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Bill Lockyer says he won't run for office in 2014
SACRAMENTO -- Bill Lockyer, who has served in Sacramento for four decades as a legislator, attorney general and state treasurer, announced he will retire from elective office when his term expires in 2014. Lockyer, a Democrat who was first elected to...
Tags: Chinese Restaurants, Government, Jerry Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Boxer
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Battered by corruption, Cudahy pleads for state audit
City leaders in scandal-battered Cudahy are asking the state to audit the city's finances and internal controls in the wake of a series of city hall bribery arrests. Last year, three officials in the working-poor L.A. County city -- including two long-...
Tags: FBI, Ron Calderon, Accounting and Auditing, Finance, Political Fundraising
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Bell is on the brink of a fiscal crisis, audit says
This post has been corrected. Please see the note below.Bell's finances have worsened considerably since its infamous corruption scandal, leaving the city unable to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents and businesses, an audit released Wednesday shows. The report by the state...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Trials, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal
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Steeped in debt, Bell could owe millions in legal fees, audit says
The city of Bell could be on the hook for $4 million in legal fees for court cases stemming from its corruption scandal, according to a state audit. Adding to the problems, the city is showing a possible negative balance in its general fund of $1.1...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal, Economy, Business and Finance
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Controller: Progress in Bell, but potential for more problems high
The new leadership in Bell deserves credit for ejecting corrupt city leaders, but if additional problems aren't fixed, the potential for mismanagement and fiscal crisis remains high, state Controller John Chiang said. Chiang issued his final audit on...
Tags: Finance, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal, Economy, Business and Finance, Bell City Council
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Bell city manager calls state audit unfair, defends reform progress
The city manager of Bell called unfair a state report critical of the town’s progress after a massive corruption scandal. State Controller John Chiang issued his final audit on Bell on Wednesday morning, nearly three years after the scandal...
Tags: Finance, Theft, Economy, Business and Finance, Bell City Council
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California no longer shuffling funds to pay bills, controller says
SACRAMENTO -- For nearly six years, California finances were so weak that officials needed to constantly shuffle money between state accounts to ensure there was enough cash to pay bills on time. They would take money out of one fund, use it to cover...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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California Democrats gather in Sacramento to celebrate victories
California Democrats, gathered for their annual convention in Sacramento this weekend, are expected to celebrate their victories -- holding every statewide elected office, winning super majorities in both houses of the Legislature in November and...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Government, Jerry Brown, Barbara Boxer, Regional Authority
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State revenues more than $4 billion ahead of projections
The state’s tax revenue is outpacing earlier projections by about $4.5 billion over the last eight months, according to new figures from the State Controller’s office. The rosier-than-anticipated state revenue numbers are the result of...
Tags: Taxation, Politics, Personal Income
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State to seek review of stalled payroll upgrade
Last month, state officials fired SAP Public Services, the contractor working on a troubled, $373-million upgrade of the payroll system for public employees. Now they will look for a new contractor to review what went wrong and determine if any of the...
Tags: Jerry Brown
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Los Angeles college district settles for $1 million in civil rights case
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Community College District has agreed to pay $1 million to a firm that alleged that it was unfairly passed over during the selection of an inspector general to oversee a $6-billion campus rebuilding program.... -
California faces rising bill for retiree healthcare
First the good news: The state controller says the cost of providing healthcare to retired public employees did not rise as fast as expected. Now the bad news: Over the next three decades, the bill is expected to be $63.84 billion more than Sacramento...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance Cost, Employees
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