? Downey is looking to Tesla's potential electric car plant for a chance at revitalization. Like many suburbs that' [...]
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California Editor
? Downey is looking to Tesla's potential electric car plant for a chance at revitalization. Like many suburbs that' [...]
The more I have spoken to' [...]
According to documents filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Arnold Schwarzenegger owes the IRS $39,047 from 2004 and $40,016 from 2005. In total the Guv owes [...]
Now, for some links.
? Capitol Weekly has a profile of Chris Norby, the leading vote getter in the special election to [...]
Former state Assemblyman John Laird of Santa Cruz and' [...]
? CalBuzz has it on good authority that Mike Murphy will be joining the Meg Whitman "gravy train". Murphy has done work for Arnold, McCain, and many other conservatives' [...]
The 2/3 requirement that we have in this state. I know it's a tired old saw. But when you really think about, that is the cause of so much of the dysfunction in the legislature. you have a minority party that [...]
Election officials said last week that a recall drive against Assemblyman Anthony Adams did not gather enough signatures to move forward, but [...]
Your most important task right now - above all others - is to solve California's political and economic crisis. And as your own leader explained, at the heart of that crisis is the undemocratic rule creating a conservative veto over all state policy via the 2/3rds rule.
Therefore, [...]
? The Chair of the Fresno County Republican central committee has resigned in the scandal now catching [...]
Don't worry, be happy!
See, I can' [...]
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would appoint Republican state Sen. Abel Maldonado to fill the vacant lieutenant governor's job, perhaps setting off a partisan squabble over his confirmation.
Arnold announced this on the Leno show, taped earlier in Burbank, and the Gov's office confirmed [...]
It's time to ratchet up the rhetoric not only against a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan, but in favor of [...]
Drawing our legislative districts used to be the job of elected officials, but now it's up to YOU. That's because of a voter-approved measure last year that called for the creation of a new Citizens Redistricting Commission. Last Thursday, the State Auditor launched a new website for the [...] I don't have to be so diplomatic. I'll just say that there's no way these people can produce an honest budget that forces Sacramento "to" [...]
Alas, "the reality of what that would have meant, including moving, was just too complicated,"' [...]
I was reminded of an old saying in politics while reading the new report released this week by the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO): "a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon" [...]
Of course, this' [...]
? Equality California got ad time donated during the Miss California pageant. This is the ad they will be airing. The closing line: "Give Now." Sounds about right for EQCA.
? Yesterday Carly Fiorina got the endorsement of the very influential OK Sen. Jim Inhofe. Today, Meg Whitman [...]
"Some of these newspapers, as you know better than I, will not be around in the near term."
Her plan is to wait [...]
Still, not all signs are negative. The state gained 25,700 jobs in October, reversing a trend that's seen California lose 687,700 [...]
? The UC fee hikes went final. A sad day' [...]
As you may remember, that's where the governor made the outrageous claim that the fraud rate in the state's In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program [...]
Sen. Mark Leno and Asm. Jared Huffman have today essentially extended the state's death penalty moratorium by at least temporarily blocking the expansion of the death chamber at San Quentin Prison.
Last-minute objections from Assemblyman Jared Huffman and Sen. Mark Leno have prompted state Treasurer Bill Lockyer [...]
With nearly a year until the general election, a' [...]
Dear UC students:
My heart goes out to you about the fee and tuition increases. It really does. I was there once, after all: it was just over 10 years ago now that I got off the Big Blue Bus at the Hilgard transit terminal at UCLA for my [...]
As Gov. Schwarznegger prepares for his final year in office, he has [...]
? Hey, the New York times took some interest in the California's governors race to ... notice that Hollywood supports the Democrat. A big revelation for [...]
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but he won't be running for another office.
''I have never labeled myself as a politician, so I' [...]
A University of California Board of Regents committee today approved a series of controversial increases in student fees that, if passed by the full board, will raise UC [...]
In the video, a mechanical fish sings "I will survive" with some narration about Meg Whitman's foundation, which gave almost all of its donations to environmental causes. In most sane groups, that would be' [...]
Less than four months after California leaders stitched together a patchwork budget, a projected deficit of nearly $21 billion already looms, according to a report to be released Wednesday by the state's' [...]
? Some news from CALPERS: They will tighten rules on disclosure to "placement agents." They are also thinking of allowing "salesman" to now pitch them directly.
? There is some dispute over whether Asm. Bill Emerson is eligible to run to replace Sen John Benoit in the 37th [...]
Over the weekend at the CDP E-Board meeting, the PR folks hired by the State Auditor to gin up interest did a presentation about the application process for the Redistricting Commission. The presentation made me think a few things.
1) Sucks to be an activist. If you serve or [...]
Clarify the circumstances in which the Legislature and the Governor can impose fees without a two-thirds majority vote to those areas with a clear and [...]
It’s almost 2010 and we are deep in the age of technology, but how is this affecting the California political scene? Sure, you can watch Obama on streaming video and you can find raw data on stimulus spending, but where is the governator posting his videos? And [...]
