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Wisconsin governor beats recall: Republican Scott Walker retains office -- Wisconsin’s embattled Republican governor, Scott Walker, has defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, according to early results and exit polls. David Lauter and Bob Secter in the Los Angeles Times$ SCOTT BAUER Associated Press -- 6/5/12 Mayor thanks San Jose voters as early returns show huge lead for pension reform -- San Jose voters Tuesday appeared to be handing Mayor Chuck Reed a crucial victory with his nationally watched pension reform measure leading by more than 71 percent approval in early returns. John Woolfolk in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/5/12 DeMaio, Filner lead in San Diego mayor's race -- Republican City Councilman Carl DeMaio and Democratic Rep. Bob Filner led the San Diego mayor’s race in early returns Tuesday night and, if the results hold, would face each other in a classic left-versus-right battle in a November runoff. Craig Gustafson UT San Diego -- 6/5/12 L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcón trailing former aide Raul Bocanegra in race for state Assembly -- City Councilman Richard Alarcón, who has held elected offices in the San Fernando Valley for two decades, was trailing in early returns in his attempt to return to the state Assembly. The item is in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/5/12 Dollar-per-pack cigarette tax passing -- Tobacco companies poured nearly $47 million into defeating Proposition 29, a $1-a-pack tax hike on cigarettes, but the measure was narrowly leading in early returns Tuesday despite the hard-fought campaign. Marisa Lagos in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/5/12 Fullerton recall on early pace to succeed -- The campaign to remove Don Bankhead, F. Richard Jones and Pat McKinley was prompted by the beating death of a homeless man at the hands of police officers in July. LOU PONSI in the Orange County Register -- 6/5/12 Watchdog investigating anti-gay-marriage group for failing to report contributions -- The state's Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating whether an anti-gay-marriage group failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars received in 2008 to promote Proposition 8, including several thousand dollars from an organization with ties to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Jon Ortiz SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/5/12 Voters torn in battle between Berman-Sherman -- The hotly contested and expensive San Fernando Valley race between incumbent Democratic Reps. Howard Berman and Brad Sherman has locals so torn over whom to vote for that one resident called the whole situation “a shame.” Rosanna Xia in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 Nonpartisan primary could put GOP tax pledge to the test -- Among the fundamental facets of California politics being tested in Tuesday's nonpartisan primary is the strength of the GOP no-tax pledge. Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 California's economy grew 2 percent in 2011, faster than national average -- California's economic output grew by about $35 billion last year, or 2 percent, according to new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Phillip Reese in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/5/12 No glitches for California's new top-two system of voting -- California was implementing its new top-two primary system with no major glitches or problems Tuesday, judging from the secretary of state's office and a random sampling of Sacramento-area polling places. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/5/12 Wisconsin exit polls show Obama ahead of Romney -- Wisconsin voters in Tuesday’s recall election seem ideologically fairly similar to those in 2010 – more heavily conservative than in the 2008 presidential election, but inclined to reelect President Obama nonetheless, according to early, partial exit poll results. David Lauter in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 Barack Obama to raise money in San Francisco, Los Angeles -- President Barack Obama will be back in California to raise money on Wednesday, with fundraisers in San Francisco and Los Angeles a day after the primary election in the Golden State. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/5/12 Bid for part-time Legislature shuts down paid signature gathering -- Hurting financially, an initiative campaign to convert the Legislature to part-time has shut down its paid signature-gathering effort, essentially killing any hopes of submitting petitions to the state by a July 2 deadline. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 Proposition 8 ruling opens door to Supreme Court test -- A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected an appeal of February’s ruling that overturned Proposition 8, a move that is likely to send the debate over same-sex marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals paves the way for a high court decision on gay marriage by next year. Maura Dolan in the Los Angeles Times$ Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee Howard Mintz in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/5/12 Election Day: Legislative races to watch -- With independently drawn districts and new voting rules, much uncertainty surrounds the 80 Assembly seats and 20 state Senate seats up for grabs Tuesday. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 San Jose to stop discarding personal possessions of the homeless -- They took his Bible, all his clothes and his work tools. But it wasn't thieves who removed Ray Canales' belongings three months ago from his makeshift home on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/5/12 Tip sheet for today's California primary election -- California's new primary process and political maps make their statewide debut today, as voters head to the polls to cast their ballots. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/5/12 Fox: on Election Day -- While redistricting changes made by a commission certainly will have an effect in this election, I always believed that the influence on the legislature from redistricting would only be along the margins. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 6/5/12 Tobacco Tax Could Be a Preview of the Fall Vote -- California voters don't like taxes, unless they're on the other guy. That's why initial support was strong for Prop 29, which would raise the cigarette tax by a buck per pack. But that support has wilted under a barrage of tobacco-funded TV ads. Kevin Riggs NBC LA Prop Zero -- 6/5/12 Darrell Steinberg aide leaving for Bay Area post -- Alicia Trost, the oft-quoted spokeswoman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, is moving on to take a position as the Communications Department manager for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Jon Ortiz SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/5/12
Billions in court-ordered debt goes uncollected -- As the judicial branch challenges state budget cuts recently proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, some critics are saying the courts could do more to address a fiscal problem in their own house – about $7.5 billion in delinquent court-ordered debt. Kendall Taggart California Watch -- 6/5/12 Field Poll predicting low turnout -- perhaps a record low -- in today's California presidential primary -- Voter turnout for today's election will likely set a record low for a presidential primary in California, with just 35 percent of registered voters casting ballots, according to the Field Poll. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/5/12 Walters: California's primary election stakes are minimal -- Primary elections are, by their nature, not conclusive political events, but rather stage-setters for the real showdown in November. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/5/12 New Day for California Voters -- Californians will vote Tuesday in a primary election with new rules that backers hope will lead to change in this state's polarized political landscape. JUSTIN SCHECK and VAUHINI VARA in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 6/5/12 Californians to test new primary system -- New rules call for the top two finishers in nearly all state and federal races to face off in November regardless of party. Voters will decide on a tobacco tax hike and changes in term limits. Michael J. Mishak and Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12 Unusual partnership offers students birth control -- L.A. Unified and Planned Parenthood collaborate on a clinic at Roosevelt High, which is in an area with a disproportionately high number of teenage mothers. Anna Gorman in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12
Brown seeks to reduce environmental protections for bullet train -- With legal challenges mounting, governor circulates legislation designed to diminish the possibility foes could stop the project with an environmental suit. Ralph Vartabedian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12
Crenshaw-LAX rail line is promising jobs -- Construction crews began work this week relocating underground electricity and sewer lines in the Crenshaw/LAX transit corridor, signaling the start of a massive public transportation project that is expected to create thousands of jobs for local low-income residents. Douglas Morino in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 6/5/12 Starbucks buys San Francisco's La Boulange bakery chain -- Starbucks is looking to offer a more tempting menu, with a $100 million cash deal to buy a Bay Area bakery chain. Candice Choi Associated Press -- 6/5/12
Investigators probe company marketing for-profit colleges to veterans -- Attorneys general in 15 states are investigating QuinStreet, a Foster City-based Internet marketing company that connects its for-profit college clients with service members and veterans looking to spend their military education benefits. Erica Perez California Watch -- 6/5/12 Fensterwald: Estimating Common Core costs -- The adoption of the Common Core standards comes at tough time for districts that have cut teacher training days and textbook purchases to stave off further layoffs. But a new study for the Fordham Institute co-authored by a University of San Francisco political science professor concludes that the transition to the new standards in the next few years need not be onerous. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 6/5/12 Oakland school accused of abuse is overbilling taxpayers, records show -- A West Oakland church school that makes its students ask for money at BART stations appears to have vastly inflated its enrollment numbers to collect extra taxpayer funding, some of which goes to a teacher who former students say physically abused them and other children. WILL EVANS Bay Citizen -- 6/5/12 Election politics sideline budget talks, at least for now -- With so many lawmakers preoccupied with today’s June primary, budget deliberations in the Capitol in advance of next week’s constitutional deadline have come to a halt – despite a number of major issues unresolved, especially education funding. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 6/5/12 Future not so bright for best and brightest -- For those graduating next month, the picture couldn’t be bleaker. A sour job market compounded by heavy student loan debt makes graduating from college a nightmare. Richard Chang Capitol Weekly -- 6/5/12 Dormant school construction projects face closer scrutiny -- State regulators overseeing school construction money are set to take a closer look this month at a list of idle projects that may no longer be viable and are occupying millions in bond authority that might be put to better use elsewhere. Kimberly Beltran SI&A Cabinet Report -- 6/5/12
'Observation stays' for Medicare patients create coverage problems -- Loretta Jackson spent five days in a Santa Rosa hospital in April 2009 for severe back and leg pain, and as a Medicare beneficiary, she expected the federal program for the elderly would cover her medical treatment. BERNICE YEUNG Bay Citizen -- 6/5/12 Community clinics taking hits as budgets under attack -- Community health clinic administrators feel they are under siege.At a time when the clinics should be focused on growth to accommodate the many who will obtain health insurance in 2014, economic forces are at work to destabilize them, officials said. Jim Steinberg in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 6/5/12 Childhood trauma hurts health – but what’s the remedy? -- Researchers who studied 17,000 patients at a Kaiser Permanente clinic in San Diego in the 1990s found that traumatized kids grew into adults who were not only more likely to smoke or drink or overeat, but also more likely to die young, suffer heart and lung problems, and develop cancer. Robin Urevich HealthyCal.org -- 6/5/12 Health dangers found on L.A.'s Skid Row -- The city of Los Angeles is violating the county health code in its Skid Row area by allowing the nation's densest population of homeless people to live on streets infested with rats, human excrement and used hypodermic needles, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found. Christina Hoag Associated Press -- 6/5/12
Environmental report for NFL stadium in downtown L.A. blasted -- Foreshadowing possible lawsuits, environmental groups complained Monday that developer Anschutz Entertainment Group glossed over the negative effects of its proposed football stadium in its lengthy environmental impact report. Dakota Smith in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/5/12 Bill to hunt on federal land provokes outrage -- Legislation that would guarantee hunting and fishing rights on some federal land has provoked outrage among conservationists, who believe the proposal could eventually open places like Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to gun-toting mobs in camouflage. Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/5/12
Deportation review begins in Bay Area immigration court -- The San Francisco immigration court partially closed Monday morning as a team of federal lawyers pored over thousands of backlogged Bay Area deportation cases to close those deemed low priority. Matt O'Brien in the Contra Costa Times -- 6/5/12
Saunders: Once more into the drink, Mayor Bloomberg -- Explaining his call to ban the sale of supersize sodas at restaurants, theaters and arenas, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg told NBC's Matt Lauer on Friday, "We're not banning you from getting the stuff. If you want 32 ounces, the restaurant has to serve it in two glasses. That's not exactly taking away your freedoms. It's not something that the Founding Fathers fought for." Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/5/12
For Obama and Clinton, the hatchet's buried — if not forgotten -- Political stakes are too high and the former president's campaign help is too valuable to let bitterness from the 2008 primary get in the way. Michael A. Memoli and Kathleen Hennessey in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/5/12
Fear factors: What worries Romney backers -- Mitt Romney has done the unthinkable: silenced the legions of conservatives who saw him as too starched, too ideologically wobbly and too Richie Rich to win a few months ago. MIKE ALLEN, JIM VANDEHEI and JAKE SHERMAN Politico -- 6/5/12
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