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Chamber CEO says still time for 'comprehensive' deal -- California Chamber of Commerce CEO Allan Zaremberg said he still believes there's time for a "comprehensive" solution to the state budget in the wake of Gov. Jerry Brown's veto. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/20/11 Steinberg raises legal questions about withholding pay -- It wasn't any legislator's favorite question Monday, but it was the one reporters kept asking: Should you continue receiving pay? Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/20/11 10 Days to Go, Yes, But $10 Billion? -- The historic veto of the state budget by Governor Jerry Brown may have set the stage for some drama in these final few days before the new fiscal year. John Myers Capitol Notes -- 6/20/11 Romney to raise money at Sacramento luncheon -- Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney will court donors in Sacramento on Tuesday, with a $1,000-a-plate lunch at the Sheraton Grand Hotel. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 6/20/11 Diaz: Panic - and soul-searching -- When politicians draw the lines for the once-a-decade redistricting, the discussion has always began - and usually ended - with what it portended for incumbents. John Diaz in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 6/20/11
Field Poll: 25% of California GOP voters favor Romney for president -- When stacked up against 11 other announced or potential Republican candidates, Romney is the first choice of an eye-catching 25 percent of GOP voters in the state. If former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is excluded, Romney's share jumps to 30 percent. Michael Doyle in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/20/11 Agencies are left in limbo -- Gov. Jerry Brown has been pushing since January to abolish California's redevelopment agencies, and last week's flurry of budget activity pushed them one step closer to the brink. What's beyond that brink? Progress, unemployment or a lawsuit against the state, depending on whom you ask. In the meantime, the uncertainty is disrupting work on development projects throughout the state. Adam Weintraub AP -- 6/20/11 Skelton: Jerry Brown's burden of consistency -- The governor keeps his word on the California budget, and Democrats are dismayed. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 Pension reform: Will Brown make GOP an offer? -- Senate Republicans willing to cast key votes to put a tax measure on the ballot, if there also are measures for pension reform and a spending limit, seem to be waiting for Gov. Brown to make an offer. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 6/20/11 CalBuzz Classic: Why California Doesn’t Work -- It was two years ago this week that we published our first meta-analysis about how California politics and governance got so screwed up. A few things have changed for the better since then: voters approved the new jungle primary system, which might improve the quality of the Grover-bot ideologues who keep showing up in Sacramento, and the state’s new redistricting commission appears to have added more than a dozen new competitive districts to the political terrain. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 6/20/11 Poll finding wide support for three-strikes reform open to interpretation -- Come November, California voters might again be weighing changes to the state’s “three strikes” law. Ryan Gabrielson California Watch -- 6/20/11 Change in power in Congress hasn't diminished California's clout -- Since the Republicans won back power last year, party members from the state have taken the third-highest leadership post and chair four powerful committees. But that increased power hasn't yet helped develop candidates capable of winning statewide races. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 Redistricting's complicated odd-even phenomenon -- It's complicated. In fact, the number shuffle is so hard to explain that trying to describe it devolves into a parody of Abbott and Costello's "Who's On First?" skit. Lisa Vorderbrueggen in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/20/11 California: Reforming Ourselves Into Oblivion -- As the Sacramento Democrats huff and puff about Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto of their gimmick-heavy budget and the punditocracy decides which of them is most at fault, the real story gets missed -- again. Peter Schrag Cal Progress Report -- 6/20/11 Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says -- A senior judge and law professor examine rising costs of the program. Without major reforms, they conclude, capital punishment will continue to exist mostly in theory while exacting an untenable cost. Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 Davis and Sacramento cuddled in one district? No way, some say -- Davis and Sacramento are two cities targeted for marriage in newly drawn Assembly and Senate districts under draft maps released this month by the state's redistricting commission. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/20/11 Villaraigosa: Stop wars, give cities more money -- In his first appearance on "Meet the Press" in his role as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa presented his argument Sunday for an increase of federal funding to cities. Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 6/20/11
Los Angeles wants guarantees from Stadium developer -- As Los Angeles council members prepare to move on to the next stage of talks with AEG over a proposed downtown football stadium, city officials said in a report released Sunday that key issues remain to be negotiated. Rick Orlov in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 6/20/11
Are law schools that fudge employment stats breaking federal law? -- A paper by a newly minted UC Davis School of Law graduate is creating a buzz in legal circles, arguing that law schools that overstate job prospects for their graduates are violating federal law. Erica Perez California Watch -- 6/20/11 Amid budget cutbacks, California colleges reduce or eliminate summer school -- Students face long commutes, higher fees and delayed graduations because of severe summer school cutbacks at California colleges. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 Summer School keeps the gap at bay -- A couple hundred middle school students will set up their camcorders and interview state legislators at the Capitol tomorrow, asking about their fondest summer memories. The recordings will be uploaded to a website called “Summer Matters to You.” Kathryn Baron TopEd -- 6/20/11 Once Homeless, Now Headed to Harvard -- As she trudged with her mother back to the shelter, Alicia Zamora practiced her reading on billboards. Emily Alpert Voiceofsandiego.org -- 6/20/11 Gifted boy seeks to learn, but where? -- Tanishq Abraham sat in a classroom at American River College's Natomas campus listening intently to a lecture on astronomy. The 7-year-old boy is the youngest student attending American River College since it began keeping records in 1983. Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee -- 6/20/11
Effort to cut Medicare spending on imaging scans gets pushback -- A Medicare advisory body is urging Congress to cut pay to doctors for MRIs, CT scans and other imaging procedures, noting that use of such devices has surged since 2000, particularly among doctors who stand to profit from each scan. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 6/20/11
SDG&E's Big Solar Failure -- In late August 2005, San Diego Gas & Electric proposed a $1.9 billion power line to connect the region to a green future in Imperial County, the land of constant sunshine and endless renewable energy promise. Rob Davis Voiceofsandiego.org -- 6/20/11 Survey pinpoints sources of trash in San Francisco Bay -- A first-of-its-kind survey of the kinds of trash that end up in San Francisco Bay points the finger at specific sources: retailers such as McDonald's and 7-Eleven that feed our disposable lifestyle, and their littering consumers. Julia Scott in the San Jose Mercury -- 6/20/11 Desert dispute pits Marine Corps and off-road enthusiasts -- The Marine Corps and off-roading enthusiasts are at odds over a desert area adjacent to the base at Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County. Tony Perry in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 Water surplus generates steep discount for city agencies -- Now that California's drought is officially over, area cities are scrambling to find the money to buy part of 225,000 acre-feet of water unexpectedly up for sale by the Metropolitan Water District. Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino in the San Bernardino Sun -- 6/20/11 USFS defends plan to log burned forest at Tahoe -- Responding for the first time to a lawsuit by conservationists, the U.S. Forest Service says the threat of another major wildfire like the one that destroyed 250 homes at Lake Tahoe four years ago outweighs any concerns that its plans to log much of what's left of the burned forest would harm a rare woodpecker or other wildlife. SCOTT SONNER AP -- 6/20/11
Police Scandals Hobble Prosecutors -- Bay Area prosecutors have been forced to dismiss more than 800 criminal cases in the past year because of allegations of police corruption that include selling drug evidence, conducting unlawful searches and conspiring to get men drunk and then arrest them on drunk-driving charges. JUSTIN SCHECK in the Wall Street Journal -- 6/20/11 Dozens of personal care products mislabeled as 'organic,' lawsuit says -- Dozens of shampoos, lotions and other personal care products are labeled "organic" even though they contain few or no organic ingredients – a violation of California law, according to an environmental watchdog group. Joanna Lin California Watch -- 6/20/11 Cycling advocates air concerns after Culver City crash that injured 11 riders -- An online cycling group posts a video re-creating the road conditions near Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City on the night of a crash, suspected to have been caused by a drunk driver. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11
Obama no-show miffs Hispanics -- Leaders of a national Hispanic organization are criticizing President Barack Obama for skipping their annual conference for the third consecutive year after he promised as a candidate in 2008 that he would return as president. JULIE MASON Politico -- 6/20/11 Obama impersonator pulled offstage after making racial, gay jokes at GOP gathering -- A President Obama impersonator was pulled off the stage Saturday at the Republican Leadership Conference, after telling a string of racially themed jokes about the president. Aaron Blake and Amy Gardner in the Washington Post JONATHAN MARTIN Politico -- 6/20/11
Michele Bachmann, others raise millions for political campaigns with ‘money blurts’ -- Here’s how it works: An up-and-coming politician blurts out something incendiary, provocative or otherwise controversial. The remark bounces around the blogs and talk shows and becomes a sensation. Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam in the Washington Post -- 6/20/11 Congress turns bill titles into acts of exaggeration -- Bills once had simple names like the Civil Rights Act. No more. The new era of partisanship is producing gems like the Reducing Barack Obama's Unsustainable Deficit Act. Richard Simon in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 GOP lacks a strong contender from the South -- Most of the big names have opted out of the GOP presidential race, perhaps leaving an opening that could draw in Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Paul West in the Los Angeles Times -- 6/20/11 |
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