Hayward Assemblymember Bill Quirk in the captain’s chair with four Klingons.

LEGISLATURE | Jerry Brown’s new budget plan freezes UC tuition, offers new tax credit for poor (Sacramento Bee) Proposals should greatly appease Democrats in the Legislature

Amnesty for traffic fines, court fees in Brown’s budget (Capitol Weekly) A fantastic progressive proposal

OAKLAND | Oakland district, teachers reach tentative pact (San Francisco Chronicle) New contract features wage increases tied to state funding for schools

PORT OF OAKLAND | Oakland port commissioner fined $2,500 for not disclosing income (Contra Costa Times) Commissioner Victor Uno failed to report income of over $100,000

SAN LEANDRO | San Leandro selling public land near BART for up to 90-units (San Francisco Business Times) Project might fit nicely into city’s transit-oriented plans

HAYWARD | Closed Hayward dump will be transformed into solar farm (San Francisco Chronicle) Farm will produce enough power for 1,200 homes.

 SPORTS | San Diego Stadium Task Force: ‘I don’t think Carson is real’ (KFBW) Consider the source, but perception was recently broached by Carson’s mayor