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Powerhouse Dem donor puts $5 million in -- and joins GOP icon George Shultz -- to save AB32 -- The election year battle over California's groundbreaking climate change law AB32, already expensive and combative, just got more intense with news that powerhouse Democratic donor Tom Steyer will put in $5 million and join forces with Republican icon George Shultz to beat back the November ballot measure which would suspend the landmark law. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 7/25/10 As governor, Brown had complex relationship with labor -- In summer 1978, 2,000 state workers rallied for a pay raise at the Capitol, shouting "Down with Brown" and hurling boos and catcalls as then-Gov. Jerry Brown addressed them from the stage. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10 How state's candidates for governor propose to fix job shortage -- With unemployment skyrocketing and the country recovering slowly from a painful recession, job creation is the catch phrase of the 2010 election. Every candidate, it seems, has a program to put people back to work. Dan Smith in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10 Morain: Will Rose Bird come back to haunt Brown? -- The ghost of one California chief justice is about to reappear this campaign season as a new chief justice heads to certain confirmation. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10 Schwarzenegger defies stereotypes, party labels in shaping California judiciary -- In many respects, the unanticipated selection last week of Tani Cantil-Sakauye as California's next chief justice was emblematic of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's brash approach to stocking the nation's largest state court system with new judges. Howard Mintz in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/25/10 Walters: Schwarzenegger's tenure holds warnings for next governor -- Californians are a notoriously fragmented lot who exhibit sharp disagreements about almost everything. Gay marriage. Water. Taxes. Abortion. Gun control. Whatever the issue, Californians cleave along their socioeconomic and ideological fault lines. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10 Radio hosts pounce on Whitman's softening her tone on immigration -- John and Ken turn up the volume as the GOP candidate, who spent a fortune courting the right for the primary, now spends another fortune on her path back to the center. Cathleen Decker in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 For GOP women, 2010 may not be their year -- Despite a handful of high-profile victories, female conservatives continue to struggle in a party that has long seen them take a supporting role. Kathleen Hennessey in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 Hiltzik: Whitman needs to get facts right on capital-gains tax -- Not only does California tax capital gains at the same rate as any other income — not higher, as gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says — but it also is in the mainstream in its practice. Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 Boxer says new Westside affordable housing is federal stimulus money at work -- Officials broke ground Saturday on a new residence hall that will provide 196 units of affordable housing for low-income veterans near Los Angeles International Airport. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 Despite political unrest, California's congressional incumbents appear headed for re-election -- Three months before Election Day, only two of the Golden State's 53 House members — Reps. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Dan Lungren, R-Gold River — face credible threats to their re-election bids, according to party insiders and independent analysts. Anne Marie Walker and James Kuo in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/25/10 Probe may open books at CalPERS -- Under scrutiny, the public pension fund has hired a firm to examine its payments. Evan Halper in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 Saunders: Brown and Whitman take a policy furlough -- Today's question is: Why have both major candidates for governor - Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman - failed to endorse the governor's authority to furlough state workers? How do you build a house without a hammer? Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/25/10 Low-tech politicians still find success in a high-tech world -- Covina's Bob Low, Industry's Dave Perez prefer in-person meetings rather than cellphone calls, e-mails and text messaging. James Wagner in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 7/25/10 Diaz: Will 'gate-gate' ever cease? -- The most intriguing letter of the week came from Jack Barth of San Rafael, who claimed to be puzzled by Monday's front-page headline " 'Climategate' may have hurt warming debate." John Diaz in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/25/10
Lopez: Those sweet Bell retirements may cost you too -- A pension reform activist says that since Bell is pooled with 140 similar-size California towns and public entities, their taxes will help support the three high-priced officials who have resigned. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 Leavenworth: For whom does the Bell toll? All state taxpayers -- The shocker story of the last week continues to be the plunder of Bell – or "Hell's Bell," as some are calling this Southern California town that, up until Friday, was led by an amazing assortment of greed-heads. Stuart Leavenworth in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10 Tesla Electric Cars: Revved Up, but Far to Go -- Early last year, Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Motors, strode into a giant hangar outside Los Angeles, in fitted jeans, leather boots and a designer jacket. With electronic dance music blaring, he whipped a black cover off a shiny silver car: a prototype of the Model S, an all-electric sedan. CLAIRE CAIN MILLER in the New York Times -- 7/25/10 Borenstein: AC Transit faces risky situation -- While AC Transit drivers were calling in sick last week in protest of new work rules, there was a much bigger issue looming in the background: Who's ultimately running the district? Daniel Borenstein in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/25/10 Juror Stirs Up Pension Tempest -- San Francisco accountant finds himself the target of angry public employee unions. Elizabeth Lesly Stevens Bay Citizen -- 7/25/10 Many Bay Area homeowners in real estate limbo -- Tens of thousands of Bay Area homeowners are trapped in a bizarre real estate limbo, living in houses but no longer paying for them, waiting and wondering if someone will help them — or throw them out. Sue McAllister and Eve Mitchell in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/25/10 Laid-off Sacramento County workers face a shrunken job market -- What happens to a public defender with a pink slip? Where does a laid-off probation officer go to earn a decent living? Is anyone looking for an office assistant who knows how to process birth and death certificates? Cynthia Hubert in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/25/10
Families' hopes are dashed as new Beverly Hills Unified policy ousts nonresident children from district schools -- Removal of students who live outside the city can be appealed to the L.A. County Board of Education, but more than half the requests have been denied. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10 A boom in for-profit colleges may be a bust for taxpayers and students -- Many drop out or find the programs aren't accredited, a Senate panel reports. Fees, often twice as much as at public universities, are often paid with federal loans, with a high default rate. Julia Love in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10
San Ramon planning commissioner who opposed growth boundary expansion replaced -- A San Ramon planning commissioner who opposed moving the city's growth boundary into the Tassajara Valley did not earn a second term on the commission. Sophia Kazmi in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/25/10 Environmentalists gear up for growth saga in San Ramon -- For East Bay environmental groups, June's ugly Brentwood ballot box drama was a dress rehearsal. Lisa Vorderbrueggen in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/25/10
Veterans agency eases penalties on medical marijuana -- The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs is changing a rule that penalizes veterans using medical marijuana in the 14 states where the practice is legal, according to a departmental directive. Reuters -- 7/25/10
Immigrant 'sanctuaries' rouse opponents' wrath -- Supporters of Arizona's immigration law say the Obama administration should be going after local jurisdictions that have proclaimed themselves relatively safe places for illegal immigrants. David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10
Boy's suicide reveals continued problems with L.A. County social services -- Social workers met with 11-year-old hours before he hanged himself, but lacked access to key information on his case. Tablet computers sit unused and a database linking county agencies remains spotty. Garrett Therolf in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10
Dowd: You’ll Never Believe What This White House Is Missing -- The Obama White House is too white. MAUREEN DOWD in the New York Times -- 7/24/10 Obama and Republicans trade charges over economy -- In his weekly radio address, the president says a House GOP plan would kill jobs. Republicans respond that the administration's policies have failed. Christi Parsons in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/25/10
Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades -- When Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his colleagues on the Supreme Court left for their summer break at the end of June, they marked a milestone: the Roberts court had just completed its fifth term. ADAM LIPTAK in the New York Times -- 7/25/10 Netroots Nation: Candidate meet market -- In five years, the annual convention of progressive bloggers known as Netroots Nation has grown to become one of the premier events on the Democratic calendar. CHARLES MAHTESIAN Politico -- 7/25/10 Ver esta página en español |
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