Jeff Gorell

Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plan gets good early reviews

2013-05-14 14:00:00

SACRAMENTO -- Reaction to the budget plan unveiled by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday was generally positive. Key political and education leaders in Los Angeles immediately endorsed the plan's provisions that would shift more funds to low-income schools and...

California lawmakers approve blank budget bills

2013-05-13 14:33:00

One day before Gov. Jerry Brown is scheduled to release his updated spending plan, Democrats in the Legislature began lining up empty bills to streamline the budget process. The annual ritual is a reliable source of controversy in the Capitol, with...

New measure could help California to start saving

2013-05-09 07:00:00

Over the years, California has careened back and forth from surplus to deficit, a rollercoaster ride that causes whiplash for public schools and social services. Part of the problem is that state leaders have never had much success in building up a...

GOP Assemblyman Jeff Gorell endorses Eric Garcetti for mayor

2013-05-03 16:07:00

A Republican state assemblyman who represents Camarillo backed Eric Garcetti for mayor of Los Angeles on Friday, one of a group of military service members and veterans to give their endorsement to the city councilman. The announcement at an event in...

Republicans push overhaul of California budget process

2013-04-10 11:30:00

This post has been updated and corrected. See below for details. SACRAMENTO -- Republican lawmakers are trying to resurrect parts of a failed ballot measure in hopes of increasing transparency in the state budget process. Most of the ideas in the...

Garcetti has a side commitment: the U.S. Naval Reserve

2013-04-04 21:22:00

If he manages to get elected, Eric Garcetti may be the first mayor of Los Angeles who slips away for a little clandestine activity at a secret locale — and doesn't mind if his constituents find out about it. The city councilman and mayoral...

State lawmakers weigh competing plans for drone research center

2013-03-14 09:25:00

California lawmakers are trying to resolve differences over competing proposals to host a research-and-testing center for drone aircraft that would be sanctioned by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has called for competing bids to...

California lawmakers propose rules, tax breaks for drone aircraft

2013-02-28 08:00:00

Anticipating the day when drones will be a routine sight in California skies, lawmakers have proposed tax breaks to encourage companies to build the unmanned aircraft in this state and restrictions to protect the public from invasions of privacy. The...

Will California state workers get a big salary bump?

2013-02-18 12:45:00

SACRAMENTO -- Now that the state is no longer in the grips of a budget crisis, public employee unions are optimistic that they finally have some leverage to negotiate a raise. Will Gov. Jerry Brown hold the line on spending, as he has vowed, and keep...

4 GOP state lawmakers endorse federal immigration overhaul

2013-01-31 12:34:31

7-year freeze on university fee hikes proposed by GOP lawmakers

2013-01-07 16:43:18

For the record

2013-01-16 00:00:00

Leon Leyson: In the Jan. 14 LATExtra section, the obituary of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson said that he was the youngest member of Schindler's List, the group of 1,100 Jews saved from the Nazis by German industrialist Oskar Schindler. Definitive records...

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) discusses a Republican plan to bring more transparency to the state budget process.

2013-04-10 10:56:00