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March 4 Open Thread

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*  Two officials on the rather obscure San Francisco State Building Authority after they had objected to the sale of several buildings on the grounds that the people who owned the buildings would have undue influence over the process.  Both were Republicans, but, you know, dissent is for suckers.

*  Also in SF, the Board of Supervisors is looking at handing $200 million of contracts on the Central Subway to a firm that hired the previous MTA executive director Stuart Sunshine. Well, there’s some nice revolving door BS for you.

*  LA County Sheriff Lee Baca’s office released 200 prisoners because they simply didn’t have room for them.

*  The corruption investigation into the failed Assembly candidacy of Jim Ayres continues. Some consultants in the Sacramento area got raided.

* Sen. Roy Ashburn is out on personal leave after the no-good awful last week he’s had.

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  1. From the Bee:

    Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez said Wednesday he is prepared to ask the Legislature to put California Forward’s proposal to lower the vote requirement for passing a budget on the November ballot.

    “I’m still waiting to hear from California Forward if they have finalized all the elements they have been tweaking, but I’m prepared to take it to (my caucus) rather quickly,” Pérez said in an interview with the Bee Capitol Bureau.

    http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/…

    Unless they’re planning to remove the part where it takes a 2/3 vote to raise fees, this is a poison pill not to be swallowed.

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