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SB 371, the powder, primer and brass bill has been reassigned to the House Appropriations Committee to review the fiscal consequences of the bill. It is scheduled for a public hearing before Appropriations at 9 AM this morning (Friday). This reassignment caught me off guard or I would have been there. If you want to look at the Fiscal Note attached to SB 371, there is a link to it from the Legislature’s Web page for SB 371 (or HERE). Here is my email from late last night to members of the Appropriations Committee. Gary ===================== Dear Committee Members, I...

Gov. Schwarzenegger, eager to see his proposed transportation plan carried out quickly, is turning to an approach to construction that proved disastrous for Riverside County. The governor is pushing for the state to embrace the "design-build" method that typically enables contractors to finish projects quicker by handling both design and construction. The traditional construction model calls for an architect to design the project and a contractor to build it, which takes longer. Riverside County used design-build to construct a complex of courthouses, jail cells and a juvenile hall near Murrieta. The Southwest Justice Center was expected to cost about $50...