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UC police: 11 students among 13 arrested at regents meeting; 2 officers injured -- UC police said 13 people, including 11 students, were arrested Wednesday during protests in San Francisco outside a meeting of the UC regents. That was three fewer than they previously had reported. Larry Gordon LA Times PolitiCal -- 11/17/10 Fox: LA County Plastic Bags Fee will Test Newly Passed Prop 26 -- Now that Los Angeles County has banned plastic grocery bags, I have a clear choice—pay ten-cents per paper bag for groceries purchased in the unincorporated areas of the county or risk the possibility of lead used in reusable bags contaminating my food. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds weblog -- 11/17/10 Bakersfield's Kevin McCarthy gets No. 3 House leadership role -- The Bakersfield Republican was elected majority whip for the 112th Congress during today's Republican House leadership votes. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/17/10 Whitman reaches settlement with former housekeeper -- Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has agreed to pay her former housekeeper $5,500 to settle a complaint that she was underpaid while working for the couple. The settlement includes a provision that Whitman and her husband, Griffith Harsh, admit no wrongdoing in the case. Susan Ferriss SacBee Capitol Alert Carla Marinucci Chronicle Politics -- 11/17/10 Meg Whitman postscript: another $2.6 million invested in campaign -- Republican Meg Whitman invested $2.6 million of her own wealth in her campaign on Nov. 2, the day she lost her bid for the governor's office to Democrat Jerry Brown, according to a filing that appeared yesterday on the Secretary of State's website. Jack Chang SacBee Capitol Alert Josh Richman Political Blotter -- 11/17/10 State regulators weigh crackdown on campaign 'robocalls' -- Should Californians be able to put themselves on a "do not call" list for pesky political "robocalls," or should the automated calls be banned altogether? Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal -- 11/17/10 House Democrats keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader -- House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month's congressional elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership. CHARLES BABINGTON AP JONATHAN ALLEN & JOHN BRESNAHAN Politico -- 11/17/10 Sarah Palin says she could beat Obama -- Sarah Palin is weighing a 2012 presidential bid and told Barbara Walters she believes she could beat President Barack Obama. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 11/17/10 Sarah Palin says she's pondering 2012 run -- Sarah Palin, in an interview for the cover story of the forthcoming New York Times Magazine, acknowledged she will need to find new advisers if she makes a presidential run, and shows self-awareness about the need to prove herself on the issues. MIKE ALLEN Politico -- 11/17/10 Lawsuit settlement keeps day-care program alive through 2010 -- Child-care advocates who had sued to stave off the elimination of a day-care program that serves nearly 60,000 low-income parents announced a settlement Wednesday to keep the program afloat through the end of the year. Shane Goldmacher LA Times PolitiCal Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/17/10 State building suit causes one-day delay in bond sale -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday to block the sale of 11 state office properties has caused a one-day disruption in California's short-term bond sale, the Treasurer's Office announced this morning. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert Tom Petruno LA Times PolitiCal -- 11/17/10 3.2 million combinations in redistricting panel drawing -- Eight names will be drawn at random Thursday from a pool of 36 finalists for positions on the state's new redistricting commission, and a Santa Monica College political science professor has calculated that there are 3.2 million possible combinations. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/17/10 Genentech to Layoff Hundreds in Bay Area -- Details of layoffs now clear, and 200 jobs at headquarters will be lost, another 100 in Vacaville. Elizabeth Lesly Stevens Bay Citizen -- 11/17/10
Brown likely to retain most of Schwarzenegger's administration -- As the gov.-elect's transition effort got underway Tuesday, aides said he isn't looking to restaff every department in the state. Budget director and Air Resources Board chair are named as likely carryovers. Evan Halper and Michael Mishak in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 California lawmakers mix business with pleasure at Hawaii conferences -- Some California lawmakers were packing their bags for Hawaii last week when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he was calling a special December legislative session to tackle a projected $25.4 billion deficit. Jim Sanders in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Harris increases lead over Cooley in attorney general race -- San Francisco Dist. Atty. Kamala Harris’ lead in the race for California attorney general continued to grow Tuesday, making a possible comeback appear increasingly difficult for her rival, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley. Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Democrats want to hold off on budget decisions until Brown gets in -- Democratic lawmakers are hoping to sidestep Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in a special session he is expected to call to deal with a $6 billion shortfall in this year's budget, preferring to wait until Gov.-elect Jerry Brown takes office, according to several sources in the Capitol. Steven Harmon in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/17/10 Jerry Brown meets with finance officials, re-defines photo spray -- Gov.-elect Jerry Brown, back from a post-election vacation, met this afternoon with state finance officials, and his staff invited about two dozen reporters and photographers over to document the event. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/17/10 Schwarzenegger's Huzzah, Brown's Huddle -- A glitzy summit of a governor's environmental achievements. A somber discussion of his successor's challenges. Such was the contrast of the day spent by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown. John Myers Capitol Notes weblog -- 11/17/10 Financial firm may be target in state pension probe -- State prosecutors are preparing for possible action against another financial firm that does business with California's scandal-tarnished pension fund, newly disclosed documents show. Evan Halper in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Richard Katz resigns from California's high-speed train board -- Katz and California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Curt Pringle have been the focus of a state attorney general’s review to determine if the state and local positions they hold are legally “incompatible” due to potentially overlapping interests on rights-of-way, station locations and other matters. Rich Connell in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 GOP wave no match for McNerney -- Eleventh Congressional District GOP nominee David Harmer's trip to Washington, D.C., this week for his party's freshman congressional orientation must taste bittersweet. Lisa Vorderbrueggen in the Contra Costa Times -- 11/17/10 CalBuzz: Memo to CA GOP: Time to Do Something Different -- After watching the California Republican Party implode in the 2010 election – spectacularly in the cases of Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor and Carly Fiorina’s run for U.S. Senate – Calbuzz has some unsolicited advice for the Grand Old Party. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 11/17/10 Billionaire says he's in governance group for the long haul -- Nicolas Berggruen knows fixing to California's structural shortcomings won't be a short-term endeavor. But the jet-setting billionaire says he's is not daunted by the long haul. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert -- 11/17/10 LA complains about lack of redistricting applicants -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa complained this morning that the 36-pool of applicants for the state's redistricting commission lacks anyone from Los Angeles, California's largest city. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 11/17/10 No Schwarzenegger tribute in Inland area planned -- Last week in Fresno, San Joaquin Valley political and civic leaders honored Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger with an hours-long tribute. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 11/17/10 Former Whitman housekeeper's wage claim before panel today -- The election is over, and the record-shattering $140 million she personally invested in her failed run for governor is gone. But Meg Whitman still faces one unsettled score. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Walters: California bets big on green future -- When California's economy plunged into recession a few years ago, most economists believed it would be a relatively short-lived downturn. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Ron Dellums, facing IRS lien, explores early exit -- Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums' wife, Cynthia, has been talking with city officials about the possibility that her husband will depart before his term ends Jan. 3, perhaps to take a lobbying job in Washington, D.C. Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/17/10
Investor demand for new California debt weakens as muni bond sell-off continues -- The turmoil in the municipal bond market over the last week may have scared some investors away from California’s offering of $10 billion in short-term notes. Tom Petruno in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Lawsuit seeks halt to California office building sale -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to halt the sale of 11 California office complexes, alleging the process illegally bypassed the state Judicial Council and amounts to an improper gift of public funds. TOM VERDIN AP -- 11/17/10 Suit filed over pending sale of Orange County Fairgrounds -- A swap meet operator and a coalition of small business owners said Tuesday that they have sued the state in an effort to halt the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds to a developer for $100 million. Mona Shadia in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10
Large crowd awaits housing vouchers in Modesto -- About 8,000 people waited in a line that wrapped around John Thurman Field in Modesto this morning for a housing voucher application. Brian Ramsay in the Modesto Bee -- 11/17/10 Feinstein, Boxer: divert high speed rail cash to California -- Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer are calling on the Obama administration to steer federal high speed rail grant money that was previously awarded to other states to California, following reports that projects elsewhere were being abandoned. Ben Goad in the Riverside Press -- 11/17/10 Schwarzenegger: We'll take other states' high-speed rail funds -- If other states don't want their share of federal money for high-speed rail, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger told the federal government today, California would happily take it off their hands. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal -- 11/17/10 Travel to the Golden State bouncing back -- The economy is still wobbly and the nation's high unemployment rates refuse to budge. But California's travel industry seems to be on the road to recovery. Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Dairies in crisis -- Dairies in the Chino Valley are struggling because the high cost of feed is outpacing revenue generated from low milk prices, said Rob Vandeheuvel, the general manager of the Milk Producers Council in Chino. Neil Nisperos in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 11/17/10
CSBA report finds conflict-of-interest problem -- A 26-page study of the California School Boards Association found conflict-of-interest issues and, among other things, a need to cancel corporate credit cards, according to a report released this week. Melody Gutierrez in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Colleges fail to accurately report campus crime -- When the California State Auditor scrutinized Ohlone Community College’s crime statistics a year ago, it found the school was simultaneously underreporting some violent offenses while inflating its count of others. Ryan Gabrielson California Watch -- 11/17/10 LAUSD cancels $3.7M contract after irregularities are discovered -- Los Angeles Unified officials canceled a $3.7 million contract with four long-time district consultants shortly after a confidential report revealed irregularities with the deal, district officials confirmed Tuesday. Connie Llanos in the Torrance Daily Breeze Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Herdt: Californians by chance, students by choice -- One of the few poignant moments of the fall campaign for governor came during the candidates’ early October debate in Fresno. A young woman in the audience was handed a microphone and given a chance to speak. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 11/17/10 Fensterwald: CSU commits to revamping ed schools -- California State University Chancellor Charles Reed has joined leaders in seven other states who have pledged to adopt the findings of a report urging sweeping changes in teacher training programs. John Fensterwald educatedguess -- 11/17/10 Gonzales: In East San Jose, college is as possible as A-G -- Although it’s only two months into the school year, I already know that 250 of my 400 classmates at Overfelt High in East San Jose will not go to college. How can I predict that dismal future? I have researched the statistics and I have experienced the uneven school curriculum firsthand. Askari Gonzales TopEd -- 11/17/10
EPA to Caltrans: Clean Up Your Act! -- The federal environmental regulator slapped the state transit agency over polluted runoff into storm drains. Zusha Elinson Bay Citizen -- 11/17/10 Clean-tech advocates hail Schwarzenegger's legacy -- When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, there were 30 clean-tech companies in the Sacramento region. Today, there are more than 100 such companies in the area employing thousands of workers. Rick Daysog in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Regions Make Their Own Climate Stand -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's third and final Governors' Global Climate Summit wrapped up Tuesday with the launch of a new international coalition aimed at developing projects that cut carbon emissions around the globe. R20, or "Regions of Climate Action" is the culmination of Governor Schwarzenegger's efforts to spur "subnational" action to address climate change. Gretchen Weber KQED Climate Watch Margot Roosevelt in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Bay Area coalition calls delta plan a water grab -- A group that has spent four years and $140 million studying the heart of California's water supply network this week will release a much-anticipated proposal for a giant pipeline running around or under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. There's one big snag. Kelly Zito in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/17/10 Tahoe will lose much of its snow in coming decades, UC Davis study says -- Children learning to ski at Lake Tahoe this winter will find far less opportunity to enjoy their new sport at middle age. In their 40s, they may also see a lake that has switched from crystal blue to murky green. Matt Weiser in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/17/10 Alviso receives clean bill of health from EPA -- A quarter century after declaring the entire community of Alviso a Superfund site because of asbestos contamination, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is finally giving the sleepy neighborhood on San Jose's northern edges a clean bill of health. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/17/10
California last among states in caring for children with special health care needs -- California ranked worst in the nation on an index that measures whether children with special health needs have insurance and medical care, according to a study released today. Dan Weintraub HealthyCal.org -- 11/17/10 Report: US hospital errors cause 15,000 deaths per month -- A major federal study released yesterday suggests that state regulators aren't getting the full story from California hospitals when it comes to reporting serious lapses in care. And if the results of the nationwide probe apply here, hospitals could be withholding reports of as many as 20,000 incidents. Christina Jewett California Watch -- 11/17/10
Illegal immigration burdens local, state government -- Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant workers keep the Central Valley's economy humming — at a price. Chris Collins in the Fresno Bee -- 11/17/10
San Francisco plans tolls between Peninsula and the city -- Welcome to San Francisco. That'll be three bucks to enter, and three more bucks to leave. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 11/17/10 Lopez: For slain soldier's mom, Bush's book reopens old wounds -- Jane Bright, who lost her son in Iraq, finds no sympathy and no humor in the former president's account of his most critical decisions. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Ratepayer advocates question utility efficiency bonuses -- An independent pro-consumer branch of the California Public Utilities Commission announced Tuesday that it was opposing a proposal to pay $77 million in energy-efficiency bonuses to Southern California Edison Co., Southern California Gas Co. and the state's two other for-profit electric utilities. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10 Defense attorneys: Brown playing politics with Bell case -- There has been no shortage of political profiteering in recent months over corruption and salary shenanigans down in the now-infamous city of Bell, but a judge's recent criticism of a civil suit filed by Attorney General Jerry Brown has given ammunition to defense lawyers who have long argued that the case was used to boost Brown's gubernatorial chances. Chase Davis California Watch -- 11/17/10 Berkeley recycling wars: ‘Poacher-proof’ bins and Blank Panthers -- The city of Berkeley spent $2.5 million recently to buy 36,000 wheeled plastic recycling carts. Now everybody in town has a new way to put out last week’s newspapers and empty beer cans for curbside pickup. Lance Williams California Watch -- 11/17/10 Pringle’s $64,000 contract with MWD: Another conflict? -- We don’t want to appear to be piling on outgoing Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle, who, as chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, is being probed by the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission regarding “overseas trips paid for by foreign governments jockeying to help their homeland firms secure state contracts.” Teri Sforza in the Orange County Register -- 11/17/10 Meg Whitman has company among rich losers -- Eight of the top 10 candidates to fund their own campaigns for state office this year lost. That continues a trend, with just 11 percent of self-financed candidates winning over the past nine years, according to a study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics. Martin Wisckol in the Orange County Register -- 11/17/10
Medicare, Medicaid quality plan unveiled -- The Obama administration on Tuesday announced new initiatives to boost the quality of medical care that Americans receive, laying the foundation for what many experts think could be one of the most far-reaching benefits of the new healthcare law. Noam N. Levey in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/17/10
Behind postponed summit: GOP distrust of Obama -- The roots of the partisan standoff that led to the postponement of the bipartisan White House summit scheduled for Thursday date back to January, when President Barack Obama crashed a GOP meeting in Baltimore to deliver a humiliating rebuke of House Republicans. GLENN THRUSH Politico -- 11/17/10 |
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