There will be a closure of Sepulveda Boulevard between Montana Avenue and Church Lane/Ovada Street beginning Friday, November 2, at 9 pm until Monday at 6 am. The Montana Avenue off-ramp from the I-405 north will also be closed from 7 pm Friday until Monday at 6 am. It’s trouble for those who want to get home late or during the weekend: And by the way, those AMs and PMs get modified half way through the weekend:
UCLA is promoting its renovated Pauley Pavillion with the video below: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-deqx22BvFc?feature=player_detailpage] Although noted for sports events, the building has been used for other purposes. Below is a photo of a display of the AIDS quilt at Pauley in 1988 from the LA Public Library collection:
We have referred in earlier posts to the rather surprising disclosure that CSU produced an online “scorecard” rating members of the legislature on their votes on matters of concern to higher ed. While it is not surprising that CSU would keep track of legislative votes, rating them and publishing the ratings is, well, unusual. It has produced legislative complaints. But CSU seems to be toughing it out on this issue. From the Sacramento Bee‘s Capitol Alert blog: Two state senators – one Democrat and one Republican – demanded Thursday that the California State University system’s trustees tell them who authorized…
Today’s forum at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs featured a discussion of the November 2012 California ballot propositions including those dealing with taxes and the state budget. You can hear the audio of the discussion at the link below. Guest speakers were Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, second-highest ranking Republican in the state assembly, and former Democratic Governor Gray Davis. The full program runs about one and a quarter hours:
The California Field Poll shows the slide below 50%. Prop 30 – the governor’s tax initiative that has been endorsed by the Regents – had been marginally above 50% until recently. It could still pass since the undecided voters have to vote yes or no and if most vote yes, it will have a majority. Nonetheless, the position of Prop 30 is precarious. As readers of this blog will know, the revenue estimated to be produced by Prop 30 is built into the current fiscal year state budget. Trigger cuts are also built into the budget if it fails, including…
Groucho Marx, that is, and his academic perspective: Today is the day for hearing about all eleven of them. Campus Program on Ballot Propositions: Nov. 1 The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment present: Debating the 2012 California Ballot Propositions with Gray Davis, Luskin Distinguished Policy Fellow, and Cameron Smyth, Luskin Senior Fellow California voters face big decisions on the 2012 ballot initiatives. From tax policy to the death penalty to genetically modified food labeling, a lot is at stake on the ballot. Join us for an educational and informative forum to analyze the…
Various reports are floating around in the newspapers today about plans in the legislature to kill the trigger cuts that are part of the current budget and that will occur if Prop 30 – the governor’s tax initiative – initiative. Included in the trigger is a cut of $250 million for UC. Don’t count on it! In theory, anything can be changed in the budget. In theory, the governor could go along with voiding the trigger and not veto such a measure. In theory, the legislature could come up with a two-thirds vote to override such a veto, if it…
A conservative Arizona political group is likely going to have to turn over confidential documents about its donors, under a tentative ruling issued late Tuesday by a Sacramento judge. At issue is the $11 million contribution by Americans for Responsible Leadership to a California political action committee trying to help pass Proposition 32 (paycheck protection) and kill Proposition 30 (Gov. Brown’s tax initiative). State officials have called the cash “the largest known anonymous donation in the history of California politics,” and want to audit the group’s books to see whether the identities of the donors must be made public. The…
You have seen TV ads for Prop 39, the “Steyer” initiative that closes a loophole in the corporate profits tax that emerged from a 2009 budget deal and earmarks a chunk of the money raised for green energy projects. But you haven’t seen any TV ads against Prop 39 because there has not been much of a campaign against it. Part of the reason is that important elements of the local business community that feel the loophole gives competitors an advantage and thus favor Prop 39. Those parts of the business community that oppose 39 have not chosen to fund…
Yours truly did a Google “Hangout” interview earlier today with the Daily Bruin on the ballot propositions and other aspects of California politics. It can be found below:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a25ecG3uFqw?feature=player_detailpage]
