Posts Tagged: advance

Locals pay tab for open government

State Capitol, Sacramento. (Photo: Franco Folini)

by SAMANTHA GALLEGOS posted 06.08.2014

State lawmakers and voters agreed on one thing: transparency in government. Local government, that is. State government remains exempt. Did voters know that when they approved Proposition 42 on June 3?

Pérez, Steinberg: A tense relationship — but productive

State Capitol, Sacramento. (Photo: David Monniaux)

by ANTHONY YORK posted 05.01.2014

ANALYSIS: Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento and Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez of Los Angeles are both Democrats, but the two are hardly friends. The events of the last week captured the uneasy, though often productive, working relationship between the two leaders.