Some other news from around the state:
• CalPERS issued a report on the status of the fund. And, well, it isn’t pretty. CalPERS holdings are down 23% for 2008. Meanwhile, CalSTRS is down 25% for 2008. Ouch. However, CalPERS spokespeople are saying that they will have no problem meeting their current obligations in the short term.
• Check out this video of John Yoo getting pranked by British TV at his Berkeley Law class. Why is British comedy so much more daring than American comedy? Or American news?
• If we go by the fundraising numbers, Barbara Boxer looks safe for re-election. She has a war chest of $4.6 million dollars to this point.
• In the continuing saga of Delecia Holt, a former Republican Congressional Candidate, there are some new charges. She’s facing fraud charges for allegedly stealing $56,000 from a number of people and companies.
• LA medical marijuana dispensaries are begging to be taxed rather than run out of business as the City Council closes a loophole that allowed them to proliferate.
• The City of Sacramento might try to purchase $10 million (or so) of California IOUs. A service to the public and an investment, all in one.
• Sen. Mark Leno has introduced a bill to recognize same-sex marriages from outside the state. There are a number of issues here. First, Californians who were married outside of California during or prior to the period of gay marriages last year were told they were now legally married in California after the decision went into effect. Then, a little more questionable is whether couples married after Prop 8 passed can be recognized.
I am glad to see Senator Boxer has the cash she has. I suspect Feinstein does as well; but she needs to change her tune on the health care reform package before she will get my vote again. Her waffling on the public option portion is simply not acceptable.
To me, this issue is a vote changer. If Feinstein does not come through, she does not get my vote. I may not vote for a GOP opponent; but I will certainly not vote for her.
Chris Matthew nails this idiot, who’s sponsoring a birther bill.
Somebody needs to keep this footage in front of his constituents.
You should get out more.
F’ing Americans are so insular and ignorant of everything outside their borders!
They have millions of taxpayers (the few who haven’t left) to bail them out of their idiotic investment decisions.