Staff Report Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson was one of more than 100 local elected officials throughout California who signed a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday calling for a statewide plan to phase out oil and gas drilling. “We are here with a message to Governor Brown and the nation,” Patterson said in a statement. […]
BUSD business chief: $800K needed for balanced budget
Benicia Unified School District would need to make $800,000 in ongoing adjustments for its budget to break even, Chief Business Official Tim Rahill reported at Thursday’s school board meeting. On Jan. 10, Gov. Jerry Brown announced his final January budget proposal. After gathering information from the proposal, Rahill said BUSD would need to make $800,000 […]
Representatives react to Gov. Brown’s budget proposal
Gov. Jerry Brown announced the details of his 2018-19 General Fund budget plan, the last of his governorship, on Wednesday. The $131.7 billion proposal includes a number of goals, including filling the state’s rainy day fund to its constitutional target, implementing California’s K-12 Local Control Funding Formula two years ahead of schedule and providing $4.6 […]
Dennis Lund: For once, Gov. Brown made right call on Manson follower
It’s hard to believe it has been almost 50 years since the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969. Unfortunately we are reminded of these murders on too regular of a basis. They were again in the news recently when Gov. Jerry Brown overruled the parole board’s recommendation to release Leslie Van Houten, one of many Manson […]
Dennis Lund: Let’s call it ‘climate disruption’ — yeah, that’s the ticket!
“The Los Angeles airport’s going to be underwater, so is the San Francisco airport. You’re going to have to move all that, that’s billions, if not tens of billions.” — Jerry Brown, May 13, 2014 AS WE VENTURE DOWN LIFE’S PATH, we must acknowledge that there are those who are preordained to be our political […]
‘Modest’ boost for city from Revise?
Officials say new state budget may have good news for Benicia Gov. Jerry Brown’s revision to his proposed state budget could mean “modest” boosts in funds to Benicia and other cities, Assistant City Manager Anne Cardwell said. But Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson pointed out there remain some “big issues” in Brown’s budget, despite the most […]
Officials react to governor’s budget revision
What does ‘May Revise’ portend for Benicia, other California cities? Gov. Jerry Brown has made his annual May adjustments to his proposed budget this week, based on a predicted $2.4-billion increase in state revenues. While Brown, who released the modifications Tuesday, has said the May revision continues to pay down debt and reduce long-term liabilities […]