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Dan Walters: Will Gavin Newsom Raise Public Safety Pensions? It May Hinge on His Presidential Hopes
4+ day, 6+ min ago (702+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] The Legislature has a bad habit of enacting high-profile measures in the moment, responding to trendy issues or…...
Dan Walters: California’s Political Hopefuls Remain Silent on State’s Job Losses, Unemployment
6+ day, 6+ min ago (693+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] In two months California voters will elect a governor, fill several other statewide offices and choose a new…...
Dan Walters: California’s Top Democrats Struggle But Can’t Resolve Question of Wildfire Liability
1+ week, 1+ day ago (624+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] Lacking an effective partisan rival and a need for unity, Democrats are free to fragment into factions defined…...
California’s Healthcare Affordability Office Claims Power to Punish Overspending Hospitals
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1064+ words) Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers. Its board last week adopted penalties for hospitals, physician groups and insurers that exceed state spending caps — among the strictest in the…...
Dan Walters: California’s Budget So Convoluted Even Experts Are Perplexed at What It Contains
1+ week, 5+ day ago (678+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] There was a time, not too many years ago, when drafting and enacting California’s budgets was a fairly…...
Dan Walters: Increased Spending on California Public Schools Has Not Raised Achievement
2+ week, 6+ min ago (638+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] The latest nationwide tests of academic achievement reveal that in the two basic skills that kids need to…...
State Seeks $3M from Cuyama Valley Landowner for Costs of Fighting 2023 Wildfire
2+ week, 1+ day ago (548+ words) The state of California has taken legal action seeking more than $3 million from a landowner for the cost of fighting a wildfire near New Cuyama three years ago. The legal action stems from the Plant Fire that sparked Aug. 19, 2023 near…...
Dan Walters: California’s Clashes Over Business Regulation Rage On as Legislative Session Nears End
2+ week, 6+ day ago (580+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] The specific issues may vary from year to year, although some continue for decades, but the underlying clash…...
Santa Maria Judge Confirmed for Spot on State Court of Appeal
2+ week, 6+ day ago (328+ words) A Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge has been confirmed to serve as an associate justice for the Second District Court of Appeal in Ventura. Hippach had been serving as a judge in Santa Barbara County Superior Court since 2022, spending…...
Dan Walters: Attorney General Rob Bonta Excels at Self-Promotion But Buries Legal Losses That Cost California
3+ week, 1+ day ago (652+ words) [Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] Driven by either genetic impulse or vocational training, politicians habitually brag about how they are serving those who…...