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State GOP drops voter ID initiative -- California Republican Party officials are apparently backing off earlier comments that they intend to pursue a ballot initiative requiring voters to show an ID at the polls - and observers say that's a good thing, considering the GOP's dismal record with minorities in the Golden State. Marisa Lagos and Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/28/12 Gov. Jerry Brown gives raises to some aides, pay cuts to most -- Gov. Jerry Brown has quietly handed out pay raises to three of his aides in recent months before pushing through pay cuts for most other state workers, including his staff. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 California Finance Department's audit highlights how hard it is to reconcile budget numbers -- In 2004, California voters authorized $15 billion in bonds to erase a massive budget deficit at the urging of lawmakers and newly elected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state still maintains a special bank account that collects sales taxes to retire the debt from nearly a decade ago. Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/28/12 State agencies $2.3B apart -- The state controller and the Department of Finance are $2.3 billion apart in their calculations of how much money is in hundreds of special funds kept by various state agencies, officials acknowledged Friday. Don Thompson Associated Press -- 7/28/12 Activists push bill to allow same-day voter registration -- On Friday, the Courage Campaign, a liberal advocacy group, asked its members in an email to urge lawmakers to pass AB 1436, noting the low turnout in the June primary election. Just 31% of registered voters went to the polls or mailed in ballots. Michael J. Mishak LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 7/28/12 N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg didn't fare well backing California campaigns -- Wealthy New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is batting 0-for-2 in his attempt to use his big wallet to affect California political campaigns this year. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 7/28/12 News10 Capitol Connection podcast: A California state of mind -- Welcome to a new look at the world of California politics. For some of you, it's more like welcome back. For almost six years before joining News10 this spring, I hosted a weekly politics podcast featuring news and analysis from the state Capitol. That podcast was audio only, and was distributed via iTunes to any and all political junkies. John Myers News10 -- 7/28/12 21-year-old runs for Stockton City Council -- When Michael Tubbs graduated from Stanford University with bachelor's and master's degrees last month and impressive scholarship and leadership awards, friends and family encouraged him to find a high-paying job in the private sector. Ravali Reddy in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/28/12 Saunders: As Sacramento dawdles, DAs revolt -- California's death penalty has been in limbo since 2006 when a federal judge stayed the execution of Michael Morales, who was sentenced to death for the brutal 1981 murder and rape of 17-year-old Terri Winchell. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/28/12
Can a Bullet Train Shrink California’s Carbon Footprint? -- Near Antwerp, Belgium, there’s a two-mile section of high-speed rail (HSR) line with solar panels over the tracks to help power the system. Roger Rudick KQED Climate Watch -- 7/28/12
Eminent domain loan idea gains support -- Even as it comes under fire from the financial industry, a proposal to use condemnation proceedings to seize underwater mortgages in San Bernardino County is being looked at by other communities. IMRAN GHORI in the Riverside Press -- 7/28/12 Newsom calls eminent domain plan in San Bernardino County 'bold' -- One of California’s highest-ranking politicians, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, has told an investor group to "back off" and allow San Bernardino County to explore a controversial plan that would employ its eminent domain powers to seize and restructure troubled mortgages. Alejandro Lazo in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 Facebook shares sink after earnings report, lack of forecast -- Investors are dumping Facebook's stock, spooked by slowing revenue growth, the lack of a financial outlook and plans to spend more money in the coming months. Barbara Ortutay Associated Press -- 7/28/12 Facebook stock price could be hit by torrent of new shares -- Think the plunge in Facebook's stock after its sluggish earnings report was bad? Wait until a torrent of new shares hits the market in a few weeks. Walter Hamilton and Ryan Faughnder in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 Oil prices crashed and Chevron still made nearly $24 a barrel -- Then there is the oil patch, where billions of dollars in profits are possible even after that kind of collapse in crude prices. Chevron Corp. of San Ramon, Calif., is just such an example. Ronald D. White in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 Hollywood trying to avoid villain role in film violence -- Last week's 'Dark Knight Rises' theater massacre has TV and film industry vets confronting their use of violence, even as such imagery plays big at the box office. Alex Pham, Steven Zeitchik and Ben Fritz in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12
Inglewood Unified to ask California for a bailout loan; will lead to district takeover -- The Inglewood Unified School District has moved one step closer to fiscal insolvency. Its school board voted this Wednesday to ask the state for a bailout loan that would result in a state takeover of the 1,500-student district. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez KPCC LA -- 7/28/12 Adelanto parents looking for someone to take over Desert Trails School -- Fresh off their legal victory Monday, parents of a failing High Desert elementary school are soliciting proposals from groups up for turning around a school where nearly three-quarters of students were rated non-proficient in reading. Beau Yarbrough in the San Bernardino Sun Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 LAUSD unveils pared-back Adult Education offerings -- Los Angeles Unified has finalized the class offerings for its resurrected Adult Education program, with scores of courses centered at about 60 campuses around the sprawling district. Barbara Jones in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 7/28/12 Computer science becomes Stanford's most popular major -- For the first time in Stanford's history, computer science has become the most popular undergraduate major -- a milestone for a school conceived on a farm but now located in the holy land of technology. Lisa M. Krieger in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/28/12
Bill would bolster aerial firefighting fleet -- Seeking to bolster the nation’s dangerously depleted aerial firefighting fleet, a group of U.S. senators is pressing new legislation to shift 14 aircraft unwanted by the Pentagon to the U.S. Forest Service. BEN GOAD in the Riverside Press -- 7/28/12 Court To Consider Injunction In Kern County Wind Case -- The groups maintain that the combined project as planned poses a serious risk to California condors, now struggling to rebuild their numbers after nearly going extinct in the 1980s. Chris Clarke KCET Rewire -- 7/28/12
Anaheim expecting more police-shooting protests this weekend -- An officer-involved shooting Friday was Anaheim's third in a week. Demonstrators plan protests near Disneyland on Saturday and at the Police Department on Sunday. Richard Winton and Joseph Serna in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 New San Francisco archbishop appointed by pope -- The Vatican on Friday named a prominent religious official who has been a leader in the fight against same-sex marriage as San Francisco's new archbishop, the latest in a string of conservatives to lead Catholics in one of the country's most liberal areas. Matthai Kuruvila in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/28/12 L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca, undersheriff grilled on jail violence -- An independent commission investigating deputy-on- inmate violence at Los Angeles County jails grilled Sheriff Lee Baca and his second-in- command for hours on Friday, trying to pin down whether they did enough to prevent the beatings. Christina Villacorte in the Los Angeles Daily News Robert Faturechi in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/28/12 Phallic cell tower gets a makeover -- A cell phone company, acting on the orders of Alameda County, went to work this week to make a 60-foot-tall transmission tower in Castro Valley look more like what it is supposed to look like - a tree - and less like what residents complain it resembles, which is a giant phallus. Carolyn Jones in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/28/12
'You didn't build that' remarks won't change Obama's strategy on the stump -- The Obama campaign has no plans to change the president's style on the stump in the wake of his "you didn't build that" remark, which Republicans have seized upon in recent days to argue the president is out of touch on the economy. Amie Parnes The Hill -- 7/28/12 Obama upstages Romney visit to Israel with security bill -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney heads to Israel Saturday. Friday morning, on the eve of that visit, President Obama signed an Israel security bill. A pair of California lawmakers sponsored it. Kitty Felde KPCC LA -- 7/28/12
McConnell keeps spotlight off GOP -- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s surprise decision to allow a Democratic tax bill to pass the upper chamber fits his political strategy of keeping the Senate GOP out of the spotlight. Alexander Bolton The Hill -- 7/28/12 With Mitt Romney abroad, his VP contenders go on the attack -- With Mitt Romney overseas, his team has dispatched an army of vice presidential contenders to swing states around the country to campaign in the presumptive GOP nominee's place. Jonathan Easley The Hill -- 7/28/12 Romney looks for a breakout moment in Israel to salvage foreign trip -- The highlights: Romney walked half a mile on a public sidewalk here (driving would have made him late, because of the gridlock), met with Ireland’s prime minister and sat in the Olympic Stadium to watch the Games’ Opening Ceremonies. Missing, however, was the breakout moment Romney may need to salvage his overseas tour, which got off to a rocky start when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee openly questioned Britain’s readiness to host the Olympic Games. Philip Rucker in the Washington Post -- 7/28/12 |
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