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Unrest Among Capitol Democrats?
7-2-2009 11:57 am
Publisher
We've gotten a lot of "tips" today that there are leadership runs at least being talked about against both Senate President Darrell Steinberg and...
Another dubious distinction
7-1-2009 7:01 pm
Political Law
Well, I guess I played a role in an Orange County politician resigning from office today. Another dubious distinction for my resume.
Readers know...
SEIU "Budget Bullies" Storm Capitol Building
7-1-2009 4:21 pm
State Capitol
Check out this video of SEIU "Budget Bullies" Storming the Capitol Building today.
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We Owe Ya One
Source: KQED's Capitol Notes
Jul 3, 2009 2:01 pm
Seems like an appropriate time, what with the state handing out IOUs, to add our own. The Capital Notes Podcast is AWOL this week, but will be back next Friday. Which means, barring any budget news this weekend, check back here for postings and mor…
"If You Don't Make $150K, Maybe You Shouldn't Be Living Here"
Source: Calitics
Jul 3, 2009 1:03 pm
John Cole wondered today what goes on in the heads of the Republican wealthy elite. It didn't seem possible to him that the people who control the purse strings could be so stupid or short-sighted as to truly believe the crap they spout to thei…
Get Yer Souvenir IOUs Today!
Source: Calitics
Jul 3, 2009 10:14 am
Bloomberg reports that people are lining up for those souvenir Arnoldbucks. Controller Chiang said the warrants can be transferred between individuals, setting up the possibility that a secondary market for the IOUs may develop. Already ads are appea…
Number of references to public employee unions in NYT's 8,000-word look on why California is a disaster: Zero. I repeat: Zero.
Source: SDUT America's Finest
Jul 3, 2009 9:39 am
I begin reading the long story by Mark Leibovich in this coming Sunday's N.Y. Times magazine with dread. I have literally not read a single story by an East Coast-based newspaper or magazine in five years that goes beyond the...
Prop 8 Remains in Force, Judge Wants Speedy Trial
Source: Calitics
Jul 3, 2009 7:41 am
Saying that he wants the case to proceed beyond his court quickly, Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request for a preliminary injunction against Prop 8. Walker on Thursday rejected a request from the Boies/Olson team that he suspend enforcement of…
Targeting Obesity Remains A Priority in Tough Budget Times
Source: CA Progress Report
Jul 3, 2009 6:22 am
By Dan Aiello California Progress Report Amidst the public budget hearings and closed door sessions last week the California Health Policy Forum highlighted the Department of Health and Human Services' continuing work on the plan to end California’…
Thousands Speak Out Against CA’s Costly and Broken Death Penalty
Source: CA Progress Report
Jul 3, 2009 6:17 am
by Natasha Minsker ACLU of Northern California Last week, Californians had their first opportunity to speak out about the state’s execution procedures at an official state hearing. Thousands made their voices heard and their message was clear: it i…
Cuts Would Jeopardize Well-Being of Many Disabled Citizens
Source: CA Progress Report
Jul 3, 2009 6:12 am
by Ana Acton Executive Director FREED Center for Independent Living June 22, 2009, marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Olmstead decision. In its 1999 ruling, the high court affirmed the right of individuals with disabilit…
Fully Fund Our Schools
Source: CA Progress Report
Jul 3, 2009 5:56 am
by Jack O’Connell Superintendent of Public Instruction California's voters – both those who voted and especially those who did not – made their voices heard in the May 19 special election on Propositions 1A-1F. But many politicians in Sacrament…
Money For Nothing
Source: KQED's Capitol Notes
Jul 3, 2009 3:31 am
It was a busy second day of the new fiscal year at the printing facility tucked inside a quiet business park in a shaded east Sacramento neighborhood. But unlike most days, they weren't printing thousands of checks paid by the state of California. …
Money For Nothing
Source: KQED's Capitol Notes
Jul 2, 2009 10:42 pm
It was a busy second day of the new fiscal year at the printing facility tucked inside a quiet business park in a shaded east Sacramento neighborhood. But unlike most days, they weren't printing thousands of checks paid by the state of California. …
Money For Nothing
Source: KQED's Capitol Notes
Jul 2, 2009 10:31 pm
It was a busy second day of the new fiscal year at the printing facility tucked inside a quiet business park in a shaded east Sacramento neighborhood. But unlike most days, they weren't printing thousands of checks paid by the state of California. …
July 2 Open Thread
Source: Calitics
Jul 2, 2009 5:30 pm
I'm assuming that the holiday weekend posting schedule will be light, so for the time being, this will have to tide you over. ? The SEIU and the California School Employees Association are Google surging against the Governor, carpet-bombing the Web w…
Lorri Galloway running for O.C. supervisor
Source: OC Register Total Buzz
Jul 2, 2009 3:45 pm
Anaheim City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway announced her plans to run for Fourth District supervisor today during a conversation with Red County’s Matthew Cunningham. Galloway told Cunningham that she plans to be the only Democrat on the ticket, …
The Inevitable Tax Drop
Source: Calitics
Jul 2, 2009 3:28 pm
You can almost set your watch by it. The state budget picture is a mess, Democrats ask for a balanced solution, Republicans hold their ground and say no, Democrats don't have the vote so they let it go. It happens practically every single…
Unemployment rate overshadows green energy jobs
Source: OC Register Total Buzz
Jul 2, 2009 2:14 pm
A staged photo-op at the White House this afternoon to tout successful green energy companies took a somber turn in the face of the  June unemployment numbers released today. The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high after 467,000 jobs were lost in J…
California has more recipients in key welfare category than next eight states combined
Source: SDUT America's Finest
Jul 2, 2009 1:09 pm
When I heard Assemblyman Chuck DeVore in a radio interview saying a never-discussed part of the budget debate was how California's failure to aggressively implement the 1996 federal welfare reform act had kept its welfare rolls far bigger than other.…
Arnold Owes You
Source: Calitics
Jul 2, 2009 12:50 pm
The IOUs are on the verge of being distributed. The Pooled Money Investment Board met today to hash out the terms for the IOUs, and surprise, there were some differences. The Governor wants a paltry 1.5% interest rate for the IOUs, and fl…
Don’t expect any state budget news until Monday
Source: OC Register Total Buzz
Jul 2, 2009 12:36 pm
Action on the budget appears like it’ll wait until Monday. Orange County State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, headed back home at noon today, along with many of his colleagues. Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, told reporters this m…
Unrest Among Capitol Democrats? [By Jon Fleischman - Publisher - Flash Report]
Source: FlashReport
Jul 2, 2009 10:57 am
We've gotten a lot of "tips" today that there are leadership runs at least being talked about against both Senate President Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass. I don't follow the internal politics that take place on the left…
Budget debacle: It's Bill Lockyer's turn to blame the victim (i.e., those idiot voters)
Source: SDUT America's Finest
Jul 2, 2009 10:21 am
Bill Lockyer, in apparent seriousness, had this to say yesterday, according to the L.A. Times: How about two budgets? One for the liberal coast and another for the more conservative inland regions. "We'll have the budget for the coast that...
Pham makes congressional bid official, faces Van Tran
Source: OC Register Total Buzz
Jul 2, 2009 10:10 am
Assemblyman Van Tran, R-Westminster, was recruited by the National Republican Congressional Committee to challenge Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, in 2010 - but he won’t have a clear path to the GOP nomination. Quang X. Pham is finalizing…
Dan Walters' Predictions Nothing to Crow About
Source: Dem Majority Report
Jul 2, 2009 10:01 am
I had to chuckle when I read Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters’ analysis last week of the Democratic gubernatorial race given the departure of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the day before. Villaraigosa’s exit “boosted…
More on the "Loophole" and Prop 13
Source: Calitics
Jul 2, 2009 9:56 am
I wanted to add a little more about this "loophole" I discussed earlier. For starters, let's look at how residential properties are transferred. It's a relatively simple transaction, leaving the banks out of it, as the mortgage is a deal betwee…
Busby incident, five days later: Where's the video? The pictures? The corroboration?
Source: SDUT America's Finest
Jul 2, 2009 8:11 am
In September 2007, when a questioner caused a ruckus at a forum featuring Sen. John Kerry at the University of Florida and was handled roughly by police, the video of the incident made it on YouTube within hours. "Don't...