Links:

• Oooh, a crowning achievement for Sam Aanestad’s Lt. Guv campaign: a piece of the Dennis Hollingworth endorsement. I don’t know why this is really that coveted, but the Senate Majority leader has split his endorsement between Aanestad and Sen. Denham.

• Not all the news for medical marijuana growers was good today. A man who was guarding a medical marijuana crop was shot four times by thieves.

• Gotta love the murky law on ballot label designations. In this story, a candidate for Pomona USD Board tries to be listed as a teacher because he “teaches continuing legal education to other attorneys in his law firm.” what a joke.

• Dan Walters takes a look at the latest batch of census data. And guess what, the 58 counties are very different, from ethnic makeup to birth rates. But anybody who has driven much in the state would have been able to tell you how different Tulare County is from San Francisco, but the data is pretty fun. The data is available here.

• The California Redevelopment Association has sued the state for $2 billion for money taken during the budget “fix”. As a response to the state’s raid on local dollars, a coalition has decided to attempt to get something on the ballot restricting such raids. You can see their website here.

• Some other Republican has jumped in to the CA-11 race against Jerry McNerney.