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Lungren backed 'forcible rape' bill before language was removed -- Republican Rep. Dan Lungren distanced himself from controversial bill language involving abortion funding in cases of "forcible rape" during a Tuesday debate with 7th Congressional District rival Ami Bera, saying he told the original sponsors of House Resolution 3 that he "would not support" the proposal unless the word "forcible" was taken out. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 Sacramento region to get ARB seat under newly signed law -- Assembly Bill 146 will expand the ARB from 11 to 12 members, with the new seat reserved for a representative from the Sacramento, Placer, Yolo-Solano, El Dorado or Feather River air districts. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 Gov. Jerry Brown outlaws using dogs to hunt bears, bobcats in California -- Hunters in California will no longer be allowed to use dogs to hunt bears and bobcats under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown in response to complaints the practice is cruel and unsporting. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/26/12 Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes state intervention in student suspensions -- Even the leader of the state Senate can’t escape the governor’s veto pen. That was clear Wednesday when Gov. Jerry Brown dismissed a bill on student discipline by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento). Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/26/12 Jerry Brown signs bill revising California school rating system -- Senate Bill 1458, by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, requires other factors, such as graduation rates and college-going rates, to be used in calculating a school's Academic Performance Index. David Siders SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 UC to pay nearly $1 million in UC Davis pepper-spray settlement -- The University of California will pay damages of $30,000 to each of the 21 UC Davis students and alumni who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during an otherwise peaceful protest 10 months ago, the university system announced Wednesday. Stephen Ceasar in the Los Angeles Times$ Alex Dobuzinskis Reuters Will Kane in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12 Union leader defends Villaraigosa in the wake of pension vote -- A day after the Los Angeles City Council backed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's push to roll back pensions for newly hired city employees, the president of one of the state's biggest private sector unions defended the mayor, saying he is "not the enemy" of workers. David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 U.S. attack on Iran unlikely, Feinstein says -- California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday in San Francisco that while Iran's nuclear capability is rapidly advancing, she does not believe that the United States would make a pre-emptive strike on that country, "nor do I believe that would be the right thing to do." Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12 Apple taps obscure Asian suppliers to bring iPhone, other products to the masses -- On a November afternoon two years ago, a taxi pulled up to the gate of Ta Liang Technology, one of countless nondescript companies that make up the global gadget supply chain. John Boudreau in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/26/12 Rarick: Will Prop. 30 Pass? Here’s Some Historical Perspective -- What’s the likely outcome for Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax increase? That’s the million-dollar question – well, OK, the $6-billion question – for the California political community at the moment. Ethan Rarick Fox & Hounds -- 9/26/12 Ami Bera says he will take congressional pay if elected after all -- Elk Grove Democrat Ami Bera's campaign said today that the 7th Congressional District candidate misspoke during Tuesday's debate when he pledged to forgo his own pay if elected to Congress until unemployment drops in the Sacramento region. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 Lungren, Bera seek to sway Sacramento-area independent voters in debate -- Republican Rep. Dan Lungren and Democratic opponent Ami Bera discussed the role of government on issues ranging from job creation to abortion Tuesday as they fought to win over voters in one of the country's most competitive congressional districts. Torey Van Oot in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/26/12 Gov. Brown acts to speed up restitution to corporate fraud victims -- A decade after the Legislature created a fund to pay victims of corporate fraud, the state has dispersed just a fraction of the money raised through a fee on corporate document filings. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/26/12
Polls show Ohio remains elusive for Romney as GOP ticket wraps up bus tour -- In the four months since Mitt Romney clinched the GOP presidential nomination, about 20 nonpartisan polls have been taken in the battleground state of Ohio. Romney has led President Obama in just three of them. Felicia Sonmez in the Washington Post Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 Fact Checker: Obama’s claim that ‘90 percent’ of the current deficit is due to Bush policies -- There are a lot of numbers and assertions in these statements by the president. We will primarily focus on the first statement, since it raises interesting questions of presidential responsibility. (Four Pinocchios) Glenn Kessler in the Washington Post -- 9/26/12 Democrats gain favor in battle for Senate -- Republicans' chances of gaining enough seats for Senate control begin to fade as more races start leaning toward Democratic candidates. Lisa Mascaro in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12
Proposition 38 campaign pushes taxes, blasts Sacramento -- The Proposition 38 campaign released its first statewide television advertisement Monday, aiming to gain ground in the polls by playing to voters' distrust of Sacramento politicians. Chris Megerian LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/26/12 Gov. Brown signs bill to speed payouts by corporate fraud fund -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday designed to cut red tape that has delayed numerous payouts of money set aside in a multimillion-dollar state fund for victims of corporate fraud. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 Online voter registration draws critics -- California's new online voter registration system went live with much fanfare last week, but one group is not cheering: disabled voters. Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12 Medicare, personal attacks dominate Lungren-Bera debate -- There were no shortage of political and personal swipes as Republican Rep. Dan Lungren and Elk Grove Democrat Ami Bera took the stage for the first and only scheduled debate of one of the nation's most competitive congressional contests. Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 9/26/12 Walters: Dan Lungren fights for his political life -- Two decades ago, Dan Lungren was widely considered to be an ascending political star with White House-level potential. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/26/12 Morain: Ami Bera misses big chance to knock out Dan Lungren -- The race between Rep. Dan Lungren and Dr. Ami Bera is far from over, but the doctor-challenger missed his one good shot at decking the incumbent as the candidates met in their first and likely only debate on Tuesday. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/26/12 Prop. 37 brings food labeling issue to the fore -- A box of cereal reading "Made with whole grains" may actually contain only a small amount of whole wheat flour. A carton of eggs with "cage free" in big letters may have come from chickens that have never seen daylight. A jug of apple juice labeled "Made in Sonoma" may contain apples mostly from Arizona. Tara Duggan and Stacy Finz in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12 Gov. Jerry Brown approves two-year moratorium on state park closures -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Tuesday that puts a two-year moratorium on closing state parks in California and allocates $30 million in recently discovered surplus funds to help them continue operation. Patrick McGreevy LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 9/26/12 House Panel Recommends New Rules on Ethics -- The recommendations, coming only a few months before the House adopts a new set of rules for the next Congress, were released as the House ethics committee completed a three-year investigation of Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California — an inquiry that itself was caught up in such partisan disputes and ambiguous ethics rules. ERIC LIPTON in the New York Times$ -- 9/26/12 Herdt: In politics, it's the year of the gorilla -- During his tenure as chairman of California's political watchdog agency, former Republican state Senate leader Ross Johnson didn't make a whole lot of friends among the political class. He had something rare among government regulators — a capacity for outrage and the willingness to express it. Timm Herdt in the Ventura Star -- 9/26/12 Online voter registration and get out the vote rallies roll across the Southland -- While other states are imposing stricter rules on voting, new laws in California have made registering to vote here easier, leaders from state government and the entertainment industry boasted on Tuesday. Steve Scauzillo in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 9/26/12 Lopez: Poor care for veterans becomes campaign issue -- Democratic Rep. Howard Waxman says the bureaucracy at the West L.A. Veterans Affairs center is impenetrable. His opponent says it's beyond the pale as veterans fight for funds, care and housing. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 Google's Sergey Brin joins California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign new driverless car law -- Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Gov. Jerry Brown car-pooled to work Tuesday in a white Toyota Prius, and no one was driving. One day, in the not-so-distant future, you can join them. Mike Rosenberg in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/26/12 San Bruno blast: PG&E denies wrongdoing -- Pacific Gas and Electric Co. dismissed nearly all of state utility regulators' accusations of wrongdoing stemming from the 2010 San Bruno gas-pipeline explosion as an exercise in scapegoating, as the state opened a hearing Tuesday that could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in fines against the company. Jaxon Van Derbeken in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12
If November tax measures fail, Martinez school board candidates say there's not much left to cut -- The five candidates for Martinez school board agree that if both statewide tax measures on the November ballot fail, the district will be hard-pressed to find places to cut costs. Lisa P. White in the Contra Costa Times -- 9/26/12
Comcast will slash about 1,000 jobs in Northern California, including 600 in the Bay Area -- Comcast will eliminate about 1,000 jobs in Northern California, including more than 300 in the East Bay and more than 300 in the South Bay, as it closes call centers in Livermore, Morgan Hill and Sacramento. The telecommunications giant blamed the cuts on California's high costs. George Avalos in the Contra Costa Times Claudia Buck in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/26/12 L.A. City Council backs pension cuts for new workers -- In a victory for Mayor Villaraigosa and a blow to unions, lawmakers vote to reduce pensions and raise retirement age. Another vote is needed for cuts to take effect. Kate Linthicum and David Zahniser in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12
CA schools face loss of hundreds of millions from sequestration -- Los Angeles Unified stands to lose $111 million next year if Congress and the White House fail to stand down the pending sequestration cuts set for January, according to analysis from the New America Foundation. Tom Chorneau SI&A Cabinet Report -- 9/26/12 New 2-year lease on life for 163 Partnership Academies -- Financially threatened high school career academies will get a lifeline and new career tech programs will get a lift, now that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation committing $68 million for those and related projects over the next two years. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 9/26/12 California's SAT scores drop; reading and math below national average -- California high school seniors' SAT scores dropped last year, reflecting a national trend of lower scores on the college-entrance exam. Sharon Noguchi in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/26/12
911 Good Samaritan Law Passes -- It’s an all-too-common scenario: a person collapses from an overdose, but that person’s friends are too scared to call police, because they don’t want to get caught with illegal drugs. So they abandon the victim. Suzanne Potter HealthyCal.org -- 9/26/12
Newhall Ranch housing development dealt a new setback -- A judge issues a preliminary ruling that supports concerns raised by environmentalists. Developers seek to house 60,000 residents along the Santa Clara River. Ann M. Simmons in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12
'Party's over' for party buses, say parents of dead Burlingame teen -- There is nothing the Studebakers can do to get their 19-year-old son, Brett, back, but they have been fighting to make sure his death after a night of drinking aboard a party bus won't be in vain. Joshua Melvin in the San Jose Mercury -- 9/26/12 Mirkarimi team pursues probe against Lee -- Attorneys for suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi have submitted sworn statements from Aaron Peskin and Debra Walker to the Board of Supervisors, hoping the force of oath will lead to an investigation into the lawyers' allegations that Mayor Ed Lee lied about key elements of the case in his testimony to the city Ethics Commission. Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 9/26/12 OPD accuses Rebecca Kaplan of smearing officers -- Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is in hot water with Oakland police over accusations that she compared officers¿ accused of misconduct to abusive priests that get shuffled from parish to parish with no repercussion. Matthew Artz in the Oakland Tribune -- 9/26/12 Officials seize less California marijuana, see more crops on private land -- As California's outdoor marijuana growing season nears its end for 2012, drug officials are reporting a sharp decline in crop seizures for the second year in a row. ANDREW BECKER Bay Citizen -- 9/26/12 Occupy Oakland announces protest plans -- Occupy Oakland supporters announced plan to retake Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Oct. 25 -- the anniversary of the initial eviction of the Oakland encampment and the ensuing protest for which police were sharply criticized. Matthew Artz in the Oakland Tribune -- 9/26/12
McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'? -- Democratic Senate candidates in tight races are already seeing an influx of money from Karl Rove-allied groups targeting them. And if Mitt Romney's campaign fades, that trend may accelerate. Doyle McManus in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 Mitt Romney campaign impaired by shift in voter attitudes -- Polls giving an edge to Obama reflect more optimism about the economy and new enthusiasm by Democratic voters. David Lauter in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 Romney, in shift, says Obama has not raised taxes -- Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Obama did not raise taxes during his first term, contradicting a constant attack he has leveled on Obama — that his healthcare plan was a tax increase. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/26/12 Obama showering Ohio with attention and money -- After President Obama pledged in March to create up to 15 manufacturing centers nationwide, the first federal grant went to a place at the heart of his affections: Ohio. Jerry Markon and Alice Crites in the Washington Post -- 9/26/12 Mitt Romney, back in battleground Ohio, tries to make up lost ground -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney returned to Ohio on Tuesday to kick off a bus tour across this critical battleground state in a push to make up ground that he has lost to President Obama. Philip Rucker in the Washington Post -- 9/26/12 Polls Show Obama Is Widening His Lead in Ohio and Florida -- For weeks, Republicans in Ohio have been watching with worry that the state’s vital 18 electoral votes were trending away from Mitt Romney. JIM RUTENBERG and JEFF ZELENY in the New York Times$ -- 9/26/12 The battle for white men -- They arrived here in droves in the pouring rain to hear Vice President Joe Biden, an ocean of white guys. There were men in overalls and some in suits, hardcore Democrats and wavering Republicans, undecideds and first-time voters, the unemployed and the angry. LOIS ROMANO Politico -- 9/26/12 Mitt Romney and The RNC: Reince Priebus And Company Could Make Or Break Candidate -- The most important person in the presidential race who is not running for office may be Jeff Larson, the chief of staff at the Republican National Committee. Sam Stein Huffington Post -- 9/26/12 President Obama: The Democrats' Ronald Reagan -- With his first term behind him, Obama is poised to be as significant a president as Reagan—tackling the deficit, spearheading immigration reform, and jolting the GOP back to sanity. Andrew Sullivan Newsweek -- 9/26/12 Mitt Romney and Bill Clinton: The Bromance of 2013? -- The Republican presidential candidate joined the former president in New York to extol the power of free trade and private investment to defang radicalism abroad. Garance Franke-Ruta The Atlantic -- 9/26/12 Are Polls Skewed Too Heavily Against Republicans? -- Probably not: As the chorus of complaints from the right grows louder, pollsters say there are simply more people who identify as Democrats. Steven Shepard The Atlantic -- 9/26/12 Pollsters Suggest Race Stabilizing in Obama’s Favor -- This race is certainly not over; with three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate to go and two upcoming unemployment reports — and all against a backdrop of a very unstable world — it’s not hard to conjure up scenarios that could change the trajectory of this election. Charlie Cook National Journal -- 9/26/12 Did Someone Give Obama a Black Eye? -- The four times President Obama has gone on TV in the last six days, as he did this morning when he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, cameras showed what looks like he has a black eye. Or at least one that has been covered up. ELSPETH REEVE The Atlantic Wire -- 9/26/12 |
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