Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Governor Schwarzenegger's 2004 plan to dissolve 117 boards and commissions may be realized soon-- in part. Five boards that Schwarzenegger had targeted three yearsago are due to expire next year. "If the Legislature cannot passemergency legislation to save the boards, they will become statebureaus controlled by Schwarzenegger officials rather than by appointedboard members, giving the governor greater control over theiroperations."

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has suggested privatizing the entire UC system in a recent report. UC President Robert Dynes despises the idea: "Thecentral heart and soul of the university is its support from the stateof California. That has to remain."

An editorial in today's San Jose Mercury News urges California to sue the EPA over greenhouse gas emissions. The suit would seek a waiver under theClean Air Act to allow California to enforce tougher standards.

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