Thursday May 17, 2012

• SEIU California GOP committee spends to oppose Tim Donnelly
• To Gov. Jerry Brown's dismay, pension board phases in state hike
• Wealthy GOP donor jumps into Beth Gaines' Assembly race
• Steinberg: Democrats seeking alternatives to some budget cuts
• VIDEO: Student protest disrupts UC regents meeting in Sacramento
• FEC gives Feinstein less than half a loaf in fundraising bid
• Dan Walters Daily: No one is happy with Brown's new budget
• AM Alert: 'Middle class scholarship' on Assembly panel agenda

• Dan Walters: California politicians bet big  
• Dan Walters: Jerry Brown aims new budget at tax vote  
• Dan Walters: Municipal bankruptcy infighting flares anew in California  

• Darrell Steinberg: SEIU appreciates consultation on furloughs  
• Live chat Thursday will take on Jerry Brown's workweek plan  
• Poll: Should unionized California state workers get a vote on Jerry Brown's furlough plan?

• The Buzz: Study questions plan to block California inmates' contraband cellphones  
• Dan Walters: Municipal bankruptcy infighting flares anew in California  
• Congress plots local projects despite ban on earmarks