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Budgets are Moral Documents

• The California Majority Report // Why Has the FLASH REPORT
  Gone Soft on Ackerman?
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2216
• California Progress Report: The First of More than $3
  Billion in Late Payments Printed and Mailed Today
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_first_of_mo.html
• The California Majority Report // Schwarzenegger’s
  “California Values” Fly in the Face of Public Opinion
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2217

Health Care

• California Progress Report: Is the Old Schwarzenegger
  Baack? A Look at the Prescription Drug Veto
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/is_the_old_schw.html
• The California Majority Report // Is This the “Make or
  Break” Week for Health Care Reform?
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2218
• California Progress Report: “The Year of Health Care Reform
  in California”– Is This the Way It’s Going to End?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_year_of_hea_2.html
• Working Californians: Arnold Going Backwards on Health Care
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/27/arnold_going_backwards_on_health_care

Electoral College “Reform”

• The Liberal OC » Rasmussen Survey: Change in
  California Election
  Law Unlikely, but Groundwell of Support to Eliminate Electoral College
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/08/27/rasmussen-survey…
• Daily Kos: CA GOP Vice-Chair Slams GOP EC Initiative
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/27/171427/536

The Silly Season Is
Already Upon Us

• Daily Kos: 2008 matchups in CA, OR, and WA
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/27/111721/465
• Wilshire & Washington: Line of Attack
  http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/08/line-of-attack.html

Fifteen Percent Doolittle

• Dump Doolittle: Gaines is just waiting on Doolittle
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/gaines-is-just-waiting-on-doolittle.html
• Left Turn on Bird Street: Phony War Record, Indian Casino,
  Doolittle
  http://ltobs.blogspot.com/2007/08/phony-war-record-plus-indian-casino-can.html

Local

• happening-here?: Our wonderful urban park
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/08/our-wonderful-urban-park.html
• Left In SF » Analysis of Mayoral Candidates
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2152
• SFist: Safeway Sends Whistleblowers to Ghetto Graveyard?
  http://sfist.com/2007/08/26/safeway_sends_w.php
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Measure Q: The School
  Parcel Tax Funds Vital Programs for All Davis Students
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/school-parcel-tax-funds-vital-programs.html

Everyfink Else

• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2220
• California Progress Report: California Bill to Identify Gun
  Traffickers Brings Brady
  Campaign to San Pablo Tomorrow on Anniversary of Martin Luther King
  Speech
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_bill_1.html
• California Progress Report: Talkin’ Bout My Generation –
  Economic Security, the Challenge for California Progressives in 2007
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/talkin_bout_my.html
• California Progress Report: Business Owners to Become
  I.N.S. Agents? Republicans Seek Job-Killing Regulation of Business
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/business_owners.html
• Pacific Views: Foreclosed in America
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/003002.html
• California Progress Report: Iraq Withdrawal Measure for
  California February Presidential
  Primary About to Land on Governor’s Desk
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/iraq_withdrawal.html
• Politics in the Zeros » Southern Yellow Pine and
  private jets
  http://polizeros.com/2007/08/27/southern-yellow-pine-and-private-jets/
• Corrente | Progressive Strategy, Illustrated: The Pincer
  Movement
  http://www.correntewire.com/progressive_strategy_illustrated_the_pincer_movement
• . . . Surf Putah: Thoughts on a Roadtrip
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/08/thoughts-on-roadtrip.html

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• California Progress Report: Education Wins and Losses in
  the California State Budget for the 2007-08 School Year
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/education_wins.html
• California Progress Report: Health Cuts By Governor
  Schwarzenegger in Signing California Budget Include Prescription Drug
  Program Touted on “Meet the Press ” as a Major Success
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/health_cuts_by.html
• California Progress Report: Priorities and Values in
  California State Budget – Cuts for Mental
  Health Program to Help Homeless -While Allowing Tax Break for Yacht and
  Private Plane Owners
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/priorities_and.html
• California Progress Report: Setting the Record Straight on
  Transportation Funding in the California Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/setting_the_rec.html
• The Bayne of Blog’s – California Notes: Is the old
  Schwarzenegger coming back?
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/is-old-schwarzenegger-coming-back.html
• California Progress Report: Mental Health Budget Cuts –
  “Rehabilitation is Cheaper than Incarceration – Dignity is Priceless
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/mental_health_b.html

Fifteen Percent Doolittle

• Dump Doolittle: Doolittle doesn’t see any competition from
  primary opponents
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/doolittle-doesnt-see-any-competition.html
• Dump Doolittle: Bad, bad company
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/bad-bad-company.html
• Dump Doolittle: It’s looking like Ted Gaines will enter CA
  04 race
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/its-looking-like-ted-gaines-will-enter.html

All the Rest

• cab drollery: Privatizing Prisons
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/08/privatizing-prisons.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: Interesting
  Split on the Cannery Park Property
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-interesting-split-on-cannery.html
• California Progress Report: Why Should the
  “Fairness” of Legislative Districts Boundaries Be
  Judged By How Often Seats “Change Hands” Between
  the Parties?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/why_should_the.html
• If I Ran the Zoo: Mono Divide Trip Report: Part 2
  http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2007/08/mono-divide-trip-report-part-2.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Employee fired for attending union
  busting meeting reinstated
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/employee-fired-for-attending-union.html
• The Progressive Connection:: Gosh, No One Could Have
  Expected This
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=126
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Measure P Will Keep Our
  Libraries Open and Flourishing
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/measure-p-will-keep-our-libraries-open.html
• California Progress Report: What Do California Working
  Women and Their Families Want?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/what_do_califor.html
• California Progress Report: California Flood News (And Why
  We Care)
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_floo.html
• The Left Coaster: Letter From California
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010891.php
• Speak Out California! – While California Dreams:
  Weekly Update Vol.1 No. 12
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/08/while_californi_10.php
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2215
• Badlands Journal » The Pomboza, now an Agency
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=373

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• Take A Sudden Oak Death Field Trip :: The Ojai Post
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/sudden-oak-death-research.shtml
• CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET HOLD-UP ENDS: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
  EXAMINED – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_stat_14.html
• Delicious Ironies in California Electoral College Power
  Grab – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/delicious_ironi.html
• If I Ran the Zoo: Mono Divide Trip Report: Part 1
  http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2007/08/mono-divide-trip-report-part-1.html
• Field Poll: Californians Rate Overall Congress Job
  Performance at New Low–Failure to End Iraq War Seen as Major Cause –
  California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/field_poll_cali.html
• snicholsblog: Why do Californians like DiFi so much?
  http://snicholsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/why-do-californians-like-difi-so-much.html
• The Liberal OC » Want to Learn How to Help
  Democrats Win in YOUR Neighborhood?
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/08/24/want-to-learn-how-to-help-democrats-win-in-your-neighborhood/
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2208
• Daily Kos: TAKE ACTION: Help Workers and the Environment
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/24/11644/4524
• Courage Campaign | Erik Love’s Blog: Schwarzenegger Refuses
  To Denounce GOP’s Dirty Trick
  http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/Vjq
• Dump Doolittle: Ditch Doolittle
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/ditch-doolittle.html
• The California Majority Report // The Sacramento Bee
  Couldn’t Have Gotten the Electoral College Story More Wrong if they
  Tried
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2209
• The BRAD BLOG : Clear Channel Rumored to Shut Down San
  Diego’s Only Progressive Talk Radio Show!
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4997
• The California Majority Report // GOP Triangle of
  Corruption Update
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2210
• salto mortale:  A walk down memory lane with Bob
  Saget
  http://www.monkey.org/~ethan/2007/08/dirtiest-man-in-america.html
• Arnold Doesn’t Like Dirty Trick Initiative | Working
  Californians
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/24/arnold_doesnt_like_dirty_trick_initiative
• skippy the bush kangaroo: the governator hates some veterans
  http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2007/08/governator-hates-some-veterans.html
• The California Majority Report // Deadly Drafting Error in
  “Faux” Eminent Domain Reform
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2211
• Schwarzenegger Signs California State Budget, But Not
  Before Cutting Mental Health, Medi-Cal, and Discount Prescription
  Programs – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/schwarzenegger_51.html
• DownWithTyranny!: BLUE AMERICA HAS ANOTHER JERRY McNERNEY
  MOMENT
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/blue-america-has-another-jerry-mcnerney.html
• The California Majority Report // Speaker Nunez’s Thoughts
  on California’s Budget Process and Where Health Care Reform Stands in
  the State
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2213
• The California Majority Report // Schwarzenegger Rewards
  Drug Companies by Killing Affordable Prescription Drug Plan He Touted
  on the Campaign Trail
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2214

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Electoral Vote
“Reform”and Reform

• The Bayne of Blog: Chairman Art Torres
  speaks out on initiative to steal the election
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/chairman-art-torres-speaks-out-on.html
• BeyondChron: Another Karl Rove Playbook in California
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4847#more
• California Policy Inbox » Support for
  “District-by-District”
  Electoral Reform Cuts along Partisan Lines
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=379
• Daily Kos: How to fight GOP Electoral College steal if need
  be
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/23/17132/3342

Voting Integrity

• Threat Level – San Diego Paper Sees Voter Confidence in
  Elections Where Others See Vote of No Confidence
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/san-diego-paper.html
• California Progress Report: Less Than Half of California
  Voters Have “Great
  Deal” of Confidence That Their Votes Are Being Accurately Counted
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/field_poll_less.html
• California Progress Report: California Secretary of State
  Debra Bowen Comments on Field
  Poll About Voter Confidence in Elections
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_secr_4.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Competing Statewide Ballot
  Initiatives For California’s Electoral Votes
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/competing-statewide-ballot-initiatives.html

Economic Justice

• The Bayne of Blog: Pay Equity
  Legislation on Senate Floor as Women’s Equality Day Approaches
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/pay-equity-legislation-on-senate-floor.html
• California Progress Report: California Lags Other States
  in Responding to the Foreclosure Crisis
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/preserving_the.html
• California Progress Report: California Can Help
  Borrowers Avoid Foreclosure
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/preserving_the_1.html
• California Progress Report: Legislative Recommendations
  to Protect Future Borrowers in California
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/preserving_the_2.html

Health Care

• The California Majority Report // Read the bill, Governor!
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2206
• Working Californians | Feasibilty and Health Care Reform
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/23/feasibilty_and_health_care_reform

Everyfink Else

• Sierra Club California Blog Spot: We’ve Got A
  Budget Now, So What Else is Going On In The Capitol?
  http://sierraclubca.blogspot.com/2007/08/weve-got-budget-now-so-what-else-is.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Summer 2007 Road Trip: Day 4
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-2007-road-trip-day-4.html
• THE LOWDOWN ON CALIFORNIA’S FLOOD POLICY – California
  Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_lowdown_on.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Davis Joint Unified School
  District Finds a New Superintendent
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/davis-joint-unified-school-district.html
• California Progress Report: California Assembly to Vote
  on Bill Requiring Corroboration of Jailhouse Informants
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/reducing_wrongf.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2205
• SFist: Peskin’s Out (State Senate Race, And Politics In
  General)
  http://sfist.com/2007/08/23/peskins_out_sta.php
• The Ojai Post: Go Green Ojai – Next Step: “Help Wanted”
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/green-coalition-volunteer.shtml
• Working Californians | Wage Gap Widening: Rich Getting
  Richer, Poor Getting Poorer
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/23/wage_gap_widening_rich_getting_richer_poor_getting_poorer
• A Plan To Attack California’s High School Dropout
  Crisis – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/a_plan_to_attac.html
• California Policy Inbox » Voters Support
  Term Limits Reform
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=378
• The Bayne of Blog: Dump Denham group
  submits recall petition request to Secretary of State
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/dump-denham-group-submits-recall.html
• The California Majority Report // The Reviews are In: The
  Senate Republicans’ Budget Play was a Flop
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2207

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• California Progress Report: Senate Republicans Held the
  California State Budget Hostage for 52
  Days and Appear to Have Gotten Precious Little Ransom in Return
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/senate_republic_2.html
• California Progress Report: Concern from Advocates for
  Disabled, Seniors, and Others About More
  Cuts As California State Budget Bill Heads To Governor Schwarzenegger
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/concern_from_ad.html
• Sierra Club California Blog Spot: California Budget Finally
  Approved – Environmental Law (Mostly) Dodges a Bullet
  http://sierraclubca.blogspot.com/2007/08/california-budget-finally-approved.html
• The California Majority Report // Torres Bashes GOP on
  Budget
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2199
• California Progress Report: Perata Proposes Establishing
  California Budget Reform Panel
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/perata_proposes.html
• California Progress Report: Perata Unchained on the
  California Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/perata_unchaine.html

Electoral College

• D-Day: A Competing Initiative With The Right-Wing Electoral
  College Power Grab
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/08/competing-initiative-with-right-wing.html
• Daily Kos: California Democrats file for national popular
  vote
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/21/204710/075
• The California Majority Report // NY Times Editorial Calls
  on Schwarzenegger to Speak Out Against Electoral College Power Grab
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2200
• Joe Scott: Abolish the Electoral College?
  http://www.joescott3.com/index.php/js/permalink/abolish_the_electoral_college/
• Wilshire & Washington: Ballot Bamboozle
  http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/08/ballot-bamboozl.html
• MyDD :: NY Times: California Republicans Up To Their Dirty
  Tricks
  http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/8/22/14129/0444

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry…

• The Progressive Connection:: Relief Turns To Indigestion
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=124
• Firedoglake – Shifting With The Winds?
  http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/08/22/shifting-with-the-winds/
• CA 11: One step forward, ten steps back
  http://ca-11.blogspot.com/2007/08/one-step-forward-ten-steps-back.html
• k / o: Congressman McNerney and Iraq
  http://kidoaklandblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/congressman-mcnerney-and-iraq.html
• Firedoglake – The Education of Jerry McNerny
  http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/08/22/babaloomcnerny-draft/
• The Progressive Connection:: Tug Of War
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=125

Health Care

• Working Californians: Polling Shows Increasing Public
  Dissatisfaction With Health Care
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/22/polling_shows_increasing_public_dissatisfaction_with_health_care
• California Progress Report: Comments and Fact Checks on
  Governor Schwarzenegger’s Health Veto Threat
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/comments_and_fa.html
• California Progress Report: Dramatic New Field Poll Shows
  Increasing Dissatisfaction with Current
  Health Insurance System Behind Increasing California Support for Single
  Payor Reform
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/dramatic_new_fi.html

Local Motion

• The N-Judah Chronicles: A Record Scratch WTF Moment In
  Today’s Chronicle With Mayor Newsom
  http://www.njudahchronicles.com/2007/08/a_record_scratch_wtf_moment_in.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: Lack of Solano
  Candidates in Assembly Race a bit Vexing
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-lack-of-solano-candidates-in.html
• The Ojai Post: Food For Thought Ojai’s Locally Grown
  Concert Goes Green!
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/food_for_thought_ojais_locally.shtml

All the Rest

• The Mad Professah Lectures: Summer 2007 Road Trip: Day 1
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-2007-road-trip-day-1.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Summer 2007 Road Trip: Day 2
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-2007-road-trip-day-2.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Summer 2007 Road Trip: Day 3
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/summer-2007-road-trip-day-3.html
• California Progress Report: Larger Questions for the
  University of California in the Wake of Dynes’ Departure
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/schrag_larger_q.html
• The California Majority Report // McClintock/Denham 2010?
  Bring it on!
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2198
• The Mad Professah Lectures: CA-37: Laura Richardson Elected
  To Congress
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/ca-37-laura-richardson-elected-to.html
• The Bayne of Blog’s: Candidate and campaign worker training
  coming to Sacramento
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/candidate-and-campaign-worker-trainging.html
• I’m Not One to Blog, But…: Drink to Me Only with Thine
  Beer and Wines
  http://imnotonetoblogbut.blogspot.com/2007/08/drink-to-me-only-with-thine-beer-and.html
• snicholsblog: The Evils of Having an “Agenda”
  http://snicholsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/evils-of-having-agenda.html

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• Working Californians: Arnold Getting Local on Budget
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/20/arnold_getting_local_on_budget
• California Progress Report: Parallels Between Blockage of
  California Budget by Senate Republicans and Ill-fated Gingrich Shutdown
  of Federal Government in 1995
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/parallels_betwe.html
• California Progress Report: California Budget Deal May be
  Near: CEQA Changes Demanded by Republican Senators May Be in the Offing
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_budg_2.html

Immigration

• The Most Important Blog… Ever – Elvira Arellano Proves We
  Need Immigration Reform
  http://www.eriklove.com/newblog/2007/08/20/elvira-arellano-proves-we-need-immigration-reform/
• Daily Kos: Republican War On California?
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/20/91655/1317
• Left In SF » When will it stop?
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2138

Local Stuff

• LAist: What I did on Vacation – San Francisco
  http://laist.com/2007/08/20/what_i_did_on_v.php
• SoHum Parlance: Balloon Track back in the news – economy,
  jobs, growth… yada, yada, yada
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/ballon-track-back-in-news-economy-jobs.html
• Left In SF » Too good to be true? EarthLink and
  Muni Wi-fi
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2143
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: District Attorney’s Office
  Continues to Press Charges for Sodexho Food Service Protesters
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/district-attorneys-office-continues-to.html

Everything Else

• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2189
• The BRAD BLOG : E-Voting Game Over: Touch-Screen Voting
  Machines in Ohio Found to Reveal Secret Ballot, Who Voted For What
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4980
• Daily Kos: CA-04: Doolittle’s (R) chink in the armor (his
  corruption)
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/20/121638/234
• California Progress Report: Legendary Consumer Advocate
  Sylvia Siegel Dies–California Loses a Colorful Character
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/legendary_consu.html
• All these wonderful things: What the Hell is Wrong With the
  LA Times?
  http://edendale.typepad.com/weblog/2007/08/what-the-hell-i.html
• California Progress Report: California Eyewitness
  Identification Reform About to Land on Governor’s Desk
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_eyew.html
• California Progress Report: Protecting the Health of
  California Workers: A Moral Obligation
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/protecting_the.html
• California Progress Report: California Must Not Be the
  World’s Dumping Ground for Toxic Toys and Child Care Products
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_must_2.html

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• Daily Kos: Fiscally Responsible
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/18/17446/3703
• The Liberal OC » 14 White Men of Principle, Yeah
  Right.
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/08/18/14-white-men-of-principle-yeah-right/
• California Progress Report: The California Budget,
  Presidential Politics, and Health Care
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_california_38.html

Voting Integrity

• The BRAD BLOG : Riverside County, CA, to Hold Sequoia
  Accountable for Lies, Faulty Voting Machines?
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4973
• The BRAD BLOG : Diebold/Premier’s Touch-Screen Voting
  Machines Going Way of Edsel
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4971

Local

• happening-here?: “Do No Harm” — Psychologists rally
  against torture
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/08/do-no-harm-psychologists-rally-against.html
• SoHum Parlance: Censorship in Arcata
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/censorship-in-arcata.html
• Badlands Journal » Where giants reign
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=370
• happening-here?: Free the Net? — an end user view
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/08/free-net-end-user-view.html

The Rest

• The Democratic Daily » Hillary Widens Lead in CA
  http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=6414
• California Progress Report: Support Increases for Term
  Limit Reform Measure–Even When
  California Voters Are Told It Allows Current Legislators to Avoid Being
  Termed Out
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/support_increas.html
• Bradford Plumer: Prison Nation
  http://plumer.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#2163146402280872853
• The Bayne of Blog: At town hall, Lungren shows why he needs
  to go
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/amador-co-residents-hear-about.html
• SoHum Parlance: Christian prof fired for criticizing
  capitalism
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/christian-prof-fired-for-criticizing.html
• California Progress Report: “Promises Kept” and
  California’s Road Ahead to a Democratic President
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/_promises_kept.html
• California Progress Report: A California Citizens’ Victory
  Over Alcopops and Liquor Industry Targeting Of Teens
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/a_california_ci.html
• California Progress Report: Turning a Blue State Partially
  Red: The So-Called Presidential Election Reform Act–A Clear Abuse of
  California’s Initiative Process
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/turning_a_blue.html
• California Progress Report: California Can Lead Nation in
  Green Tech Industry and Stimulate Economy With Bond Package
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_can_5.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2188

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• The California Majority Report // Obama Names California
  Coordinator
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2184
• cab drollery: The Enhanced Sentence
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/08/enhanced-sentence.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Interview with Davis Police
  Ombudsman Bob Aaronson
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/interview-with-davis-police-ombudsman.html
• California Progress Report: Failure of California
  Endangered Species Act Compliance from Department of Water Resources
  Behind Director Leaving Troubled Department of Fish and Game?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/failure_of_cali.html
• California Progress Report: Initiatives Filed to Protect
  Consumers and Allow Californians to Hold Corporations Accountable for
  Wrongdoing
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/initiatives_fil.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2185
• California Progress Report: California Poised to Elect
  Hillary Clinton Next President of the United States
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/poll_california.html
• The California Majority Report // Ending Wrongful
  Convictions in California
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2186
• California Progress Report: Accountability for Obstruction
  of the California State Budget: Recall of Senator Denham and How the
  Process Can Be Made Better
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/accountability.html
• California Progress Report: New Reports Spotlight Several
  Consumer Protections Missing in California’s “Wild,
  Wild West” Individual Market
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/new_reports_spo.html
• The Progressive Connection:: And Our Soldiers Keep Dying —
  For A Fiction
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=120
• MyDD :: Democrats Push Back Against California Right-Wing
  Power Grab
  http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/8/17/152731/634

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Local Matters

• Left In SF » Wi-Fi: Gavin Newsom and Meraki
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2130
• The Ojai Post: An Abuser Friendly Experiment in Government
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/an_abuser_friendly_experiment.shtml
• The Ojai Post: Planning Commission Rejects Proposals
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/planning_commission_rejects_pr.shtml
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Dunning: Populist or Social
  Conservative or Perhaps Both?
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/dunning-populist-or-social-conservative.html

The Remainder

• California Progress Report California Supreme Court to Hear
  Same Sex Marriage Case –
  Why Domestic Partner Laws Are Not Enough
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_supr.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Doolittle challenge
  pool grows in race for 4th CD
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/doolittle-challenge-pool-grows-in-race.html
• California Progress Report: Vacation Themed Rally for
  California Budget at the State
  Capitol
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/vacation_themed.html
• California Progress Report: Do We Want a Mercenary Army in
  California?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/do_we_want_a_me.html
• California Progress Report: When the Innocent Go to Prison
  in California, the Guilty Go
  Free
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/when_the_innoce.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Developing a good
  farm team is critical to legislative make up
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/developing-good-farm-team-is-critical.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2178
• The California Majority Report // Going Out on a Limb:
  Comprehensive Health Care Will Pass with Schwarzenegger’s Help
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2180
• California Policy Inbox » Giuliani Still Leads
  Potential GOP Presidential Candidates
  in California
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=373
• The BRAD BLOG: ‘DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS, INC.’ IS NO
  MORE! (At Least in Name)
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4962

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• The California Majority Report // Runner Places the Race
  Card in Budget Fight
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2175
• California Progress Report: No California Budget, No
  Government? Lost the Last Election? None Dare Call it Obstructionism
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/no_california_b.html
• Working Californians: Who is Bankrolling Jim Denham?
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/15/who_is_bankrolling_jim_denham
• The California Majority Report // Lockyer: Republican says
  Schwarzenegger is the GOP’s “Ugly Baby”
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2177

Local Stuff

• terryfaceplace: Bad news for Blackwater…publicity!
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/08/bad-news-for-blackwaterpublicity.html
• Erik Love at Courage Campaign: Blackwater West
  http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/VjQ
• BeyondChron » Chronicle Headline Reveals
  Anti-Union Bias
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4822#more
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Councilmember Heystek
  Discusses His First Year on the Davis City Council
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/councilmember-heystek-discusses-his.html
• LAist: Avoiding Life Because of Traffic
  http://laist.com/2007/08/15/avoiding_life_b.php

The Rest

• Calculated Risk: California Bay Area: Home Sales Slowest Since ’95
  
  http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2007/08/california-bay-area-home-sales-slowest.html

• California Progress Report: New Initiative Would Cut
  Retirement for Nurses, Teachers, Firefighters and Peace Officers by up
  to 60%
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/new_initiative.html
• California Progress Report: The California Democratic
  Council: “Winning Elections One Club at a Time”
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_california_37.html
• California Progress Report: California’s Immigration
  Politics of the Early 90’s, Goes National–It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/californias_imm.html
• California Progress Report: Schwarzenegger’s Water Board
  Says It Can’t Protect Water Quality in California Delta, Central Valley!
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/schwarzeneggers_12.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2176
• The Progressive Connection:: Doolittle Is Drawing A Crowd
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=118