Earnings Forecasts Put More Pressure on City Employees and City Leaders to Fix Our Budget
The message has already been sent, loud and clear. It was the hottest day of the year in mid-June. The community chambers, packed with 150 city employees, was unbearably hot. But despite all of that heat, three members of council held strong and voted to implement the city’s budget.Among the key provisions was the use of general funds to pay to fully fund retiree health, pensions and the city’s infrastructure.
However Other Groups Continuing to Back Millionaire’s Tax
Everyone recognizes that the current sentencing system is broken, and yet in an election year, two needed reform measures died in the supposedly liberal Assembly.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has steadfastly refused to revise their 7.75 assumed rate of return (ARR), despite experts’ claims that hitting the long-term earning target will be difficult, at best.
On the surface it seems to be an easy case and relatively straightforward. On May 1, 2011, Richard Rodriguez broke into the storage closet in an inhabited residence.
Last night I happened to be in Esparto and happened to see a sign in front of Esparto High School which stated, “Due to Budget Reasons School Closed February 13-17.” Thinking about that really put an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach. That is what we have come to – students will have a week off in February because of budget cuts.
The good news this week is that the Water Advisory Committee (WAC) decided to televise their hearings. This is crucial, because what they are being asked to do in the next five to ten months is far beyond what was envisioned when the body was formed.
One thing that people need to remember about this issue is that I did not go into Tuesday’s meeting opposed to doing a Conditional Use Permit and moving the facility to the auto mall. In fact, as our article on Tuesday suggested – I actually favored it.
This has been, in a lot of ways, an extraordinary week with so much big news that we have not had a chance to do our normal pattern of analysis and commentary. So this week’s off-topic column will look at 
by Matt Williams
A Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy has accused Sheriff Ed Prieto of using racially insensitive language during a departmental staff meeting last fall.
There is little doubt that Governor Jerry Brown, who has struggled to get a handle on the budget, will applaud the findings in a recent PPIC (Public Policy Institute of California) poll that shows 68 percent of likely voters (and 72 percent of all adults) favor the his tax proposal.
Last week Judge Timothy Fall granted a Pitchess motion in a co-defendant case involving the Davis Police Department. Pitchess is a motion that grants discovery of citizen complaints against law enforcement officers, and the disciplinary records concerning the officers’ records in terms of propensity to commit acts of violence or other problems.
Judge Samuel McAdam made a play at balancing the first amendment rights of Jose Granda and Tom Randall who oppose Measure C, the school parcel tax, with the need for accuracy in the ballot arguments.
