Calitics

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  November 4 Open Thread

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:00pm EST

  A quick reminder to all of you Android and iPhone users, check out the Calitics App, available in their respective AppStores. It's pretty rocking!  To the Links:

  ? Check Speaker Bass's video regarding the water deal -->

  ? Meg Whitman has already spent $19 million, and plans on spending a lot [...]

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  Benoit to Leave Senate for Riverside Supervisorial Gig

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:58pm EST

  Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Republican State Sen. John Benoit to fill a vacancy on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. This will create yet another special election cycle, but as David Dayen reminded us, he was already equivalent to an empty chair, since he already votes "no" on budget [...]
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  SF Election Recap

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:00pm EST

  Not really that much of interest here in SF. I want to officially congratulate Jose Cisneros and Dennis Herrera, both of whom were unopposed, mostly because they were both doing a really good job.

  On the propositions, well, I went 5 for 5 from my recommendations a while back. Props [...]

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  Reaction to the Water Deal

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:00pm EST

  Reaction to the water deal that was approved over the last few days, first by the Senate and then by the Assembly, has been trickling in. If you care to listen to an hour-long program, I recommend the KQED Forum program embedded here.

  There was some question as to what the [...]

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  65% of Tax Proposals Pass

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:50pm EST

  We are often told that Californians will not vote to tax themselves. One would have thought after November 2008, where voters in four of the state's most populous counties (Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Marin) approved tax increases to pay for passenger rail with 2/3rds majorities, that such a [...]
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  Meanwhile, Back On The Ranch...

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:30am EST

  While most of us were focused on election returns, the legislature approved the big water deal that includes a bond of $11 billion. That's up $1 billion from the previous version, as Los Angeles demanded and won more funding for conservation.

  As usual, Republicans held up approval of the package [...]

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  My (Brief) Thoughts on Maine ...

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:46am EST

  I hate losing elections, but what I REALLY hate is losing after a high turnout.  Losing because our base didn't vote is depressing, but at least it tells us what we need to do to win next time - and progressives can take heart in the fact that "the people"' [...]
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  CarlyFornia Getting Real Serious

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:38am EST

  Carly Fiorina is officially announcing her candidacy today. Not much of a surprise really, considering her dipping of the toes process for the past few months.  She's going to stream the announcement live from Garden Grove at 10AM, you can catch it here or over the flip.

  But' [...]

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  Garamendi Victory Thread

  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:12pm EST

  The US Congress is about to get a new - and very progressive - member. John Garamendi has been elected tonight to represent the 10th Congressional district. We always said the 10th could do better than Ellen Tauscher, and tonight Garamendi proved it. From a press release sent out by [...]