December 2009 Volume 22 No. 26 By the Way . . . COBRA Subsidy Extended Ask SSC . . . What Kind of Budget Cuts are Other California Community Colleges Making? Polling Reflects Concerns about Jobs and the Economy House-Passed Jobs Bill Could Help K-14 Education Strengthening Transfer Cannibalism and California’s Debt Burden State’s Unemployment Rate Declines, But Jobs Fall Too A Cautionary Update on General Obligation Bond Property Taxes Reforming the Initiative Process: 2009-10 Legislation State Revenues Down in November Bid Limit to Be Raised Effective January 1, 2010 By the Way . . . PERS Investment Performance Improves By the Way . . . PERS Purchasing Power Protection Allowance May be Reduced By the Way . . . Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Appoints Ana Matosantos as Finance Director
December 2009 Volume 22 No. 25 Should We Quit Taking the Initiative? Community College Emergency Stabilization Fund Act Introduced By the Way . . . Assembly Member John Perez to Ascend to Speakership A Holiday Message—Video Anemic Recovery Forecast for U.S. Economy Foundational Hearing Held on the Master Plan for Higher Education Update on Legislation to Establish an Oil Severance Tax By the Way . . . IRS Decreases Mileage Rate for 2010 By the Way . . . IRS Releases New High-Low Per Diem Reimbursement Rates By the Way . . . Retirement Plan Limits for 2010 A Negative Consumer Price Index Will Lead to Lower Property Tax Collections
November 2009 Volume 22 No. 24 House Passes Health Care Reform Bill; Senate to Start Debate By the Way . . . Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) Publishes Estimated Employer Contribution Rates Is the Recession Behind Us? Maldonado Is the Governor's Pick for Lieutenant Governor UC Regents Approve Fee Increases Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education to Hold Hearing California Unemployment Rate Increases CSAC to Begin Development of Alternative Cal Grant Delivery Program Things to Do Now to Prepare for 2010-11 Proposition 98 Guarantee Increases by $1 Billion State Budget Deficit of $21 Billion to Be Projected Postlayoff Workforce Triage