News from around the state:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ellen Tauscher’s confirmation hearing was today<\/a>. No real surprises here. The Right has been making news about her lack of experience in the field of nuclear disarmament, but it appears there won’t be more than a handful of random votes against her.<\/p>\n \u2022 Noted San Francisco politico Clint Reilly’s take on why the mighty are falling<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The LA County Probation Department has been exceeding its overtime budget big-time<\/a> over the last few years. One of the problems in laying off so many state workers is that we’ll end up with more overtime to ensure the work that must get done actually gets done.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sen Leland Yee has been shaking some trees over the management of the state university systems for a while now. CalBuzz takes a look at the issue<\/a> and Yee’s suggested cure, more legislative oversight.<\/p>\n \u2022 In San Francisco, pressuring parents on truancy has paid off<\/a> with substantially lower truancy rates for elementary school students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" News from around the state:<\/p>\n \u2022 Ellen Tauscher’s confirmation hearing was today<\/a>. No real surprises here. The Right has been making news about her lack of experience in the field of nuclear disarmament, but it appears there won’t be more than a handful of random votes against her.<\/p>\n \u2022 Noted San Francisco politico Clint Reilly’s take on why the mighty are falling<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The LA County Probation Department has been exceeding its overtime budget big-time<\/a> over the last few years. One of the problems in laying off so many state workers is that we’ll end up with more overtime to ensure the work that must get done actually gets done.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sen Leland Yee has been shaking some trees over the management of the state university systems for a while now. CalBuzz takes a look at the issue<\/a> and Yee’s suggested cure, more legislative oversight.<\/p>\n