The Modesto Bee reports despite objections from the mayors of California's 10 largest cities, the Assembly last week approved Assembly Bill 1692 by Fremont Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, which will make it harder for cities to seek bankruptcy protection.

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HJTA's own Jon Coupal responds to state Sen. Kevin de León's Oct. 18 Op-Ed article on removing the Legislature's two-thirds vote requirement to raise taxes in the Los Angeles Time.

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The Sacramento Bee's Laurel Rosenhall reviews the recent crop of "gut-and-amend" bills that were signed by Governor Brown in the last days of the legislative session.

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Dan Walters, writing for the Sacramento Bee reflects on the history of inconsistency amongst California politicians, notably that of Governor Jerry Brown.

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The Sacramento Bee reports the California State Assembly routinely underreports the amount of money used to run legislators' personal offices and overreports the operating costs of committees that do the brunt of the policy work in the house. The practice obscures how the lower house's $146.7 million budget truly is spent at the Capitol and protects legislators from public criticism of their spending.

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