Blog Roundup through last night.  We’ve added a new feature.  So that people who might subscribe by email or only to the blog roundup feed can see what folks are writing here, at the bottom, you’ll now find a listing of Calitics posts.

Teasers: Phil Angelides, Fabian Núñez, Jerry McNerney, Paid-For Pombo, Gary Miller, Pete Stark, Dennis Cardoza, transportation, fisheries, water, more sock-puppetry, 8th AD, and more.

California Californians

• Frank Russo drinks one, two, three cups of coffee with Phil Angelides. (I feel a bit like the Count:  one, two, THREE! cupsofcoffee)
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/01/a_cup_of_coffee.html
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/02/a_second_cup_of.html
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/02/finishing_a_cup.html
• Left is Right thinks Speaker Núñez seems to have done an about-face on who should bear the cost of developing alternative fuels, following an oil company junket.
  http://mstabile.blogspot.com/2007/02/california-assembly-speaker-fabian.html

DC Californians

• Rep. Jerry McNerney introduces his first bill.
  http://weblog.jerrymcnerney.com/2007/01/jerry_response.html”>http://weblog.jerrymcnerney.com/2007/01/mcnerney_introd.html
• Paid-For Pombo might be back.
  http://progressive11th.blogspot.com/2007/01/houston-pombo-mull-running-in-08.html
• Anti-Gummint Gary Miller of CA-42 is under investigation for a tax-dodging scheme.  Here’s a tiny bit more from Don’s Blog.
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/01/rubbing-hands-together-another.html
  http://www.centralcoasttourist.com/blog/Don_Blog.php?id=408
• Schuyler Hall, who has graduated from high school and is now at Williams (but we’ll leave him on the blogroll) wants to know what Pete Stark has done for him lately.
  http://schuylerhall.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-pete-stark-up-to.html
• We added Black and Blue to our feeds recently, and one thing we learned:  He does not like Buck Mckeon, not one little bit.
  http://gleic.blogspot.com/2007/01/buck-mckeon-racist.html
  http://gleic.blogspot.com/2007/01/buck-mckeon-old-man.html
  http://gleic.blogspot.com/2007/01/mckeon-hates-students.html
• Badlands Journal continues its war on Dennis Cardoza (Blue Dog, CA-18).
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=243

Odds and ends

• Don’s Blog would like to know why Schwarzenegger hates trains.
  http://www.centralcoasttourist.com/blog/Don_Blog.php?id=407
• Sohum Parlance notes that there might be salmon ladders for the Klamath, which would eventually help California salmon fisherman, if the run doesn’t completely die first.  I wrote about this a bit in blog and news roundups last year.
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/01/federal-fish-wildlife-agencies-pushing.html
  https://calitics.com/tag.do?tag=Salmon
• Once again, whiskey’s for drinkin’ water’s for fightin’ over.  Wes Rolley thinks that the discussion about where fists hit noses should be expanded.
  http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2007/01/personal-rights-and-commons.html
• Randy Bayne’s California Notes has a look at the California Republicans’ health care “plan”, and finds it to be a “plan”.
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/fifth-health-care-proposal-surfaces.html
• Oh, look, PayPal made some guy millions, so he could found yet another wingnut welfare program for people like Swift-Boater Jerome Corsi.  Isn’t that special?
  http://sf.metblogs.com/archives/2007/01/local_farright_millionaire_lau.phtml
• Big ol’ think piece from thereisnospoon on reality’s murder of conservatism.
  http://bendingleft.blogspot.com/2007/01/conservatism-is-dead-and-its-not-coming.html
• Jan in San Fran points us to a study on immigration and skin color.  Oh yes, racism is dead.  Sure it is.
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-new-immigrants-learn-on-arrival.html
• The Iraq occupation at home in the Ojai Post.
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/01/the_price_of_freedom_keeps_goi.shtml
• The Courage Campaign reports on the possibility of removing the incandescent light bulb from the Californa market.
  http://couragecampaign.org/entries/how-many-legislators/

Local coverage

• BlogaBarbara reports on what looks like “affordable housing” in Santa Barbara.
  http://blogabarbara.blogspot.com/2007/01/cpa-files-suit-on-veronica-meadows.html
• SFist Has a roundup of the recent SF-specific sock puppetry problem.
  http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/01/31/sfistgate_online.php
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis has this great piece up on the interplay between staff, special interests, and city council politics.
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/01/commentary-city-staff-is-system-broken.html
• From the Ojai Post:  Privatizing natural monopolies (in this case, water) seems to be a bad thing.
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/01/4395_rate_increase_proposed_ac.shtml
• Mayoral relationship troubles may loom in LA as well.
  http://www.martinirepublic.com/item/antonio-breakup-rumor-does-not-jump-to-print/
• SFist was at the public safety meeting for my neighborhood recently.
  http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/01/31/last_night_in_the_lower_haight.php
• More from the PVoD on the 8th AD and other local candidacies.
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/01/wednesday-briefs.html

Calitics

• The Historical Importance of the California Grass Roots
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1747
• LAX Living Wage Deal
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1773
• Farewell, Commie Girl
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1772
• A Little Voter Registration with your Diploma
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1771
• Crisis at the Hispanic Caucus: It Isn’t Just About Loretta
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1770
• BlogPAC and other Meta Talk
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1765
• California: Where Socks are Always in Fashion
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1767
• Cabaldon Announce for 8th Assembly District
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1761
• The Case Against a California February Primary
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1752
• East Bay Express misunderstands “Moderate” re Ellen Tauscher
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1753
• Mayor Sam Jumps the Shark
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1749
• Harry Reid: Insurance Industry the Enemy
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1748
• Newport Beach chips in to save Crystal Cove
  https://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1750