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Nurses union attacks Whitman, courts women voters -- The California Nurses Assn. is ramping up its campaign against Meg Whitman, hoping to undercut the Republican gubernatorial candidate’s appeal to female voters. Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 California Counties See Tax Shrinkage -- Assessed property values in California are likely to decline for the second year running, according to a Bond Buyer review of data from the state’s larger counties. Rich Saskal The Bond Buyer -- 7/23/10 Milken Institute: California losing its film industry jobs -- Film-making, California's most famous industry, has been shedding jobs in the state and is in danger of going the way of the once-powerful aerospace industry, the Milken Institute says in a study released Thursday. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 7/23/10 Vargas issues 'victory speech' after bruising battle with Salas -- Calling it his "victory speech," Juan Vargas has released a statement declaring that it's time to move past the hard-fought Democratic primary with Mary Salas and "begin the fight to reform California government." Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 Tea party leader cuts ties after charges of racism -- A former Sacramento leader of the Tea Party Express whose inflammatory remarks drew allegations of racism has cut ties with the organization. Robin Hindery AP -- 7/23/10 Jerry Brown details pension reform plan -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown says he would have state employees contribute more to their pension plans and would require that they work longer and be older before they are entitled to full benefits. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 7/23/10 Boxer looks to link Fiorina with Palin -- As the race for California's contested U.S. Senate seat tightens, incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina have each attempted in recent days to portray the other as an extremist from the fringe of their respective party. Ben Goad in the Riverside Press -- 7/23/10 Defiant Bell mayor defends city manager's high salary, hours after official resigns -- A defiant Bell City Council defended the hefty compensation awarded to City Manager Robert Rizzo and two other officials just hours after the three agreed to resign amid a public outcry. Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 California new car sales headed upward -- After several years of sharp declines, California's new car sales appear to be headed upward in 2010, a new report from the California New Car Dealers Association says. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert Greg Lucas California's capitol weblog -- 7/23/10 Emeryville Schools as a Model -- In his five-year plan to turn around the lowest-performing schools in the Oakland Unified School District, Superintendent Tony Smith does not mention teachers, textbooks or test scores. Gerry Shih Bay Citizen -- 7/23/10 Daniel Schorr, veteran broadcast reporter and news analyst, dead at 93 -- Daniel Schorr, a combative broadcast reporter who over six decades broke major national stories while also provoking presidents, foreign leaders, the KGB, CIA and his bosses at both CBS and CNN, died Friday morning at Georgetown University Hospital. He was 93. No specific cause of death was reported. Patricia Sullivan in the Washington Post Claudia Luther in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 Mt. Diablo solar decision could leave Chevron in the dark -- The Mt. Diablo Unified School District has backed away from plans to award a no-bid $70 million solar project to Chevron Energy Solutions and instead will request proposals for the taxpayer-funded project. The decision comes after the Times raised questions about secret meetings between the district's superintendent and Chevron. Matt Krupnick in the Contra Costa Times -- 7/23/10 Boren: Gubernatorial metamorphosis -- The fine art of repackaging candidates for the next election is nothing new in politics. But have you ever seen candidates run from their records as blatantly as Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman have been doing since the June primary? Jim Boren in the Fresno Bee -- 7/23/10
Perez pushing hard for labor-friendly solution to state budget mess -- As California slogs through its fourth week without a budget, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez has emerged as either the most loved or loathed of the four legislative leaders, depending on your perspective. Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 Walters: California's chief justice must also be a politician -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's nomination of Tani Cantil-Sakauye as the state's chief justice will make little, if any, difference in the ideological bent of the state Supreme Court. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 California's Prop. 23 fuzzy on jobless tally -- Proposition 23 says California's greenhouse gas rules should be suspended until the state's sky-high unemployment rate drops. The problem is, the measure doesn't specify exactly what that means. Torey Van Oot in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 State lawyers union sues to maintain full wages -- California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment, which represents about 3,800 workers, contends that the governor and Department of Personnel Administration have engaged in bad faith bargaining by demanding that Controller John Chiang withhold their members' pay in the absence of an approved state budget. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 Poll finds offshore oil drilling support erodes among California voters -- In the midst of the worst oil-spill disaster in U.S. history, California voters' opinion of allowing new drilling off their coast took a nose dive from two years ago, according to a Field Poll released today. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 NAACP lauds latest pool for California redistricting commission -- What a difference subtraction can make. The pool of potential members for California's redistricting commission has been narrowed to 120 applicants who roughly mirror the multicultural makeup of the state's population. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 7/23/10 Independent group takes on Fiorina's ties to Palin and 'tea party' groups -- In 2008, the Culver City-based Brave New Films used viral videos to take on then-presidential candidate John McCain’s health, his numerous homes and his shifting rhetoric. The company’s new target is Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, who is locked in a tight race with Sen. Barbara Boxer(D-Calif). Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times Drew Joseph in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/23/10 Brown details plan for California state worker pension reforms -- The Democrat would adopt some Schwarzenegger ideas, such as asking current employees to contribute more to their plans and raising the retirement age for new hires. Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 ‘No Plan’ ad builds on narrative that Brown has no purpose, but (surprise!) takes things out of context -- Meg Whitman’s media team, ever on the prowl, digs into the Jerry Brown archives to find a couple of pearls from his vast treasury of quotes — in TV interviews, no less, the elixer of the visual-based reality we live in — to help further along one of the narratives they’ve been building: that he has no plan for pulling California out of its economic disaster. Steven Harmon Political Blotter weblog -- 7/23/10 Jerry Brown's rope-a-dope campaign -- With Meg Whitman's ubiquitous two-language advertising barrage and relentless touring of the state, the debate is growing over how long Jerry Brown's campaign can remain in rope-a-dope mode before the candidate goes down for the count. MARTIN WISCKOL in the Orange County Register -- 7/23/10 Meg Whitman, Jerry Brown campaigns trade barbs after Whitman appearance in Gilroy -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman came to Garlic City on Thursday to step up her attacks on opponent Jerry Brown, portraying him as a supporter of "Sacramento's war on jobs." Ken McLaughlin in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/23/10 Leonhardt calls out Whitman and Brown, declares guv candidacy (VIDEO) -- For the 13 percent of you who don't have a favorite candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial election, we may have found you a keeper. Drew Joseph Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 7/23/10 Focus shifts to Brown's attorney general role -- There’s no evidence that Jerry Brown has done anything wrong as he’s attempted to balance his official duties as California’s attorney general with his gubernatorial bid, but that hasn’t kept his Republican opponent Meg Whitman from trying to stir controversy on the topic. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 CalBuzz: Obama Pantsed, Lobby Exposed, Calbuzz Menaced -- With a cast of thousands, it’s hard to decide exactly who’s the biggest loser in the sad and sorry saga of Shirley Sherrod. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 7/23/10 Mudslinging dominates governor's race -- Gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman have both repudiated partisan politics and attacks made against their campaigns. Timothy Sandoval California Watch -- 7/23/10
3 highly-paid Bell officials forced to resign -- Bell’s top administrators, whose hefty salaries have stirred public outrage and calls for investigations, agreed to resign Thursday night during a closed-door City Hall meeting. Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 California county asks state for millions in bailout -- Modoc County is asking the state for a bailout, hoping to secure a loan for between $4 million and $12.5 million so it can continue to provide services to county residents. CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP -- 7/23/10 Sheriffs becoming popular with budget-crunched cities -- A growing number of California’s towns and cities are contemplating the elimination of one of their primary expenses: municipal police departments. Ryan Gabrielson California Watch -- 7/23/10 Bell council found loophole in law to allow big salaries -- The highly paid members of the Bell City Council were able to exempt themselves from state salary limits through a little-noticed city ballot measure during a special election that attracted fewer than 400 voters. Jeff Gottlieb in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10 San Jose Mayor Reed wants to push ahead on A's ballot measure — even without baseball's OK -- After months of saying his hands were tied until Major League Baseball officials decide whether to allow the Oakland A's to move to the South Bay, Mayor Chuck Reed on Thursday said he will ask the city council to put a ballpark measure on the November ballot even without MLB's blessing. Tracy Seipel, Bruce Newman and John Woolfolk in the San Jose Mercury -- 7/23/10 More than 120 arrested at San Francisco hotel protest -- A stalled labor dispute brought traffic to a halt near Union Square Thursday evening and ended with the arrest of more than 120 demonstrators. John King in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/23/10 Thai Food Vendor Courts Latino Consumers -- Mr. Jirdpongsatorn's P.K. Food Corp. of San Leandro is trying to link Thailand, which bills itself as the "kitchen to the world," to the fastest-growing consumer segment in the U.S.: Latinos. JOEL MILLMAN in the Wall Street Journal -- 7/23/10 Riders left waiting in AC Transit labor dispute -- AC Transit officials call it a sick-out; the union calls it a push-out. Joanna Lin California Watch -- 7/23/10
Fensterwald: Parents form Educacy, set goal for 2012 -- Setting their sights on as-yet undefined statewide initiative in 2012, a parent group in Silicon Valley is organizing to increase education funding. As Educacy, the name of their non-profit group indicates, the focus will be advocacy on behalf of parents. John Fensterwald educatedguess.org -- 7/23/10 Oakland Schools Struggle, but Emeryville May Point a Way Up -- In his five-year plan to turn around the lowest-performing schools in the Oakland Unified School District, Superintendent Tony Smith does not mention teachers, textbooks or test scores. GERRY SHIH in the New York Times -- 7/23/10 Once a Leader, U.S. Lags in Attaining College Degrees -- Adding to a drumbeat of concern about the nation’s dismal college-completion rates, the College Board warned Thursday that the growing gap between the United States and other countries threatens to undermine American economic competitiveness. TAMAR LEWIN in the New York Times -- 7/23/10 Orange County schools get $1.7 million in stimulus money -- Orange County public schools will receive $1.7 million in federal stimulus funds this month to improve technology in the classroom, the latest round of grant money to flow to local schools under President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus package. SCOTT MARTINDALE in the Orange County Register -- 7/23/10
Farmers, activists at odds over San Joaquin -- Sides disagree on how best to protect salmon from runoff in the river. Mark Grossi in the Fresno Bee -- 7/23/10 Suit seeks ban of common pesticide -- Two environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today, demanding that the federal government decide whether to ban a widely used pesticide that has been linked to illnesses, including asthma and developmental problems such as attention deficit disorder. Marisa Lagos in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/23/10 BART board approves funding plan for airport connector -- The new Oakland Airport Connector, which has drawn passionate supporters and opponents alike, moved another step closer to reality Thursday, after BART directors approved a controversial new funding plan for the project. Will Kane in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/23/10 As California's temperature rises, so does the ozone -- First you’ll get cooked and then you’ll get choked. That's what a new state government report is predicting: As climate change causes temperatures to rise in California, ozone levels will climb, too. Susanne Rust California Watch -- 7/23/10
Fleeing Phoenix out of fear of immigration law -- As families leave the city, and state, some neighborhoods — already suffering from the weak economy — are left with fewer customers to sustain businesses. Nicholas Riccardi in the Los Angeles Times -- 7/23/10
A place for race on Obama's agenda -- Two years ago, in a powerful speech in Philadelphia, presidential candidate Barack Obama warned that Americans will not be able to overcome their divisions if they continue to "tackle race only as a spectacle." Karen Tumulty in the Washington Post -- 7/23/10 traducir esta página |
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