Democrats use Jerry Brown’s dog to campaign for Prop. 30
Gov. Jerry Brown will start campaigning statewide for his tax-raising Proposition 30 — with stops in Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield and Fresno tomorrow — but it looks like he may be outdone by his...
View ArticleGov. Brown: A lot of Californians haven’t heard about Prop. 30
As he barnstormed across California today campaigning for Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown said that one of his biggest obstacles in promoting the tax-raising measure is that some voters just don’t...
View ArticleBig biz joins Gov. Jerry Brown in SF for Prop. 30 push
Brown with business leaders in San Francisco today/Chronicle photo by Liz Hafalia Gov. Jerry Brown continued his statewide campaign for his tax-raising Proposition 30 today, meeting in San Francisco...
View ArticleRegulators can examine source of $11 million mystery donation, court rules
Californians may soon find out who was behind a mysterious $11 million campaign donation to a committee working for the defeat of Proposition 30 and the passage of Proposition 32. A Sacramento Superior...
View ArticleHere’s what Jerry Brown thinks of Texas guv’s business-wooing ad
Gov. Jerry Brown isn’t very impressed with Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s radio buy in California to try to lure business to relocate to the Lone Star State. In fact, Brown said it was less than a common...
View ArticleLabor unions oppose overhaul of environmental law
While we’ve yet to see a bill introduced that would make major changes in how the California Environmental Quality Act operates, more people are taking sides in the debate. You can read more about the...
View ArticleLIVE from the GOP-fest: More from, uh, yesterday’s McCarthy speech
There was a lot more from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Whip from Bakersfield, that we couldn’t fit in today’s piece, which you can read here. So consider this a free supersize on your Big...
View ArticleBill would allow California bars to stay open until 4 a.m.
Last call could come later in California under a bill that’s being proposed at the Capitol. The bill, SB635 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would allow cities and counties to petition the...
View ArticleBill would force colleges to give credit for online courses
California’s public college and university students struggling to get the classes they need to graduate may soon have more options with a statewide system of online courses. Under a bill by Senate...
View ArticleNew state bill on transgender students would improve access
Public schools in California would have to institute policies to deal with issues about access to school facilities and activities under a bill proposed at the Capitol by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San...
View ArticleCalifornia could require condoms in porn
Los Angeles County voters mandated that performers in adult films wear condoms last November and the requirement could now extend to productions across the state. A bill introduced at the Capitol,...
View ArticleBill to hit Boy Scouts’ pocketbook over LGBT policy advances
California would strip the tax-exempt status from the Boy Scouts of America and other youth organizations that discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people under a bill that...
View ArticleCap and trade spending plan angers enviros
Some environmental and other advocates in California have big problems with Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to use $500 million generated through the auction of pollution credits as part of the state’s cap and...
View ArticleBill Lockyer to retire from public office
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer, one of the longest serving elected officials in the state, said Monday that he will retire from politics after the end of his term next year. Lockyer, who has served...
View ArticleLockyer’s next gig: comedian?
With the announcement that California Treasurer Bill Lockyer will retire from public office after his term ends next year, we’d thought you might enjoy the lighter side of this career politician....
View ArticleHow Jerry Brown won the spending fight
Gov. Jerry Brown is riding high in Sacramento these days, with the passage of a state budget that largely reflects what he initially proposed despite early pushback from Democrats in the Legislature....
View ArticleSchwarzenegger likened to George Wallace for marriage vetoes
Old vetoes die hard, especially when it comes to same-sex marriage. At the Capitol Wednesday, as members of the Legislature’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus held a press conference...
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