Southern California Public Radio reports the recent discovery of an extra $43 million in the Department of Transportation's budget calls into question just how little Los Angeles city leaders know about so-called "special funds."

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MyDesert.com reports on a new analysis by the Center for Investigative Reporting showing that funds raised by Democrats in the California Legislature came from industries and interests that regularly lobby the Legislature and state agencies, with one third of the money raised coming from donors with addresses in Sacramento, where many major interest groups maintain a lobbying presence.

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In the wake of a financial surplus due to the passage of Proposition 30, The Reporter reports Governor Brown, who has pledged to maintain fiscal restraint and build a cash reserve, faces pent-up pressure from members of his own party to go on a social programs spending spree with the additional revenue.

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The Associated Press reports the Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status.

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Writing for Fox & Hounds Daily, former HJTA President Joel Fox responds to a Los Angeles Times piece on billionaire Michael Dell's attempts to avoid a property tax increase on a recently purchased Santa Monica hotel. He criticizes the article for being slanted against Proposition 13, painting its supporters as advocating Dell's attempts, when the current change in ownership rules actually came from legislative action.

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