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Jerry vs. Meg: Tax Return Standoff -- It appears that, for the first time in more than a quarter century, California voters won't have access to information about the personal finances of their next governor. John Myers Capitol Notes weblog -- 10/14/10 Hitting her $140 million mark, Meg Whitman has blown past her original $50 million estimate -- by a longshot -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's latest contribution to her campaign of $20 million puts her total personal investment at $141.5 million -- nearly three times the figure she originally estimated in the press. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics Weblog -- 10/14/10 Hollywood heavyweights to raise money for Brown -- Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown will be the beneficiary of a star-studded fund-raiser Thursday at an exclusive West Hollywood social club. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 State adopts new rules on campaign finance disclosure -- Campaigns face broader requirements to disclose who is behind political ads and mailers in California after action Thursday by the state's Fair Political Practices Commission. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Schwarzenegger, from London, tweets on gov race dust-up -- Being more than 5,000 miles away from the Golden State hasn't stopped Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from weighing in on a recent slip of the tongue creating a stir in the gubernatorial contest. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/14/10 Fox: Will National Political Trends Affect California's Election? The key word for this upcoming election is: TURNOUT. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds weblog -- 10/14/10 Steve Cooley gets funding boost from law enforcement organizations -- Three major law enforcement organizations have opened their wallets to boost Republican Steve Cooley's campaign for attorney general. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Obama to rally Democrats at USC on Oct. 22 -- Hoping to motivate Democratic voters, President Obama will headline a rally at USC on Oct. 22, according to a source with the Democratic National Committee. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10
The stump's getting crowded as national figures flock to boost California candidates -- Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin and John McCain are among the luminaries slated to campaign for the state's tight gubernatorial and Senate races as election day nears. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Jerry Brown's charter schools a work in progress -- When Meg Whitman accuses Jerry Brown of failing Oakland's schools, he typically mentions the two charter schools he started and says they are doing "quite well" or are "very, very successful." David Siders in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/10 Skelton: Debates have brought Whitman and Brown into sharp contrast -- Voters should know enough about the candidates by now to make up their minds. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 NOW backs off Brown demand -- The National Organization for Women on Wednesday called on Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown to fire the supposed aide who suggested the campaign call Republican Meg Whitman a "whore." Hours later, however, they backed away from that position, calling the incident "a teachable moment." ANDY BARR Politico -- 10/14/10 Meg Whitman pumps in $20M more -- The latest contribution was made Tuesday night while much of the political press corps was focused on her heated debate with her Democratic opponent Jerry Brown, a source told POLITICO. ANDY BARR Politico -- 10/14/10 Brown's new ad focuses on newspaper endorsements -- Jerry Brown released a new campaign ad Wednesday, focusing on what it calls Meg Whitman's "loose relationship with the truth." Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Morain: Brown repeatedly inserts foot in mouth over slur issue -- Until Jerry Brown came along, Trice Harvey had offered the worst apology for calling someone a "whore" – and ole Trice wasn't trying to be sincere. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/10 CalBuzz: Excloo: Inside Labor’s Bid to Boost Latino Turnout -- A coalition of Southern California and Central Valley labor groups plans to spend $2.5 million over the next three weeks on a coordinated, Spanish language multi-media campaign to boost turnout among occasional Latino voters for the Nov. 2 election. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 10/14/10 State lawmakers set hearing on pay for local officials -- State lawmakers will be in Santa Ana on Oct. 20 for a hearing on whether more disclosure should be required of salaries and benefits received by government officials in response to the Bell pay scandal. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Legal fight looms over control of Bell -- California is to move against the city in court after negotiations aimed at installing an outside monitor break down. Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Investor groups balk at oil companies' support of Prop. 23 -- Shareholder organizations are expected to offer resolutions challenging L.A.'s Occidental Petroleum and two Texas firms over their contributions to the campaign to suspend California's emissions law. Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 California insurance commissioner to gain more power from federal healthcare law -- One of the candidates — Democrat Dave Jones or Republican Mike Villines — will have a chance to set up state programs as part of the healthcare overhaul. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Few Inland Republicans support pension bill -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger soon will sign legislation that rolls back retirement benefits for state workers, achieving a years-long goal after he and the Legislature's Republican caucuses demanded pension changes as part of any budget agreement. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 10/14/10 Adwatch: Newsom ad discounts Maldonado positions on offshore drilling -- Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Gavin Newsom is running a TV ad criticizing Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado on his environmental record. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/10 GOP challenger Dunn debates incumbent Secretary of State Bowen -- Republican challenger Damon Dunn threw some verbal punches at incumbent Secretary of State Debra Bowen in an hourlong debate Wednesday – but there were no knockdowns. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/10 In race for insurance commissioner, unions playing key role -- Few statewide political jobs in California are more important – or more poorly understood – than that of state Insurance Commissioner. John Howard in Capitol Weekly -- 10/14/10 Blakeslee carving a moderate path? -- Former Assembly GOP Leader Sam Blakeslee took over one of the most moderate districts in the state when he won an August special election to replace Abel Maldonado in the 15th Senate District. Malcolm Maclachlan in Capitol Weekly -- 10/14/10 Saunders: Big-bucks Whitman versus bike-lane Brown -- Californians do not face an easy choice in the race for governor - as was clear in Tuesday night's debate at Dominican University in San Rafael. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/14/10
Steinberg says he will try to restore Schwarzenegger's budget cuts -- The state Senate leader says the nearly $1 billion in social services cuts will be his first priority after a new governor takes office next year. He calls the cuts 'unconscionable.' Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times Kevin Yamamura in the Sacramento Bee Araceli Martinez La Opinión Translated by Google Translate (good, but not perfect). -- 10/14/10 Behind the scenes: The fight over freeway advertising -- But there was grumbling in the Capitol that Schwarzenegger deliberately cut deeply into the spending plan because there were items unrelated to the budget that Schwarzenegger wanted approved – and lawmakers failed to pass them. Anthony York in Capitol Weekly -- 10/14/10
L.A. DWP can't cover retirement cost of workers hired from other city agencies -- The transfer of 1,600 city workers facing layoffs and furloughs to the utility has created a $183-million pension burden. DWP tried to suspend full pension coverage, but the City Council vetoed its plan. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Life as a hotel housekeeper in L.A. -- For about $13.60 an hour, Amelia Acosta cleans 15 guest rooms a day at the Westin Bonaventure. She's one of 861,000 people who work in tourism in Southern California, the region's largest industry. Hugo Martín in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Livermore Lab retirees demand University of California health benefits -- Four former employees of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory whose retiree medical benefits changed after the lab's management changed in 2007 are suing the UC Board of Regents, saying they have a right to the university-provided medical benefits they were promised. Erica Perez California Watch -- 10/14/10
L.A. Unified settlement of lawsuit mushroomed into assault on long-held district practices -- An effort to lessen layoffs at three middle schools became a vehicle to propel fundamental changes, such as requiring layoffs at the same rate campus by campus. It also sidestepped teachers union resistance. Howard Blume and Jason Song in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Many see a clean slate in Friday's inauguration of USC president -- Max Nikias was praised on campus and off for his swift, firm response to this summer's NCAA sanctions. The athletics controversy still looms, but is not dampening his ambitious goals for the university. Larry Gordon in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Fensterwald: Scant talk of schools in three debates -- So what did California voters learn about the candidates’ views on education from three gubernatorial debates? John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 10/14/10 How snake oil entered the curriculum for California nurses -- A group in Los Angeles launched a campaign to embarrass the Board of Registered Nursing for approving continuing education classes that teach the art of moving furniture, the practice of seeing connections in meaningless data and, of course, the use of Chinese Shyu, or snake oil. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 10/14/10
Proposal to Restore Delta Bogs Down -- Fixing one of the Bay Area's crucial hydrological resources will take more time—again. ROBERT A. GUTH in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/13/10
High levels of lead found in kids' products at Walmart, Target -- Lab tests showed high levels of lead in children's products sold at Walmart and Target, an Oakland-based environmental group said yesterday. Joanna Lin California Watch -- 10/14/10 52 arrested in sweeping Medicare fraud case -- The defendants, largely from L.A. and New York, allegedly are part of an Armenian organized crime outfit. Feds say they stole doctors' and patients' identities and submitted $160 million in bogus claims. Scott Glover in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10 Anthem Blue Cross parent accused of misrepresenting cancellation practices -- Los Angeles city attorney's office says WellPoint misled the public earlier this year when it denied reports that it targeted women with breast cancer for cancellation of health insurance. Duke Helfand in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/14/10
Law firm tied to Sacramento lobbyist pays $550,000 to settle pension probe -- A national law firm tied to Darius Anderson, a prominent Sacramento lobbyist and fundraiser, has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a probe of pension fund corruption at CalPERS and two New York retirement funds. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/10
Michelle Obama raises cash, enthusiasm in Milwaukee -- Michelle Obama’s East Wing staff suggested she would take it slow once she started campaigning, emphasizing her nonpolitical “mom-in-chief” role and her noncontroversial fight against childhood obesity. GLENN THRUSH & KENDRA MARR Politico -- 10/14/10
Boehner a rubber stamp for Pelosi? -- It’s an attack ad that writes itself: The House Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner (Ohio), votes with liberal Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) a majority of the time. Russell Berman The Hill -- 10/14/10
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