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Read This

• Working Californians | Is California Ungovernable?
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/22/is_california_ungovernable

Southern California is
Burning

• Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax » Too Fucking Close
  http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5106
• salto mortale: 250,000
  http://www.monkey.org/~ethan/2007/10/250000.html
• Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax » Drawing Near
  http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5110
• skippy the bush kangaroo: it’s horrific
  http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2007/10/it-horrific.html
• The Duck Stream: San Diego Burning
  http://theduckstream54.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-diego-burning.html
• The BRAD BLOG : BRAD BLOG Safe as California Burns…
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5194
• Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax » Party Time in Concourse
  Park
  http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5112
• Marc Cooper » Blog Archive » Burn Baby Burn
  http://marccooper.com/burn-baby-burn/
• LA Observed: What a fire photo
  http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/10/what_a_fire_photo.php
• Cannonfire: Who was Spying on California Fire Stations
  http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/10/who-was-spying-on-california-fire.html
• . . . Surf Putah: California Burns (Again)
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/10/california-burns-again.html
• skippy the bush kangaroo: 500,000 evacuees…not including
  the 4 legged variety
  http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2007/10/500000-evacueesnot-including-4-legged.html
• salto mortale: The Santa Anas
  http://www.monkey.org/~ethan/2007/10/santa-anas.html
• Tales of the Freewayblogger: Report from the Firelines
  http://freewayblogger.blogspot.com/2007/10/report-from-firelines.html
• Politics in the Zeros » Fire coverage. L.A. Times breaking
  news blog
  http://polizeros.com/2007/10/23/fire-coverage-la-times-breaking-news-blog/
• Erik Love @ Courage Campaign | Tragic Fires
  Highlight Danger of Blackwater
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BJP
• Martini Revolution » The sky is on fire
  http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/10/the-sky-is-on-fire/
• The Citizens: Southern California Fires
  http://thecitizens.blogspot.com/2007/10/southern-california-fires.html
• terryfaceplace: Photos of the Harris Fire at Mt San Miguel
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/10/photos-of-harris-fire-at-mt-san-miguel.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Schools closed by south state fires to
  get emergency assistance
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/schools-closed-by-south-state-fires-to.html
• DownWithTyranny!: IS GLENN BECK ON DRUGS AGAIN? DID HE SET
  THE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA? DOES CNN HAVE NO CONSCIENCE AT ALL?
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/10/is-glenn-beck-on-drugs-again-did-he-set.html

Republicans Renew Dirty
Tricks Campaign While Socal Burns

• D-Day: They’re Baaaaaack
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/theyre-baaaaaack.html
• California
  Progress Report – The Story Behind the Revival of the California
  Electoral College Scheme
  and the Dots That Connect to the Giuliani Campaign
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/the_story_behin.html
• Jim Pivonka @ Courage Campaign | Repost: A more proactive
  strategy to spike the electoral vote hijack
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/jimpivonka/BJY

Dem Leadership Fails
(Peter Stark and Us)

• DownWithTyranny!: REPUBLICAN HYPOCRITES FAIL IN THEIR
  ATTEMPT TO FORCE CONGRESS TO CONDEMN PETE STARK
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/10/republican-hypocrites-fail-in-their.html
• Firedoglake » Dear Speaker Pelosi
  http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/23/dear-speaker-pelosi/
• D-Day: Head Banging Against Table
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/head-banging-against-table.html
• California
  Progress Report – Feinstein Asked by Civil Rights Community to Oppose
  Southwick Confirmation to US Court of Appeals
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/feinstein_asked.html

Local

• Left In SF » Gays Diss Fisher
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2311
• BeyondChron » Enough is Enough!
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5028#more
• BeyondChron » Migden Rigs Membership Seeking Milk Club
  Endorsement
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5030#more
• BeyondChron » Guest Editorial: Why We Strike Sutter
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5031#more
• SoHum Parlance: My election endorsements
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-election-endorsements.html

The Rest

• California
  Progress Report – Major Reforms Set to Hit California’s Higher
  Education Systems
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/major_reforms_s.html
• California
  Progress Report – “Would the Governor’s Proposed Tax Credit Make Health
  Care Affordable?” is our site of the day
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/would_the_gover.html
• Politics in the Zeros » The future is drying up
  http://polizeros.com/2007/10/23/the-future-is-drying-up/
• Pacific Views: Running out of time
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003128.html
• cab drollery: Does Not Play Well With Others
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/10/does-not-play-well-with-others.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2370
• The California Majority Report // McClintock Calls Global
  Warming a “Farce”
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2372
• California
  Progress Report – “Migration, Health & Work– Facts Behind the
  Myths” is our site of the day
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/migration_healt.html

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SoCal is Burning

• Changing Places » Here
  come those Santa Ana winds again….
  http://www.woodka.com/2007/10/21/here-come-those-santa-ana-winds-again/
• Metroblogging Los Angeles: Malibu Fire Update: 1 PM Sunday
  http://blogging.la/archives/2007/10/malibu_fire_update_1_pm_sunday.phtml
• Greetings from Huntington Beach: Here Come Those Santa Ana
  Winds Again
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/here-come-those.html
• Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax » Wine Dark
  Clouds
  http://paxnortona.notfrisco2.com/?p=5101
• The Disgruntled Chemist: Holy Crap
  http://thedisgruntled.blogspot.com/2007/10/holy-shit.html
• Daily Kos: Update #14 from Barbara EVACUATING…CALIFORNIA
  BURNING…
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/22/02646/842
• The Liberal OC » BREAKING: Wildfire Breaks Out in
  Santiago Canyon, Approaches Tustin
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/22/breaking-wildfire-breaks-out-in-santiago-canyon-approaches-tustin/
• The Democratic Daily » SoCal Burning
  http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/10/22/socal-burning/
• LA Cowboy: Malibu May Be Burning – But
  It’s Nothing Compared To When LA Finally Burns!
  http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2007/10/malibu-may-be-burning-but-its-nothing.html
• Changing Places » Scary
  Night
  http://www.woodka.com/2007/10/21/scary-night/
• Changing Places » Up at
  dawn
  http://www.woodka.com/2007/10/22/up-at-dawn/
• Honestly Speaking: Malibu Presbyterian Church and a Sunday
  Morning of watching a beautiful space burn
  http://kristievosper.typepad.com/honestlyspeaking/2007/10/watching-malibu.html
• Daily Kos: Update #10 – California Wildfires
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/22/11433/152
• Martini Revolution » Bad Religion? —
  Los Angeles Is Burning
  http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/10/bad-religion-los-angeles-is-burning/
• Daily Kos: California Wildfires Mothership – Liveblog
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/22/121255/53
• Ranch Fire: 10/22 – Monday AM Update :: The Ojai Post
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/ranch-fire-monday-am.shtml
• Politics in the Zeros » Southern California fires
  http://polizeros.com/2007/10/22/southern-california-fires/
• SierraVisions.com » Smoke from SoCal Fires
  http://www.sierravisionsstock.com/sierravisions/smoke-from-socal-fires/
• Metroblogging Los Angeles: Fire Live & Video Feeds
  http://blogging.la/archives/2007/10/fire_live_video_feeds.phtml
• SFist: SoCal Ablaze
  http://sfist.com/2007/10/22/socal_ablazae.php
• The Liberal OC » The Fire Near Me
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/22/the-fire-near-me/
• D-Day: Today’s Fires Are a Symptom, We Must Press for the
  Cure
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/todays-fires-are-symptom-we-must-press.html
• LAist: Fire Storm 2007
  http://laist.com/2007/10/22/fire_storm_2007.php
• Ruck Pad: SoCal fires: the personal and the political
  http://ruckpad.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/socal-fires-the-personal-and-the-political/
• The Most Important Blog… Ever – Wildfires in California
  http://www.eriklove.com/newblog/2007/10/22/wildfires-in-california/

San Mateo County Straw
Poll

• Seeing the Forest: Live Blogging the San Mateo Country
  Presidential Straw Poll
  http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2007/10/san_mateo_count.htm
• The Left Coaster: Students for Barack Obama at the Straw
  Poll
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011210.php
• Pacific Views: DraftGore Gathers Signatures
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003122.html
• Daily Kos: John Edwards bests Obama, Clinton, and Kucinich
  in San Mateo straw poll
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/21/201553/42
• The Left Coaster: More from the Straw Poll
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011212.php
• The Left Coaster: Final Pictures and Thoughts from the San
  Mateo Democratic Presidential Straw Poll
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011213.php

Local

• San Diego Politico: The Week in Review
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/week-in-review.html
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… A Commuter’s Lament
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/22/opinion/01merge102207.txt
• SFist: The Chronicle Looks at the Gavin Years
  http://sfist.com/2007/10/21/the_gavin_years.php
• News & Politics: The Snitch – Google and SF
  Gentrification: Stephen Elliott Needs to Read A Book
  http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2007/10/google_and_sf_gentrification_s.php
• BeyondChron » San Francisco Soon to be
  Union-Household Free
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5026#more
• BeyondChron » Clear Channel Scares Voters About
  Prop K
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5027#more
• A Progressive Alamedan: Upcoming events in/near Alameda
  http://progala.blogspot.com/2007/10/upcoming-events-innear-alameda.html
• Povertybarn: So Long San Francisco Treat
  http://povertybarn.typepad.com/povertybarn/2007/10/so-long-san-fra.html
• SoHum Parlance: More Mexican Marijuana talk
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-mexican-marijuana-talk.html

The Speaker’s Pet Project

• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2367
• The California Majority Report // Some Perspective on the
  Nunez Situation
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2366
• The California Majority Report // Skelton on Governability,
  Term Limits
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2368

Everything Else

• Pacific Views: After Peak Oil, Peak Food
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003125.html
• Left I on the News: American Values
  http://lefti.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html#3295380382602173442
• Dump Doolittle: Tempestuous times for Placer County
  Republicans
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/10/tempestous-times-for-placer-county.html
• Progressive States Network | Progress Amidst Conflict:
  California and Illinois Wrap up Sessions
  http://www.progressivestates.org/blog/698/progress-amidst-conflict-california-and-illinois-wrap-up-sessions
• California Progress Report – Differences Between the
  Parties in Sacramento Revealed in
  Consumer Federation of California 2007 Scorecard for Legislators
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/differences_bet.html
• California Progress Report – The Very Partisan Pattern to
  Schwarzenegger Vetoes in 2007
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/the_very_partis.html
• Dump Doolittle: Reaction to Doolittle’s votes against
  health care for poor kids
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/10/reaction-to-doolittles-votes-against.html
• California Progress Report – California Legislative
  Roundup: Legislature’s Gains Muted
  by Governor Schwarzenegger’s Veto Pen
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/california_legi_16.html
• Choosing Democracy: California Reading Scores continue to
  lag for ELL
  http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/10/california-reading-scores-continue-to.html

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Randy is Still at
Campaign Training

• The Bayne of Blog: Candidate and campaign training
  continues. Fast fact about “decline to state”
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/candidate-and-campaign-training.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Rural radio works
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/rural-radio-works.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Effective campaign principles
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/effective-campaign-principles.html
• The Bayne of Blog: The candidate who tries to manage his
  own campaign
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/candidate-who-tries-to-manage-his-own.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Three things every candidate needs to
  do. More from the training.
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/three-things-every-candidate-needs-to.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Candidate and campaign training day three
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/candidate-and-campaign-training-day.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Pictures from the Sacramento candidate
  and campaign training
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/pictures-from-candidate-and-campaign.html

Local-ish Stuff

• Irvine Housing Blog » Home Sales Data thru
  10-15-2007
  http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/2007/10/21/home-sales-data-thru-10-15-2007/
• Daily Kos: S. Calif. Garbage Strike: Teamsters Need Your
  Help
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/21/102831/51
• Metroblogging San Francisco: A Note on Downtown Parking,
  and Prop. H
  http://sf.metblogs.com/archives/2007/10/a_note_on_downtown_parking_and.phtml
• San Diego Politico: Get your questions ready.
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/get-your-questions-ready.html
• California Progress Report – Gerrymanders Cause Corruption
  – Unless Done by the G.O.P.
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/gerrymanders_ca.html
• happening-here?: Yes on A; No on H
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/yes-on-no-on-h.html
• LAist: Writers Vote To Authorize Strike
  http://laist.com/2007/10/20/writers_vote_to.php
• terryfaceplace: Fire in the east county
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/10/fire-in-east-county.html
• The Liberal OC » Edwards campaign calls local
  reporter illegitimate
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/21/edwards-campaign-calls-local-reporter-illegitimate/
• Greetings from Huntington Beach: A New Sense of Community:
  Making Our Neighborhoods Walkable Again
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/a-new-sense-of-.html

Everything Else Today

• cab drollery: Bonus Critter Blogging: California Condor
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/10/bonus-critter-blogging-california.html
• Miniver Cheevy: Data
  http://miniver.blogspot.com/2007/10/data.html
• Drinking Liberally Oakland – Would you like to send a
  message to our new ‘Queen’?
  http://drinkingliberally.org/blogs/oakland/archives/2007/10/would_you_like_to.html
• California Progress Report – While California Dreams: A
  Weekly Update on the Goings-on in Sacramento
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/while_californi_15.html
• California Progress Report – Big Steps Forward on
  California Identity Theft Laws This Year–But Challenges Remain for
  Protecting Financial Data
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/big_steps_forwa.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Conservative group wants to stop new law
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/conservative-group-wants-to-stop-new.html
• The California Majority Report // Saturday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2362
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2363
• LAist: LAist Interview: Jim Olson, pumpkin carver
  http://laist.com/2007/10/21/laist_interview_54.php

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Dianne Feinstein: Simply
Spineless, or Actively Anti-Fourth-Amendment?

• Live: From San Diego, CA.: My response to my Senator’s
  response.
  http://michaelav.blogspot.com/2007/10/my-response-to-my-senators-response.html
• The Left Coaster: Intelligence Committee Dems: Cash Is King
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011203.php
• Bear Republic Action Group: Give Feinstein ‘The
  Word’ on FISA, No Immunity!
  http://takeaction.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/give-feinstein-the-word-on-fisa-no-immunity/
• Erik Love @ Courage Campaign | No More Caving: Sen.
  Feinstein, it’s time to stand up
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BJy

Other Commentary on our
Federal Representation

• The California Majority Report // The Democratic Congress,
  Not Schwarzenegger, is the Real “Collectinator”
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2360
• Bear Republic Action Group: My Letter to the DCCC upon
  getting a request for help from ‘Miss Nancy’.
  http://takeaction.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/my-letter-to-the-dccc-upon-getting-a-request-for-help-from-miss-nancy/
• MISS WILD THING: We love Linda!
  http://misswildthing.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-love-linda.html
• The Generik Brand: More Like This, Please
  http://generik.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-like-this-please.html
• Burbank Democratic Club: Standing Up to the Wrong – What I
  sent to Pete Stark, CA – 13th
  http://burbankdemocraticclub.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-i-sent-to-pete-stark-ca-13th.html
• D-Day: We Are So Screwed
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/we-are-so-screwed.html

Health Care

• California Progress Report – Campaign Contributions and
  Healthcare Legislation in California: What the Data Shows
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/campaign_contri.html
• The California Majority Report // As Californians Hold
  Candlelight Vigils for Health Care, Republicans in Washington Kill
  Health Insurance for Children
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2357
• Working Californians | Arnold’s Unaffordable Plan
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/18/arnolds_unaffordable_plan
• The Bayne of Blog: McNerney disappointed by failure to
  override Bush’s SCHIP veto
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/mcnerney-disappointed-by-failure-to.html
• Working Californians | Woeful Standards of Care:
  California’s HMOs
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/19/woeful_standards_of_care_californias_hmos
• California Progress Report – Why is the Governor Hiding the
  Cost of his Plan from California Families?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/why_is_the_gove.html

Randy Goes to Campaign
Class

• The Bayne of Blog: Campaign and candidate training kicks
  off in Sacramento
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/campaign-and-candidate-training-kicks.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Precinct targeting in “Toughtown”
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/precinct-targeting-in-toughtown.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Close to the end of the day and we’re
  talking about polling
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/close-to-end-of-day-and-were-talking.html

Local News

• SFist: Here Comes Sickness
  http://sfist.com/2007/10/19/touch_me_im_sic.php
• LAist: Compton & Long Beach Begin Garbage Strike
  http://laist.com/2007/10/19/compton_long_be.php
• Left In SF » Lgbt leaders to unite against
  Republican agenda in SF
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2302
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… It Is Just Politics!
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/20/opinion/02labella1101907.txt
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… DA Office: We’re Now a
  Political Pawn
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/20/opinion/03dumanis101907.txt
• Left In SF » Does the T stand alone? Sometimes.
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2301
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Students Claim Envelope
  Stuffing Never Actually Happened
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/students-claim-envelope-stuffing-never.html
• BlogaBarbara: Community Post: Independent Opposes Measure A
  http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/10/community-post-independent-opposes.html
• San Diego Politico: The Next Mayor?
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/next-mayor.html
• Conejo Valley Democrat: Jim Dantona Knocks It Out of the
  Park
  http://conejovalleydemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/jim-dantona-knocks-it-out-of-the-park/
• The N-Judah Chronicles: A Challenge to the MUNI Labor
  Leaders Who Stuck It To MUNI, the Public, and Proposition A Today….
  http://www.njudahchronicles.com/2007/10/a_challenge_to_the_muni_labor.html
• Left In SF » Pictures from the GAP rally
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2299
• BeyondChron » Community Rallies Against Don Fisher
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5021#more
• BeyondChron » Catholics Deny Communion on
  Political Grounds
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5023#more
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: School Board Campaign
  Fliers–‘Tis the Season
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/school-board-campaign-fliers-tis-season.html
• snicholsblog: All the way with HBJ
  http://snicholsblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/all-way-with-hbj.html

All the Rest

• California Progress Report – Planning and Conservation
  League 2007 California Legislative Wrap-up
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/planning_and_co.html
• California Progress Report – Portantino Reflects on His
  First Year in the California Assembly
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/portantino_refl_1.html
• California Progress Report – How to Revive California
  Redistricting Reform
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/how_to_revive_c.html
• California Progress Report – New California Figures Show
  Increase in Voters Registered Without a Party
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/new_california.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2361
• The Bayne of Blog: National Latina Business Women
  Association endorses Proposition 92
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/national-latina-business-women.html
• Ruck Pad: Friday Quick Hits
  http://ruckpad.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/friday-quick-hits/
• BeyondChron » The Second Annual Alternative Car
  & Transportation Expo
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5024#more
• California Progress Report – Recent California Registration
  Trends: Good News for
  Democrats, Bad News for G.O.P. in Districts Drawn by the Legislature
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/recent_californ.html
• The Ojai Post : Historic bill in Senate to fight climate
  crisis
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/historic_bill_in_senate_to_fig.shtml

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Tsk, Tsk

• GregDewar.com: O Hai! Leno Attackers Love My Photos – But
  Don’t Feel a Need to Pay Me For Them! WTF?
  http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/10/o_hai_leno_attackers_love_my_p.html

Houses

• Calculated Risk: DataQuick: Bay Area Record Low Home Sales
  http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2007/10/dataquick-bay-area-record-low-home.html
• Seeing the Forest: Today’s Housing Bubble Post – OUCH
  http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2007/10/todays_housing_126.htm

Healthcare

• The Bayne of Blog: Nuñez gives us one more
  reason to vote against Proposition 93
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/nu-gives-us-one-more-reason-to-vote.html
• California Progress Report – The California Nurses
  Association v. Nunez
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/the_california_42.html
• California Progress Report – “Shared Responsibility?”
  Doesn’t Seem Like it From New California
  Labor Federation Report on Schwarzenegger Health Care Plan That
  Analyzes the Numbers
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/shared_responsi.html
• California Progress Report – A Day in the Life: Riverside
  Electrician Can’t Get Medical Care Three
  Years After His Injury on Job–Asks California Insurance Commissioner
  to Investigate
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/a_day_in_the_li_1.html

Immigration

• Erik Love @ Courage Campaign | Arnold’s Veto Can’t
  Stop The DREAM
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/BJD
• California Progress Report – A Missed Opportunity to Lead
  on Immigration and Education: The Veto of the California Dream Act
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/a_missed_opport.html
• happening-here?: Immigration poll
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/immigration-poll.html

Local

• Unanimously Passed Ordinance Goes to City Council :: The
  Ojai Post
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/unanimously_passed_ordinance_g.shtml
• SFist: Muni Loves To Count
  http://sfist.com/2007/10/18/muni_loves_to_c.php

So many other different topics I’m having a hard time categorizing any
more today

• Liberal Atheist Vegetarian » Blog Archive
  » Kucinich in Laguna Woods This Weekend – SqueezeOC.com
  http://lav.freedomblogging.com/2007/10/17/kucinich-in-laguna-woods-this-weekend/
• Elliott Petty @ Courage Campaign | NARAL
  Determines which Legislators are Pro-Choice
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/BJf
• California Progress Report – Perata to Schwarzenegger:
  You’ve Failed Twice This Week on California’s Water Crisis
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/perata_to_schwa_2.html
• Working Californians | What is a Living Wage?
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/17/what_is_a_living_wage
• From the Fever Swamp: How Telco’s Can Get Off the Hook
  http://fromthefeverswamp.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-telcos-can-get-off-hook.html
• BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily News
  » Pelosi Stands Up to the Neo-Cons on Iran
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5015#more
• California Progress Report – California Police Get an
  Important New Crime-fighting Tool
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/california_poli_3.html
• Politics in the Zeros » No Three Strikes in
  Connecticut
  http://polizeros.com/2007/10/18/no-three-strikes-in-connecticut/
• California Progress Report – Local Level Work in California
  is the Best Way to Have National Level Impact
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/local_level_wor.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2356
• Just a reminder (Daddy, Papa and Me)
  http://www.lathefamily.org/2007/10/just_a_reminder.shtml
• happening-here?: Hope for progressives in rural areas
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/hope-for-progressives-in-rural-areas.html
• Hoffmania!: Backbone
  http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2007/10/backbone.html
• Badlands Journal » Victory for SB 719: expansion
  of the Valley air board
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=399

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Look, it all depends on
who Issa means by “us”.  For example, if he means
“Republicans” then Blackwater is probably “our troops”.  If he
means the United States, not so much.

• Think Progress » Blackwater Lackey Darrell Issa
  Falsely Claims Waxman And Pelosi ‘Go After Our
  Troops’
  http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/17/blackwater-lackey-issa/
• D-Day: DoD to Blackwater: Game Over
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/dod-to-blackwater-game-over.html
• BAGnewsNotes: Seeing The Enemy
  http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2007/10/seeing-the-enem.html

Ayup

• Arms and influence: Disgust
  http://armsandinfluence.typepad.com/armsandinfluence/2007/10/disgust.html
• California Progress Report – “Making Ends Meet: How Much
  Does It Cost to Raise a Family in
  California?” a report by the California Budget Project, is our site of
  the day
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/making_ends_mee.html

Health Care

• D-Day: Bold Post-Partisan Leadership In California
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/bold-post-partisan-leadership-in.html
• California Progress Report – Focus on the Policy Questions
  of California’s Healthcare Proposals–Not the Political Spin
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/focus_on_the_po.html
• California Progress Report – The California Nurses
  Association v. Nunez
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/the_california_42.html
• D-Day: A Sick System
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/sick-system.html

Immigration

• Migra Matters: Wingers start beating the DREAM Act war drums
  http://migramatters.blogspot.com/2007/10/wingers-start-beating-dream-act-war.html
• California Progress Report – Schrag: Baseball and
  Immigration
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/schrag_baseball.html
• happening-here?: Not all news is bad … really
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/not-all-news-is-bad-really.html

Voting Integrity

• The BRAD BLOG : How is It That Barbara Dunmore Still Has a
  Job?
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5168

Environment

• California Progress Report – Delta Flows: Schwarzenegger
  Pushes Dangerous Amendments to Perata’s Water Bond Proposal
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/delta_flows_sch.html
• California Progress Report – California’s Best Response to
  Al Gore’s Nobel Prize: Assembly Bill 493, the Clean Car Rebate Bill
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/californias_bes.html

Local

• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… Grow Up
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/17/opinion/01editorial101707.txt
• Brian Dennert here: Blood in the water
  http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/vcs/dennert/archives/2007/10/blood_in_the_wa.html
• SoHum Parlance: KMUD interviews with Harbor Commission
  candidates
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/kmud-interviews-with-harbor-commission.html
• BlogaBarbara: Hannah-Beth Throws Her Hat in the Ring
  http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/10/hannah-beth-throws-her-hat-in-ring.html
• Greetings from Huntington Beach: Crystal Kerins: School
  District Should Sell School Sites to the City
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/crystal-kerins-.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commission Recommends Free
  Speech Ordinance for Renters
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/commission-recommends-free-speech.html
• LAist: LA City Council Votes to Pullout from Iraq
  http://laist.com/2007/10/17/la_city_council.php
• San Diego Politico: Failure in Leadership – Example XXIII
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/failure-in-leadership-example-xxiii.html

The Rest

• Party Line: Region 1 Report: Grassroots Activism Alive and
  Well!
  http://blog.cadem.org/partyline/2007/10/region-1-report.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2354
• California Progress Report – Schwarzenegger’s Veto the
  College Textbook Affordability Act: Where Do We Go From Here?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/schwarzeneggers_15.html
• The Left Coaster: Homeland Security Confiscates Rocker’s
  Songs
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/011182.php
• The California Majority Report // Congressional Roundup —
  CA GOPers decry “Orrin Hatch-Care” with SCHIP bill back in Congress;
  Team Doolittle cashes in again
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2355
• Spocko’s Brain: Who is Melanie Morgan’s Minder?
  http://www.spockosbrain.com/2007/10/who-is-melanie-morgans-minder
• The BRAD BLOG : Will Bloggers be ‘Covered Persons’ Under
  New Federal ‘Reporter’s Shield Law’?
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5169
• Ruck Pad – GOP Presidential Hopefuls in California: Missing
  a Key Component of Analysis
  http://ruckpad.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/gop-presidential-hopefuls-in-california-missing-a-key-component-of-analysis/

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Health Care

• MAPLight.org | New Data Revels Systematic Bias in
  Healthcare Votes in CA
  http://www.maplight.org/node/87
• SoHum Parlance: Balancing sexual morality with cancer
  prevention
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/balancing-sexual-morality-with.html
• San Diego Politico: Vigil for Health Care
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/vigil-for-health-care.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Governor signs and
  vetoes health bills
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/governor-signs-and-vetoes-health-bills.html
• Working
  Californians | Labor Gives Up on Arnold’s Health Care Plan
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/16/labor_gives_up_on_arnolds_health_care_plan

Environment

• The Disgruntled Chemist: Is my Congressman dumber than a
  box of rocks?
  http://thedisgruntled.blogspot.com/2007/10/is-my-congressman-dumber-than-box-of.html
• California Progress Report – Making California’s
  State Fleet of Cars the
  Greenest in the World: Why I’m Glad Governor Schwarzenegger Signed AB
  236
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/making_californ_1.html
• California Progress Report – College Students See Veto of
  California Dream Act as
  Contrary to American Values of Hard Work, Achievement, and Reward.
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/college_student.html
• California Progress Report – A Great Victory in the Battle
  for Clean Air in the Central
  Valley
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/a_great_victory.html
• Pacific Views: Carbon Footprints and Carbon Offsets
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003105.html
• Captain Future’s Dreaming Up Daily: It’s Not Just the Heat
  http://dreamingup.blogspot.com/2007/10/its-not-just-heat.html
• California Progress Report – “Mining Law Threatens
  California’s National Parks; Other
  Areas at Risk” by the Environmental Working Group is our site of the
  day
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/mining_law_thre.html
• California Progress Report – Californians Against Waste
  2007 Legislation Wrap-Up
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/californians_ag_1.html

Voting Integrity

• VotersUnite!: Today’s Voting News (Lots about CA)
  http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=7263
• The Bayne of Blog’s – California Notes: Secretary of State
  holds hearing on voting machines
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/secretary-of-state-holds-hearing-on.html

Persecution Complex

• Daily Kos: Religious right whining about two California laws
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/16/181136/15
• Talk To Action | Campus Crusade For Accuracy: California
  Colleges Resist Fundamentalist Demands
  http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/10/16/124930/37

Schwarzenegger

• The Mad Professah Lectures: Why Schwarzenegger Is Not Good
  For California Gays
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-schwarzenegger-is-not-good-for.html
• Working Californians | Chamber of Commerce Bought Arnold
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/16/chamber_of_commerce_bought_arnold
• Speak Out California!: The “Job Killer” Soundbite
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/10/the_job_killer.php
• WorkingForChange: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Progressive
  Bills
  http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/10/governor_schwarzenegger_signs.html

Fifteen Percent Doolittle
(It’s a Rake-off AND an Approval Rating)

• Dump Doolittle: CA-04: Nobody loves you when you’re down
  & out
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/10/nobody-loves-you-when-youre-down-out.html
• The Progressive Connection:: A Modern Day Donner Party
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=152

Local

• Brian Dennert here / State Senate ( CA-19) Strickland VS
  Dantona
  http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/vcs/dennert/archives/2007/10/state_senate_ca.html
• SoHum Parlance: Making a statement
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/making-statement.html
• Left In SF » ACL-CIO supports HR 2015 strategy
  only
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2289
• Left In SF » AC4A, the SF LGBT Community Center,
  and the Edge SF invite you to the New Venture Seed Fund Kick-off Party:
  Thursday, October 18, 8-11PM at the Edge SF
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2290
• BeyondChron
  » Chronicle Pushes to Make Muni Service Worse
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5008#more
• BeyondChron
  » Criminalizing Homelessness in Orlando and SF
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5010#more

The Rest

• Old Hickory’s Weblog: How “private” are corporations that
  depend heavily on government contracts?
  http://oldhickorysweblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-private-are-corporations-that.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2353
• Liberal Atheist Vegetarian
  » Are strawmen their only hope? – SqueezeOC.com
  http://lav.freedomblogging.com/2007/10/16/are-strawmen-their-only-hope/
• Night Light: “Hillary’s Rove” Comes Through for Blackwater
  http://nightlight.typepad.com/nightlight/2007/10/hillarys-rove-c.html
• Daily Kos: Is California Heading Into Recession?
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/16/162446/57
• The Democratic Daily » Independent Investigative
  Journalism: Pro Publica
  http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/10/15/independent-investigative-journalism-pro-publica/

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How a Bill Becomes a Law
(or not)

• California Progress Report – Rubber Ducks in a Row as
  Schwarzenegger Signs Ma Bill to Protect Children from Toxic Chemicals
  in Toys
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/rubber_ducks_in.html
• California Progress Report – Bad Weekend for Migrant Farm
  Workers in California as Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bills
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/bad_weekend_for.html
• California Progress Report – Schwarzenegger Vetoes
  Pro-Family Bills as Corporate Interests Trump Family Values
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/schwarzenegger_58.html
• California Progress Report – Digging Through the Pile That
  Has Left Schwarzenegger’s Desk: Bills
  Signed–And the 22% He Vetoed This Year
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/digging_through.html
• Working Californians | No Major Bills Signed
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/15/no_major_bills_signed
• California Progress Report – How the Environment Fared:
  California 2007 Session, Signings, and Vetoes
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/how_the_environ.html
• California Progress Report – Absentee Voting Killed in
  California
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/absentee_voting_1.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Governor Vetoes Bill To Allow
  Condoms in Prisons
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/10/governor-vetoes-bill-to-allow-condoms.html

Ba-Da-Bang!

• California Progress Report – Ham–Handed Pro-Gun
  Republicans Induce Anti-Gun Response From Governor Schwarzenegger
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/hamhanded_pro-g.html
• San Diego Politico: You can pry my gun, out of my cold dead
  hand!
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/you-can-pry-my-gun-ought-of-my-cold.html

Other Statewide

• California Progress Report – Leno to Schwarzenegger on Veto
  of Marriage Equality Bill: “You’re on the Wrong Side of History”
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/leno_to_schwarz.html
• California Progress Report – California Poll Shows Support
  for Clinton, Giuliani, Prop 93 (Term
  Limits), Legal Residency for Undocumented Immigrants, and Even a 1 Cent
  Sales Tax for Health Coverage
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/california_poll.html
• Left In SF » Tribes fight ballot effort by unions
  to organize their workers
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2278
• California Progress Report – Much at Stake in California’s
  Redistricting System
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/much_at_stake_i.html
• Daily Kos: Fear and Loathing in the California Police State
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/15/4457/4075
• Hugo Schwyzer – Schwarzenegger 2007: why the 2003 recall
  is looking better and better all the time
  http://hugoschwyzer.net/2007/10/15/schwarzenegger-2007-a-little-somethin-for-everyone/
• Speak Out California!: While California Dreams- Weekly
  Update Vol.1 No. 19
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/10/while_californi_15.php

Local

• Left In SF » Protest the GAP on Wednesday
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2279
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… Poseidon’s
  Desalination Design a Decade Late
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/15/opinion/01geever101507.txt
• San Diego Politico: Meet the Ugly Face of Gaylord
  Entertainment
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/meet-ugly-face-of-gaylord.html
• BeyondChron » Setting the Record Straight on San
  Francisco Homelessness
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5004#more
• BeyondChron » San Francisco Rents Explode!!
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5006#more
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Saylor Carries Water For
  West Yost
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/saylor-carries-water-for-west-yost.html
• San Diego Politico: Weekend Recap – Bersin for City
  Attorney?
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/weekend-recap-bersin-for-city-attorney.html
• SFist: Measure H Math
  http://sfist.com/2007/10/15/measure_h_math.php
• The Ojai Post :: Shell Gas Station Now Powered by the Sun
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/shell_gas_station_now_powered.shtml

Federales

• Left In SF » Latest on Open Letter to Pelosi on
  ENDA
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2280
• DownWithTyranny!: NANCY PELOSI– THE LEADER… OF GOOD
  GERMANS
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/10/nancy-pelosi-leader-of-good-germans.html

The Rest

• The California Majority Report // Sunday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2351
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2352
• skippy the bush kangaroo: don’t go to “b”-school
  http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2007/10/dont-go-to-b-school.html
• The Liberal OC » Thought-Provoking Documentary on
  Gays and the Church Now Showing in Irvine
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/14/thought-provoking-documentary-on-gays-and-the-church-now-showing-in-irvine/
• cab drollery: Water Shortages Aren’t Just Tomorrow’s
  Problems
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/10/water-shortages-arent-just-tomorrows.html
• The Ruth Group » Monning for CA Assembly
  http://www.ruthgroup.org/2007/10/14/monning-for-ca-assembly/
• Party Line: Report from Region 5
  http://blog.cadem.org/partyline/2007/10/report-from-reg.html
• Elliott Petty @ Courage Campaign: Progressive Economic
  Think Tank Set To Launch
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/BJd

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Basic Fairness

• Dogged Blog: The craptastic ending to a craptastic day
  http://www.doggedblog.com/doggedblog/2007/10/the-craptastic-.html
• Left In SF » More challenging news: Governor
  vetoes same-sex marriage
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2271
• MISS WILD THING: Damn
  http://misswildthing.blogspot.com/2007/10/damn.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Governor Vetoes Gay Marriage
  Bill (Again)
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/10/governor-vetoes-gay-marriage-bill-again.html

Federal Representatives

• From the Fever Swamp: Jane Harman’s Talking Crazy on FISA
  “Fix”
  http://fromthefeverswamp.blogspot.com/2007/10/jane-harmans-talking-crazy-on-fisa-fix.html
• Dump Doolittle: The Year of The Primary for House GOP
  Incumbents
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/10/year-of-primary-for-house-gop.html
• Ruck Pad: Pressuring Bilbray and Doolittle on S-CHIP
  http://ruckpad.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/pressuring-bilbray-and-doolittle-on-s-chip/
• DownWithTyranny!: MORE BAD NEWS FOR JERRY LEWIS– BUT IS
  THE DECK STACKED SO MUCH IN HIS FAVOR THAT IT WON’T EVEN MATTER?
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-bad-news-for-jerry-lewis-but-is.html
• From the Fever Swamp: Jane: Telco’s Acted in Good Faith.
  Not Quite
  http://fromthefeverswamp.blogspot.com/2007/10/jane-telcos-acted-in-good-faith-not.html
• San Diego Politico: Congressman Bilbray our Children
  deserve Healthcare!
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/congressman-bilbray-our-deserve.html

Straight-up State-level
Stuff

• D-Day: The Nuñez Camp Pushes Back
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/nuez-camp-pushes-back.html
• California Progress Report – An Expected but Disappointing
  Veto by Governor Schwarzenegger of the Democratic Health Care Bill
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/an_expected_but.html
• California Progress Report – Fact Check of Governor
  Schwarzenegger’s Veto Statement on Health Care Bill
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/fact_check_of_g.html
• California Progress Report – California Solar Water Heating
  Bill Signed into Law–Big Win for
  Fighting Global Warming, Reducing Dependence on Natural Gas, and
  Consumers
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/california_sola.html
• California Progress Report – Flurry of 78 Schwarzenegger
  Vetoes in Last Two Days: Major Legislation
  Vetoed Includes Health Care Reform, California Dream Act, Gender
  Neutral Marriage, Wage Discrimination, Workers’ Compensation, ID Theft,
  and Public Records
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/flurry_of_78_sc.html
• California Progress Report – Against The Ropes, California
  Nuclear Power Proponents Put Up Their Nukes In New Fights
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/against_the_rop.html
• The Bayne of Blog: CTA opposition to Prop.92 results in
  backlash
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/cta-opposition-to-prop92-results-in.html

Local News

• terryfaceplace: Eat spaghetti. Support peace and social
  justice.
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/10/eat-spaghetti-support-peace-and-social.html
• San Diego Politico: Worst still to come…
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/worst-still-to-come.html
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… The Strong-Hack Form of
  Government
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/13/opinion/02shea100807.txt
• voiceofsandiego.org: Opinion… The Scourge of Political
  Experts
  http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/10/13/opinion/01waring1101007.txt
• The Duck Stream: San Diego’s own Bush
  http://theduckstream54.blogspot.com/2007/10/san-diegos-own-bush.html
• San Diego Politico: Councilwoman Donna Fyre joins the Fight
  to Save KLSD
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/councilwoman-donna-fyre-joins-fight-to.html
• San Diego Politico: KLSD Update
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/klsd-update.html
• terryfaceplace: Another nail in the coffin
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/10/another-nail-in-coffin.html
• SoHum Parlance: Eureka Reporter cutting back?
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/10/eureka-reporter-cutting-back.html
• Greetings from Huntington Beach: County to Decide on
  Emergency Repair for HB Levee
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/county-to-decid.html
• Greetings from Huntington Beach: Redevelopment of Downtown
  H.B.: A quick review
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/redevelopment-o.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Attorneys for Accused Gang
  Member Challenge Court Ruling Regarding Court Appointed Attorneys
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/attorneys-for-accused-gang-member.html
• Left In SF » SF “Official”
  ENDA Position: Inclusive ENDA All the Way!
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2274
• LAist: One step at a time, making government transparent
  http://laist.com/2007/10/13/one_step_at_a_t.php
• LAist: City budget woes and how your local street festival
  may not happen
  http://laist.com/2007/10/13/city_budget_woe.php

All the Rest

• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2350
• If I Ran the Zoo: Sunday Sierrablogging
  http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2007/10/sunday-sierrablogging_14.html
• California Progress Report – New Hampshire’s Peculiar
  Institution
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/new_hampshires.html
• The Bayne of Blog’s: New Yorkers strengthen lead in
  California primary
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/new-yorkers-strengthen-lead-in.html

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• Hullabaloo: Building Buddhas
  http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/building-buddhas-by-digby-riff-raff-is.html
• D-Day: Breaking The Establishment Grip
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/10/breaking-establishment-grip.html
• BeyondChron » Pelosi Admits Failure to Stop War
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4999#more

Soldiers, Mercenaries,
“Security”

• CA 11: McNerney’s moment
  http://ca-11.blogspot.com/2007/10/mcnerneys-moment.html
• INTEL DUMP – Nickel and diming California’s veterans
  http://inteldump.powerblogs.com/posts/1192066985.shtml
• The Ojai Post :: US Rights Group Sues Blackwater security
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/10/us_rights_group_sues_blackwate.shtml
• democracyforcalifornia.com: SMALL TOWN STANDS UP TO
  BLACKWATER
  http://www.democracyforcalifornia.com/blog/archives/002346.html
• From the Fever Swamp: FISA Question for Jane Harman
  http://fromthefeverswamp.blogspot.com/2007/10/fisa-question-for-jane-harman.html
• Martini Revolution » Blackwater Mercs shootings
  called “criminal”
  http://www.martinirevolution.com/2007/10/blackwater-mercs-shootings-called-criminal/
• The Liberal OC » Find Out What’s Really
  Happening in Iraq This Sunday
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/11/find-out-whats-really-happening-in-iraq-this-sunday/

Health Care

• Working Californians | Arnold’s Health Care Legislation: We
  Waited This Long For This?
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/10/arnolds_health_care_legislation_we_waited_this_long_for_this
• California Progress Report – Fiscal Savings and Medical
  Release Bill Presents Schwarzenegger With Rare Opportunity
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/fiscal_savings.html
• California Progress Report – Small Business for Affordable
  Healthcare is our site of the day – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/small_business.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Governor’s Health Insurance Plan 2.0 is
  regressive bargaining
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/governors-health-insurance-plan-20-is.html
• The Liberal OC » Tell Arnold Next Week That Our
  Health Care Matters
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/12/tell-arnold-next-week-that-our-health-care-matters/
• California Progress Report – Analysis of Governor
  Schwarzenegger’s Legislative Language on Health Care – California
  Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/analysis_of_gov.html

Whiskey Is For Drinkin’

• Badlands Journal » Public comments on public
  minutes of EMRCD board meeting
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=395
• California Progress Report – Late Yesterday Another Dam
  Proposal Surfaced: Schwarzenegger Continues
  Push For Dams After Prior Package Defeated – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/late_yesterday.html
• California Progress Report – Bill Signings: A Flood of
  Cheers for Better Flood Protection in California – California Progress
  Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/bill_signings_a.html
• California Progress Report – Historic Package of California
  Flood Bills Becomes Law – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/historic_packag.html

Environmment and, um,
Labor

• Creek Running North » Matthew Nisbet says entire
  environmental movement should just shut up
  http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/matthew_nisbet_says_entire_environmental_movement_should_just_shut_up/
• Progressive States Network | How Exploited “Independent
  Contractor” Truckers Drive Pollution in Our Ports
  http://www.progressivestates.org/blog/691/how-exploited-independent-contractor-truckers-drive-pollution-in-our-ports
• Working Californians: Workers Comp “Reforms” Hit Workers
  Even Harder Than Expected
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/11/workers_comp_reforms_hit_workers_even_harder_than_expected
• California Progress Report – Critical Toxic, Waste
  Prevention, and Recycling Bills on Schwarzenegger’s Desk – California
  Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/critical_toxic.html
• California Progress Report – Lack of Action to Combat
  Marine Pollution Undermines Schwarzenegger’s Ocean Protection
  Effort – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/lack_of_action.html
• happening-here?: Friday Dog Blogging (Pooches on the picket
  line)
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/friday-dog-blogging-pooches-on-picket.html

Other Legislation

• California Progress Report – University of California
  Students Active in Urging Schwarzenegger to Sign California Dream Act –
  California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/university_of_c_1.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Smokeless automobiles
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/smokeless-automobiles.html
• California Progress Report – Parolee ID Bill Should be
  Signed by Governor Schwarzenegger – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/parolee_id_bill.html
• California Progress Report – California Becomes First State
  to Prohibit Landlords From Asking About Tenants’ Immigration Status –
  California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/california_beco.html
• California Progress Report – A Case from Oakland
  Demonstrates Why Governor Schwarzenegger
  Should Sign Bill Requiring Recording of Police Interrogations –
  California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/10/a_case_from_oak.html

Local News

• BeyondChron » Mayoral Debate Reveals A Lot About
  Newsom Supporters
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5003#more
• BeyondChron » City Presents
  “Plan” for Halloween in the Castro
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5000#more
• BeyondChron »
  School Beat: A Tale of Two Cities–Why School Food is Better in Berkeley
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4996#more
• BeyondChron » San Francisco: Fed-Up With
  Homelessness? It’s About Time!
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4995#more
• BlogaBarbara: League of Women Voters FOR Measure A
  http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/10/league-of-women-voters-for-measure.html
• BlogaBarbara: Touring with the Candidates
  http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/10/touring-with-candidates.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Davis’ Support for Schools
  and Libraries
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/commentary-davis-support-for-schools.html
• Left In SF » The Chronicle’s licensed
  vacation from empathy
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2266
• GregDewar.com: A Question For Mayor Newsom At Tonight’s
  Debate: Which Campaign Finance “Reform” Do You Support?
  http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/10/a_question_for_mayor_newsom_at.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Should Davis Develop the
  Northwest Quadrant?
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/10/should-davis-develop-northwest-quadrant.html
• San Diego Politico: Where’s the Party?
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/wheres-party.html
• The Reality-Based Community: The LAPD gets smart about gang
  control
  http://www.samefacts.com/archives/crime_control_/2007/10/the_lapd_gets_smart_about_gang_control.php
• San Diego Politico: Warning: Water Carrier Alert!
  http://www.sandiegopolitico.com/2007/10/warning-water-carrier-alert.html

All the Rest

• Calculated Risk: California Retail Sales and Use Taxes
  http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2007/10/california-retail-sales-and-use-taxes.html
• The Progressive Connection:: How To Win In A Game Of
  “Gotcha”
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=151
• There Is No Blog: Progressive: the OTHER Third Way
  http://bendingleft.blogspot.com/2007/10/progressive-other-third-way.html
• Working Californians | Buy Now, Pay Later
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/10/12/buy_now_pay_later
• The California Majority Report // Yesterday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2348
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2349
• happening-here?: One angry journalist
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/10/one-angry-journalist.html
• Migra Matters: New Report Looks at Growth of Nativism in
  Congress
  http://migramatters.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-report-looks-at-growth-of-nativism.html
• Conejo Valley Democrat | Election Day is November 6, Are
  You Registered to Vote?
  http://conejovalleydemocrat.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/election-day-is-november-6-are-you-registered-to-vote/
• The Liberal OC » So Much Depends Upon a Red 33rd
  SD Race
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/11/so-much-depends-on-a-red-33rd-sd-race/
• The Bayne of Blog: Administrator and teacher groups endorse
  candidates for State Teacher Retirement Board
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/10/school-administrator-group-endorses.html
• The Liberal OC » A Family Values Scorecard for
  the Ozzie and Harriet Crowd
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/10/11/a-family-values-scorecard-for-the-ozzie-and-harriet-crowd/