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Whitman says her former housekeeper should be deported -- As Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman tours parts of California that have traditionally been receptive to GOP candidates, she's also appealing directly to conservative TV audiences, hoping to fire up her party's base. Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Whistleblower: Cooley's office slow to act on Bell corruption -- Campaigning for higher office, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley touts his crackdown on Bell city officials for alleged public corruption -- but a whistleblower says he complained more than a year before prosecutors took action. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 Fiorina: Rest of stimulus should go to pay down national debt -- Back on the campaign trail in Sacramento after treatment for an infection, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said today that unspent federal stimulus money should be used to pay down the national debt. Susan Ferriss SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 Lee Majors or Mike Murphy: One of these is "The Six Million Dollar Man" -- We told you the other day that the buzz from Maria Shriver's Women's Conference was pretty loud regarding one GOP political consultant working in California these days -- Mike Murphy. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics -- 10/28/10 Barbara Boxer skips questions, sticks to 'jobs, jobs, jobs' -- Sen. Barbara Boxer pounded on her campaign themes of job creation and protection of the environment at a campaign stop in Sacramento on Thursday, breezing through an event at a clean-energy company's warehouse without taking questions from the media that might distract from her message. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Bill Clinton pushed Kendrick Meek to quit Florida race -- Bill Clinton sought to persuade Rep. Kendrick Meek to drop out of the race for Senate during a trip to Florida last week — and nearly succeeded. BEN SMITH Politico -- 10/28/10 Prop. 19 buys ads on ‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert’ -- For those who’d wondered how advocates for Proposition 19 would spend the cool million that billionaire financier George Soros dropped on them Tuesday, just watch Comedy Central’s popular Daily Show and Colbert Report programs for the next few days. Josh Richman Political Blotter Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 Trailing in the polls, Meg Whitman scorns the pollsters -- With time running out on her $141-million investment, Whitman has taken to going on the offensive, blaming bad polling while expressing confidence that the race for governor remains close. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Carly Fiorina resumes her campaign, telling supporters: 'I feel great' -- After a two-day absence from the campaign trail due to an infection, Republican Senate candidate Carly Fiorina on Thursday was greeted by about 80 cheering supporters chanting "Back to Win" at an event outside of Sacramento. Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Jones backers drop more cash in insurance commissioner race -- An independent committee backing Democratic insurance commissioner nominee Dave Jones is ramping up its spending in the final days of the election. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 Who holds a campaign event DURING Game 2: Giants fan Meg Whitman -- Fresh off of her World Series panderbet of a San Diego-made surfboard, GOP guv candidate/self-proclaimed Giants fan Meg Whitman-- who is "rooting for them every day" -- has scheduled a campaign event for 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Walnut Creek. Joe Garofoli Chronicle Politics -- 10/28/10 Democrats spend to secure posthumous win in Senate district -- It might not seem unusual for the state Democratic Party to shower a district with mail pieces promoting an incumbent member one week before Election Day. But one member for whom they are now spending, Democratic Sen. Jenny Oropeza, died unexpectedly last week at age 53. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10
Brown opens 10-point lead over Whitman in Field Poll -- With less than a week left before Election Day, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has opened a 10-percentage-point lead over Republican Meg Whitman on the strength of growing support from Latinos, women and independent voters, according to the latest Field Poll released Wednesday. Jack Chang in the Sacramento Bee Carla Marinucci, Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/28/10 Whitman ends campaign by lashing out at media, Brown -- She insists that the race is closer than a recent Times/USC poll showed, as her ads shift to a softer-focus characterization of the former EBay chief. Seema Mehta and Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Whitman Banks on Big Ground Game -- Volunteers for Republican Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor are calling voters in Farsi, Korean and two Chinese dialects. They are canvassing Latino voters in East Los Angeles. STU WOO and NAFTALI BENDAVID in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/28/10 Negative ad debate now fodder for Jerry Brown ad -- In a bit of rhetorical yoga, it features Brown pledging to pull all negative ads in yesterday's Women Conference and Whitman refusing to do so. It might not be negative, but it's nasty. Jack Chang SacBee Capitol Alert Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Skelton: Whitman's arsenal lacks an ad lib -- Sharing the stage with Brown at the Women's Conference, she needed to put her script aside. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 CalBuzz: Field Poll: Why Brown is Ahead, Willing to Go Positive -- Gaining hugely among women, independents, and Latinos in the past month, Democrat Jerry Brown now leads Republican Meg Whitman 49-39% among likely voters in the governor’s race, according to the authoritative Field Poll – widely regarded as the most accurate political survey in California. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 10/28/10 Whitman and women: How gender plays in the campaign -- Women will make up the majority of likely voters in this year’s election – about 51 percent to 49 percent, by most estimates - and Democratic contender Jerry Brown has the bulk of their support. Jennifer Chaussee in Capitol Weekly -- 10/28/10 Whitman makes governor’s bet on World Series -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s World Series bet is not with his California counterpart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but with GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 10/28/10 Jerry Brown: 'The Most Interesting Man In California,' According to Ad -- A new ad hit the Web late Wednesday: "When reporters interview him, they are known to get lost in his piercing brown eyes," a narrator intones. "He once balanced the state budget with only a stern look." Christopher Weber Politics Daily -- 10/28/10 Fiorina out of hospital, will return to campaign today -- GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina was released from a hospital Wednesday and will resume campaigning today, her campaign announced. Rob Hotakainen in the Sacramento Bee Maeve Reston and Amina Khan in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Did Steve Cooley's office neglect Bell probe? -- Three Bell police officers say they met secretly with investigators in April 2009 to reveal misconduct, but the L.A. County prosecutors 'didn't think it was a big deal.' Paul Pringle in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Environment up for discussion in California attorney general race -- Democrat Kamala Harris accuses Steve Cooley of lacking political courage for not joining her in opposing the ballot measure to suspend California's crackdown on greenhouse gas emissions. Cooley blasts the San Francisco district attorney as a political idealogue and vows to defend whatever position voters take on Proposition 23. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Redistricting: Tense political leaders watch, wait -- By the campaign-cash standards of 2010, the battle over redistricting is small beer – perhaps $20 million total. John Howard in Capitol Weekly -- 10/28/10 Schwarzenegger calls members of Congress 'wimps' -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called members of Congress "wimps" for failing to stand up to pressure from oil companies. Schwarzenegger said he hoped the defeat of Proposition 23 in California Tuesday would have national political consequences for Big Oil. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Director Cameron joins anti-Prop. 23 campaign -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzegger and Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron unveiled a new online advertisement Wednesday urging voters to oppose a rollback of the state's climate change law. Rick Daysog in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Saunders: Prop. 23 puts jobs before wishful thinking -- I love this quote from clean-tech exec Eric Dresselhuys to The Chronicle's David R. Baker: "If California isn't leading the charge on implementing these technologies, why be here? Do you want to be here for the high taxes, the high cost of living? Right now, you want to be here because California is where the action is." Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/28/10 Ad Watch: Anti-Prop. 19 spot distorts its impact -- A radio ad against Proposition 19 paid for by the California Chamber of Commerce's Business PAC depicts a stoned California work force. Peter Hecht in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Club for Growth IE now targeting Dem Jerry McNerney, trolling for donations -- If there's any more evidence needed that Republicans nationally are aggressively targeting Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney's East Bay CD-11 seat as a strong possible pickup, check out the urgent fundraising appeal we just got...on behalf of a Washington-based independent expenditure group. Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics -- 10/28/10 Marijuana Web Names Snapped Up, in Case of Legalization -- It was just about a year ago that Kevin Faler came up with his get-rich-quick marijuana scheme. MALIA WOLLAN in the New York Times -- 10/28/10 Fiscal Strains Crowd Out Social Issues -- Many Bay Area political candidates, at odds with their opponents on so many issues, are grappling with the same political balancing act: how to show they can repair local economies and plug budget deficits without upending services too much. VAUHINI VARA in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/27/10 Many Votes, Many Headaches -- Rolling out elections in the Bay Area has its idiosyncrasies. BOBBY WHITE in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/28/10 Strickland mailer misleads over CalPERS crack down -- Republican Tony Strickland’s campaign for state controller has stuffed voter mailboxes with a mailer accusing incumbent Controller John Chiang, a Democrat, of not doing enough to stave off corruption at CalPERS, the state’s giant pension fund, on whose board Chiang sits. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Black Republican Star Parker takes on Laura Richardson -- In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Star Parker had a routine. She would drop her daughter off at a government-funded day care center, then head out to Venice Beach and do drugs all day. Then she’d come back and get her daughter in the afternoon. Three decades later, she’s a Sarah Palin-endorsed candidate for Congress. Malcolm Maclachlan in Capitol Weekly -- 10/28/10 GOP slugfest at center stage in race to replace Cox -- In the blue state of California, a Republican stronghold east of Sacramento has been buffeted by a fierce GOP internal battle for hearts, minds and votes. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Man charged with making threats to candidate Barbara Alby -- A Carmichael man is being held in Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of threatening Republican Barbara Alby, an acting member of the state Board of Equalization who's running in the 1st Senate District special election. Susan Ferriss SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 In or out? The complex rules of political residency -- Sen. Rod Wright, Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon, Assemblyman Jim Nielsen and candidate Andy Pugno. All four have been charged by political opponents with not living in the district where they are running for office. But Wright and Alarcon potentially face prison time and the end of their once-illustrious political careers. Malcolm Maclachlan in Capitol Weekly -- 10/28/10 Tim Donnelly's Revolution -- Tea Party newcomer wants Legislature to adopt Arizona immigration law. Gene Maddaus in LA Weekly -- 10/28/10 Morain: Prison officers union has had a steep fall -- In 1990 and 1998, the union that represents California's 31,000 prison officers could rightly lay claim to helping elect Republican Gov. Pete Wilson and Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. They, in turn, helped make California correctional officers the highest-paid in the nation. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Voters to decide fate of three for California Supreme Court -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye as chief justice in July, and voters will determine if she should begin her tenure in January. Associate Justices Ming W. Chin and Carlos R. Moreno are seeking new terms on the court. Denny Walsh in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 GOP's Don Quixote tilts at the biggest windmill in San Francisco -- Republican John Dennis is challenging Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying he wants the U.S. out of Iraq and Afghanistan, and calling the Patriot Act an assault on individual freedom. Scott Kraft in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 California audit questions documentation of contract work on high-speed rail project -- However, the inspector general's office said management of the rail agency is improving under new Chief Executive Roelof van Ark. Dan Weikel in the Los Angeles Times Andrew Galvin in the Orange County Register Chase Davis California Watch -- 10/28/10 Orange County Treasurer tries to waive $371,000 in penalties for mall owner -- Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Chriss Street tried to waive $371,072 in late penalties last March for the owner of the Brea Mall, but backed down after his staff protested, according to documents obtained by the Orange County Register. Tony Saavedra in the Orange County Register -- 10/28/10 Four current, former Irwindale officials accused of misspending city money on lavish New York trips -- Prosecutors say the four, including Councilman Mark Breceda, dined at costly restaurants and attended Broadway shows. The tab for five trips came to $205,678. Jessica Garrison and Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10
Gray Davis: Expect another special election next year -- Former Gov. Gray Davis, no stranger to special elections after being recalled in 2003, speculated Wednesday that California would face a special ballot issues election next spring. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/10 Pension reform holdouts wait for next governor -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hopes agreements to increase worker payments toward their pensions will save the state $800 million this year, but unions representing nearly a third of the organized state workforce may be waiting for the next governor. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 10/28/10 Small but costly juvenile rehab program awaits fate -- The drastic decline in the population of the California Youth Authority is one of the great success stories in the state's mostly abortive attempts to reform its criminal justice system. Louis Freedberg California Watch -- 10/28/10
Bay Area transit agencies turn to voters to finance road repairs -- Voters in Contra Costa, Alameda and five other Bay Area counties will decide Tuesday whether to create a new source of public money to fill potholes: an additional $10 fee on annual car registrations. Denis Cuff in the Oakland Tribune -- 10/28/10
How California lost $550 million in stimulus funds -- One could argue that California walked away from $550 million in stimulus money meant to benefit low-wage workers and businesses. One could also argue, though, that the federal government held the equivalent of a door-buster sale advertising $50 televisions without supplying enough televisions to meet demand. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 10/28/10 Outcome on Proposition 23 Could Sway Venture Funds -- Many Silicon Valley venture capitalists are anxiously awaiting Tuesday's vote on Proposition 23, a ballot initiative seeking to suspend the state's landmark greenhouse-gas law. VAUHINI VARA in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/28/10 Villaraigosa asks council to cut health and pension benefits for new workers -- As part of a broad pension reform plan, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a proposal Wednesday to cut costs in pensions and retiree healthcare costs for newly hired civilian city workers. Patrick J. McDonnell in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 SF Giants cash registers fill with playoff wins -- The San Francisco Giants were braced to lose $4 million to $5 million before their playoff run began. Now, thanks to their postseason success, they stand to end the year $7 million to $10 million in the black, according to team sources. Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/28/10 Wells Fargo erred in thousands of foreclosures -- Wells Fargo admitted Wednesday it made mistakes in the paperwork for thousands of foreclosure cases and promised to fix them. ALAN ZIBEL AP -- 10/28/10 Chinese Supercomputer Wrests Title From U.S. -- A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China bragging rights as a technology superpower. ASHLEE VANCE in the New York Times -- 10/28/10
L.A. Unified school-building program was full of conflicts of interest, audit says -- The independent review, which found that most problems were eliminated after 2006, discovered 225 instances in which consultant hiring panels included people from the same company as the applicant. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/10 Fensterwald: State NAACP endorses ‘parent trigger’ -- Taking a different tack on school reform from the national headquarters, the California chapter of the NAACP adopted a resolution endorsing the “parent trigger” at its state convention last weekend. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 10/28/10 Net cost of college tuition and fees lower than in 2005, report says -- A new report from the College Board might prompt a different sort of sticker shock: The net price of college tuition and fees, after factoring in student aid and inflation, is actually lower now than five years ago. Daniel de Vise in the Washington Post -- 10/28/10
GM's 2011 Volt buyers won't get $3,000 rebate from California -- General Motors opted to certify 2011 model year Volts as so-called ultra-low emission vehicles for sale in California with state regulators. To qualify the Volt for the $3,000 rebate, GM needs to get several higher certifications from the California Air Resources Board. GM said it plans to do that for the 2012 model. David Welch and Alan Ohnsman Bloomberg -- 10/28/10
Insurance program to disenroll children because of funding cut -- Heavy cuts in funding are forcing an insurance program for local low-income children to disenroll 680 youths ages 6 to 18 from coverage by Sunday. Matt Kawahara in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/28/10 Study finds more fructose than expected in soda sweetened with corn syrup -- An intriguing study of the sugar content of popular soft drinks to be published Wednesday suggests that soda often contains more fructose than commonly believed, and fountain drinks at fast food restaurants have more sugar than advertised on nutrition content disclosures. Dan Weintraub HealthyCal.org -- 10/28/10 Stanford University opens new stem cell building, bucking federal restrictions -- Across the nation, embryonic stem cells live in legal limbo, their fate uncertain with a lawsuit challenging public funding for research. Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/28/10
Are state prisons following pregnancy-care policies? -- Despite record numbers of incarcerated women, many states' policies are harmful to pregnant and parenting women, according to a new report by the Rebecca Project for Human Rights and the National Women's Law Center. California received an overall B grade on the report card, placing it among the top five states. Kendall Taggart California Watch -- 10/28/10 Reagan park no easy sell, even in Newport -- Despite boasting one of Orange County's most pro-Republican environments, Newport Beach isn't welcoming plans to name a park after President Ronald Reagan, underscoring the risks of bringing partisan matters into local government. JEFF OVERLEY in the Orange County Register -- 10/28/10
Coalition for Obama Split by Drift to G.O.P., Poll Finds -- Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. JIM RUTENBERG and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN in the New York Times -- 10/28/10 In ‘Daily Show’ Visit, Obama Defends Record -- If you are president of the United States and you take your campaign get-out-the-vote blitz to a fake news program, do you get tweaked, or do you get a pass? SHERYL GAY STOLBERG in the New York Times Hank Stuever in the Washington Post -- 10/28/10
Tea party antics could end up burning Republicans -- The tea party's volatile influence on this election year appears to be doing more harm than good for Republicans' chances in some of the closest races in the nation, in which little-known candidates who upset the establishment with primary wins are now stumbling in the campaign's final days. Amy Gardner in the Washington Post -- 10/28/10 Tea party's Judson Phillips defends essay attacking congressman for being Muslim -- The founder of one of the country's most prominent tea party organizations said in an interview Wednesday that he stands by an Internet column in which he urged the defeat of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat, because he is Muslim. Amy Gardner in the Washington Post -- 10/28/10 |
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