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Proposition 30 ad makes false claims, opponents charge in new ad -- Responding to a statewide ad campaign from the Yes on Proposition 30 campaign, opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative say the claims made in the spot are untrue. Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times$ Wyatt Buchanan Chronicle Politics -- 10/4/12 TV ad against food labeling initiative Proposition 37 is pulled -- A television spot opposing Proposition 37, the genetically engineered food labeling initiative, was pulled briefly this week to better identify a think-tank researcher attacking the ballot issue. Marc Lifsher in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Morello rage against Prop. 32 -- The November ballot measure would make major changes to California's campaign finance system, including banning the practice of political contribution by payroll deduction -- the primary method labor unions use to raise political cash. Unions have declared the initiative their top priority this year. Michael J. Mishak LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 10/4/12 LAPD won’t honor federal requests to detain some illegal immigrants -- LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced Thursday that his department will no longer honor requests from federal immigration officials to detain hundreds of illegal immigrants who are arrested each year for low-level crimes and wanted for deportation. Joel Rubin and Andrew Blankstein in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 Anti-tax group sues to end state fire fee, wants refunds -- The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association announced today that it is suing to end a $150 annual state fire fee imposed on California's rural residents and obtain refunds for those who have already paid. Kevin Yamamura SacBee Capitol Alert$ -- 10/4/12 Dell, Arista, Palo Alto Networks launch expansions that could bring 2,40-plus jobs to Santa Clara -- Three high-profile tech companies -- Dell, Arista Networks and Palo Alto Networks -- have struck deals to expand their South Bay operations in agreements that could bring thousands of jobs to Santa Clara. All together, the companies have agreed to lease 600,000 square feet in Santa Clara. Buildings with that much space typically can accommodate 2,400 or more employees. George Avalos in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/4/12 California Insolvencies Mount as Atwater Votes Emergency -- Atwater, California, the Merced County agricultural community facing insolvency before year-end, declared a fiscal emergency as it struggles to avoid becoming the state’s fourth city to seek bankruptcy protection in 2012. Michael B. Marois Bloomberg -- 10/4/12 Sacramento household income falls further behind rest of state -- Sacramento households lost income faster than their counterparts elsewhere in the state during the past five years, largely due to the double whammy of a deep housing bust and a slew of government cuts, new census figures show. Phillip Reese in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/4/12 Bay Area gas prices suddenly soar toward record levels -- Bay Area gasoline prices are soaring toward record levels amid fuel supply shortages that are forcing stations in Southern California to shut pumps. Mike Rosenberg in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/4/12 Pete Stark faces toughest electoral challenge of his career -- When Pete Stark walks into a room nowadays, his supporters get a bit nervous. Josh Richman in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/4/12 Edison wants to restart one of San Onofre's nuclear reactors -- Southern California Edison wants to restart one of the two reactors at its San Onofre nuclear plant, which has been shuttered for eight months over safety concerns, officials said Thursday. Abby Sewell in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 2nd San Onofre reactor to remain offline through next summer -- At least one of the two reactors at the San Onofre nuclear plant will remain offline through next summer, a senior Southern California Edison official said Friday, while activists said both units should remain shuttered. Abby Sewell in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 CSU names head of UC Riverside as new chancellor -- California State University trustees have picked a leader from the state's other public university system to replace outgoing chancellor Charles Reed. Laurel Rosenhall SacBee Capitol Alert$ Terence Chea Associated Press Anthony York LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 10/4/12 Wildermuth: Brown’s Vetoes Are Check on Legislature -- If there was ever any doubt that the governor’s veto power provides adult supervision for the Legislature, all you need to do is look at SB1480, the bat bill. That’s bats, as in furry nighttime flying things. John Wildermuth Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 10/4/12 Fox: Press Sees through Misleading Prop 30 Ads -- It is pretty evident that Proposition 30 was created with one specific feature to sell the measure to voters, using deception. And when the ads promoting Prop 30 were released yesterday, the press was not fooled. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 10/4/12 Rarick: Prop. 30 Ads – Wrong (Thank Goodness) -- The new ads touting the governor’s tax increase emphasize that the money will be locked away for public education. It’s a phony claim, but ironically that’s a good thing. It would be the worse for being true. Ethan Rarick Fox & Hounds -- 10/4/12
Elon Musk assures Tesla is repaying government loans -- Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk dismissed fears the electric carmaker was in financial trouble and said it was making an advance payment on the federal loan used to make its Model S sedan. Ben Klayman Reuters -- 10/4/12 Romney Basks in Debate Afterglow in Surprise Visit to Conservative Group -- Basking in the afterglow of a strong performance in the first of three presidential debates, Mitt Romney made an unannounced stop on Thursday at the Colorado Conservative Political Action Conference and received a standing ovation from a surprised Republican audience. Sarah Huisenga National Journal -- 10/4/12 Obama Belatedly Takes On Romney Amid Democratic Discontent -- President Obama and his allies are similarly seeking to redefine his first debate on their own terms—not as a limp performance by the Democratic incumbent but as a package of lies by Republican challenger Mitt Romney about his real agenda. Beth Reinhard and Major Garrett National Journal -- 10/4/12 Launching new attack, Obama says “the real Mitt Romney” didn’t show up at debate -- In his first public appearance after what was widely viewed as a lackluster debate performance against his Republican challenger, President Barack Obama was cheered Thursday at a morning rally by thousands of supporters, telling them he was shocked to meet a “guy who was playing Mitt Romney” on stage. Carla Marinucci in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Obama Campaign Shifts Attack Strategy After Debate -- President Barack Obama and his aides rapidly reversed their strategic course Thursday morning, shifting the center of their attacks on Mitt Romney back toward the oldest criticisms of the Republican: That he's a flip-flopper. Zeke Miller BuzzFeed -- 10/4/12 Incumbent Debate Curse: Barack Obama Falls to Mitt Romney -- Call it the curse of incumbency. Like many of his predecessors, President Obama fell victim Wednesday night to high expectations, a short fuse, and a hungry challenger. Ron Fournier National Journal -- 10/4/12 Debate Renews GOP Confidence in Down-Ballot Races -- But after Mitt Romney's surprisingly strong showing in his first presidential debate of the general-election season, Republicans have a new spring in their step and renewed confidence in their ability to get down-ballot races back on track -- a reflection of just how bad things looked only a few weeks ago. Reid Wilson National Journal -- 10/4/12 Conservatives Will Love Moderate Mitt as Long as He's Winning -- Conservatives are so thrilled with Mitt Romney's victory in the first presidential debate Wednesday night that they're not noticing how moderate he sounded. ELSPETH REEVE Atlantic Wire -- 10/4/12 Romney Won by Being Himself (and Obama Lost for the Same Reason) -- Mitt Romney came with a written presentation. Barack Obama came with a seminar outline. Derek Thompson The Atlantic -- 10/4/12 Romney's Next Test: Sustaining His Newfound Momentum -- His commanding debate performance gives him an opening, but Romney still has little room for error. Beth Reinhard The Atlantic -- 10/4/12 What Mitt Did -- The conservative blogosphere has exploded in cheers last night and this morning, and it’s easy to see why: Not only (as John Fonte noted) does the Right finally have a candidate who can speak in coherent sentences and paragraphs, but — and I admit this blindsided me — it also has a champion who actually wants to fight and enjoys the combat. Michael Walsh NRO -- 10/4/12 Romney Scores by Attacking Obama’s Two Favorite Things -- The first was his effectiveness in beating back the main point of Obama’s ad thrust and stump message across the past several months — that Romney ostensibly wants to cut taxes for the rich and raise them for the middle class. JEFFREY H. ANDERSON Weekly Standard -- 10/4/12 Woodward blames Obama debate performance on distraction in ‘his presidential or personal life’ -- Long-time presidential reporter Bob Woodward says that President Barack Obama didn’t live up to expectations in his debate appearance Wednesday night because he was distracted either by politics or something personal. Jeff Poor Daily Caller -- 10/4/12 Romney’s `Losers’ Overlook Ford, Nissan — and Tesla Repaying -- Romney was criticizing a George W. Bush-era program intended to spur the development of greener cars and energy sources. ANGELA GREILING KEANE Bloomberg -- 10/4/12 -/-
Charles Munger doubles down to defeat Prop. 30, support Prop. 32 -- Charles Munger Jr. has given another $9.9 million to a committee with a dual mission: defeat Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure, Proposition 30, and support a measure that is anathema to unions, Proposition 32. Jon Ortiz in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/4/12 Prop. 30 ads confusing -- A barrage of television ads for Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-raising Proposition 30 started airing statewide on Wednesday, but one of the central arguments made in some of the ads is questionable. Wyatt Buchanan in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Skelton: Prop. 30 compounds state's bad tax policy, but we need it anyway -- There are plenty of good reasons to vote no, and one compelling reason to vote yes: the students. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 League of Women Voters stars in new Prop. 32 ad -- Labor unions working to defeat Proposition 32 have tapped a good-government group to star in their latest ad. Michael J. Mishak LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 10/4/12 Online registration boosts voter rolls sharply, officials say -- A record 150,000 new voters were added to the rolls last month, Los Angeles County elections officials said Wednesday. Officials attributed much of the increase to California's new online voter registration system. Jean Merl LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 10/4/12 Sen. Lowenthal answers U.S. Chamber attack -- Lashing back after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign against him, state Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) gathered some local business owners to rebut the chamber's attack. Jean Merl LA Times PolitiCal$ -- 10/4/12 Sons of farmworkers vie for seats in Congress -- Congressional campaigns by the children of farmworkers point to Latinos' growing political clout in California's rural areas. Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 Vetoes Show Brown Walking a Middle Line -- Jerry Brown's "canoe theory" of politics helps determine which bills he signs. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe NBC LA Prop Zero -- 10/4/12 More voices join call for ouster of Santa Ana's 'invisible mayor' -- Miguel Pulido has been a force in the O.C. city's politics since 1986, but elected leaders and activists who have come to see him as out of touch are urging voters to replace him in November. Nicole Santa Cruz in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca agrees to long list of jail reforms -- Bowing to mounting pressure to fix the nation's largest jail system, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca agreed Wednesday to sweeping reforms to improve the management and oversight of his agency amid allegations of deputy brutality against inmates. Jack Leonard and Robert Faturechi in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 CalBuzz: Debate Analysis: Where Was Barack Obama? -- If Mitt Romney gets a bump out of Wednesday night’s debate, it’ll be because President Obama let him sail through 90 minutes with no mention of General Motors, choice, the 47%, union rights, dumping patients in the emergency room, the phony $716 million cut in Medicare, privatizing Social Security, Paul Ryan’s budget, Bain — you name it. Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine CalBuzz -- 10/4/12
Analysts: California likely in for another gas price spike -- Energy analysts are warning of a possible 10- to 20-cent spike in gasoline prices throughout California this week. Mark Glover in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/4/12 Apple reportedly has an 'iPad Mini' in production -- With press reports surfacing that Apple has begun producing a so-called iPad Mini in China, and one saying it may be unveiled as early as this month, excitement mounted Wednesday over a smaller and less-expensive tablet that can be tucked away neatly into a purse or a sportcoat. Patrick May in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/4/12 PG&E strikes deal for big expansion at Bishop Ranch that will bring 700 jobs to San Ramon -- PG&E will move hundreds of employees to San Ramon in a major consolidation of the company's gas control and electricity operations that will bring 1,700 employees to the East Bay's Bishop Ranch business park. George Avalos in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/4/12 Facebook Now Lets US Users Pay $7 To Promote Posts To The News Feeds Of More Friends -- Facebook is expanding to the U.S. the controversial Promoted Posts feature that lets users pay to get their posts more visibility in the news feed. It will cost $7 per post and Facebook hopes it will be used for garage sales, parties, wedding photos and other important announcements. JOSH CONSTINE TechCrunch -- 10/4/12
Community colleges' crisis slows students' progress to a crawl -- Thousands of degree seekers are able to enroll in only one class at a time. Hopes of graduating or transferring wither as years pass. Stephen Ceasar in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 2011-12 education bills come due -- It was a season of upsets, near hits and student successes for education in the just ended Legislative session. Kathryn Baron EdSource -- 10/4/12 Affeldt: A missed opportunity to reform teacher evaluations -- The Chicago teachers’ strike is the most recent example of how bloody the ideological debate over teacher evaluation has become in this country. John Affeldt EdSource -- 10/4/12 State appoints an administrator to oversee Inglewood school district -- Kent Taylor, superintendent of education in southern Kern County, was selected Wednesday to lead the Inglewood school district -- the first major move by the state after its takeover of the financially troubled district. Kurt Streeter in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12
CalPERS weighs huge premium hike for long-term care -- CalPERS is considering imposing a 75 percent increase in premiums on the vast majority of its long-term care policyholders. Dale Kasler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/4/12
California agrees to study protections for gray wolf -- As California's lone gray wolf continues roaming the state's far northern wilds, officials Wednesday decided to launch a one-year study to see whether the species should be given state endangered species protections. JASON DEAREN Associated Press -- 10/4/12 Warren Buffett Buys California Wind Facility -- MidAmerican Wind, a division of natural gas tycoon Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Renewables, has bought 300 megawatts-worth of wind turbines in the Tehachapi mountains. Chris Clarke KCET Rewire -- 10/4/12
America's Cup 'village' plan unraveling -- Plans for competing teams to be based on Piers 30-32 for next year's America's Cup are unraveling, with two teams blaming regatta organizers of backing out of a deal struck months ago. John Coté in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Questions remain about police killing -- After an Oakland police officer chased 18-year-old Alan Blueford for three blocks through a darkened neighborhood, the young suspect tripped and fell along a home's chain-link fence. Demian Bulwa and Justin Berton in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Oakland police criticized for Occupy response -- The Oakland Police Department's response to Occupy Oakland last fall was "troubling" and raises questions as to whether it is complying with a federal consent decree, a court-appointed monitor said in report Wednesday. Henry K. Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Juvenile detainees entitled to time outdoors, but many not interested -- Survey results surprise San Francisco Youth Commission, which is pushing for more time outside. TREY BUNDY San Francisco Bay Citizen -- 10/4/12 San Diego anti-terror center spent $100,000 on tiny cameras, big TVs -- A U.S. Senate report has found massive spending leading to few results from a national anti-terror program, including questionable purchases at one of the so-called "fusion centers" based in San Diego. Don Thompson Associated Press -- 10/4/12
Romney, Obama square off in polite debate -- In a lively and unusually civilized debate Wednesday, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney clashed on who would be the better champion of the middle class - a match that provided high drama but no critical game-changers. Carla Marinucci and Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Local economists on debate: 'No specifics' -- Local economists heard few specifics from President Obama and Mitt Romney Wednesday."My basic thought was, 'What we're getting is pixie dust,'" retired Cal State Fullerton Professor Jane Hall said. RONALD CAMPBELL in the Orange County Register -- 10/4/12 In first debate, Obama and Romney politely disagree sharply -- In a debate focusing on taxes, Medicare and other domestic issues, Romney appears more crisp and polished as he attacks Obama's record while casting his own policies in a centrist light. Mark Z. Barabak in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/4/12 Analysis: Romney finds his voice on economy -- After many months of awkward moments and shifting campaign messages, he forcefully and confidently stood alongside President Obama and offered an alternative economic vision to what he called Obama’s “trickle-down government approach.” Karen Tumulty in the Washington Post -- 10/4/12 Romney wins a reprieve -- Mitt Romney took the debate stage here with top Republicans verging on panic over his listless and accident-prone campaign, publicly second-guessing their party’s nominee and privately hedging their bets as they contemplated the long odds he was facing. JONATHAN MARTIN and JOHN F. HARRIS Politico -- 10/4/12 Simon: Obama snoozes and loses -- One word of advice for Barack Obama before his next debate: Caffeine. ROGER SIMON Politico -- 10/4/12 Behind debate scenes, Romney’s team reenergized by Republican’s performance -- They had come to claim victory before the first presidential debate had concluded, a show of confidence — and no shortage of satisfaction after a long month of GOP self-doubt — in their belief that their candidate had clearly bested President Obama. David Nakamura and Philip Rucker in the Washington Post -- 10/4/12 Saunders: Obamacare is not the same as Romneycare -- There are a lot of differences between Obamacare and Romneycare, even though President Obama said that the two plans were based on an "identical model" during the first presidential debate in Denver Wednesday night. Debra J. Saunders in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/4/12 Election 2012: Fact Check -- There they go again. Both President Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney tossed out a blizzard of statistics and facts, often of dubious origin. Here are some highlights. Glenn Kessler in the Washington Post -- 10/4/12 Taking Stock of Some of the Claims and Counterclaims -- Mitt Romney repeatedly questioned President Obama’s honesty at Wednesday night’s debate — likening the president and vice president at one point to his five sons repeating things that were not true — but he made a number of misleading statements himself on the size of the federal deficits, taxes, Medicare and health care. MICHAEL COOPER, JACKIE CALMES, ANNIE LOWREY, ROBERT PEAR and JOHN M. BRODER in the New York Times$ -- 10/4/12 Fact-checking the Denver debate -- President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney threw a lot of facts and numbers at each other in Denver Wednesday night—details often so jarringly at odds that the two men seemed to be inhabiting two parallel universes. JOSH GERSTEIN and DARREN SAMUELSOHN Politico -- 10/4/12 Obama fails to mention Bain, '47 percent' -- President Obama didn’t mention two of his campaign’s most effective attacks against Mitt Romney in Wednesday night’s debate in Denver. Jonathan Easley The Hill -- 10/4/12 5 takeaways from the Denver debate -- The debate was relatively sleepy, and there were no fireworks or big “moments” to speak of, but Romney scored on points against a barely-there incumbent. MAGGIE HABERMAN Politico -- 10/4/12 Walmart Moms: Romney Won Debate, But Many Still Undecided -- A persuadable group is favorably impressed by the GOP nominee but most not yet ready to commit. Naureen Khan National Journal -- 10/4/12 One Bright Spot for Obama in Debate: Medicare -- Obama made a strong case that the Medicare reform proposal offered by Mitt Romney could shift costs to seniors and potentially undermine the traditional government insurance program, even if the plan includes it as an option. Margot Sanger-Katz National Journal -- 10/4/12 The First Debate -- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both been running for president since about 2006, and have participated in a lot of debates in that time. I think this was Mitt Romney’s best debate in that entire time, and Barack Obama’s worst. Yuval Levin NRO -- 10/4/12 ‘A Terrific Debate’ -- President Obama was right in his closing statement: “This was a terrific debate.” So it was. For Mitt Romney. William Kristol Weekly Standard -- 10/4/12 Obama surrogates can’t quite spin a win after Denver presidential debate -- Mitt Romney emerged as the decisive winner of the first presidential debate with President Barack Obama on Wednesday night, a reality even the president’s surrogates were unable to spin. Alexis Levinson Daily Caller -- 10/4/12 |
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