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Jerry Brown weighs in on death of American diplomat in Libya -- Gov. Jerry Brown added his voice Wednesday to those who expressed condolences after the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya. Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 California unions assail public pension changes -- As Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday aimed at overhauling the state's overburdened public pension system, he acknowledged that further action may be needed in the future, saying "government, like a battleship in the ocean, turns slowly." Michael J. Mishak in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12 California Rep. Laura Richardson on watchdog's 'most corrupt' list -- A Washington government watchdog group has named Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) to its list of "most corrupt members of Congress," while two other Californian lawmakers earned a "dishonorable mention." Jean Merl LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 Democrat Sherman gets backing from local Republican lawmakers -- Rep. Brad Sherman, hoping to counter his fellow Democrat rival's backing from nationally prominent Republicans, on Wednesday touted endorsements from local GOP lawmakers. Jean Merl LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 Assembly speaker backs Proposition 39's corporate-tax revamp -- Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez wasn't able to change corporate taxes in the Legislature this year, so he's endorsing a ballot initiative with a similar goal. Chris Megerian LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 Gov. Jerry Brown signs cost-cutting measure for public pensions -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday aimed at cutting costs of public pensions by billions of dollars in the coming decades to create "a more sustainable system,'' but even some supporters say it falls short of what needs to be done to protect the retirement systems’ long-term solvency. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ Laurel Rosenhall SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/12/12 Brown says pension change 'not perfect,' a move in right direction -- Gov. Jerry Brown touted a cost-cutting measure on public pensions as historic for California, but acknowledged "it’s not perfect" and that further action may be required in the future. Patrick McGreevy and Matt Stevens LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 Gov. Jerry Brown changes law to help car racers compete in California -- The governor has given a green light to professional racing teams including those of the National Hot Rod Assn. (NHRA) and other racing leagues to drive oversized transport trailers on select California roads. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/12/12 How California ranks in income, poverty and health insurance -- California's median household income of $53,367 was only slightly higher than the national median last year while its poverty rate and its medically uninsured population were among the nation's highest, according to a new Census Bureau report. Dan Walters SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/12/12 Hoffenblum: 2012 Target Races – Part Three: Congress -- This year, California is looking at the largest number of competitive races for Congress this state has seen in decades. And the outcome could possibly determine which political party controls the House of Representatives after November. Allan Hoffenblum Fox & Hounds -- 9/12/12 Fox: Cal Chamber’s Neutral Position on Prop 30 Won’t “Clear the Way” -- Governor Jerry Brown yesterday declared that the decision by the California Chamber of Commerce to stay neutral on his tax measure, Proposition 30, is “basically clearing the way” for the passage of the measure. Not so fast, governor. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 9/12/12 U.S. ambassador killed; California man behind anti-Islam film hides -- An Israeli filmmaker based in California who made a movie belittling Islam’s prophet Muhammad that has ignited Middle East riots and led to the death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya says he is in hiding. Sam Quinones in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12 California trade office to reopen in China -- The California trade office in Shanghai, to be funded by the private sector, will reopen after a similar one closed in 2003 amid criticism by the Legislature. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12
Obama On Romney: He Has "A Tendency To Shoot First And Aim Later" -- After a careful silence while his opponent faced allegations of politicizing national security, President Barack Obama took a his own swing at Mitt Romney on Wednesday. Zeke Miller BuzzFeed -- 9/12/12 Mitt Romney Is Getting Completely Shredded For His Response To The US Embassy Attacks -- Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is getting hammered today over his campaign's combative and politically-charged response to the attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Libya. Grace Wyler Business Insider -- 9/12/12 Springboard or Setback? Romney Sought, Now Faces Foreign-Policy Test -- Mitt Romney’s swift criticism of administration policy amid deadly protests in Libya and violence in Cairo touched a nerve and could mark a turning point for a campaign that has avoided foreign policy and direct engagement with President Obama on the dangers and opportunities of the still-smoldering Arab Spring. Major Garrett National Journal -- 9/12/12 Mitt Romney digs in on Obama ‘apology’ -- Abandoning the restraint that presidential candidates typically show in moments of bloodshed, Romney accused President Barack Obama of wanting to “apologize” for American values as protests against an anti-Islam film turned violent in Egypt and Libya. ALEXANDER BURNS and MAGGIE HABERMAN Politico -- 9/12/12 Foreign Policy Hands Voice Disbelief At Romney Cairo Statement -- Mitt Romney's sharply-worded attack on President Obama over a pair of deadly riots in Muslim countries last night has backfired badly among foreign policy hands of both parties, who cast it as hasty and off-key, released before the facts were clear at what has become a moment of tragedy. Ben Smith BuzzFeed -- 9/12/12 Obama: Libya attack 'outrageous and shocking' -- Speaking from the Rose Garden with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by his side, Obama was sharp yet solemn. He vowed to bring justice to the perpetrators of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, while paying tribute to the Americans killed while serving their country. JENNIFER EPSTEIN Politico -- 9/12/12 U.S. poverty rate holds, but household incomes dip again -- Several years of rising poverty in the United States came to a halt in 2011 as more workers found full-time work, but overall household incomes on average continued a decade-long slide and inequality rose further last year, the government said Wednesday. Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12
Fact-checking leads to reversals in two California congressional races -- The $4,000 chair at the center of one of Rep. John Garamendi's latest attacks on his Republican rival wasn't just empty, it was nonexistent. Torey Van Oot in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/12/12 California consumers to fund state oversight of timber industry -- California consumers will pay a new tax to fund government oversight of the state's vast timber industry under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday, relieving logging companies of the cost. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12 Public workers try to cope with having to pay more of their pension costs -- Governor Jerry Brown will sign a bill Wednesday that cuts benefits for most public workers in California and could save state and local governments up to $80 billion over the next 30 years. Julie Small KPCC -- 9/12/12 Governor rakes in Prop 30 cash -- Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign war chest for his tax increase initiative grew by some 25 percent on Tuesday, with new donations totaling more than $2.8 million and his largest single day haul to date. John Myers News10 -- 9/12/12 California Gov. Jerry Brown pleads with voters to pass tax-hike measure, saying the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday passionately defended his tax-hike ballot measure, California's high-speed rail project, new public pension reforms and his plan to restore the Sacramento Delta. Josh Richman in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/12/12 Herdt: 'This food comes in a box' -- Climbing into the back seat of a two-seater aircraft no bigger than a Volkswagen Beetle, it was impossible to miss the sign affixed to the back of the pilot's seat. "Experimental airplane," it read, followed by a message to the effect that it had not been certified for safety by the Federal Aviation Administration. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 9/12/12 State's political watchdog to investigate another health district official -- District's board president is also board chairman of bank that works with district. KATHARINE MIESZKOWSKI Bay Citizen -- 9/12/12 Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl returns to City Hall after cancer treatment -- Fifty-one days after first being diagnosed with cancer, Councilman Bill Rosendahl returned to City Hall on Tuesday, upbeat and thankful for support he received from his colleagues, family and others during treatment. Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/12/12 Jerry Brown: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie couldn't squeeze into a Southwest Airlines' middle seat -- California Gov. Jerry Brown continued his transcontinental war of words with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday with another jab at Christie's ample girth. Josh Richman in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/12/12 "Old Retread" Beats Christie at Governing Game -- The whole world now knows that, at last month’s GOP Convention (aka the “California Can’t Get No Respect Tour”), New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, verbally smacked down the Golden State’s Governor, Jerry Brown. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe NBC LA Prop Zero -- 9/12/12 Board: Chevron failed to check bad pipe -- There is no evidence that Chevron conducted a crucial inspection last year of the segment of the pipe that later ruptured at its Richmond refinery, leading to a fire that destroyed part of the plant, federal investigators said Tuesday. Jaxon Van Derbeken in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/12/12 San Francisco clean-energy program may profit Shell -- In an ironic twist, San Francisco's effort to go green with its own clean-energy program could wind up adding tens of millions of dollars to the coffers of one of the biggest oil companies in the world - Shell. Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/12/12
Proposed NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles put on fast track -- As city planners prepare this week to consider a development agreement with AEG for a downtown football stadium and expansion of the Convention Center, the Los Angeles City Council agreed Tuesday to shorten the time needed to inform the public. Rick Orlov in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/12/12 Seattle financier has arena deal, will try to buy NBA team -- With the Sacramento Kings' future uncertain, Seattle is about to "go shopping" for an NBA team. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/12/12
CCSF risks bankruptcy, chancellor warns -- As dozens of students and other protesters surrounded them and shouted for their heads, City College of San Francisco trustees voted Tuesday night to invite a special trustee from the state to oversee finances at the troubled school. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/12/12 Parents, teachers protest San Francisco school violence, dismissals -- About 25 angry teachers and parents demonstrated outside a San Francisco middle school at lunchtime yesterday to protest the dismissal of staff members who they say were targeted for raising concerns over student violence and high suspension rates at the campus. TREY BUNDY Bay Citizen -- 9/12/12 New community college chancellor may be named by end of month -- The California Community College Board of Governors appointed Executive Vice Chancellor Erik Skinner as acting chancellor while the search continues for a successor to Jack Scott, who is retiring at the end of this week. Kathryn Baron EdSource -- 9/12/12 Law enforcement: school discipline policies making us less safe, not more -- Law enforcement leaders from throughout California said Tuesday that overzealous school disciplinary policies are making the state less safe, not more. Daniel Weintraub HealthyCal.org Susan Frey EdSource -- 9/12/12 L.A. Unified, union OK system of evaluating principals -- The one-year agreement allows the use of student achievement as one way of judging administrators. Teresa Watanabe in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12 UCLA hotel and conference center plan OKd by key regents' panel -- The full UC board is expected to approve the project in the heart of the UCLA campus Thursday. But nearby hoteliers and Westwood activists still oppose it. Larry Gordon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12
Plugins to kill Facebook Timeline come with security headaches -- Not all of Facebook’s 900 million global users are pleased with the mega-site’s slow lurch toward what it calls Timeline, a new profile format that displays photos, updates, wall messages and more based on when the material was posted over the lifetime of the user. G.W. Schulz California Watch -- 9/12/12 Zuckerberg: Facebook future is mobile -- In his first public appearance since Facebook's stock flopped in May, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the social network is staking its future on mobile devices, but admitted that he bet on the wrong technology to get there. Benny Evangelista and James Temple in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/12/12 L.A. City Council weighs limits on cellphone transmitters -- Cellphone providers would have to apply for a permit to place wireless transmitters atop utility poles on sidewalks, roadways and other locations in the public right of way under language adopted Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council. Catherine Saillant in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12 Occupy, ACLU protest law restricting City Hall demonstrations -- Protesters with the Occupy movement, the American Civil Liberties Union and homeless advocacy groups dined on the front lawn of historic City Hall afternoon - an action that could land them a misdemeanor charge by the end of the night. Ryan Lillis in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/12/12 Equity Firms Like Bain Are Depicted as Colluding -- In court documents that lawyers for Bain Capital sought to keep secret, the company and other leading private equity firms are depicted as unofficial partners in a bid-rigging conspiracy aimed at holding down the prices of businesses they were seeking to buy. ERIC LICHTBLAU and PETER LATTMAN in the New York Times$ -- 9/12/12 A Journalist With Rare Access to Obama Had to Play by Quote Rule -- Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of “Moneyball” and “The Big Short,” was granted extraordinary access to President Obama for his latest article in Vanity Fair. But with that access came one major condition. JEREMY W. PETERS in the New York Times$ -- 9/12/12 Lopez: The campaign dance of hollow promises -- California economists say the presidential candidates have provided few specifics about how to fix the nation's economy. And that's depressing and disturbing. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/12/12
Romney Adrift -- The economy’s a mess, but thanks to a hapless campaign, the GOP nominee is behind with time running out. Charlie Cook National Journal -- 9/12/12 GOP lawmakers fretting over darkening outlook -- Some Republican lawmakers are worried about Mitt Romney’s standing in swing-state polls, which show President Obama leading in a majority of the states that will decide the election. Cameron Joseph The Hill -- 9/12/12 Romney losing lead among men -- Mitt Romney’s advantage among male voters has all but disappeared since the Democratic National Convention. Niall Stanage The Hill -- 9/12/12 The Two Campaigns of Mitt Romney -- Every campaign starts with a theory of the case. In 2004, George W. Bush’s advisers surmised a shaken country wanted a leader who had the strength to take tough decisions to keep us safe. ALEX ALTMAN Time -- 9/12/12 From words to deeds: Why election matters -- When you vote for Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney in November, you'll be voting for more than a president. You'll be casting a ballot for and against a checklist of policies that touch your life and shape the country you live in. CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press -- 9/12/12 Clinton, Obama's go-to Democrat, fires up Florida crowd -- The Secretary of Explaining Stuff came to Miami on Tuesday - and he lived up to the new nickname given him by President Barack Obama. PATRICIA MAZZEI and MARC CAPUTO in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/12/12 Oracle: Obama -- Owing to Ohio -- Semi-final analysis: risks for Romney and Republicans. QUIN HILLYER American Spectator -- 9/12/12 Poll: Obama holds 10-point lead over Romney among Catholic voters -- A new poll by a Catholic advocacy group shows President Barack Obama has a slight lead over Gov. Mitt Romney among non-Hispanic Catholics, despite the stalled economy and his 2012 establishment of church regulations requiring them to fund contraception and abortion-related services that they abhor. Neil Munro Daily Caller -- 9/12/12 A Bump Worth the Worry? -- The GOP’s message men examine what worked and what didn’t in the past two weeks. Jim Geraghty NRO -- 9/12/12 Romney’s Losing Strategy -- The candidate’s passivity wasn’t going to work in the first place, and it’s worse when he’s behind. Michael Tanner NRO -- 9/12/12 DNC Accidentally Used Images of Russian Ships During Veterans Tribute -- On the final day of the Democratic National Convention last week, retired Admiral John Nathman took the stage during a tribute to veterans, while the monitor behind showed him an impressive composite of images, with a row of war ships front and center. Brett Smiley New York Magazine -- 9/12/12 American Killed in Libya Consulate Attack, Romney Calls White House Response 'Disgraceful' -- Shortly after protesters in Egypt, angered by an anti-Islamic movie produced in the U.S., stormed the walls of the American embassy in Cairo, another demonstration at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya turned violent, killing one State Department officer. Margaret Hartmann New York Magazine -- 9/12/12 Romney Pledges Strong U.S. Military in Pushback to Obama Attacks -- Mitt Romney, responding to days of attacks by President Barack Obama and his campaign on national security, told National Guard members the U.S. must maintain a strong military as he pledged to improve benefits for veterans. Phil Mattingly Bloomberg Sarah Huisenga National Journal -- 9/12/12 Romney Anti-Obama Ads Undercut Virginia Governor Messages -- A few months ago, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell appeared in an upbeat television ad to deliver a reassuring message: “Jobs and opportunity are thriving again,” he says, smiling. “Virginia is growing strong, and so is our future.” Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney pours cold water on McDonnell’s optimism in new ads his campaign just began airing. Julie Bykowicz Bloomberg -- 9/12/12 Ryan: The lyin’ king -- The definitive list of the V.P. candidate's untruths, beginning with his epically error-filled RNC speech. JILLIAN RAYFIELD Salon -- 9/12/12 Obama Makes It Up to Netanyahu with a Phone Call -- The President came under fire on Tuesday for supposedly snubbing an invitation for lunch from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for later in September, but Obama made it up to Netanyahu on Tuesday night when the two spoke for an hour on the phone. CONNOR SIMPSON The Atlantic -- 9/12/12 The Trouble with Likely Voters -- Two national polls show conflicting results among likely voters, while Bible Belt whites have some lingering issues with Romney and Democrats mostly think they are hearing good news about the economy. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter. ESTHER ZUCKERMAN The Atlantic -- 9/12/12 What Bill Clinton Is Thinking -- President Obama’s central challenge is convincing voters that no other leader could have done better in stabilizing the American economy than he did, President Bill Clinton said in an impromptu interview here late Wednesday evening. Zeke Miller Buzzfeed -- 9/12/12 Obama's not-so-public schedule -- The White House has touted the easy availability of President Barack Obama’s public schedule as part of his administration’s “commitment to open government.” But there’s a lot the White House keeps off its regular rundown of the president’s day. JOSH GERSTEIN Politico -- 9/12/12 |
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