Capitol Alert: AM Alert: It's the analyst's turn

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January 12, 2011

AM Alert: It's the analyst's turn

Looking for more budget charts and graphs? You don't have to wait long.

Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor is holding a press conference this afternoon to present his office's latest report, titled rather succinctly, "Overview of the Governor's Budget."

The report will be available on the LAO's website at 11:30 a.m. The press conference is set for 1:30 p.m.

Just in time: The budget committees in both the Senate and the Assembly are scheduled to start considering Brown's proposal tomorrow.

As colleague Kevin Yamamura reports, Republicans are already questioning Gov. Jerry Brown's characterization that his plan relies on half cuts and half taxes.

And education officials are mulling what the proposal means for K-12 schools.

Click here to follow the Bee's coverage of the quest for a budget deal.

REDISTRICTING: The final six members selected to serve on the Citizens Redistricting Commission are scheduled to be sworn in this morning. Commissioners will also discuss future actions and training at the 10:30 a.m. meeting.

GOVERNOR'S APPOINTEES: Two reappointees of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are scheduled to appear before the Senate Rules Committee: John Peck, a commissioner on the Board of Parole Hearings; and Stephanie Shimazu, a member of the California Gambling Control Commission. That meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Capitol's Room 113.

SWEARING-IN: Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez heads to San Francisco to deliver the oath of office at 5 p.m. to his UC Berkeley classmate, San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting.

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