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Dem gov candidate Jerry Brown at Chron ed board: "You're going to have to do things organzied labor doesn't like" -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown hit the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board today, sitting down with about a dozen editors and reporters for an hour-long, lively discussion on the issues. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 9/3/10 Community college chief quits California Chamber of Commerce board to protest Whitman endorsement -- The chancellor of the California community college system has resigned in protest from the California Chamber of Commerce board of directors after the organization backed Meg Whitman's bid for governor. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Fiorina backs delaying California global warming law -- Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Friday endorsed an oil-company funded ballot initiative that seeks to indefinitely delay California's landmark global warming law. JUDY LIN AP -- 9/3/10 Speaker Perez stops enforcement of no-record policy -- Reporters can resume using recording devices in Assembly chambers, Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez said today. The Bee's Jim Sanders wrote in today's Bee that Assembly sergeants-at-arms recently began confronting credentialed reporters who were recording or videotaping official business. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/3/10 Bell subpoenas Rizzo's personal e-mail account to see if he was using it to conduct city business -- Bell city leaders said they suspect former City Administrator Robert Rizzo conducted city business using his own personal e-mail account and have issued subpoenas to obtain copies of messages going back five years. Ruben Vives and Jeff Gottlieb in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Millions in political contributions move in late-night transactions -- While you were sleeping, nearly $7.5 million in political donations moved into two ballot-measure campaigns -- one to suspend the state's greenhouse gas law and another to roll back recent tax cuts for corporations passed by state lawmakers. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Koch firm donates $1 million to campaign to suspend climate change law -- A company headed by oil billionaires Charles and David Koch have contributed $1 million to the campaign to rollback the state's landmark climate change law. Rick Daysog in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 Silence of the Thumbs -- San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio typed away on Twitter from the dais again, posting jabs at political opponents as debate went on around him. The topic this time: the proposed half-cent sales tax hike, which he contemptuously referred to as the Dash for Cash. KELLY THORNTON Voiceofsandiego.org -- 9/3/10 Brewer: No more debates -- After freezing for more than 10 seconds in Wednesday’s debate, Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer has announced that she will not agree to another engagement with her rival. ANDY BARR Politico -- 9/3/10 Unemployment rises slightly in August to 9.6% -- The nation lost 54,000 net positions last month, the U.S. reports. Once-growing manufacturers shed jobs last month, as did budget-strapped state governments and the Census Bureau. Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Boren: Jerry Brown should be a shoo-in with Latino voters -- The fact that Democrat Jerry Brown had to hold a news conference the other day to tout his Latino support is one more indication of his slippage among that key part of the California electorate. Jim Boren in the Fresno Bee -- 9/3/10 Three former governors come together to support California Conservation Corps -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown joined two fellow former governors Thursday night at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for a reception honoring the work of the California Conservation Corps, a program they have all supported. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Property tax measure survives twists and turns -- For months, legislation to restore a government program that postponed property-tax bills for thousands of low-income seniors and disabled residents was sailing along. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 9/3/10 Affluent judges skew the law against the poor, says judge -- Confirmation hearings for federal judges don’t examine how a nominee’s wealth may impact their rulings on constitutional questions. The chief justice of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals thinks they should. Ryan Gabrielson California Watch -- 9/3/10 What's happening to the babies of Kettleman City? -- Something’s happening to the babies of Kettleman City. Since the state started tracking birth defects in 1988, only one birth defect was detected in 20 years. But that has changed. Susanne Rust California Watch -- 9/3/10 School achievement gap endures despite reforms -- Despite unprecedented national and state reforms over the past decade, the achievement gap between black and white students remains essentially unchanged in California, while the gap between Latino and white students has closed slightly but still remains alarmingly high. Louis Freedberg California Watch -- 9/3/10 Conservatives rate U.S. colleges, decry UCs for liberal bent -- Campusreform.org says it was created “to give conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds” of American college students. Lance Williams California Watch -- 9/3/10
Incumbent Democrats open wallets to abolish redistricting commission -- California Democratic lawmakers are digging into their wallets for Proposition 27, the Nov. 2 ballot initiative that would abolish the state’s new independent redistricting commission and give that chore back to the Democrat-controlled Legislature. John Howard in Capitol Weekly -- 9/3/10 Meg Whitman dismissed as juror in child-molestation case -- At about 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Juror No. 11 was free to leave the building and resume her campaign for governor. That's when Republican Meg Whitman was dismissed as a potential juror in a San Mateo County child-molestation case. bONNIE ESLINGER in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/3/10 Brown, Latino leaders fire back at Whitman -- Flanked by Latino political and community leaders, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown fired back at his Republican rival Thursday on leadership styles, experience and vision for California's future. Josh Richman in the Oakland Tribune -- 9/3/10 Gubernatorial candidate Brown says he can bring Californians together -- At campaign stops in Oakland and City of Commerce, the Democrat says he wants to bridge Sacramento's partisan divide, deplores rival Whitman's 'negativity' and announces he will launch ads next week. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Dem Jerry Brown on the real gov campaign kickoff: "I've been ready my whole life" (VIDEO) -- We here at SFGate's Shaky Hand Productions were so excited about the real, true start of the Labor Day-era Democratic gubernatorial campaign that we showed up to double team today's big Jerry Brown event at Laney College in Oakland. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/3/10 Tough talk from Jerry Brown’s campaign manager -- As he was climbing into the car to leave today’s campaign event at Laney College, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown was asked whether his campaign has the resources to run a competitive race with mega-spending Republican nominee Meg Whitman now that a union-based independent expenditure campaign on his behalf is backing off. Josh Richman Political Blotter weblog -- 9/3/10 As Mayor, Brown Remade Downtown Oakland and Himself -- During his eight years as Oakland mayor, Jerry Brown maintained the idiosyncratic lifestyle associated with his four decades in California politics: He slept on a futon on the floor of his downtown Oakland loft, had a Labrador named Dharma and sometimes performed his mayoral duties while wearing pants with holes in them. Zusha Elinson Bay Citizen -- 9/3/10 CalBuzz: Consumer’s Guide to eMeg’s Empire; Debate Round II -- In a bold attempt to go where no one has gone before, some of Jerry’s Kids, using campaign finance reports and information from the web, have pieced together an org chart of the Armies of eMeg Whitman for Governor campaign – that massive, impenetrable bureaucracy that is responsible for spending (and receiving) something approaching $150 million of eMeg’s money. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 9/3/10 Candidates are spending more, reaching fewer voters -- Voter participation is going down while campaign spending by gubernatorial candidates is going up. That's the finding of a new report from the Fair Political Practices Commission released Thursday. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Bell assessed illegal sewer fees -- Property owners overpaid $621,737 in levies that were raised in 2007, California controller says. The finding comes several weeks after auditors found taxpayers were overcharged $2.9 million for a 'retirement tax.' Kim Christensen in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 California Assembly dusts off old policy: No tape recorders for media -- The California Assembly has begun enforcing a dusty rule in which the media can watch lawmakers debate public policy on one condition: Turn off the cameras and microphones. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 Walters: Steinberg, Perez blamed for mismanaging final day of session -- When the Legislature's Democratic leaders staged a vainglorious debate on the state budget Tuesday – the last official day of the biennial session – Republicans derided it, accurately, as a meaningless political drill. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 Bid denied to force Brown, Schwarzenegger to appeal Prop. 8 -- A state appeals court has denied a conservative law group's request that it force Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to defend Proposition 8 in federal court. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 Rackauckas to run for re-election in 2014 -- The declaration of his 2014 candidacy, made even before he has been sworn in for his next term as district attorney, is a complete reversal for Rackauckas. The 67-year-old Rackauckas ran unopposed in June, and after the election he said publicly that it would be his last term in office. Kimberly Edds in the Orange County Register -- 9/3/10
Increased demand strains Los Angeles County food pantries -- Thousands of people turn to the Lutheran Social Services Community Care Center in Van Nuys every year for help putting food on the table. Alexandra Zavis in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Value of California's properties falls 1.8% to $4.4 trillion -- Forty-eight of California's 58 counties saw totals fall this year — nine by more than 5%, the state Board of Equalization reported. The total value fell 2.4% in 2009. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Report: Three in 10 San Diego Households Can’t Make Ends Meet -- The Center on Policy Initiatives has released new numbers on San Diego County residents struggling to earn enough to cover the basic cost of living. ADRIAN FLORIDO Voiceofsandiego.org -- 9/3/10
California's 'English learner' students are learning faster -- When Halow Hung started kindergarten at Irene B. West Elementary in Elk Grove a few years ago, he spoke little English and felt more comfortable talking in his native Vietnamese. Phillip Reese and Melody Gutierrez in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 California schools to receive federal boost -- School districts throughout California soon will receive an influx of money from the federal government to rehire laid-off teachers, hire new employees or add days to the school calendar that had been cut to balance the budget. Katy Murphy in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/3/10 Fensterwald: A matter of time before exit exam’s exit -- Nearly 19 out of 20 of seniors in the Class of 2010 who had to take the California High School Exit Exam passed it. That’s great news, in a narrow sense. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 9/3/10 California joining efforts to overhaul student testing -- California is joining a new effort to replace year-end English and math tests with new national exams that will more accurately assess students, federal education officials announced Thursday. Howard Blume and Beth Shuster in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 UC Merced chancellor to resign, return to teaching and research -- UC Merced Chancellor Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, the second person to lead the newest UC campus, announced Thursday that he will step down in June at the end of the upcoming academic year. Larry Gordon in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Boyarsky: Accuracy and disclosure: the issues in values-added dispute -- Since the Los Angeles Times began publishing its value-added series and making available the evaluations of 6,000 elementary school teachers, the journalistic effort has become the nation’s hottest educational story and the system the source of national debate. Bill Boyarsky LAOvserved -- 9/3/10 Ravani: VAMing and slamming teachers in Los Angeles -- Within the last few days, the Bureau of Land Management, at the encouragement of a group of House members, has asked the National Research Council (NRC) to review its policies for wild horses and burros. If only someone would show the same kind of concern about the nation’s school children and education. Gary Ravani TopEd -- 9/3/10 Students complain of expensive, worthless degrees -- Students who attended two local for-profit colleges recently targeted in a federal investigation say they were graduating with degrees and certificates that were worthless in the marketplace. MARK MUCKENFUSS in the Riverside Press -- 9/3/10
Green revolution comes to urban neighborhoods -- Kendrick Harris, a high school dropout who has been homeless and jobless, has had more pressing things to worry about than the environment. Tiffany Hsu in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Bill seeks to boost state's safeguards against oil spills -- In response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, California lawmakers are looking to strengthen the state's oil spill prevention requirements. Rick Daysog in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10 Peninsula route for high-speed train selected, again -- The state's high-speed trains will run along the Caltrain line on the Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose, and through the Pacheco Pass to the Central Valley, officials decided Thursday. Mike Rosenberg in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/3/10
Half of hospital workers didn’t get flu shots, Consumers Union finds -- Almost half of California hospital workers did not get a flu shot during the 2008-09 flu season, according to records obtained by Consumers Union from the state Department of Public Health. Dan Weintraub HealthyCal.org -- 9/3/10 States get funds to boost oversight of health insurance premiums -- The $1-million grants, which went to all but five states, will help many expand public access to information about rate hikes and hire experts to review proposed charges. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 U.S. employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers -- A new survey shows an average worker with a family plan pays nearly $4,000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn't increased at all. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Millions of young adults to regain parents' health coverage -- Millions of 20-somethings who became uninsured after falling off their parents' health plans can regain coverage soon as a key provision of the federal health care overhaul law takes effect. Bobby Caina Calvan in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/3/10
San Bernardino County deports higher rate of 'non criminal' illegal immigrants -- More than four out of every 10 illegal immigrants deported from San Bernardino County under the federal government's new Secure Communities program did not commit additional crimes before being kicked out, according to figures released by immigration officials. Ryan Hagen in the San Bernardino Sun -- 9/3/10
Workers at L.A. recruiting company indicted in human-trafficking, forced-labor conspiracy -- Employees and the owner of a Los Angeles-based labor-recruiting company were indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Honolulu for allegedly engaging in a human-trafficking conspiracy involving Thai immigrants who were forced to work on farms, the FBI said. Robert J. Lopez in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Brown's office reconsidering motion seeking to send Lisker back to prison -- A spokesman for California Atty. General Jerry Brown said Thursday that his office was reconsidering a move to have a man whose murder conviction was overturned last year sent back to prison on procedural grounds. Matt Lait and Scott Glover in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 PGE report doesn't address health concerns of smart meters -- A much-anticipated study of Pacific Gas and Electric's smart meters concluded that the devices are accurate and not to blame for higher energy bills that were the source of thousands of customer complaints. DEREK MOORE in the Santa Rosa Press -- 9/3/10
White House considering emergency economic stimuli -- The Obama administration is mulling a raft of emergency fixes to stimulate the economy before the midterms, including an extension of the research and development tax credit and new infrastructure spending, according to several people familiar with the situation. GLENN THRUSH Politico -- 9/3/10 President Obama visits Bob Dole at Walter Reed -- When President Barack Obama visited wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier this week, he saw another veteran as well: Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 GOP presidential nominee. MEREDITH SHINER Politico -- 9/3/10 Happy beginning for a White House production -- The launch of new direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders Thursday was the result of a rare flexing of U.S. muscle by President Barack Obama, whose extended hand has left him with fewer opportunities for foreign policy chest thumping than his predecessor had. BEN SMITH Politico -- 9/3/10
The man behind the Sherrod affair -- Andrew Breitbart, whose posting of video clips got a Department of Agriculture official fired, was a liberal Westside child of privilege whose political epiphany transformed him into a conservative. Robin Abcarian in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/3/10 Armey wants to transform congressional GOP -- Dick Armey, the most significant old-school establishment GOP link to the Tea Party, harshly criticized congressional Republicans during an Irvine visit today, and built an argument that a takeover is underway. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 9/3/10 |
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