http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ en-us kyamamura@sacbee.com 2008-10-07T15:53:00-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015954.html Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks Sen. Dianne Feinstein will run for governor if John McCain wins the presidency. But if Feinstein stays in Washington, Schwarzenegger said Attorney General Jerry Brown "has the best shot of becoming governor of the great state." 15954@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T15:53:00-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015950.html The state prison guards union has to rewrite its petition to recall Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, after the Secretary of State's Office rejected their draft for failing to include Schwarzenegger's official response. 15950@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T14:47:42-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015946.html This summer, GOP congressional candidate Tom McClintock's campaign said he was closing down an open account to run for statewide office in 2010 and donating the funds to charity. But four weeks before the Nov. 4 election, McClintock's account remains open and active, as the Thousand Oaks lawmaker has doled out thousands of dollars to fellow Republicans in the last week. 15946@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T14:17:11-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015948.html With a month left until the election, multiple campaigns, from legislative candidates to state ballot measures, are hitting the airwaves. Here's a roundup of what's new on political TV. 15948@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T14:12:16-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015938.html An update on new polling data on three contested propositions and the presidential campaign in California. 15938@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T10:02:30-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015917.html Being the chief executive officer of CalPERS, California's $223 billion investment fund is a good job. If you can get it. 15917@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-07T07:27:21-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015913.html The California Teachers Association released its positions on a few of the Nov. 4 ballot measures -- and there were few surprises. The big question was whether the state's teachers union would take a stand on Proposition 11, the redistricting measure spearheaded by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. They did not. 15913@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T14:27:32-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015910.html Taking aim at legislative ineffectiveness, backers of a statewide ballot initiative to alter how political districts are drawn began airing their first radio advertisement Monday, a 60-second spot running statewide. Jeannine English, spokeswoman for Yes on Proposition 11, declined... 15910@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T13:06:48-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015909.html The deluge of independent spending by special interest groups keen on swaying the makeup of the Legislature has begun, as well-heeled groups have showered nearly $1 million in the last week on their favored legislative candidates. And that is only the beginning. 15909@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T13:06:09-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015908.html Sen. Dianne Feinstein didn't mince any words in her statement opposing Proposition 5, the drug rehabilitation and non-violent offender measure on the Nov. 4 ballot. California's senior U.S. senator called the measure, which is The Bee's Andy Furillo profiles here, a "dangerous initiative." 15908@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T12:10:36-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015900.html Remember Paul Singer? He was the mystery GOP donor who funneled $175,000 through a newly formed organization in Missouri last year to the failed ballot measure to scrap the winner-take-all Electoral College system in California. Well, Singer has returned to the state's campaign filings, donating $25,000 this weekend to pass Proposition 11, the redistricting measure on the November ballot spearheaded by good government groups like California Common Cause and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. 15900@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T11:54:23-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015905.html T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas oil tycoon behind Proposition 10, has doubled down on the alternative energy bond, plunging another $4 million into the measure through his company Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 15905@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T10:00:45-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015899.html With California two years deep into a drought, Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, is at its lowest level in 16 years -- a full 150 feet below its high-water mark. The receding lake line has exposed relics of the pre-dam past, including bridges and tunnels nearly 100 years old. 15899@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T09:37:32-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015897.html David Long, who resigned as education secretary in the Schwarzenegger administration earlier this month, has landed as a consultant to the California School Boards Association. 15897@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-06T09:35:19-08:00 http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/015873.html The brother of congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sanchez is missing off the coast of Southern California after an apparent boating accident. 15873@http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/ 2008-10-03T15:52:53-08:00