First Take: Water bond delayed. Judge says no to furloughs.

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A judge has blocked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to implement furloughs for state workers until the budget is passed.

Lawmakers voted Monday night to move the water bond off the 2010 ballot.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) is accused of three ethics violations for allegedly helping a bank with ties to her husband.

A group of progressive economists say Meg Whitman’s economic policy proposals would make the state’s economic troubles worse.

Whitman on Monday accused Jerry Brown of Bell-style mismanagement while he was mayor of Oakland.

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-- Anthony York in Sacramento