City of San Diego

San Diego’s Pension Battle Hits the Courts

Following an effort by Governor Jerry Brown’s union-stacked Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to nullify its 66 percent voter-approved public pension restructure, the San Diego City Council voted unanimously to appeal the PERB’s ruling to the courts. Facing impending municipal bankruptcy

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California Supreme Court Could Stop Bullet Train

The California Supreme Court threw a giant obstacle on the California bullet train’s track toward fruition this week, ruling that the state agencies cannot escape the state’s environmental laws by claiming federal laws supersede them.

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