increases are driven by several factors, water…
Even as Orange County’s then-treasurer was making wrong-way investment bets with public money and illegally skimming millions into county accounts, the county got a clean bill of financial health from…
Lily Leung and Susan Christian Goulding March 18, 2016 Southern California Gas Co. has acknowledged that errors tied to the rollout of new digital meters installed at Orange County…