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Record Resources and Transportation Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget

June 14, 2019 1:40 pmJune 17, 2019 6:14 am

California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. There is pork in every...

Record Education Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget

June 13, 2019 5:03 amJune 13, 2019 5:48 pm

California’s largest state budget ever — $214 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. There is pork in every...

Record Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget in Many Years

June 12, 2019 10:35 amJune 13, 2019 6:32 am

Pork Barrel projects are a usual occurrence in the state budget, but California hasn’t see pork added on like this in years. To understand how government spending sprees occur every fiscal year, this is how spending takes place. Pork barrel...

California Health Care Giveaway

May 28, 2019 6:50 amMay 28, 2019 7:01 am

Since returning from El Salvador in April, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has advanced a plan to spend $98 million on health care for illegal immigrants ages 19-26 through the state’s Medi-Cal program. Democrats in the Assembly want to spend $3.4...

Derailed: Trump Admin Pulls $1B in Funding for California High-Speed Rail Project

May 16, 2019 9:52 pmMay 17, 2019 6:25 am

The Trump Administration’s Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday it will not be providing California the nearly $1 billion promised for the High Speed Rail project. California “repeatedly failed to comply with the terms” of its grant, “failed to make reasonable...

Pump the Brakes on the Bullet Train

May 15, 2019 3:46 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:23 am

The California High-Speed Rail Authority recently released its annual report that proved the bullet train is not on track. The report paints the same picture as previous reports: They want more hard-earned taxpayer dollars for a project that has changed...

Project Packs a Sweetheart Deal for No-Bid Willie Brown Crony

May 6, 2019 6:01 amMay 6, 2019 9:56 am

Online colleges are surging nationwide, and on his way out the door, recurring governor Jerry Brown noticed that California was trailing the pack. Gov. Brown pushed for the creation of a public online college to serve working adults. Legislators approved...