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Issa plans hundreds of hearings -- California Rep. Darrell Issa is already eyeing a massive expansion of oversight for next year, including hundreds of hearings; creating new subcommittees; and launching fresh investigations into the bank bailout, the stimulus and, potentially, health care reform. JAKE SHERMAN & RICHARD E. COHEN Politico -- 11/8/10 Cooley’s lead widens, but Harris isn’t worried -- Republican Steve Cooley’s lead over Democrat Kamala Harris in the race for state attorney general has widened to 44,058 votes, or half a percentage point of all those cast, according to the secretary of state’s latest update at 9:14 a.m. this morning. But Harris’ campaign warns against drawing any conclusions from the daily changes in the vote count. Josh Richman Political Blotter -- 11/8/10 University of California proposing 8 percent tuition hike -- The University of California system is preparing to raise undergraduate tuition by $822 next fall, an 8 percent hike that will bring the average cost at the 10 campuses to $12,150. Matt Krupnick in the Contra Costa Times Laurel Rosenhall in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/8/10 California job growth could turn positive, indicator says -- Construction The pace of job creation in California should pick up in the fourth quarter of this year, according to an indicator out Monday from the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economy Research at Chapman University. Alana Semuels in the Los Angeles Times Mary Ann Milbourn in the Orange County Register -- 11/8/10 Rep. Sanchez extends lead; other races tight -- Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez extended her lead over Republican Van Tran over the weekend as election officials continued to work through thousands of uncounted ballots. DOUG IRVING and DEEPA BHARATH in the Orange County Register -- 11/8/10 Mungers were biggest ballot measure spenders -- Stanford physicist Charles Munger Jr. and his wife were the largest contributors to campaigns for and against nine statewide ballot measures whose fate was decided last week, according to MAPLigfht.org, a Berkeley campaign research organization. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/8/10 High court declines to get involved now in health care overhaul fight -- To no one's surprise, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the first constitutional challenge to the sweeping health care reform effort championed by President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress. Bill Mears CNN -- 11/8/10 Lazarus: Health insurers sit pretty at their customers' expense -- 'People aren't getting the care they need because they have to pay more out of pocket,' says the president of Consumer Watchdog. David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 La Opinión: New Latinos are going to Sacramento -- Nine Latinos join the legislature starting in December and could be up to 10 if the Latino caucus allows Susan Bonilla , the new Democratic Assemblyman Martínez , be part of the group. Araceli Martínez Ortega La Opinión -- 11/8/10 Translated by Google (good, but not perfect). Joe Biden agrees to Issa sit-down -- Vice President Joe Biden has agreed to a sit-down to discuss the 2009 economic stimulus with incoming Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, the subpoena-wielding foil for Democrats who worry the new House GOP leadership will be all too eager to conduct political investigations. JONATHAN ALLEN Politico -- 11/8/10 State, County Act to Save Child Care Program -- A scramble is underway in the state capitol and California counties to prevent the loss of child care for 60,000 parents trying to work their way off of government aid. Trey Bundy Bay Citizen -- 11/8/10 Brown, Whitman say thanks -- With the gubernatorial campaign in the books, both the victor, Jerry Brown, and the loser, Meg Whitman, are thanking their supporters on YouTube. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/8/10 Kamala Harris-Steve Cooley race could affect Prop. 8 -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, who now trails Republican Steve Cooley in their lead-changing race as thousands of late ballots are being counted, opposed Prop. 8 and backed outgoing AG Jerry Brown's decision not to defend it in court. Bob Egelko Chronicle Politics -- 11/8/10 Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to 'The Tonight Show' -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno on Monday, the site of his famous announcement more than seven years ago that he would run for governor. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/8/10 Barbara Lee enters leadership fray -- With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to stay in Congress and run for minority leader of the vanquished House Dems, a leadership fracas has begun one step below her. (Dems have one less leadership spot now that they are the minority, opening a game of musical chairs.) Carolyn Lochhead Chronicle Politics -- 11/8/10 In leadership fight, money talks: Ousted leader, new one both were generous -- On Oct. 1, then-Assembly Republican leader Martin Garrick, R-Carlsbad, made a $3,900 donation to Kristin Olsen, the Republican candidate in the 25th Assembly District. Olsen was the only candidate on the ballot. She had no opponent. Malcolm Maclachlan in Capitol Weekly -- 11/8/10 Fox: What now for Meg and her Money? -- Another wealthy candidate has failed to gain political office in California and you have to wonder what Meg Whitman will do now when it comes to politics and public affairs. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds weblog -- 11/8/10 Schrag: Sticking it to the Schools Suck Industry -- John Mockler has rarely been timid in his opinions about education policy. Peter Schrag Cal Progress Report -- 11/8/10
Cooley's lead in attorney general widens Sunday -- Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley widened his lead in the race for California attorney general, and now leads his Democratic rival, San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris, by 26,455 votes, according to the latest statewide figures. David Lauter in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Mike Murphy: 'Blue riptide' pulled Meg Whitman under amid GOP wave -- Mike Murphy, chief strategist to Meg Whitman, blamed public-employee unions and California's status as "a very blue state" for the GOP gubernatorial candidate's loss to Democrat Jerry Brown on Tuesday, even as she spent a national record $142 million of her own money trying to beat him. Shane Goldmacher in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Skelton: Three things Brown should not do -- The governor-elect didn't listen before. We're giving him another chance. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Whitman, Fiorina losses raise questions about their political futures in California -- The former corporate chief executives implied in their concession speeches that they had unfinished business in the state. But analysts say both have repair work to do. Seema Mehta and Maeve Reston in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 CalBuzz: 2012 Opener: Why eMeg Should Take On HRH DiFi -- Senator Dianne Feinstein is normally the most coy and flirtatious of politicians, famously performing the Dance of the Seven Veils whenever some rumpled reporter asks if she’s planning to run in some future election. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 11/8/10 Pot legalization advocates are undeterred by the defeat of Prop. 19 -- Supporters see this year's campaign as a trial run that, if retooled, could win passage in 2012. Polls show Californians open to making the drug legal. John Hoeffel in the Los Angeles Times JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 11/8/10 Why pot growers turned against Prop. 19 -- If someone wanted to sabotage Proposition 19 among pot growers, the wild rumor that spread around Mendocino County was perfectly crafted. Robert Salladay California Watch -- 11/8/10 Gavin Newsom's win keeps Calif political future afloat -- He's best-known for opening San Francisco's City Hall to same-sex weddings and was once thought to be too liberal even for the bulk of California. Judy Lin AP -- 11/8/10 CalSTRS to webcast board, will CalPERS follow? -- The CalSTRS board last week voted to begin live video Internet webcasts of its meetings, reversing earlier votes after an emotional debate in which two members paused at times, struggling to control their breaking voices. Ed Mendel Calpensions.com -- 11/8/10 How Whitman can spend her next $140 million -- The billionaire Republican outspent the entire field of 15 other candidates for statewide office combined, Democrats as well as Republicans. Lance Williams California Watch -- 11/8/10
Despite down economy, voters supported many tax and fee measures -- City, county and special district tax and fee measures fared about as well on Nov. 2 as they have for the last decade, while school measures fared slightly worse, according to an analysis by the League of California Cities. Denis Cuff in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/8/10
Walters: Another big mess left for Jerry Brown -- Much has been made – and rightly so – of the massive state employee pension giveaway that the Legislature and then-Gov. Gray Davis enacted 11 years ago. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/8/10 The Buzz: New GOP leader vows 'open mind' with Brown despite past battle -- Sen. Bob Dutton, the new Senate Republican leader, said last week that he would keep "an open mind" during a first meeting with Gov.-elect Jerry Brown – but does remember doing battle with him before. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/8/10
San Francisco gaining computer workers -- San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge, the fog and the tourists. And increasingly, the city also has the geeks. Mike Swift in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/8/10 Will high speed derail in new House? -- Republicans regained a majority in the House of Representatives in part by pledging to rein in stimulus spending by the Obama administration -- and that could include high-speed rail. Tim Sheehan in the Fresno Bee -- 11/8/10 For many businesses, 2010 midterm election campaign was a winner -- The 2010 election season was good for Design Cuisine of Arlington, which took in more than $500,000 in catering fees. The Bighorn Golf Club in Palm Desert, Calif., made about $50,000 holding Republican fundraisers. Dan Eggen and T.W. Farnam in the Washington Post -- 11/8/10 Actors' unions and studios agree to new contract -- As expected, the the deal announced Sunday morning between the Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers provided some modest pay raises and a significant increase in contributions to the unions' health and pension plans - a top priority for the unions. Richard Verrier in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10
Will college fees increase under Brown, like before? -- In his education plan, Governor-elect Jerry Brown acknowledged the problem of rapidly increasing fees at California's four-year universities. Erica Perez California Watch -- 11/8/10 UC Riverside: Diversity is more than numbers -- High-achieving black students such as Okafor illustrate why UC Riverside has earned a national reputation not only for enrolling a large number of black and Latino pupils but for helping them succeed. DAVID OLSON in the Riverside Press -- 11/8/10 Many California school board incumbents decided not to run -- In the Sacramento region, as in the rest of California, school boards have increased class sizes, cut sports and shuttered libraries to balance district budgets. Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/8/10 Fensterwald: $4 million for tiny charter: your dollars at work -- Doug McRae did not endear himself with the state Department of Education when he suggested that several schools receiving School Improvement Grants should be given “Golden Fleece” awards as public rip-offs. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 11/8/10 Fensterwald: Kirst: reread Jerry Brown’s plan -- Michael Kirst, who co-authored Gov.-elect Jerry Brown’s education plan, had this reaction on reading the two dozen commentators’ worth of advice that ran on this page over two days last week (here and here): Go back and reread Brown’s plan. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 11/8/10 Berkeley's allure tugs faculty couple back from Texas -- They sold the house, took their son out of day care, packed up all their belongings and left for a new life at the University of Texas. Matt Krupnick in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/8/10
Climate scientists plan campaign against global warming skeptics -- The effort is a pushback against congressional conservatives who have vowed to kill regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Neela Banerjee in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Urban farm really grows on visitors and volunteers -- David Kahn founded Edendale Farm five years ago on a sloping half acre in the middle of a Silver Lake neighborhood. He wanted to show that a slower pace is possible, even in a metropolis like Los Angeles. Kate Linthicum in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Rescue group struggles to capture birds with beer cans stuck on necks -- After a grueling and futile two days trying to capture a juvenile gull with a beer can around its neck, a Bay Area animal rescue group is seeking help to buy equipment that could have gotten the job done quickly and enabled the group to direct its efforts to other afflicted birds. Tom Lochner in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/8/10 Truckers' air cleanup hits snag in recession -- David Chidester last year leased $5.5 million worth of new diesel trucks to meet new air standards by Jan. 1 this year. He was trying to play by the rules. But that decision may kill his business. Mark Grossi in the Fresno Bee -- 11/8/10 In tiny Seville, trouble on tap -- Residents of the farm town — like others in the San Joaquin Valley — ignore often contradictory water-quality alerts and buy bottled instead. A new group of activists is pressuring politicians to make tap water safe to use. Scott Kraft in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Hinkley water tainted by chromium 6 spreading -- The creeping plume of chemically laced drinking water that plagued the Mojave Desert town of Hinkley and led to a major motion picture about the scandal has continued to spread despite a long-standing order for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to clean up the mess. Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/8/10
States, not Congress, can thwart healthcare law -- The GOP took control in many capitals, where those in power will decide how to follow the new rules. Noam N. Levey and Bruce Japsen in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10
State has enough sodium thiopental to execute four -- Corrections Department won't say where the lethal-injection drug came from, and that may mean its use is forbidden. Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10 Million-dollar bill for 10-inch crack under San Mateo Bridge -- Call it the million-dollar crack. Bay Area transportation officials said Friday it cost $1 million to fix the 10-inch crack found under the San Mateo Bridge last month, and the price tag may climb. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/8/10 Cal Expo mulls selling part of state fairgrounds to pay for fixing what's left -- Shaking the aftereffects of a failed basketball arena deal, Cal Expo has begun laying plans to modernize its state fairgrounds, this time on its own terms. Tony Bizjak in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/8/10
Obama says he fears economy could enter 'new normal' of low job growth -- Without additional government action to spur hiring, President Obama said Sunday that he fears the U.S. economy could enter a "new normal" in which corporate profits are high but the number of new jobs is too low to reduce the nation's 9.6 percent unemployment rate to pre-recession levels. Lori Montgomery in the Washington Post -- 11/8/10 Republicans oppose compromise with Obama on tax cuts -- Eric Cantor, the party's No. 2 leader in the House, takes a hard line on extending the cuts, which are due to expire at the end of the year. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/8/10
G.O.P. to Fight Health Law With Purse Strings -- As they seek to make good on their campaign promise to roll back President Obama’s health care overhaul, the incoming Republican leaders in the House say they intend to use their new muscle to cut off money for the law, setting up a series of partisan clashes and testing Democratic commitment to the legislation. ROBERT PEAR in the New York Times -- 11/8/10 MSNBC ends suspension of host Keith Olbermann -- Keith Olbermann's "indefinite" suspension from MSNBC turns out to be definitely short: two days. Paul Farhi in the Washington Post -- 11/8/10 |
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