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Prudent: Wise, sensible in action and thought. Gov. Jerry Brown called his $96.4 billion spending plan for the state of California “prudent” as he unveiled it in Sacramento yesterday morning and area lawmakers who serve in the Assembly and state Senate pretty much all agreed and repeated the mantra throughout…

SACRAMENTO -- With cash pouring into state coffers at a much higher rate than expected, Democrats in the Legislature are no doubt tempted to reopen their spending spigot and restore social programs that have taken devastating hits in recent years. Apart from some targeted spending increases, however, lawmakers appear to…

An attempt to use the power of the purse to exercise more control over the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is now working its way through the state Legislature. An Assembly budget subcommittee passed a proposal to “zero out” the CPUC’s budget, against the protests of the regulator’s executive director…