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Feds threaten to suspend JPMorgan's right to sell electricity in California -- Federal regulators, ramping up an investigation into alleged manipulation of California's electricity market, today threatened to suspend power trader JPMorgan's right to sell electricity in the state. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/20/12 Poll: Support for Prop. 30 highest among wealthy, educated -- Among the more interesting findings of the Field Poll released on Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot initiative to raise income taxes on high-income earners is that support for the measure is highest among those who are relatively well off. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/20/12 California Central Valley cities among poorest in US -- Fresno, Modesto and Bakersfield-Delano areas are among the top five U.S. regions with the highest percentage of residents living below the poverty line. GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press -- 9/20/12 America's richest cities: Census says San Jose, San Francisco -- The denizens of San Jose, that Silicon Valley gem, haul in a median household income of $76,593, making the city the wealthiest in the country. Tiffany Hsu in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 Jerry Brown signs bills boosting benefits for veterans, soldiers -- Veterans and those in the military will get more state benefits, including help with education, finances and, in the case of wounded soldiers, their fishing licenses, under 18 bills signed into law Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/20/12 Brown signs key military, veterans bills -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursday a package of 18 bills aiming to help the military and veterans, including legislation promoted by San Diego business leaders nervous over threatened federal defense budget cuts. Michael Gardner UT San Diego -- 9/20/12 House rejects visas for foreign nationals with advanced degrees -- The House on Thursday rejected a bill that would have granted up to 55,000 visas to foreign nationals who have earned advanced degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Danielle Ryan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 Silicon Valley deep into overseas tax havens -- Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., on Thursday blasted the high tech industry for shipping billions of dollars in profits overseas through dubious schemes to avoid taxes. Carolyn Lochhead Chronicle Politics -- 9/20/12 No Criminal Charges For 'Pepper Spray Cop' Or Other Officers -- This may be one of the last developments in the story of the "pepper spray cop" and what happened last November when University of California Davis Police Lt. John Pike infamously blasted some Occupy protesters who were blocking a campus road with some tear-inducing gas: MARK MEMMOTT NPR -- 9/20/12 Second survey shows more voters unsure about Proposition 30 -- Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to temporarily hike upper income and state sales taxes is clinging to an narrow lead, but some supporters seem to be having second thoughts about the plan, according to a new Field Poll. Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/20/12 Fox: An Election of No Change? -- Let’s stipulate that with the airwaves war on California’s ballot measures just beginning, the numbers released in yesterday’s statewide polls are just a reference point for things to come once the campaigns take shape. Still, the PPIC and Field polls indicate we could be looking at a “status quo” election — after it’s over nothing much has changed. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 9/20/12 Deanna Santana Tried to Alter Damning Report -- Emails show that Oakland's city administrator sought to redact portions of the Frazier Report that included strong criticisms of the police department and its handling of Occupy Oakland. Ali Winston East Bay Express -- 9/20/12 What a difference a state line makes: Nevada residents under assault by red and blue troops -- With the presidential campaigns all but ignoring ultra-blue California, some residents find it easy to forget that 2012 is a presidential election year. But head east on Interstate 80 and cross the border into Nevada and there's nowhere to hide from the long arm of political hustlers, a stream of attack ads -- and robocalls at dinner time, TV time and even bedtime. Josh Richman in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/20/12
Boehner Says Mitt Romney Campaign Not Dead Yet, Jokes 'I Just Hope I Survive' -- Even as he joked "I just hope I survive," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) declined to defend Mitt Romney's now-infamous 47 percent remarks Thursday, and insisted the Republican ticket can still win. Michael McAuliff Huffington Post -- 9/20/12 Obama: “You Can't Change Washington From The Inside” -- Nearly four years after he was elected on a promise of bringing change to Washington, President Barack Obama said Thursday that he had embarked on an impossible mission. Zeke Miller BuzzFeed -- 9/20/12 In the Heart of Romney World, No Retreat, No Surrender -- The talk at the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign headquarters in Boston is of skewed polls, media bias, a bad economy, and a fading Obama bounce. Beth Reinhard National Journal -- 9/20/12 Measuring the Undecideds -- Romney can, and should, win most of the remaining undecided voters — but will it be enough? Jim Geraghty NRO -- 9/20/12 Obama: 'The Economy Has Been Very Tough for the Last Four Years' -- At a town hall hosted by Univision this afternoon in Florida, a college student asked President Obama for advice on how to get a job. DANIEL HALPER Weekly Standard -- 9/20/12 Rand Paul: ‘I think the election is over. I think that Romney has already won’ -- On Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Wednesday, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said that as far as he was concerned, Mitt Romney was already the victor over incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama. Jeff Poor Daily Caller -- 9/20/12
Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure teeters as undecided voters grow, poll finds -- Public support for Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot initiative to raise taxes has slipped to just more than 50 percent, a precarious majority with a growing number of voters now undecided, according to a new Field Poll. David Siders in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/20/12 More voters undecided on taxes, poll says -- The number of California voters who are undecided on how to vote on two competing tax measures has increased with fewer than seven weeks left before the November election, and Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 is barely hanging on to a majority, according to a new poll. Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/20/12 Poll shows close call for Jerry Brown's tax plan -- Roughly half of California's likely voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative, according to a new poll, making its success a tossup less than two months before the election. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 New poll: Hope fades for measure barring political contributions; tax measures are touch-and-go -- A labor-backed advertising blitz in recent weeks appears to be turning voters against Proposition 32, the ballot measure that would bar unions, corporations and government contractors from using payroll deductions for political purposes, according to a new poll. Josh Richman in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/20/12 Analysis: Prop 30 ahead, others hopeful but behind -- A new statewide poll suggests that Californians support some of the underlying themes pushed by backers of two tax increase propositions and a measure to impose major limitations on political spending for organized labor - yet only one of those measures is actually ahead. John Myers News10 -- 9/20/12 Barbra Streisand backs Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure -- The singer, actress and philanthropist wrote a $5,000 check to support Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure last week, joining other Hollywood notables, including movie director Rob Reiner. Michael J. Mishak LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/20/12 Feds approve California high-speed rail construction -- The federal government on Wednesday approved the start of construction for California's $69 billion high-speed rail line, capping years of planning on the first leg of tracks in the Central Valley and possibly kicking off a new round of lawsuits from opponents. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press Ralph Vartabedian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 California launches online voter-registration system -- With just seven weeks until the general election, which features the presidential race and 11 statewide ballot initiatives, the new online registration system comes at a crucial time. Dana Hull in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/20/12 Governor rejects bill to aid Inland cities -- Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation that would have allocated $14 million to Riverside County’s newest cities, citing the measure’s impact on last year’s shift of some criminal-justice, mental health and other services to counties. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 9/20/12 Jerry Brown signs bill targeting abuses of disability access law -- Senate Bill 1186, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Republican Sen. Bob Dutton of Rancho Cucamonga, will reduce potential damages for disability access violations from a minimum of $4,000 to as little as $1,000 if the defendant corrects violations quickly. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/20/12 Prop 35 Raises The Stakes On Human Trafficking -- Arguments against Proposition 35, a measure targeting sex trafficking, have been leveled quietly. Opposing harsh prosecution for human traffickers is not a popular movement. Danielle Tarasiuk, Graham Clark USC Neon Tommy -- 9/20/12 Judge denies block of California's foie gras ban -- California's legal ban on selling foie gras, the over-sized liver of a force-fed duck, remains enforced, for now. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 CalBuzz: Polls: Jerry, Molly, Anti-Union Props on the Bubble -- Gov. Jerry Brown’s main worry about winning approval of his ballot measure to raise taxes to help fund schools and reduce the state’s deficit is “funded opposition.” If there’s no serious “anti-“ effort, he and his small clutch of advisers believe their Proposition 30 has a fighting chance. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 9/20/12
What does AEG sale mean to Los Angeles? Why sell now? -- As sports fans, real estate developers and politicians digested the big listing news of the week - that Anschutz is putting AEG up for sale - they also wondered about the timing of the deal and what it would mean for Los Angeles. Dakota Smith in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 9/20/12 Businesses plead for changes to California's new cap-and-trade market -- Heavyweight business groups are staging a last-ditch protest against California's new cap-and-trade carbon market, demanding changes to a program they've labeled a job killer. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/20/12 Low-income Southland households had biggest recession losses -- New census data show people of all income levels suffered losses during and after the Great Recession, but the lowest fifth of households took the biggest hit. Rebecca Trounson and Sandra Poindexter in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 Sale of AEG throws curve into quest to bring NFL back to L.A. -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says planned football stadium remains on track. But officials say new owners could seek different financial agreements. David Zahniser and Kate Linthicum in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 California is benefiting from a tech boom, UCLA economists say -- The UCLA Anderson Forecast warns, however, that the state's growth could be hampered if conditions in China and Europe worsen. Ricardo Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12
CSU board OKs tuition increase — good only if Prop. 30 fails -- Trustees vote 11 to 3 for the 5% tuition hike that would raise $58 million in 2012-13. If the Prop. 30 tax-increase measure fails, CSU faces a $250-million loss. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 State wants assurance LEAs understand facility money no longer guaranteed -- State officials are considering new rules governing school construction funds that would require districts to acknowledge in the application process that the money isn’t guaranteed and that eligibility requirements are subject to change. Kimberly Beltran SI&A Cabinet Report -- 9/20/12 Brown kills bill establishing study committee on school finance -- Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have created a task force to explore options for school finance reform, thus ensuring that his own weighted student formula won’t be drowned out in a marketplace of ideas when the Legislature convenes in January. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 9/20/12 Skeptical unions pose challenge to districts’ Race to the Top -- Nearly 900 districts nationwide, including 76 in California, have told the federal government that they plan to compete for the final $400 million Race to the Top district competition. But with local unions having in effect a veto over their districts’ application, that number could dwindle. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 9/20/12 Rosenblatt: Why 21st century education is not just about technology -- Our district, like many others, has been having lots of conversations about “21st Century Education” and what it means for us. Seth Rosenblatt EdSource -- 9/20/12 Enrollment in new teacher programs down 33 percent since recession hit -- The number of students entering teacher preparation programs has fallen by more than a third since the onset of the recession, according to a new report from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 9/20/12
Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people -- Nearly 6 million Americans -- most of them in the middle class -- will face a tax penalty for not carrying medical coverage once President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law is fully in place, congressional budget analysts said Wednesday. Rocardo Alonso-Zaldivar Associated Press -- 9/20/12
Treasure Island residents seek answers -- As Treasure Island residents express alarm about a radioactive waste investigation that’s expanded into their yards, and even living rooms, San Francisco health officials and a local nonprofit are stepping in to separate fact from speculation. MATT SMITH Bay Citizen -- 9/20/12
Romney tells Latino audience he would fix immigration system -- Mitt Romney says at a Univision forum that he would find a bipartisan solution to illegal immigration, and accuses Obama of breaking his promises to Latinos. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12
Court orders state to release of uncensored developmental center citations -- A state court today ordered the California Department of Public Health to disclose uncensored copies of dozens of patient abuse cases at institutions for the developmentally disabled. RYAN GABRIELSON Bay Citizen -- 9/20/12
Senate GOP leaders dodge questions on Romney's '47 percent' remarks -- Senate Republican leaders on Wednesday didn’t answer questions in front of TV cameras about Mitt Romney’s controversial “47 percent” remarks. Molly K. Hooper The Hill -- 9/20/12 Web giants launch lobbying group -- Internet titans Facebook, Google, Amazon and Yahoo on Wednesday launched a new lobbying association to counter efforts by federal regulators to saddle their industry with new rules. Cecilia Kang in the Washington Post -- 9/20/12
Mitt Romney's sparse campaign schedule worries some Republicans -- Mitt Romney has been holding fewer public campaign events than John McCain did in 2008. He has spent a lot of time fundraising away from key swing states. Seema Mehta and Mitchell Landsberg in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/20/12 Romney rescue plan: More Mitt -- After taking a beating for comments he privately wishes he never made and from conservative critics he wishes he could muzzle, Mitt Romney and his campaign are settling on a rescue plan to show more of him — in ads, speeches and campaign appearances. MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI Politico -- 9/20/12 Amid Video Controversy, Romney Punches Back -- If Mitt Romney is panicking, it’s hard to tell. As Democrats salivate and Republicans squirm over a surreptitiously recorded video that shows Romney uttering politically fraught remarks to donors at a private fundraiser earlier this year, the Republican nominee is combating the onslaught by going back on attack. ALEX ALTMAN Time -- 9/20/12 With Romney on the Ropes, GOP Super PACs Keep Firing Away -- As Mitt Romney‘s campaign tries to regain control of its message and allay growing conservative doubts about whether he can beat Barack Obama, Republican super PACs are watching carefully and gauging how they can best steer their resources in the campaign’s home stretch. For now, however, they’re far from bailing on the GOP nominee. MICHAEL CROWLEY Time -- 9/20/12 Would being Latino help Romney? -- To win November's election, "it would be helpful to be Latino," Mitt Romney joked at a private fundraiser just over a week before he secured the Republican presidential nomination. But would it? Matt O'Brien in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/20/12 Maybe Romney Really Is ‘Severely Conservative’ After All -- Mitt Romney is, once again, playing a dangerous game, not unlike what his father, George, engaged in 45 years ago after the latter’s notorious admission that he’d suffered a “brainwashing” about Vietnam. Michael Hirsh National Journal -- 9/20/12 Saunders: Romney: clumsy, but he has a point -- Factually, Romney was in the right neighborhood. The Tax Foundation's William McBride has found that estimates of the number of Americans who do not pay any federal income tax range from 41 to 51 percent. Rhetorically, Romney was in the wrong part of town. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/20/12 Behind the big-ticket political fundraisers -- It doesn’t look all that swanky, the chamber of secrets in the Boca Raton mansion where Mitt Romney spilled about what wasn’t his job — to worry about the 47 percent of people who were, he said, victims and dependents. Ann Gerhart and Jason Horowitz in the Washington Post -- 9/20/12 Deciphering Mitt's '47 percent' blunder -- The best defense of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s instantly notorious “47 percent” remarks at a May fundraiser is that he made a bad point badly. RICH LOWRY Politico -- 9/20/12 Romney must own ’47 percent’ argument 100 percent of the time -- By describing half the American population as freeloaders, Romney achieved a twofer: he handed the Obama campaign yet another issue to demagogue, and its handmaidens in the press something new to yap about. And yap they will. Endlessly. Self-righteously. Joyfully. In Washington, it’s like Christmas. Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel Daily Caller -- 9/20/12 Measuring the Undecideds -- Romney can, and should, win most of the remaining undecided voters — but will it be enough? Jim Geraghty NRO -- 9/20/12 America’s Poor: Mitt Romney Does Not Make Forbes 400 List -- Forbes has released its annual 400 Richest People in America list. List-topper Bill Gates is joined by many familiar faces—Warren Buffett (No. 2), the Koch brothers (Nos. 4), various Waltons (Nos. 6–10), Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg (Nos. 36), Ralph Lauren (No. 52), Stephen Schwarzman (No. 63), Sumner Redstone (No. 91), and Steven Spielberg (No. 125), to name a few. Juli Weiner Vanity Fair -- 9/20/12 Romney Forced to Make Awkward Appearances on The View, Letterman Thanks to Secret Video -- As the controversy over Mitt Romney's secret fund-raiser video wears on, he's encountering more minor, but irritating, consequences. Margaret Hartmann New York Magazine -- 9/20/12 |
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