In big dog news, Gov. Jerry Brown has added a biography of his Pembroke Welsh corgi, Sutter, to the California governor's state website.
The Democratic governor lists the first dog's hometown as Ketchum, Idaho.
Sutter's religious views are Zen Jesuit – "although I am not burdened with dogma (but I do like dog bones)" – and his political affiliation is Whig.
"Practical and not carried away by the barking constituencies," the site says.
Sutter Brown's Facebook page linked to the biography Friday morning with the message, "A very important update added to Dad's website!"
Sutter's biography joins biographies of Brown and first lady Anne Gust Brown in the "About" section of the governor's website.
– David Siders
BUDGET WATCH
Gov. Jerry Brown's quest to impose a fire fee on rural homeowners has run into another delay. The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection has withdrawn its latest version of a $150 annual charge and will revisit the issue in January. A Cal Fire spokesman confirmed an Ag Alert commentary that said the panel may exempt buildings such as hospitals and jails.
– Kevin Yamamura
>WORTH REPEATING
"A quick look back shows us how a part-time legislature might work in real life."
SHERRY BEBITCH JEFFE, political analyst at the University of Southern California, who says that before voters OK'd a full-time Legislature in 1966, the legislative body was "a rubber stamp for the administration, lobbyists and interest groups."
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