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More Information About the ‘We Like Women’ Party Platform
(Editor’s Note: There has been an unprecedented clamor by California’s Capitol viewers to learn more about the We Like Women political party, which is attempting to qualify for a place on California’s ballot and was the subject of a March 10 post.
While the same can’t be said of the chief correspondent of California’s Capitol, this site’s management is both conscientious and responsive to the concerns of readers, particularly those who pay to advertise. Read more »
An Interesting Fundraising Twist — Math Not Withstanding
***** Assemblyman Jose SolorioCordially Invites You to Celebrate His 10 Years of Public Service in Our Community
Thursday, March 18th, 2010at The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art (In John Lee Court)
2002 North Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92706
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Platinum Sponsor – $3,900
Gold Sponsor – $2,500
Silver Sponsor – $1,000
Bronze Sponsor – $250
Please Remit Checks to:
Solorio for Assembly 2010
ID# 1314073
P.O. Read more »
Millions for Nonexistent Higher Education Enrollment Growth
The University of California and the California State University system would receive $112 million in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget for the state fiscal year beginning July 1 to pay for increased enrollment even though UC, CSU – and the governor’s own spending plan – shows enrollment will decline next year. Read more »
Legislative Analyst Predicts Short Term Job Loss from AB 32
Implementation of AB 32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas reduction law, will cause job losses in the near term, according to the state Legislative Analyst.
In a 10-page letter dated March 4 requested by Sen. Dave Cogdill, a Modesto Republican, the analyst questions the modeling used by the state Air Resources Board in its assessment of the law’s long-term impact and predicts that, at least in the short term, energy prices will rise as a result of the law. Read more »
Legislation to End State Furloughs Sooner Is Sent to Governor
On a bipartisan vote, legislation ending furloughs for state workers in departments that aren’t paid out of California’s cash-starved general fund was sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger by the Senate on March 8.
The measure, SBX8 29, was sent to the GOP governor on a 27 to 7 vote by the 40-member upper house. Read more »
Lawmakers Tell Lobbyists to Do as We Say, Not as We Do
Lawmakers placed Proposition 15 on the June ballot. They titled it the “California Fair Elections Act of 2008.”
The measure requires lobbyists and their employers – irrespective of whether they work for private sector entities or local government – to pay an annual $350 fee that would be used to offer public financing for candidates for Secretary of State, who licenses lobbyists, among other professions. Read more »
Signature Uncertain on Transportation Financing Proposal
The Legislature sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on March 4 a complicated transportation-financing scheme that eliminates the sales tax on gasoline but increases the excise tax on it.
A spokeswoman for the GOP governor said Schwarzenegger hadn’t decided to sign the measures because lawmakers sent no legislation to help create jobs.
“Two months ago in his State of the State (speech), the governor said job creation must be our Number One priority,” said Rachel Arrezola, Schwarzenegger’s chief deputy press secretary. Read more »
No Budget Solution But Importing Kangaroo Parts Is Preserved
California may face a dire fiscal emergency and struggles to close a $20 billion budget hole but legislation has been introduced to extend the state law allowing the importation of dead kangaroo parts.
Section 6530 of the Penal Code makes it illegal “to import into this state for commercial purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the
state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf, zebra, whale, cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise, Spanish lynx or elephant. Read more »
Assembly Committee Debates Costs of Open Primary Switch
Four county registrars of voters told an Assembly committee March 2 that their costs of printing and processing ballots would increase if Californians approve Proposition 14, the so-called “open primary” initiative on the June ballot.
The informational hearing of the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee was dominated by Assemblyman Sandre Swanson, an Oakland Democrat, who voted against placing the open primary measure on the ballot and has created a campaign committee – Swanson’s Ballot Measure Committee to Oppose Prop. Read more »
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