Do Republican Legislators Have a Real California Budget? - californiaprogressreport.com
By Frank D. Russo This is becoming a yearly ritual. Last year at the Sacramento Press Club, the Assembly Republican leader, Mike Villines, spoke and I reported What is Really Going On in the Califor...
By Frank D. Russo This is becoming a yearly ritual. Last year at the Sacramento Press Club, the Assembly Republican leader, Mike Villines, spoke and I reported What is Really Going On in the Califor...
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New Poll Shows California Voters Strongly Support State Global Warming Action--and How Far Republican Legislators Are Out of Step in Linking Their Vot - californiaprogressreport.com
By Frank D. Russo A poll released earlier this week shows 91% of Democrats, 85% of independents, and 61% of Republicans support strong state action to implement a reduction in greenhouse gases as req...
By Frank D. Russo A poll released earlier this week shows 91% of Democrats, 85% of independents, and 61% of Republicans support strong state action to implement a reduction in greenhouse gases as req...
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Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez Applauds Recent Progress of AB 32--California’s Landmark Global Warming Initiative - californiaprogressreport.com
In this week’s Democratic weekly radio address, Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles) points to growing enthusiasm for AB 32, the bill he authored ...
In this week’s Democratic weekly radio address, Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles) points to growing enthusiasm for AB 32, the bill he authored ...
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The California LGBT Legislative Caucus in a Year of Enormous Change - californiaprogressreport.com
Left to Right: Senator Christine Kehoe, Senator Carole Migden, Assemblymember John Laird (Chair), Senator Sheila Kuehl, Assemblymember Mark Leno, and Assemblymember-Emeritus Jackie Goldberg By Kyle S...
Left to Right: Senator Christine Kehoe, Senator Carole Migden, Assemblymember John Laird (Chair), Senator Sheila Kuehl, Assemblymember Mark Leno, and Assemblymember-Emeritus Jackie Goldberg By Kyle S...
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Reality Takes a Vacation on the California State Budget - californiaprogressreport.com
By Lynn Suter Legislative Advocate “I come from a dizzy land where the lottery is the basis of reality.” Reality is on vacation this week. Jorge Luis Borges wrote the quote above fr...
By Lynn Suter Legislative Advocate “I come from a dizzy land where the lottery is the basis of reality.” Reality is on vacation this week. Jorge Luis Borges wrote the quote above fr...
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Cavala: McCain’s Personal Qualities Are Questionable For A President - californiaprogressreport.com
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento While his perseverance and courage as a prisoner of war were admirable qualities in a soldier, those same qualities become stubbornness and...
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento While his perseverance and courage as a prisoner of war were admirable qualities in a soldier, those same qualities become stubbornness and...
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Priority Toxics Bills Important to the Health of Californians Near the Finish Line - californiaprogressreport.com
By Traci Sheehan Executive Director Planning and Conservation League Two critical toxics exposure bills will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee in the coming weeks. AB 1879 by Assemblym...
By Traci Sheehan Executive Director Planning and Conservation League Two critical toxics exposure bills will be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee in the coming weeks. AB 1879 by Assemblym...
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"Righteous Defender of the Constitution” Tom McClintock Financed his Primary Campaign Through Unconstitutional Campaign Finance Law - camajorityreport.com
Tom McClintock, the career politician who’s run for seemingly every office in the state at one point or another, has long claimed to be a champion for conservatives who "want their ...
Tom McClintock, the career politician who’s run for seemingly every office in the state at one point or another, has long claimed to be a champion for conservatives who "want their ...
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Cavala: Republican Redistricting Scheme Loses Fig Leaf as the California Democratic Party Votes to Oppose It - californiaprogressreport.com
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento The Sycuan Band of Native Americans, former Assemblyman Fred Keeley and Leon Panetta, also a former Congressman are all Democrats who support ...
By Bill Cavala A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento The Sycuan Band of Native Americans, former Assemblyman Fred Keeley and Leon Panetta, also a former Congressman are all Democrats who support ...
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California Education as A Children's Soccer Match - calitics.com
Have you ever seen a game of youth soccer? Not the ones when the kids start getting good, but when they are like 6 years old. They don't really get the strategy other than the ball should g...
Have you ever seen a game of youth soccer? Not the ones when the kids start getting good, but when they are like 6 years old. They don't really get the strategy other than the ball should g...
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Incoming California Senate Leader Steinberg Speaks Truth to the State Budget - californiaprogressreport.com
By Robert Cruickshank Yesterday's SacBee has a Q&A with Darrell Steinberg on the budget. His answers are brief but brilliant - along with Speaker Karen Bass it is clear we now have leadership in...
By Robert Cruickshank Yesterday's SacBee has a Q&A with Darrell Steinberg on the budget. His answers are brief but brilliant - along with Speaker Karen Bass it is clear we now have leadership in...
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Obama Blowing Out McCain In CA - calitics.com
But just you wait until St. BBQ starts cranking up those ads and spending an entire month non-stop in the state! After all, he's from the West, so people here like him! He's a ma...
But just you wait until St. BBQ starts cranking up those ads and spending an entire month non-stop in the state! After all, he's from the West, so people here like him! He's a ma...
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California Foreclosure Relief Bill Passed and Governor Indicates He Will Sign It - californiaprogressreport.com
Many Provisions Take Effect Immediately—More Action on Predatory Lending Needed as Loan Modifications Increase in State By Frank D. Russo Yesterday was a busy news day for homeowners with ...
Many Provisions Take Effect Immediately—More Action on Predatory Lending Needed as Loan Modifications Increase in State By Frank D. Russo Yesterday was a busy news day for homeowners with ...
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Need to Truck and Release 20.2 Million Central Valley Salmon into San Pablo Bay is Sad Commentary on Health of California Delta - californiaprogressreport.com
Photo: Salmon from the DFG's fish hatcheries are placed in Fishery Foundation acclimation pens in Carquinez Strait at the entrance to San Pablo Bay. The pens help salmon to better acclimate to life i...
Photo: Salmon from the DFG's fish hatcheries are placed in Fishery Foundation acclimation pens in Carquinez Strait at the entrance to San Pablo Bay. The pens help salmon to better acclimate to life i...
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Landmark Legislation Will Help Californians Save for Retirement - californiaprogressreport.com
By Mark Paul Senior Scholar New America Foundation Once a land of savers, America is now the home of the thriftless. Americans' personal saving rate, in steady decline over the last quarter of cen...
By Mark Paul Senior Scholar New America Foundation Once a land of savers, America is now the home of the thriftless. Americans' personal saving rate, in steady decline over the last quarter of cen...
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Politics and California Redistricting - californiaprogressreport.com
By Steve Cummings Member Ventura County Democratic Central Committee Whenever I hear someone discuss redistricting reform, I can’t help but paraphrase the famous Claude Rains line from the m...
By Steve Cummings Member Ventura County Democratic Central Committee Whenever I hear someone discuss redistricting reform, I can’t help but paraphrase the famous Claude Rains line from the m...
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California One Step Closer to Asking Federal Government to Restore Recognition of Winnemem Wintu Tribe - californiaprogressreport.com
By Mark Franco Headman Winnemem Wintu Tribe For the Winnemem Wintu time seemed to stand still then move in reverse. At the end of the day, The Winnemem Wintu Tribe drew one step closer to rightin...
By Mark Franco Headman Winnemem Wintu Tribe For the Winnemem Wintu time seemed to stand still then move in reverse. At the end of the day, The Winnemem Wintu Tribe drew one step closer to rightin...
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International Human Rights Come Home to California: Legislators Briefed on Torture Survivors in State and Their Needs - californiaprogressreport.com
Carlos Mauricio, Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) client and torture survivor, with CJA Executive Director Pamela Merchant at CJA's May 2008 Annual Dinner in San Francisco By Pamela Mer...
Carlos Mauricio, Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) client and torture survivor, with CJA Executive Director Pamela Merchant at CJA's May 2008 Annual Dinner in San Francisco By Pamela Mer...
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State Senate Majority Leader Romero Calls For New Rules Protecting Public Access to California’s Courts - californiaprogressreport.com
By Doug Paul Davis The recent problems in the Yolo County Courtroom hve led one of the foremost legislative advocates for open government, State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angel...
By Doug Paul Davis The recent problems in the Yolo County Courtroom hve led one of the foremost legislative advocates for open government, State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angel...
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Californians Criticize Arnold for Not Reaching Budget Deal - calitics.com
Wouldn't that make an excellent headline? Instead the SacBee offers Schwarzenegger criticizes lawmakers for not reaching budget deal - Arnold kicks it in his smoking tent, or idly speculating about a...
Wouldn't that make an excellent headline? Instead the SacBee offers Schwarzenegger criticizes lawmakers for not reaching budget deal - Arnold kicks it in his smoking tent, or idly speculating about a...
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Amended Bills: Pet Sterilization, Porn Tax - blogs.kqed.org
With the looming deadline for legislation to clear policy committees in the state Capitol, some of the more noteworthy bills of the two year sesssion are being either tweaked or virtually rewritten. T...
With the looming deadline for legislation to clear policy committees in the state Capitol, some of the more noteworthy bills of the two year sesssion are being either tweaked or virtually rewritten. T...
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California Workers Receive Some of the Lowest Benefits in the Nation for Lifetime Disabling Injuries—Hearings Start Today on Schwarzenegger Fi - californiaprogressreport.com
By Julius Young Public hearings will be held Monday in Los Angeles and Tuesday in Oakland on the Schwarzenegger administration’s plan for a small increase in benefits for permanently disable...
By Julius Young Public hearings will be held Monday in Los Angeles and Tuesday in Oakland on the Schwarzenegger administration’s plan for a small increase in benefits for permanently disable...
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California Caucus at Netroots Nation- CONFIRMED - calitics.com
[UPDATE by Lucas] - We've got a number of special guests lined up now, but if you're reading this (even though it's NN), it might be too late to do anything about it. [UPDATE: by Dave] - Mad props ...
[UPDATE by Lucas] - We've got a number of special guests lined up now, but if you're reading this (even though it's NN), it might be too late to do anything about it. [UPDATE: by Dave] - Mad props ...
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A Watershed Election Year in California - californiaprogressreport.com
By Sharon Kyle and Dick Price Publishers LA Progressive The several political or at least politically tinged events we attended this week showed us that the momentum for change is running fever pitc...
By Sharon Kyle and Dick Price Publishers LA Progressive The several political or at least politically tinged events we attended this week showed us that the momentum for change is running fever pitc...
Submitted 11 days ago by eureka!
Arnold Bashes Reagan and McCain - calitics.com
Our governor was on This Week this morning and as Arnold has a largely undeserved reputation for being an environmentalist George Stephanopoulos decided to ask him some questions on that topic. The an...
Our governor was on This Week this morning and as Arnold has a largely undeserved reputation for being an environmentalist George Stephanopoulos decided to ask him some questions on that topic. The an...
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California Democratic Party in Crisis; Art Torres Should Resign - calitics.com
Every political insider in the state woke up this morning, opened the Sacramento Bee and read: Perata aid angers some Dems $250,000 to help with his legal bills should go to 2008 races, they say. The ...
Every political insider in the state woke up this morning, opened the Sacramento Bee and read: Perata aid angers some Dems $250,000 to help with his legal bills should go to 2008 races, they say. The ...
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Smoke Gets In Your… Budget - blogs.kqed.org
As we choke our way through a particularly bad air day here in Sacramento — blame the mix of the heat and the lingering smoke from the myriad of area wildfires — it’s wor...
As we choke our way through a particularly bad air day here in Sacramento — blame the mix of the heat and the lingering smoke from the myriad of area wildfires — it’s wor...
Submitted 17 days ago by eureka!
Feds Say California's Fires Aren't a Disaster - californiaprogressreport.com
By Robert Cruickshank The numbers are staggering - 1,400 wildfires burning around the state. Over 70 homes destroyed and 7,800 under threat. President Bush has declared the fires a federal emergency ...
By Robert Cruickshank The numbers are staggering - 1,400 wildfires burning around the state. Over 70 homes destroyed and 7,800 under threat. President Bush has declared the fires a federal emergency ...
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Feds Say California's Fires Aren't a Disaster - calitics.com
The numbers are staggering - 1,400 wildfires burning around the state. Over 70 homes destroyed and 7,800 under threat. President Bush has declared the fires a federal emergency and released $50 millio...
The numbers are staggering - 1,400 wildfires burning around the state. Over 70 homes destroyed and 7,800 under threat. President Bush has declared the fires a federal emergency and released $50 millio...
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California's Failing Death Penalty - calitics.com
This should come as no surprise to Calitics readers, who have been treated to a steady diet of articles on the flaws with our prison system. In a system with too many prisoners and too few funds to pr...
This should come as no surprise to Calitics readers, who have been treated to a steady diet of articles on the flaws with our prison system. In a system with too many prisoners and too few funds to pr...
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