Automatic Defense Trigger Cuts Would Cost CA Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs | KPCC Unless Congress agrees to raise taxes or cut the federal deficit some other way, about $1.2 trillion will be sliced automatically from the defense and domestic budget over the next decade. CA Corrections Department Looks to Increase Rehab Programs | KPCC At their meetings in Los Angeles and Oakland, the department will gather ideas for improving inmate rehab programs. They anticipate suggestions from organizations that provide substance abuse treatment, employment services and academic assistance. Charter Experts Teams with LAUSD on Future is Now Project | LA Daily News Barr said he’s working with Superintendent John Deasy on a plan to operate Future Is Now schools on existing LAUSD campuses, beginning in 2013-14. Administrators and teachers at FIN schools would have control over decisions like curriculum and personnel, while the district would supervise the operation. The Future of U.S. Redevelopment Financing: China? | The Atlantic Cities News reports from Beijing indicate that the China Development Bank is negotiating to finance a massive urban redevelopment project in San Francisco. This deal appears to be the first significant funding of a private U.S. investment by the CDB. We think it’s a promising sign of things to come.
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Automatic Defense Trigger Cuts Would Cost CA Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs | KPCC

Unless Congress agrees to raise taxes or cut the federal deficit some other way, about $1.2 trillion will be sliced automatically from the defense and domestic budget over the next decade.

CA Corrections Department Looks to Increase Rehab Programs | KPCC

At their meetings in Los Angeles and Oakland, the department will gather ideas for improving inmate rehab programs. They anticipate suggestions from organizations that provide substance abuse treatment, employment services and academic assistance.

Charter Experts Teams with LAUSD on Future is Now Project | LA Daily News

Barr said he’s working with Superintendent John Deasy on a plan to operate Future Is Now schools on existing LAUSD campuses, beginning in 2013-14. Administrators and teachers at FIN schools would have control over decisions like curriculum and personnel, while the district would supervise the operation.

The Future of U.S. Redevelopment Financing: China? | The Atlantic Cities

News reports from Beijing indicate that the China Development Bank is negotiating to finance a massive urban redevelopment project in San Francisco. This deal appears to be the first significant funding of a private U.S. investment by the CDB. We think it’s a promising sign of things to come.