April 30, 2008
Published 04:44 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
U.S. Rep. Lois Capps joins the ranks of superdelegates supporting Sen. Barack Obama in the contested Democratic presidential primary. ...
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Published 03:50 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday it's good for lawmakers "from those little towns" to go out in the world and see worldly things like "an airport," "a highway that maybe has 10 lanes" or even "a highway on top of a highway." ...
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Published 02:32 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Judy Lin
The Schwarzenegger administration is responding to a labor-commissioned study suggesting that higher education funding cuts will hurt the state economy.
"The governor is just as frustrated as students and teachers," said spokesman Aaron McLear. ...
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Published 01:41 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Judy Lin
A school district in Texas took out a billboard in San Diego. A Nevada school district purchased ads in Los Angeles-area newspapers.
Both are trying to lure pink slip-holding California teachers awaiting the fate of education funding in next year's state budget.
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Published 01:34 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
California Log Cabin Republicans, the gay GOP group, has released its endorsements in competitive Republican primaries for June legislative races.
The endorsement list has touched off a debate on GOP blogs about whether such an endorsement helps or hurts. ...
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Published 12:47 PM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
First lady Maria Shriver appears on Rachael Ray's popular talk and cooking show today. ...
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Published 09:44 AM Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Judy Lin
The California Faculty Association released a report today suggesting that higher education cuts will hurt the state's economy. ...
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April 29, 2008
Published 02:07 PM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Sal Rosselli, the president of the California chapter of SEIU targeted in a lawsuit by the union’s national leadership, said Tuesday the suit is a “political hoax to smear us.”
“The lawsuit and the PR circus around it are a hoax perpetrated on you, the press, and our members in order to smear us and shut down the Stern team’s political opposition,” Rosselli said in an interview Tuesday.
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Published 02:01 PM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
The budget deficit could actually be much higher than Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested last week, his aides said today.
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Published 01:41 PM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Judy Lin
Senate Republicans stood with business representatives Tuesday in demanding a series of business and environmental regulation changes as part of budget talks. ...
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Published 11:38 AM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The nasty internal battle between the national leadership of SEIU and Sal Rosselli, president of one of SEIU's largest California affiliates, is heading to federal court, as the national union filed suit against Rosselli's United Healthcare Workers West on Tuesday. ...
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Published 09:38 AM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Sen. Tom McClintock has released his second radio ad of his congressional campaign -- one in which he goes on the offensive against Rep. Doug Ose, who he says "votes like a liberal Democrat." ...
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Published 09:07 AM Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Senate Democratic leaders sent a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday calling on the governor to release a complete prison plan within 30 days. ...
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April 28, 2008
Published 03:22 PM Monday, April 28, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Anyone who guessed $20 billion in the Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger budget pool wins. At least for today. ...
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Published 11:27 AM Monday, April 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata’s mortgage crisis legislation, a prior version of which failed on the Senate floor, will get another chance when the Senate meets at 2 p.m. this afternoon. ...
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Published 10:56 AM Monday, April 28, 2008 by Peter S. Hecht
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who three years ago vowed to save a pristine lagoon in Northern California by trying to locate Indian casinos in Barstow, is again promoting gambling development in the name of protecting nature. ...
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Published 09:46 AM Monday, April 28, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Sen. Sam Aanestad takes a dig at the governor...Dan Walters balances the budget...Jon Fleischman wants to know where would-be GOP governors stand...and a new poll on health care shows a worried populace. ...
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April 25, 2008
Published 05:16 PM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
After backing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election in 2006, Hollywood moguls Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg each gave the governor $25,000 this month, according to newly released campaign finance reports. ...
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Published 04:10 PM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Peter S. Hecht
It seems that the California Republican Party is not at all excited about a local GOP committee endorsing one Republican over another in a primary. ...
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Published 12:25 PM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Apparently, you can bite the hand that feeds you and still get fed. A week ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed the Bush administration as obstructionists in reducing global warming. This morning, he stood with the U.S. Department of Transportation secretary to accept $213 million in federal funds for more toll lanes and transit.
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Published 10:20 AM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The Schwarzenegger administration and Senate Democrats are on a collision course over appointments to the state's parole board, with the Senate already blocking one appointee this year and threatening more. ...
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Published 09:26 AM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Dan Walters
California may be in deep tapioca on its budget but it’s not alone – and may not even be the most fiscally troubled state, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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Published 08:53 AM Friday, April 25, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, where, among other things, he talked about the possibilities of becoming Sen. Arnold Schwarzenegger
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April 24, 2008
Published 04:17 PM Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Judy Lin
A state audit has confirmed that chronic staffing shortages at the state veterans home in Yountville is contributing to limited nursing care for veterans. ...
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Published 02:18 PM Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Dan Walters
A. Alan Post, who served as the Legislature's top budget advisor for 27 years while becoming a world-reknowned landscape artist, has donated six of his paintings to the Public Policy Institute of California for display in PPIC's new Sacramento offices. ...
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Published 12:14 PM Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
How heated is the race for mayor of San Diego between incumbent Mayor Jerry Sanders and wealthy challenger Steve Francis?
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Published 11:07 AM Thursday, April 24, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Upping the ante in their ongoing recall battle, Sen. Jeff Denham's campaign announced filing two criminal complaints against Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata on Thursday. ...
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April 23, 2008
Published 11:40 AM Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Judy Lin
Allan Zaremberg, president and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce, offered a cautious response to an article authored by his organization’s think tank suggesting that temporary tax increases may be part of a global state budget solution. ...
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Published 11:09 AM Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Jim Sanders
A drive led by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and watchdog groups has collected enough voter signatures to qualify a redistricting measure for the ballot but is gathering more to offset any disqualified during the verification process, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. ...
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April 22, 2008
Published 04:17 PM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Former Gov. Pete Wilson announced his opposition today to Proposition 98, one of two competing eminent-domain initiatives on the June 3 ballot.
"Proposition 98 poses serious risk that it can be used to obstruct for years the development of critically and urgently needed water resources to California," he said in a written statement. "That is simply an unacceptable risk." ...
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Published 01:32 PM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
To celebrate Earth Day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared Tuesday at the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve in Orange County, 40,000 acres of which the state has designated as California's first state Natural Landmark. As with his stop Monday at a dedication ceremony for the Saban Free Clinic in Los Angeles, the... ...
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Published 12:55 PM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Sen. Abel Maldonado was the first lawmaker to cheer today's discussions at the Citizens Compensation Commission, where the commission considered cutting legislative salaries.
"It is about time that the Citizens Compensation Commission decreased our salaries," said Maldonado in a statement. ...
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Published 12:43 PM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Barely a month after longtime Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill announced her retirement, one of her top deputies announced this week that he was following the "budget nun" out the door. ...
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Published 10:24 AM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Today is Earth Day and the
Los Angeles Times has a fun story race to be green between San Francisco and Los Angeles. ...
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Published 10:16 AM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Proponents of a measure to insert a ban on gay marriage into the California constitution announced this week that they have gathered more than 1.1 million signatures to place the measure on the November ballot.
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Published 10:15 AM Tuesday, April 22, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
In an op-ed today, the president of a CalChamber-backed think tank suggests taxes could be part of this year's budget solution, if coupled with certain reforms. ...
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April 21, 2008
Published 10:26 AM Monday, April 21, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reported contributing another $700,000 to help qualify a redistricting measure for the November ballot, bringing his total donations made to the measure to $1.26 million.
Schwarzenegger is the largest donor to the campaign so far, which has amassed $2.14 million, largely tapping Schwarzenegger’s own donor network. ...
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Published 09:50 AM Monday, April 21, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The governor attends the dedication ceremony of a free health clinic named after one of his reelection supporters, media mogul Haim Saban. ...
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Published 09:13 AM Monday, April 21, 2008 by Dan Walters
James Richardson, a former Sacramento Bee political reporter who became an Episcopal minister and chaplain of the state Senate, is leaving Sacramento for a church in Charlottesville, VA. "It is with great delight, and a few butterflies in the stomach, that I tell you that I have accepted the call... ...
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April 18, 2008
Published 05:30 PM Friday, April 18, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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Senate District 37: Assemblyman John Benoit vs. former Assemblyman Russ Bogh |
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Published 02:01 PM Friday, April 18, 2008 by Judy Lin
Now that you've paid your taxes, watch it being counted. State Controller John Chiang has set up a daily personal income tax tracker to measure the state's fiscal health. ...
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Published 09:34 AM Friday, April 18, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Republican financier Henry Nicholas, who has donated nearly $6 million to two law-and-order ballot measures in 2008, has checked into rehab at the Betty Ford Center, according to a statement provided by his lawyer.
Nicholas, who ranked 47th on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest billionaires with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion, “has been drinking too heavily” following the death of his father, according to the statement from his personal attorney, Bill Hake. ...
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April 17, 2008
Published 05:30 PM Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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Senate District 33: Assemblywoman Mimi Walters vs. Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu |
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Published 10:20 AM Thursday, April 17, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
E.J. Schultz reports on the woman who began breast feeding while testifying at a Senate hearing this week.
"It might have been a Capitol first," Schultz
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No joke: The subject of the hearing was raw milk. ...
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April 16, 2008
Published 06:32 PM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Senate District 25: Assemblyman Mervyn Dymally vs. former Assemblyman Rod Wright, as well as Kevin Biggers, former Hesperia City Council member, and Don Dear, former mayor of Gardena
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Published 12:24 PM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Rep. John Doolittle has tapped a new chief of staff, Dan Blankenburg, who has worked for the last three years on Doolittle's staff. ...
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Published 10:41 AM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken a keen interest in how California draws its political boundaries, already chipping in a quarter-million-dollar donation to finance a redistricting measure for the Nov. 4 ballot. Now Bloomberg plans to host a Thursday night fundraiser for the governor's "California Dream Team" political... ...
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Published 09:35 AM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Perhaps nothing encapsulates Sen. Dick Ackerman’s nearly four-year reign as Senate Republican leader as well as his own understated response to naming his “biggest accomplishment.”
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Published 09:25 AM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
It's always fun when two competing legislative candidates host competing fundraisers in Sacramento. ...
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Published 09:20 AM Wednesday, April 16, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Watch the video of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing his opposition to ballot measure that would put a constitutional amendment in California's constitution banning same sex marriage. ...
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April 15, 2008
Published 05:20 PM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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Senate District 9: Assemblywoman Loni Hancock vs. former Assemblywoman Wilma Chan |
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Published 03:43 PM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Judy Lin
The state Finance Department's latest cash report reveals just how much guesswork goes into the budget. The state is down $1.2 billion in revenues so far this year, most of it due to the corporate tax. The Schwarzenegger administration had assumed that many companies elected to forgo early tax payments... ...
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Published 11:31 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
A who's who group of California Republican will announce on Wednesday the formation of a new political organization whose mission will be to recruit and elect GOP candidates to statewide office in California.
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Published 11:25 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher

Assembly Speaker-elect Karen Bass escapes the Capitol tonight, heading to Los Angeles where she will play host to a fundraiser at the Lakers-Kings game at Staples Center.
The game starts at 7:30 p.m. and the invite asks for early RSVPs because "due to capacity of the Luxury suite, tickets are limited." ...
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Published 09:29 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Members of the San Diego City Council
voted to increase their salaries by 24 percent on Monday, while scrapping a car allowance for themselves.
Salaries will rise from $75,386 a year to $93,485. ...
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Published 08:53 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher

Maria Shriver, the first lady of California, has authored a slim new book titled "Just Who Will You Be?" in which she discusses her own transition from successful journalist to being known as the wife of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"My career was gone and with it went the person I'd been for twenty-five years," she
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April 14, 2008
Published 05:32 PM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Assemblyman Dave Jones can breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't win a seat as an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Jones' name was still on the ballot Sunday as an Obama delegate contender in the 5th Congressional District, but he withdrew because he said he wanted volunteers... ...
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Published 05:11 PM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Senate District 3: Sen. Carole Migden vs. Assemblyman Mark Leno vs. former
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Published 05:11 PM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Jim Sanders
West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon is "running" for the Assembly, but the term has nothing to do with his vehicle getting booted Monday for his failure to pay parking tickets. He solved that problem quickly. Cabaldon said that shortly after his vehicle was disabled in downtown Sacramento by a... ...
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Published 02:06 PM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Darrel Ng, a former communications aide to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, is back in Sacramento, now working in the communications shop of Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. The last we heard from Ng, he had founded the official (and light-hearted) Boycott Chuck Norris Web site, citing... ...
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Published 09:36 AM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver his third annual State of the City address this evening at the downtown Parker Center. A couple of local papers have some advice for Mr. Mayor.
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Published 09:32 AM Monday, April 14, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
What will California's Inland Empire look like in 2015? That is the subject of a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California, which predicts a majority Latino population and still plenty of commuting to work. ...
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April 11, 2008
Published 05:00 PM Friday, April 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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Senate District 23: Assemblyman Lloyd Levine vs. former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley |
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Published 10:05 AM Friday, April 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez called on Roger Snoble, the head of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to resign after the latest allocation of transportation bond dollars left Los Angeles "shortchange(d)."
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Published 09:29 AM Friday, April 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has twice vetoed gay-rights legislation but otherwise largely sided with gay-rights groups, will speak at the national convention of the Log Cabin Republicans, the gay GOP group, this afternoon. ...
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Published 08:44 AM Friday, April 11, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Roger Simon, chief political columnist for Politico.com, has posted a story with the "four things you need to know about John McCain and California," including a map to a McCain win. ...
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April 10, 2008
Published 05:00 PM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
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Senate District 29: Assemblyman Bob Huff vs. former Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy |
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Published 01:03 PM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
There were plenty of losers in this week's Obama delegate lottery, as we pointed out Thursday, more than 800 in all. Among those Obama booted from running as his delegates this weekend were the president of the California Young Democrats, a blogger for Calitics and the University of California, Davis... ...
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Published 12:59 PM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Dan Walters
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators have barely begun to address California's deficit-ridden state budget, but the New York Legislature adopted a $122 billion budget Wednesday – and that gives Steve Maviglio, top spokesman for Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, an opportunity to complain. ...
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Published 11:13 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
In Sen. Jeff Denham's first TV ad since the effort to recall him qualified for the ballot, former Secretary of State Bill Jones makes the case that the recall is "just plain wrong." ...
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Published 11:07 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Riverside DA and former Assemblyman Rod Pacheco came to Sacramento this week. But he left saying he's not planning to run for attorney general in 2010. ...
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Published 10:57 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Wealthy New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives $250,000 to a California redistricting ballot measure pushed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. ...
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Published 10:07 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
What you've got to give to golf and spend an evening with the leader of the state Senate. ...
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Published 09:57 AM Thursday, April 10, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The mistress of Mayor Villaraigosa speaks out. ...
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April 09, 2008
Published 04:16 PM Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
An initiative to prevent farm animals from being confined in spaces so small that they can't lie down, stand up or turn around has qualified for the November ballot.
The Humane Society of the United States funded the signature-gathering effort for the measure, donating more than $1.4 million to the campaign. ...
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Published 04:01 PM Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Joe Mathews, the
Los Angeles Times reporter turned New America Foundation fellow, has a different take on the $4 million money squabble between labor leaders and Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez.
He says the speaker
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Published 11:31 AM Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, comes out against legislation to prevent the state's pension funds from investing in certain private equity funds to try to prevent human rights violations. Schwarzenegger writes: In 2006, we divested from Sudan because of its role in the... ...
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Published 09:53 AM Wednesday, April 09, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
If you think the Denham recall campaign has already gotten personal, don't forget that Sen. Jeff Denham and former Assemblyman Simon Salinas have already squared off once before in a $2.5 million campaign full of opposition research. ...
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April 08, 2008
Published 04:46 PM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Dan Smith
The California Labor Federation threw its weight behind Sen. Carole Migden in her three-way primary re-election fight and tapped dozens of other candidates -- mostly Democrats -- with official endorsements today. Endorsements in competitive LA-area seats mirrored the Los Angeles Fed's choices announced several weeks ago and reported here. The... ...
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Published 04:33 PM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The California Labor Federation unanimously approved a resolution Monday urging Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez to return $4 million from the state Democratic Party that should go toward helping other Democratic candidates, Capitol Weekly is reporting.
UPDATED: Steve Maviglio of the speaker’s offices says the resolution doesn’t specifically call on the speaker to return the funds. He said the resolution only urges the speaker to put the money toward electing Democratic candidates. ...
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Published 03:58 PM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Dan Walters
Two factions of the overwhelmingly Democratic motion picture industry - management and labor - fought it out before the state Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, and the writers' and actors' unions won. The committee, by a 3-1 vote, approved a bill by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, that's aimed at outlawing... ...
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Published 12:46 PM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger likes his kids to think he's a bit kooky - and more for his parenting skills than for making a male-pregnancy film like "Junior." "The kids should always be a little bit thrown off," Schwarzenegger said. "They say, 'My father's a little odd.' My kids always say,... ...
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Published 11:15 AM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Judy Lin
Political consultant Robin Swanson has left her boss to launch her own firm, Swanson Communications. Swanson says "it was time" after working 6-1/2 years in Gale Kaufman's shop, Kaufman Campaign Consultants, where she was named a "rising star" by Campaigns and Elections magazine. Prior to that, she worked on Capitol... ...
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Published 10:19 AM Tuesday, April 08, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
With San Francisco set as the only North American stop for the Olympic torch relay this Wednesday, protesters of China's policies toward Tibet are using the activist city as a venue to voice their grievances.
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April 07, 2008
Published 04:47 PM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Judy Lin
Turns out the French do like Americans … er, American rock music. ...
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Published 01:52 PM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Dan Walters
Joe Shell, who served in the state Assembly for 10 years before running for governor in 1962 - and being defeated for the Republican nomination by Richard Nixon - died at his Bakersfield home Monday. He was 89. Shell, a World War II combat pilot and independent oilman, was elected... ...
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Published 10:55 AM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Amy Chance
Paul Hefner, spokesman for Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, is taking issue with a line in the radio ad Sen. Jeff Denham is running to defend himself from a recall attempt. ...
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Published 10:17 AM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
It's the 70th birthday for California's attorney general.

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Published 10:11 AM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Anonymous Web sites, Hannah Montana, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Torlakson and write-in candidates. ...
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Published 09:36 AM Monday, April 07, 2008 by Judy Lin
The chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority will sign an international cooperation agreement to share rail technology today with the French ambassador to the United States. ...
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April 04, 2008
Published 04:40 PM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Judy Lin
Starting Monday, all bills that have a general fund cost of $50,000 or more will automatically go to the Senate suspense file, which never bodes well for lawmakers looking to keep their bills alive. ...
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Published 03:42 PM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Former Assemblyman Simon Salinas told Capitol Alert on Friday that he will put his name on the ballot as the Democratic alternative in the recall campaign of Sen. Jeff Denham, R-Atwater. ...
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Published 11:50 AM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Amy Chance
Sen. Jeff Denham is on the air himself now in his effort to survive a recall attempt, calling the campaign against him a "vindictive" move by Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata. Here's the script of the ad. ...
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Published 09:40 AM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
California Democratic Party Chair Art Torres proudly reports Stanislaus County has joined the ranks of Democratic-plurality counties in the state. ...
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Published 09:35 AM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
California Rep. Devin Nunes, fresh from a congressional trip to South Africa where he was joined by a "pretty liberal group of folks," voted with Democrats to support a $50 billion AIDS relief package. ...
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Published 09:30 AM Friday, April 04, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Want to eat spaghetti with a potential congresswoman? Former Sen. Jackie Speier is giving supporters at chance at to do just that this Sunday in Burlingame. ...
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April 03, 2008
Published 01:16 PM Thursday, April 03, 2008 by Amy Chance
If the new ads are to be believed, Sen. Jeff Denham is a narcoleptic, massage-loving gambler who's hurting schools and taking secret pay raises on the job. ...
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Published 09:30 AM Thursday, April 03, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
The California State Auditor released its semi-annual report on abuses by state workers, which includes a $592 meal for employees at the Chancellor’s Office of the California State University, 727 hours on unaccounted leave costing $18,000 at the Department of Justice and a drunk employee at the Employment Development Department. ...
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April 02, 2008
Published 04:34 PM Wednesday, April 02, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Merced County District Attorney Larry Morse, a Democrat, has announced that he will not run in the recall election of Sen. Jeff Denham. And other updates from the recall campaign trail.
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Published 12:59 PM Wednesday, April 02, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
Forget assigning an independent redistricting commission. Maybe computers can draw legislative district lines.

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Published 09:41 AM Wednesday, April 02, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
If you want to see just how polarized the debate in California is over taxes, look no further than today's column by Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers' Association, in the Orange County Register.
In fact, look no further than the headline, which reads,
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April 01, 2008
Published 04:20 PM Tuesday, April 01, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
As part of the effort to trim the Legislature's budget, the Assembly announced in an e-mail to lower house offices that each would have a maximum $350 monthly travel budget for staff. That includes "district mileage reimbursements, per diem, airfare, tolls, parking" and other travel costs. The Assembly has also... ...
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Published 02:35 PM Tuesday, April 01, 2008 by Kevin Yamamura
Somewhat fittingly, the local 5th Congressional District caucus to pick Sen. Hillary Clinton delegates will be held at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, named after Sacramento developer Angelo K. Tsakopoulos, a longtime Clinton donor. The California Democratic Party has announced sites for most of the 106 caucuses that will take place... ...
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Published 01:42 PM Tuesday, April 01, 2008 by Shane Goldmacher
San Francisco Sen. Carole Migden won a preliminary injunction in federal court today for the right to use $647,000 in campaign funds.
Aurelio Rojas has
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Published 12:38 PM Tuesday, April 01, 2008 by Peter S. Hecht
Art Torres has been a fixture at the helm of the California Democratic Party since 1996, when he stepped in as party chairman after Bill Press went off to paid punditry at CNN. Now Torres, who was elected to four-year terms in 1997, 2001 and 2005 is playing out... ...
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Published 11:09 AM Tuesday, April 01, 2008 by Judy Lin
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today set a special recall election for June 3 in Sen. Jeff Denham's 12th Senate District. Denham, a Central Valley Republican, ticked off Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata when he helped prolong a 52-day budget standoff. The state Democratic Party and a committee tied to Perata... ...
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