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LCUSD pushes parents to call Sen. Liu
The La Caņada Unified School District is urging locals to call State Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Caņada Flintridge) regarding the state’s funding of public schools. The district sent out a mass email to school parents Thursday morning requesting the...Tags: Google+, Politics, Government
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La Caņada Unified School District takes on Governor Brown plan
As California's June 30 budget deadline draws near, La Caņada Unified School District officials are partnering with Democratic state legislators and other districts to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for distributing state money and $6 billion in...Tags: Regional Authority, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Personal Income, Carol Liu
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La Caņada Unified School District eyes budget plan
Gov. Jerry Brown's recently announced school funding proposal appears friendlier to the La Caņada Unified School District than his previous proposal, district officials said this week. “On the surface it's encouraging,” said Scott Tracy,...Tags: Regional Authority, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting
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La Caņada Unified eyes challenges
It's not easy being a high-performing school district in an affluent community. The La Caņada Unified School District, whose students have the second-highest test scores of any K-12 district in the state, is facing several financial challenges. While...Tags: Regional Authority, Julia Brownley, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Personal Income
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Pensions are bearing down on LCF's budget
Thanks to good management and deep pockets, the city of La Caņada Flintridge has amassed a healthy budget surplus. But like the California budget surpluses of the 1990s, it will vanish in a heartbeat if strong action is not taken now to protect us from...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Retirement, Budgets and Budgeting
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La Caņada Unified tables parcel tax
With state income taxes rising and the federal government's “fiscal cliff” looming, La Caņada school officials have agreed not to place a parcel tax before La Caņada Flintridge voters next year. La Caņadans currently pay $150 per parcel to...Tags: Jerry Brown, Taxation, Fiscal Cliff, State Income Tax, Politics
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La Caņada school district gets ready for the worst
The way Californians vote on Nov. 6 could decide La Caņada Unified School District's future. If voters approve Proposition 30, which raises sales tax to 7.5% and hikes income tax on individuals making more than $250,000 a year, the La Caņada district can...Tags: Jerry Brown, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Colleges and Universities
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Liu vows to push sale of Caltrans homes
Conditions in the 710 gap are slow and go, as Gov. Jerry Brown last week vetoed a bill that would have forced the California Department of Transportation to quickly sell some of the nearly 500 properties it owns in Los Angeles, South Pasadena and...
Tags: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Regional Authority, California Department of Transportation, Jerry Brown, Highway Transportation
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Brown vetoes bill forcing sale of Caltrans-owned homes
Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill to require the California Department of Transportation to begin selling the homes it owns in Pasadena, South Pasadena and Los Angeles. Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Caņada Flintridge), introduced the bill in July, with the...
Tags: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, California Department of Transportation, Jerry Brown, Politics, Government
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Piece of Mind: Warming to the idea of self-driving cars
Have you seen the flurry of news reports about our governor signing into law Tuesday a bill that will allow testing of autonomous cars? The control freak in me, the one who also happens to love to be behind the wheel of a car, finds it slightly disturbing...Tags: Jerry Brown, Politics, Government
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Utilities required to plan for natural disasters
A new law inspired by the windstorms that hammered the San Gabriel Valley in 2011 was signed into law over the weekend, forcing utilities to develop emergency management plans and work closely with local cities on how to respond to natural disasters. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Jerry Brown, Anthony J. Portantino, Politics
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La Caņada resident named to state special ed commission
La Caņada Flintridge resident Diane Fazzi has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the state's Advisory Commission on Special Education, the governor’s office announced Thursday. Fazzi, 50, is a former special education teacher and administrator...Tags: Regional Authority, Jerry Brown, Politics, Government
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