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Carly Fiorina Opposes Flawed Health Care Reform Bill
Sacramento, CA – U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina today issued the following statement after the Senate voted along party lines to move forward with Democrats’ costly and flawed health care reform legislation:
“This health care reform legislation is a huge step backward for California. Read more »
Breaking News from the California Department of Food & Ag
Release #08-088
Media Contact: Steve Lyle, CDFA Public Affairs, (916) 654-0462
HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR SANTA’S REINDEER WAIVED BY STATE VETERINARIAN
Reindeer cleared to land in California
SACRAMENTO – California State Veterinarian Dr. Richard Breitmeyer has granted a 24-hour permit waiving all brand inspection and health requirements for nine reindeer slated to visit California on the evening of December 24 and in the early morning hours of December 25. Read more »
A Look at the Complicated Constitutional Convention Plan Likely Headed for the November 2010 Ballot — Part Two
Of competing proposals to call a constitutional convention, “The Call for a Citizen’s Limited Constitutional Convention” is the most likely to appear on next year’s November ballot.
It’s 16, largely single-space, pages detail a complicated and sometimes contradictory methodology for choosing some 465 delegates who would attend a convention with a budget of $95 million that must begin no later than June 3, 2011, exercise limited power to change the constitution and be paid a $95,000 salary until the convention ends, no later than July 1, 2012. Read more »
A Look at the Complex Constitutional Convention Plan Likely Headed for the November 2010 Ballot — First of Two Parts
Voters in November 2010 will likely have a chance to vote on an initiative called “The Call for a Citizen’s Limited Constitutional Convention.”
The convention created by the 16-page, largely single-spaced document awaiting approval by the Attorney General before signature gathering can begin, is supported by, among others, Jim Wunderman, president of the Bay Area Council. Read more »
There are 45 Initiatives in Circulation — And More Coming
Former Gov. Hiram Johnson, recently posthumously inducted into the California Museum’s Hall of Fame, helped create California’s initiative process to break the stranglehold of the railroads on the state Legislature.
Johnson, a Sacramento native who was governor from 1911 to 1917, is likely spinning in his grave.
As of December 14, there are 45 measures being circulated for voter signatures, another 38 are awaiting titles and summaries by the Attorney General. Read more »
Yes, Folks, It’s True: All New Material in the Second Show
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer testifying before the Assembly Budget Committee, of which three of its 27 members were in attendance, at a December 14 interim hearing on California’s level of debt:
“Forecasters were created to make astrologers look good.”
In response to Assemblyman Jim Silva, a Huntington Beach Republican, saying his top spending priorities are public safety, education, health, transportation and water:
“That’s about 98 percent of the budget.” Read more »
AB 32’s Economic Cost Is Far Lower Than “Allowance Value”
(The following is a response from Larry Goulder, a Stanford University economics professor, regarding the AB 32 allowance value discussed in a previous posting here and the actual economic cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.)
As chair of the Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee to the California Air Resources Board, I am writing to clarify an issue relating to your recent blog concerning the value of emissions allowances under California’s AB 32. Read more »
California’s Next Assembly Speaker Meets With Reporters
John Perez, the unanimous choice of the Democratic majority to be the next speaker of the Assembly met with reporters December 11 and said increasing taxes should be considered as part of a solution to the state’s $20 billion-plus budget shortfall.
Perez, 40, would become California’s first openly gay Assembly speaker when he takes office some time in 2010. Read more »
Time to Start Cataloguing the Recession’s Positive Effects
Why does the recession keep getting such negative press?
Except for the 15.4 million Americans unemployed – up from 7.5 million two years ago – and the 7.1 million properties foreclosed since January 2008, the recession has done a ton of positive stuff.
The recession is good for the environment. It must be because the state Air Resources Board said so at a seven-hour hearing on diesel emissions standards on December 9. Read more »
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