LGBT in '08?
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February 29, 2008
February 28, 2008
Núñez to campaign in Texas for Clinton
Published 03:47 PM Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez announced today that he'll be travelling to Texas to campaign for Sen. Hillary Clinton this weekend through early next week.
Voters in the Lone Star State head to the polls Tuesday in what is being billed as a must-win contest for the Clinton campaign. ... (more) | Comments
Voters in the Lone Star State head to the polls Tuesday in what is being billed as a must-win contest for the Clinton campaign. ... (more) | Comments
Drollinger fires back: Foes 'neuter the message of Christ'
Published 12:20 PM Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Ralph Drollinger, the controversial Capitol chaplain who created a stir this week with remarks that some legislators are "disgusting to our Lord," is firing back at his critics with a second Web posting, where he says tolerance of nonbelievers is "to neuter the message of Christ." ... (more) | Comments
Video: Stay in school, drive a tank?
Published 12:07 PM Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Quackenbush under fire -- for firing on suspect
Published 10:33 AM Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Chuck Quackenbush, who resigned as California insurance commissioner in 2000 after accusations of misusing public funds, turned up as a deputy sheriff in Florida. But the once-rising Republican politician is again in the news after shooting a suspect during an arrest this week, he has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending an internal police investigation.
... (more) | CommentsGovernor says leg analyst 'unfair'
Published 09:58 AM Thursday, February 28, 2008 by Dan Walters
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today labeled Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill's alternative state budget "unfair" and called on legislators to speed up spending cuts. Schwarzenegger proposed a 10 percent across-the-board cut in most state spending to offset a budget deficit that Hill pegged at $16 billion for the remainder of this fiscal... ... (more) | Comments
February 27, 2008
Schwarzenegger's response to canal query
Published 02:30 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Senate Dems 'shocked' by Schwarzenegger moves toward peripheral canal
Published 12:57 PM Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Three Senate Democrats, including President Pro Tem Don Perata, have fired off a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger saying they are "shocked" by recent administration actions toward building a peripheral canal.
In the letter, also signed by pro tem-elect Sen. Darrell Steinberg and Sen. Mike Machado, a chief negotiatior on water issues, the Democrats say the administration has "acted unilaterally" in moving toward a controversial canal. ... (more) | Comments
In the letter, also signed by pro tem-elect Sen. Darrell Steinberg and Sen. Mike Machado, a chief negotiatior on water issues, the Democrats say the administration has "acted unilaterally" in moving toward a controversial canal. ... (more) | Comments
A Dave Cogdill Q&A
Published 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The newly elected Senate GOP chief sat down with Capitol Alert for a wide-ranging interview this week, talking about everything from trimming the education budget to his relationship with other members of the Big 5 to internal Senate Republican caucus politics.
“I think my reputation is pretty well established in this building,” Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, said in the interview. “People see me as a straight shooter, an honest person that doesn’t play games. I’m a pragmatist. I look to find practical solutions to the problems that confront us.”
But with a multibillion dollar deficit and the GOP holding only a small minority in the Senate (15 of 40 members), Cogdill faces challenges from the outset. ... (more) | Comments
“I think my reputation is pretty well established in this building,” Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, said in the interview. “People see me as a straight shooter, an honest person that doesn’t play games. I’m a pragmatist. I look to find practical solutions to the problems that confront us.”
But with a multibillion dollar deficit and the GOP holding only a small minority in the Senate (15 of 40 members), Cogdill faces challenges from the outset. ... (more) | Comments
February 26, 2008
Buy Perata's ride (pimping already included)
Published 11:14 AM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Perata puts Romero on budget committee
Published 11:03 AM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Judy Lin
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata said he is putting Sen. Gloria Romero on the budget panel after he stripped Sen. Joe Simitian of the seat. Perata also broke his silence on why he's been tinkering with Simitian's assignments since Simitian suggested two weeks ago the possibility of recalculating the... ... (more) | Comments
Poizner scraps uninsured motorist measure
Published 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Westly joins redistricting campaign
Published 09:39 AM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 25, 2008
Simitian back on enviro, but off budget committee
Published 01:18 PM Monday, February 25, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
And the Oscar goes to... a California mayor?
Published 11:31 AM Monday, February 25, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The blogs react: The GOP convention
Published 10:03 AM Monday, February 25, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 22, 2008
McCain says he'll 'compete everywhere' including California
Published 11:50 AM Friday, February 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Soros gives big to drug rehab measure
Published 11:20 AM Friday, February 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Liberal billionaire George Soros is wading back into California’s drug and rehabilitation laws, donating $1 million to a proposed ballot measure that would relax penalties for nonviolent drug offenses.
... February 21, 2008
Feinstein, Schwarzenegger meet on water
Published 04:10 PM Thursday, February 21, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Oropeza targets parks, beaches for smoking ban
Published 12:11 PM Thursday, February 21, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 20, 2008
Brown brings book back to Sacramento
Published 10:50 AM Wednesday, February 20, 2008 by Amy Chance
In case you missed former Assembly Speaker Willie Brown's appearance at the Crest Theatre last night, Capitol Alert was there to bring you the highlights. In town to promote his book, "Basic Brown: My Life and Our Times," Brown conversed on stage with former Sacramento mayor and assemblyman Phil Isenberg,... ... (more) | Comments
February 19, 2008
The governor on the lottery, the beef recall, and his personal travel
Published 02:04 PM Tuesday, February 19, 2008 by Amy Chance
February 15, 2008
Talk about the midyear budget cuts
Published 02:19 PM Friday, February 15, 2008 by Amy Chance
Both houses have passed the midyear budget cuts. Here's some of the reaction. California Medical Association: "These cuts will not only leave millions of Californians stranded with reduced or no access to their critical health care needs, but could break the back of a health care system that is already... ... (more) | Comments
California's Super Deciders
Published 12:10 PM Friday, February 15, 2008 by Peter S. Hecht
The California presidential primary may have come and gone. But Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are still mining for California’s most precious political ore: 66 superdelegates who can vote as they choose at this summer’s Democratic National Convention. So far, Clinton leads Obama in... ... (more) | Comments
February 14, 2008
Simitian stripped of chairmanship
Published 11:39 AM Thursday, February 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 13, 2008
Calderon says 'be mine,' with flowers
Published 02:14 PM Wednesday, February 13, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
(Coverboy: Arnold lands on Esquire
Published 09:42 AM Wednesday, February 13, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 12, 2008
Gov. calls special election to replace Lantos
Published 03:47 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Núñez supports '50-50' crisis plan
Published 03:11 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by Jim Sanders
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez said today that a "fair compromise" of the state's projected $14.5 billion budget deficit would be to solve half of it by increasing revenues -- including some taxes -- and the remainder by cutting spending. Nunez, at a downtown meeting of the Sacramento Press Club,... ... (more) | Comments
Sen. Runner won’t seek leadership post
Published 12:45 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Runner reveals lung condition – on transplant list
Published 12:33 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Assemblywoman Sharon Runner revealed Tuesday that she is suffering from a rare disease that has put her on the waiting list for a lung transplant.
The Lancaster Republican, who followed her husband into the state Assembly in 2002, said her condition, known as limited scleroderma, will not stop her from serving out of the remainder of her term. She is termed-out of the Assembly at the end of this year. ... (more) | Comments
February 11, 2008
CD4 hopeful Terbolizard arrested for DUI
Published 12:51 PM Monday, February 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Theodore Terbolizard, who is making a quixotic bid for Congress to replace Rep. John Doolittle, was arrested early Sunday morning in Grass Valley on suspicion of drunk driving.
His response: “It's not like the sort of Lindsay Lohan story or Nicole Richie story where I was driving 5mph the wrong way on the freeway with the doors open and a car full of narcotics, it was absolutley (sic) nothing like that; no car crash or anything." ... (more) | Comments
His response: “It's not like the sort of Lindsay Lohan story or Nicole Richie story where I was driving 5mph the wrong way on the freeway with the doors open and a car full of narcotics, it was absolutley (sic) nothing like that; no car crash or anything." ... (more) | Comments
Salinas to join recall Denham fracas
Published 09:44 AM Monday, February 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Nation joins Leno-Migden Senate race
Published 09:15 AM Monday, February 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 08, 2008
Assembly GOP launches budget Web site
Published 03:13 PM Friday, February 08, 2008 by Judy Lin
Assembly Republicans launched a new Web site proclaiming to fight wasteful government spending. The "Protecting California Taxpayers" site can be found here. “As lawmakers take steps to solve our state’s severe fiscal problems, Republicans are fighting hard to cut wasteful spending, reform our budget system and make the tough choices... ... (more) | Comments
Toll road backers appeal coastal commission decision
Published 02:55 PM Friday, February 08, 2008 by Judy Lin
The toll road fight continues. On Friday, the Transportation Corridor Agencies filed an appeal with the U.S. Department of Commerce over a 16-mile toll road in Southern California. The California Coastal Commission on Wednesday refused to permit the agency from building a six-lane toll road through San Onofre State Beach... ... (more) | Comments
Election quiz results – and a winner
Published 02:01 PM Friday, February 08, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Núñez's young son applauds loss
Published 09:17 AM Friday, February 08, 2008 by Jim Sanders
Worth repeating, this little anecdote about how Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez was a winner, in his 7-year-old son's eyes, for losing a campaign to extend his leadership. Here's the Los Angeles Democrat's account, buried in comments at a media conference Thursday, about son Carlos' reaction to defeat of the... ... (more) | Comments
February 07, 2008
Portantino: Count me in for the speaker's race
Published 03:17 PM Thursday, February 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Perata rips Schwarzenegger as a 'politician … just like the rest of us'
Published 03:05 PM Thursday, February 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Steinberg: Not 'an inch distance' between him and Perata
Published 03:00 PM Thursday, February 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
No vote yet, but Steinberg set to be next pro tem
Published 12:06 PM Thursday, February 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 06, 2008
They would be speaker
Published 02:09 PM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
By Shane Goldmacher and Jim Sanders
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has been the most powerful speaker of the post-Willie Brown term limits era, but on Tuesday voters turned down a ballot measure to extend his time in office.
There is no shortage of candidates lining up to replace him. ... (more) | Comments
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has been the most powerful speaker of the post-Willie Brown term limits era, but on Tuesday voters turned down a ballot measure to extend his time in office.
There is no shortage of candidates lining up to replace him. ... (more) | Comments
Schwarzenegger on 93: ‘I think we just have to move on now’
Published 12:24 PM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Villines to host press conference
Published 09:18 AM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Assembly Republican leader Mike Villines, elected in 2004 and soon to be the most senior member of the legislative leadership, has scheduled a press conference for 10:45 this morning to discuss the election results.
The Clovis Republican said Tuesday of the post-Proposition 93 defeat landscape. "The dynamics are going to change and we just don’t know what they are going to be." ... (more) | Comments
The Clovis Republican said Tuesday of the post-Proposition 93 defeat landscape. "The dynamics are going to change and we just don’t know what they are going to be." ... (more) | Comments
What the speaker said
Published 08:53 AM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The defeat of Proposition 93, the brainchild of Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, means the speaker will leave office come December. He issued a statement at 1:30 a.m., after it became clear that voters defeated the measure. The Los Angeles Democrat promises to continue "to address the state's fiscal crisis, to... ... (more) | Comments
The ballot measure results
Published 08:48 AM Wednesday, February 06, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Voters approved the four Indian gambling measures, but said no to community colleges, transportation and term limits changes.
Proposition 91: FAILED Yes: 41.9 percent No: 58.1 percent
Proposition 92: FAILED Yes: 42.6 percent No: 57.4 percent
Proposition 93: FAILED Yes: 46.5 percent No: 53.5 percent
Proposition 94: PASSED Yes: 55.8 percent No: 44.2 percent
Proposition 95: PASSED Yes: 55.8 percent No: 44.2 percent
Proposition 96: PASSED Yes: 55.7 percent No: 44.3 percent
Proposition 97: PASSED Yes: 55.7 percent No: 44.3 percent ... (more) | Comments
Proposition 91: FAILED Yes: 41.9 percent No: 58.1 percent
Proposition 92: FAILED Yes: 42.6 percent No: 57.4 percent
Proposition 93: FAILED Yes: 46.5 percent No: 53.5 percent
Proposition 94: PASSED Yes: 55.8 percent No: 44.2 percent
Proposition 95: PASSED Yes: 55.8 percent No: 44.2 percent
Proposition 96: PASSED Yes: 55.7 percent No: 44.3 percent
Proposition 97: PASSED Yes: 55.7 percent No: 44.3 percent ... (more) | Comments
February 05, 2008
Electoral college measure falls short
Published 04:08 PM Tuesday, February 05, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Mexican president to lunch in Sacramento
Published 09:11 AM Tuesday, February 05, 2008 by Amy Chance
Mexican President Felipe Calderon will be in Sacramento Feb. 13 for a luncheon hosted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver. The governor’s office declined to confirm Calderon’s visit, which was disclosed in an invitation to The Bee. The luncheon for Calderon, who will be accompanied by his... ... (more) | Comments
Grave times call for a Mike Gravel election party
Published 08:18 AM Tuesday, February 05, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
If you don't already have plans for election night, why not kick it with a presidential candidate? ... February 04, 2008
Two governors pitch Prop. 93
Published 01:17 PM Monday, February 04, 2008 by Jim Sanders
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made his first public appearance today on behalf of Proposition 93, one day before ballots are cast on the measure to alter legislative term limits. The Republican governor appeared with his predecessor, Democrat Gray Davis, to urge support for Proposition 93. "It allows us to keep... ... (more) | Comments
Obama memo: 'Clinton should still win California'
Published 12:23 PM Monday, February 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
In a pre-Super Tuesday memo aimed at tamping down expectations for Sen. Barack Obama, his own campaign manager said the Illinois senator is expected to lose California, lose the majority of states holding nominating contests and remain behind in the national delegate count after the election.
... (more) | Comments
McCain, Romney return to California
Published 11:31 AM Monday, February 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Eying the biggest electoral prize on the map, the two leading Republicans, John McCain and Mitt Romney, have changed their pre-Super Tuesday travel schedules to add stops in California. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, upended his travel schedule on Sunday to make room for an appearance at an evening... ... (more) | Comments
A weekend of endorsements
Published 11:07 AM Monday, February 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The biggest name to fall into a presidential camp this weekend was Maria Shriver. But she was hardly the only Californian to announce their loyalty during the last weekend before the state's primary.
... (more) | Comments
The surrogates: Deadheads vs. Bill Clinton
Published 09:42 AM Monday, February 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
February 01, 2008
Romney on Schwarzenegger's California priorities
Published 01:38 PM Friday, February 01, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Mitt Romney said a universal health care plan he approved when he was governor of Massachusetts was far different from one proposed last year by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a telephone interview this week, Romney said the two main distinctions were that Schwarzenegger's included an employer mandate and would have... ... (more) | Comments
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