LAPD commanders' personal information posted on website
Personal information about more than two dozen members of the Los Angeles Police Department's command staff was anonymously posted on a website, officials said Wednesday. The LAPD is investigating who may be behind the site, which listed officers' property records, campaign contributions, biographical information and, in a few cases, the names of children and other family members.
Los Angeles Times

To avoid more layoffs, San Jose cops tentatively agree to extend 10 percent pay cuts
Trying to head off more layoffs of cops, San Jose's police union Wednesday tentatively agreed to continue 10 percent pay cuts for at least another year and a half. The agreement most likely ends a dispute with city leaders that was just days away from being arbitrated and could have doubled next year's budget gap if the salary reductions expired.
San Jose Mercury News

Occupy L.A. ends with a whimper, not a bang
When the end finally came, they went with a whimper. Well, maybe something more than a whimper, but when Los Angeles Police Department officers at long, long last moved to clear the Occupy L.A. encampment that had blighted the landscape around City Hall for two months, they were greeted with catcalls and the usual tired, sophomoric chants - Whose streets? Our streets! The whole world is watching! and the rest of the tedious litany - but very little in the way of active resistance.
Jack Dunphy/PJ Media

Occupy SF regroups after early-morning raid
San Francisco's Occupy movement was left reeling after police raided the 142-tent encampment before dawn Wednesday, arrested 70 protesters and confiscated truckloads of goods. Police moved in after Mayor Ed Lee gave up hope of negotiating a voluntary departure from Justin Herman Plaza with the leaderless Occupy movement. The mayor, who had said repeatedly that tents would not be allowed in the plaza, repeated that warning Wednesday and said he meant it.
San Francisco Chronicle

Ballot Initiatives

Measure to curb union, corporate clout qualifies
California Republican interests have qualified a ballot measure that would severely curb the political influence of public and private employee unions while depriving Democratic political candidates of a major source of campaign cash. The measure, which bans political contributions through payroll deductions, qualified Tuesday for the November 2012 statewide ballot. With labor's primary funding source under attack, the measure sets up an expensive campaign season ahead for both sides.
Associated Press

California anti-tax groups file their own ballot initiative to curb spending
A day after Gov. Jerry Brown filed an initiative to raise taxes, anti-tax groups filed their own ballot measure to curb spending. The measure would lock in recession-era spending levels, with fiscal year 2010-11 as the base year. Then, any revenues above that base, after being adjusted for inflation and population, would be used to pay off debt -- or, in flusher times, given to schools and returned to taxpayers.
Bay Area News Group

California's healthcare spending per person among lowest in U.S.
For more evidence that the Golden State has lost some of its luster, consider this news from the federal government: California spends less per person on healthcare than all but eight states. New data show that total spending by insurers, government agencies and individuals amounted to $6,238 per resident in 2009, well below the national average of $6,815. That puts California on a bottom tier with Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado and Idaho.
Los Angeles Times