Politics and ElectionsCA response to Boston terror attack mostly measured, mutedWednesday, April 17th, 2013 April 17, 2013 By Chris Reed Unlike officials in New York, Washington and some other cities in the Northeast, elected leaders and law-enforcement officials in California took a generally measured and in some cases muted response to Monday's terrorist attack at the iconic Boston Marathon. Th... How your CA legislators spent spring breakWednesday, April 3rd, 2013 April 3, 2013 By John Hrabe California state legislators returned to the Capitol this week after a week-long spring vacation. The Sacramento Bee’s Capitol Alert already pointed out that spring break is “something California legislators and college students have in common.” That made us t... Will Silicon Valley’s elite take on public sector unions?Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 March 27, 2013 By Ed Ring The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most liberal metropolitan areas in America. Democrats are typically favored over Republicans in elections by margins up to 50 percentage points. The SF Bay is also perhaps the wealthiest region in America, with a GDP of over $... Neighborhood Legislature could restore accountabilityWednesday, March 27th, 2013 March 27, 2013 By Katy Grimes Big spending on California politics has become one of the state’s largest industries. But the return on investment is lousy. California’s political system has become so heavily manipulated by labor unions and other big money interests that the system is bro... CA voter rolls: Reps take bigger hit than DemsTuesday, March 26th, 2013March 26, 2013 By John Seiler Californians still are shunning political parties more than in the past. But Republicans are losing registered voters faster than Democrats. According to the new report by Secretary of State Debra Bowen: "The percentage of California voters registered with a poli... The radical roots of Jerry Brown’s school finance reform planFriday, March 22nd, 2013 March 22, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi California Gov. Jerry Brown’s recently proposed radical public school financing reform –- the so-called “Local Control Funding Formula” –- reflects the Catholic Jesuit social doctrine of 1968 called “the preferential option for the poor.” But t... Hit piece emboldens Donnelly gubernatorial bidMonday, March 18th, 2013 March 18, 2013 By Katy Grimes Last week, Assemblyman Tim Donnell (R-Hesperia) saw his planned run for governor contemptuously dismissed as a "faux bid" by Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Morain. The column read more like a hit piece than an analysis. Worse yet, it came off as if it were a persona... Gingrich praises Lt. Gov. Newsom’s ‘Citizenville’ at CPACSaturday, March 16th, 2013 March 16, 2013 By Josephine Djuhana NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. --- Former Speaker Newt Gingrich lit up CPAC on its third and final day of convention, opening with bold criticisms against the Republican establishment and its consultant culture. “The Republican establishment is just plain wro... Some minority L.A. Dems realize unions are dubious alliesTuesday, March 12th, 2013 March 12, 2013 By Chris Reed The hegemony of Democrats in California is based to a striking degree on the ability of public employee unions -- whose leaders and most affluent members are predominantly white -- to keep minorities on board even though "social justice" means sharply different thi... CA GOP needs ideas, not just moneyMonday, March 11th, 2013March 11, 2013 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- Most of the activists, insiders and lobbyists I talked to during this month's California Republican Party convention in Sacramento expressed optimism about their party despite blistering election losses and persistently falling voter registration... |