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Team Whitman tweets about H-P -- Fiorina's former company -- sending jobs out-of-state -- Someone may need to have a little talk about social media and message control. Meg Whitman’s young professionals’ coalition, trying to make the point that California businesses are under siege, has been tweeting a list of corporations that have sent jobs to other states. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Boehner comes to town to raise money for Lungren -- House Minority Leader John Boehner is in Sacramento tonight to attend a fundraiser for Republican Rep. Dan Lungren, one of the Democrats' top targets this November. Rob Hotakainen SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Tattoos are free speech protected by Constitution, U.S. appeals court rules -- Tattoos and the art of tattooing are "forms of pure expression fully protected by the 1st Amendment," a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a challenge to the ban on tattoo parlors in the city of Hermosa Beach. Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Trump offers to buy out investor in NY mosque site -- Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the major investors in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque. DAVID B. CARUSO AP -- 9/9/10 Fla. minister cancels burning of Qurans on 9/11 -- A Christian minister in Florida is canceling plans to burn Qurans on Sept. 11, heeding an international outcry that drew criticism from President Barack Obama and religious and political leaders across the Muslim world. AP -- 9/9/10 Boxer, Fiorina schedule second debate -- Sen. Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina will debate for a second time on Sept. 29 in a radio debate hosted by La Opinion and public radio station KPCC. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Controller: State IOUs on hold until at least October -- California is expected to have sufficient cash in its dwindling treasury to avoid issuing IOUs this month, the state’s controller said in his monthly cash report on Thursday. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert John Myers Capitol Notes weblog Jennifer Chaussee Capitol Weekly -- 9/9/10 Schwarzenegger trip gives boost to California lt. Governor -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Asia trade mission this week gives his hand-picked lieutenant governor a chance to step into the spotlight just two months before the general election. DON THOMPSON AP -- 9/9/10 Brown rips Whitman's jobs plan, defends climate-change law and his decision not to fight for Prop. 8 -- Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown tore into Republican rival Meg Whitman on Thursday morning, accusing the billionaire of having a major conflict of interest concerning her proposal to eliminate state taxes on capital gains. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Jerry Brown debuts radio ad -- The radio spot expands on the earlier ad, touting his time as governor from 1975 to 1983 and playing up his self-professed frugality. Both the radio and TV spots are narrated by longtime Brown ally and actor Peter Coyote. Jack Chang SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Whitman uses Bill Clinton sound bite in new ad attack on Jerry Brown -- In a new ad hitting the airwaves today, Whitman uses footage from a 1992 presidential primary debate between Clinton and Brown. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times Jack Chang SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Chelsea's Law, aimed at sex offenders, now law of the land -- Standing near the parents of two teenage girls killed in San Diego by a convicted sex offender, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that overhauls how the state treats those types of offenders. Marisa Lagos Chronicle Politics Weblog David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 'Enough is enough:' Mailer takes aim at Darrell Steinberg -- Earlier this summer, Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) was attacked by the California Teachers Assn. in a series of mailers and billboards that questioned his commitment to fighting for education funding. Now, another mailer has arrived in the mailboxes of Steinberg’s Sacramento constituents taking aim at the Democratic leader. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Fox: Bravo to the US Chamber's California Campaign -- In 2005, I wrote in a document titled, Creating a Business Friendly California, meant to energize the business community: "To achieve a business friendly California, the business community must speak directly to the voters. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds weblog -- 9/9/10 GOPer David Harmer goes on TV in Pleasanton Congressional race; More bad news for GOPer Dan Lungren -- We know that we're guilty of too often being too MegJerryCarlyBarbara-centric here, but don't sleep on two Northern California Congressional races -- in the Pleasanton area and another around Sacramento. As we've told you recently, both are being targeted nationally as potential seats that could flip. Joe Garofoli Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 9/9/10 Court ruling reaffirms regulation of immigration as federal domain -- A U.S. appeals court overturns a Pennsylvania city's law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants and employers for hiring them. But the matter of who rules on immigration is far from settled. David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10
A 2011 Special Election if Brown Wins? -- There are no scheduled statewide elections next year. But to hear Jerry Brown talk about what he'd do as governor, it sounds as though he's certainly contemplating one -- a special election to help solve the state's seemingly unending budget problems. John Myers Capitol Notes weblog -- 9/9/10 Dems urge Brown to step up fundraising effort -- Jerry Brown, who just began his official run for a third term as California's governor, may need a more aggressive fundraising effort to compete with Republican Meg Whitman, who is mining deep-pocketed donors across the nation, Democratic strategists say. Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/9/10 Brown agrees to Fresno debate, calls for L.A. face-off with Whitman -- Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown agreed Wednesday to a third debate with Republican rival Meg Whitman. The meeting will take place on Oct. 2 at Cal State-Fresno. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 CalBuzz: Puerile Polls, Pennant Races and Pigeon Hearts -- Calbuzz has made no secret that we think the Rasmussen Poll, with its automated calling, God-knows-what sampling technique and conservative bias, is basically crap. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 9/9/10 Four states prepare legal assault on California's climate law -- The attorneys general of at least four states are preparing to sue California if the state’s landmark law limiting greenhouse gas emissions survives a challenge at the ballot box this November. Mark Schapiro California Watch -- 9/9/10 Morain: Oil moguls spend big to gut clean air law -- David and Charles Koch, billionaire oil men from Kansas, can't stop dabbling in California politics. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 Internet poker still in cards at Capitol? -- Proponents say “serious” amendments are being shopped by the intrastate lobby group Poker Voters of America to make palpable the controversy that swirled over state Sen. Rodney Wright's S.B. 1485 bill that stalled in June. Debra Gruszecki in the Desert Sun -- 9/9/10 CNN poll: Boxer holds tiniest edge -- Hot on the heels of yesterday’s poll showing Republican senatorial nominee Carly Fiorina with the slight edge in her statistical dead heat with incumbent U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., comes another poll today showing Boxer with the slight edge. Josh Richman Political Blotter weblog -- 9/9/10 Two California House seats make possible party-switch list -- Two of California's heated congressional contests have been named among the top 60 seats primed to switch party control in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a ranking released today by The National Journal. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Campaign Notebook: Another law enforcement nod for Cooley -- This week’s endorsement of Republican Steve Cooley by the California State Law Enforcement Association will not make or break the attorney general’s race. But it is the latest example of the difficulties Democrat Kamala Harris is having rallying support from rank and file police officers. John Howard and Anthony York in Capitol Weekly -- 9/9/10 Long-time insider James Burton joins California Strategies -- Is California Strategies, the Sacramento political consulting firm that's loaded with former politicians, preparing for Jerry Brown's second governorship? Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Barbara Boxer aide charged with possession of pot -- A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was arrested Tuesday for attempting to bring marijuana into the Hart Senate Office Building, according to U.S. Capitol Police reports. ERIKA LOVLEY Politico -- 9/9/10 FPPC to start posting online public notices of its investigations -- FPPC Chairman Dan Schnur said he wants to use the "megaphone" that comes with heading the state's political watchdog agency to raise the stakes for candidates and campaigns that might be inclined to run astray of political laws in the heat of the election. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Two candidates on two coasts with two similar campaign ads -- A couple of New Yorkers have noticed some similarities between the TV ads for the Democratic attorney general candidate in that state, Kathleen Rice, and the Democratic attorney general candidate in California, Kamala Harris. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Court won't order California to defend Prop. 8 -- California's highest court on Wednesday refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's attorney general to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the state's same-sex marriage ban. The state Supreme Court denied a conservative legal group's request to force the state officials to defend the voter-approved ban. Lisa Leff AP -- 9/9/10 Boehner helps himself by stumping for Denham -- In appearances today in Fresno and Modesto, the Ohio congressman will raise tens of thousands of dollars for his fellow Republican and congressional candidate Jeff Denham. Denham, in turn, hopes to help elevate Boehner to House speaker, a position of real clout. Michael Doyle in the Fresno Bee -- 9/9/10 Orange County church to bless Quran -- A Florida church plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11, but an Irvine church will be blessing the Muslim holy book the next day. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 9/9/10
CalPERS has 'significant concerns' about borrowing idea -- California Public Employees' Retirement System CEO Ann Stausboll sent letters to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders last week expressing the pension system's "significant concerns" about any attempt by the state to borrow $2 billion from the pension system to help solve the state's deficit. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10 Budget +70: Going The Distance? -- No one involved in crafting a new spending plan for state government will say so, but it's starting to feel safe to assume that the 2010 impasse will end up being the longest fiscal fight in California history -- not exactly a feather in the cap of any politician here in Sacramento. John Myers Capitol Notes weblog -- 9/9/10 Schwarzenegger off to Asia despite budget standoff -- It's unlikely the state budget would get done in the next six days even if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did stick around. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 Schwarzenegger Heads to Asia for Promotional Tour -- With California's economy stuck in a rut, no sign of a deal to solve the state's $19 billion budget deficit and his own approval ratings at an all-time low, who could blame Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for wanting to get out of town? JULIET WILLIAMS AP -- 9/9/10 Budget, hundreds of bills remain unfinished -- As Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prepares to head out for a week-long trade mission to Japan, China and South Korea, he leaves behind an impressive amount of work. Jennifer Chaussee in Capitol Weekly -- 9/9/10
Schwarzenegger's furlough case could turn on lawmakers' role -- California's epic legal battle over state worker furloughs reached California's Supreme Court on Wednesday, with some justices focused on whether the Democratic-controlled Legislature tacitly agreed to the controversial unpaid days off for 200,000 employees. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 Schwarzenegger's furlough, veto powers get day in court -- The California Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on two cases probing the bounds of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's authority: whether he can furlough state workers by executive order, and whether he can use his line-item veto power on midyear emergency budget cuts. Josh Richman in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/9/10 California high court leans toward furlough OK -- The California Supreme Court appeared inclined Wednesday to uphold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "furlough Friday" orders that have idled 200,000 state employees and shut down state agencies for three days a month. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/9/10 Is Chiang hedging his bets on furloughs? -- Name the source of this quote from Wednesday's California Supreme Court hearing on the (il)legality of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's state worker furloughs: Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 California preparing bid to host 2020 World Expo in Silicon Valley -- But the real news of the day never made the conference: California is preparing a bid to host the 2020 world's fair in Silicon Valley. Patrick May in the San Jose Mercury Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/9/10 Rancho Cordova energy firm to add 150 jobs with $30 million in stimulus funding -- The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday selected Clean Energy Systems Inc. of Rancho Cordova for the stimulus money for its work on zero-emission power plant technology. Rick Daysog in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10
California charter schools grow in popularity -- Paul Preston sat in a conference room last Tuesday afternoon talking to a couple considering moving their son from River City High School to the California College, Career & Technical Education Center in West Sacramento. Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 Fensterwald: Wading through data on student spending -- Does California’s school spending rank 28th or 43rd among the states? It depends if you factor in the relative cost of labor. California’s per capita K-12 spending was above the national average, but its spending per student was $591 below the national average. Can both be true? Yes. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 9/9/10 Two Long Beach schools teaching algebra with iPads -- Need to learn algebra? There's an app for that, as a group of students at Washington Middle and Hudson K-8 schools found out Wednesday. Kevin Butler in the Long Beach Press -- 9/9/10 EdSource report weighs in on school finance debate -- The California Teachers Association and other advocates of higher spending on public schools often complain that California is at or near the bottom in per-pupil spending, compared to other states. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/9/10
California takes new look at diesel rules -- California’s air-quality enforcers dramatically overstated the impact of soot from diesel construction equipment, at least in part because the state’s abrupt economic decline idled thousands of vehicles. John Howard in Capitol Weekly -- 9/9/10
Schwarzenegger weighs two bills to boost insurance regulation -- California lawmakers last month rejected a bill that would have subjected health insurance companies to the same kind of regulation that auto insurers now face, requiring them to get prior approval from the state when they want to raise their rates. But it is pretty clear that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would have vetoed that bill anyway. Dan Weintraub HealthyCal.org -- 9/9/10 U.S. healthcare costs projected to continue to climb -- By covering more Americans under the healthcare overhaul, costs will increase over the next decade, but not substantially more than if the law had not been enacted, an independent government analysis finds. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 State falls six months behind reporting on infection control -- The state department that is more than six months late in publicly reporting about health worker flu vaccines has also failed to publicly report other hospital infection-related data called for in a 2006 law. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 9/9/10
Report: Illegal population to soar if birthright citizenship repealed -- As the debate heats up over automatic citizenship for those born in the U.S., a report released Wednesday states that doing away with birthright citizenship would spark a rise in the population of those who are in the country illegally. CINDY CARCAMO in the Orange County Register Joanna Lin California Watch -- 9/9/10
Vernon officials enjoyed first-class travel, luxury hotels and limo service -- all at city expense -- Top administrators in the city of Vernon, already among the highest-paid local officials in the state, racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars on first-class flights, rooms at luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton and limousine service paid for by the city, records reviewed by The Times show. Sam Allen and Hector Becerra in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 California marijuana debate resonates in Mexico -- A debate about legalizing marijuana and possibly other drugs – once a taboo suggestion – is percolating in Mexico, a nation exhausted by runaway violence and a deadly drug war. Tim Johnson in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10 75 Silicon Valley leaders endorse A's move to San Jose -- In a show of unity and a flexing of the region's political and economic might, 75 Silicon Valley CEOs have signed a letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig urging the timely approval of moving the Oakland A's to San Jose. Tracy Seipel in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/9/10 Saunders: Spare Quran, save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani -- A Florida pastor's plan to burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11 is a breathtakingly dumb idea. It's bad for the country. As Gen. David Petraeus warned, this illiterate's stunt could incite violence against U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/9/10 Thai workers describe being lured into slavery in U.S. -- More than two dozen Thai farmworkers lined up in front of the Wat Thai Buddhist temple in Sun Valley on Wednesday, flanked by the compound's two giant guardian statues but still so frightened of retaliation that they masked their faces with sunglasses, baseball caps and traditional Thai scarves. Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/9/10 Sacramento Mayor Johnson puts his heart into D.C. campaigning -- Some might think it odd that the mayor of Sacramento would spend time campaigning for the mayor of a city 2,700 miles away. Ah, but Kevin Johnson is in love. Ryan Lillis in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/9/10
Obama takes aim at Republican policies -- President Obama laid out a sweeping argument for retaining Democrats and punishing Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, calling on voters Wednesday to reject economic policies advanced by the GOP that he said favor millionaires at the expense of struggling families. Peter Nicholas and Christi Parsons in the Los Angeles Times HELENE COOPER and JACKIE CALMES in the New York Times -- 9/9/10
Wall Street fills coffers of top GOP candidates -- Between February and June, financial, insurance and real estate interests contributed heavily to five Senate Republican candidates: Ohio's Rob Portman ($820,000), Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey ($728,000), California's Carly Fiorina ($650,000), Illinois' Mark Kirk ($618,000) and Florida's Marco Rubio ($613,000), according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. Silla Brush and Sean J. Miller The Hill -- 9/9/10 Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck 9/11 tickets start at $65 -- Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck are inviting supporters to join them in commemorating Sept. 11 at an event in Anchorage, Alaska — with tickets running from $65 to $115 per person and a choice of seating in a “dry section” or a “wet section” where alcohol will be available to those 21 and over. The ticket prices don’t include an added Ticketmaster convenience charge of at least $8.25 each. ANDY BARR Politico -- 9/9/10 Republicans privately plot John Boehner-run House -- House Republicans have held a series of private discussions to plot their first moves if they win the majority in November — with plans to use spending bills and subpoenas to rein in President Barack Obama and satiate their own ravenous base. MIKE ALLEN & JIM VANDEHEI Politico -- 9/9/10 |
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