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* From the hilarious department: Whitman has continued her attacks on Steve Poizner, despite the primary ending two months ago. This is really amateurish stuff.
* The first debate between Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer will be Sep. 1 in the East Bay.
* Jerry Brown wants to cut the perks from elected officials offices on Univision.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger says that the difference between the parties in the budget process is about $4 Billion. No details on where that $4 Billion is.
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* A state judge ruled that the AG’s ballot summary for Prop 25 could not include that the tax requirement stayed at 2/3. The Prop 25 (Majority vote budget) campaign plans to appeal the decision.
* The State GOP has no idea where it is at on Prop 23. They might not endorse it? Ummm…you endorsed it in the spring people.
* AFSCME has a new anti-Whitman ad (to the right).
* Carly Fiorina is displeased with the Prop 8 ruling yesterday.
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* John and Ken got Meg to admit she opposes any path to legalization.
* Ooooh, big shock: Carly Fiorina says she would oppose Elena Kagan
* LA City Councilman Richard Alarcon was indicted on voter fraud charges related to his living outside of his district.
* One of the debates has become official-like for October 12. And more interestingly, Tom Brokaw will be the moderator.
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* This discussion pretty much happens every cycle, but will Loretta Sanchez finally make that governor bid that she has had an account for for a few years now?
* Rod Wright is looking at sports books, suggesting that they would be one way of bringing in a quick billion.
* George Schultz, former Sec. of State under President Reagan, thinks California should reject Prop 23 and continue to fight climate change.
* Wow. Only 2 states allow districts to shorten school years to less than 180 days, California and Utah. This will come back to haunt the state.
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* Dan Lungren got busted for speeding while doing an interview on the radio this morning.
* Jerry Brown announced some plans for education and the environment on his website, but apparently nobody was paying attention. I guess you have to put out a 40 page glossy magazine to a million people to get any attention these days.
* Mark Leno appeared on CNBC to talk about cell phone radiation. The cell phone industry group (CTIA) has been fighting point of purchase disclosure for some time now. Apparently the truth won’t set you free at your local Radio Shack.
* The Federal government blocked the sale of EdFund. So much for another budget gimmick.
* Some of the gaming tribes are among the first to use the Citizens United loopholes. They used some of their cash to support Jeff Denham’s Congressional bid.
* Arnold: Well…maybe we can pass a budget this year.
* The Bay Area Council slams a group of Peninsula cities for obstructing the high speed rail project.
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* A while back, we reported that Mimi Walters seemed to be running for Governor, or at least her website thought so. It seems that somebody reads Calitics, and the website has now been corrected.
* A group of small parties and other interests have sued to block implementation of the Top-2 primary system that we just approved in June.
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* The California Republican has some very interesting twitter interests. If you think porn stars are interesting anyway.
* Carly Fiorina got some new Latino support. Or well, maybe it’s Latino support, because just exactly where the money is coming is entirely unclear. Carla Marinucci points out that one of the headliners of the campaign was a grand marshall at the 2008 SF Pride parade … should go down perfectly with the right-wingers.
* Boaters near the San Francisco area are being warned about being careful near whales. A huge krill explosion in the area is attacting large numbers of humpback whales. A young humpback was found dead today, killed by the propellors of a boat.
* In San Francisco, City Attorney Dennis Herrera is appealing a judge’s decision to grant an extra term to appointed supervisors. Tim Redmond of the SF Bay Guardian agrees with the decision.
* The corpse of Howard Jarvis has filed suit to get the language changed on Prop 23. Apparently the word “laws” will make everybody think that we won’t regulate air pollution at all. Huh?
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* Looks like there will be three debates between Whitman and Brown. Brown had previously accepted ten invites, but Whitman was looking for a little less airtime.
* The Democratic nominee (well, sorta) to replace Sen. Dean Florez in the Senate, has dropped some campaign bucks on a radio ad blasting Prop 19. There are even some cute cliches in there and everything. But, make no mistake, it’s still a campaign ad for his senate campaign. (MP3 here)
* The LA Times is following up on the stories about Bell. First, there’s the story about how the City was cutting services while giving top staff big increases, and then the news that the city council cut their salaries down to $673/month, a 90% cut.
* Guess who is giving money to both Carly Fiorina and Prop 23 (kill AB32)? Why, it’s the coal interests, of course. I mean, why not, Barbara Boxer is always worrying about the “weather”.
* Marisa Lagos outlines the battle over funding municipalities and counties and Prop 22.
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* Apparently news that Darrell Steinberg is changing consultants for the Anna Caballero contest is huuuuuge. Only in Sacramento would this be worthy of blasting to an email list. Caballero is running to replace Sen. Jeff Denham.
* Don Perata drops some cash on Jerry Brown.
* Tom Steyer, a San Francisco based venture capitalist, dropped five million bucks on No on Prop 23, the measure to repeal our greenhouse gas pollution law.
* AG Jerry Brown dropped some subpoenaes in his investigation of the City of Bell’s finances.
* George Skelton: Prop 25 (Majority vote budget) is the real deal.
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* The SD-40 recount between Mary Salas and Juan Vargas has begun. We will provide further information with the vote changes.
* United Farm Workers members held a pray-in at Arnold’s office to convince him to sign a law granting overtime pay to farm workers
* It seems the CDP wasn’t the only party with issues on its hand concerning Prop 19 (marijuana). The California Republican Party’s “Liberty Caucus” endorsed the measure.
* This is a bit old, and a bit off-topic, but worth reading: Marc Cooper looks back at the train wreck that is Pajamas Media.