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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: Waiting for a California State
  Budget in the Capitol—Scenes from a Fellini Movie
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/waiting_for_a_c.html
• BeyondChron » Arnold Suggests Scrapping the 2/3
  Budget Rule
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4837#more
• California Progress Report: Comments From Speaker of the
  Assembly Fabian Nunez Late Last Night
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_california_39.html
• California Progress Report: Negotiating 101 and the
  California Budget: It Isn’t Supposed to be Metaphysical
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/negotiating_101.html
• California Progress Report: California Senate in Process of
  Passing State
  Budget; Attorney General Jerry Brown Announces Settlement of Global
  Warming Suit with San Bernardino County
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_c.html
• California Progress Report: STATE BUDGET PASSES 27-13
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/breaking_news_s_3.html

Republican “Reform” vs. Actual Reform

• Wilshire & Washington: Bing Takes to the Ballot
  http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/08/bing-takes-to-t.html
• California Progress Report: Republican Move to Change
  California’s Electoral College Votes for
  President Has “Early Support”–But Less Than 50%– According to Field
  Poll
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/republican_move.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Poll shows work needed to save
  California’s electoral vote
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/poll-shows-work-needed-to-save.html
• Daily Kos: Cali electoral Prop. would make Cali less
  competitive
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/21/122455/396
• The California Majority Report // Dems Counter GOP
  Electoral College Initiative with Two New Initiatives
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2197

Voting Integrity

• The BRAD BLOG : Media Finally Question the Relationship
  Between Elections Officials and Voting Machine Companies
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4984
• The BRAD BLOG : UPDATED: ES&S to Face Millions in
  Fines,
  Possible Decertification in CA for Use of Uncertified Voting Systems!
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4985
• The BRAD BLOG : Insider Trading at Diebold?
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4972
• California Progress Report: Did ES&S Sell
  Uncertified Voting Equipment To California Counties?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/did_ess_sell_un.html

Local

• GregDewar.com: How About A Party for The Rest of Us Who
  AREN’T Going to Burning Man?
  http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/08/how_about_a_party_for_the_rest.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: A One-Year
  Review of Police Oversight in Davis
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-one-year-review-of-police.html

The Remainder

• Open Left:: On Term Limits
  http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=898
• Threat Level – California Police Surveillance Increasing
  http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/california-poli.html
• The Progressive Connection:: When Democrats Don’t Show Up
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=121
• The California Majority Report // Schwarzenegger’s
  Revolving Campaign Door Continues to Swing
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2190
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2192
• DownWithTyranny!: JERRY McNERNEY CLARIFIES HIS IRAQ POSITION
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/jerry-mcnerney-clarifies-his-iraq.html
• The Progressive Connection:: Jerry McNerney Talks About Iraq
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=122
• The Mad Professah Lectures: CA-37: Special Election Today
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/08/ca-37-special-election-today.html
• Dump Doolittle: Oh, cry me a river – Wilkes says he needs
  public defender
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/oh-cry-me-river-wilkes-says-he-needs.html
• Rubber stamp Gallegly fails us again. :: The Ojai Post
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/rubber_stamp_gallegly_fails_us.shtml
• Working Californians: Onwards and Upwards: Health Care
  Reform
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/21/onwards_and_upwards_health_care_reform

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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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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

• California
  Progress Report: Reform the California Budget Process to Restore
  Majority Rule and Accountability
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/reform_the_cali.html
• California Policy Inbox » State Voters Not Paying
  Much Attention to State Budget Deadlock (Yet)
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=370
• California
  Progress Report: Republican State Senators Holding up the California
  Budget
  Should Get Their Facts Straight on California Environmental Laws and
  Who We Elected to Enforce Them
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/republican_stat.html
• snicholsblog: Republicans Eat Their Own in California
  http://snicholsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/republicans-eat-their-own-in-california.html
• California
  Progress Report: New Field Poll of California Voters on Budget: Most
  Say It’s a
  Serious Problem and Tend to Blame Republicans
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/new_field_poll_2.html
• The Bayne of Blog’s: Denham won’t be “bullied” by
  constituents
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/denham-wont-be-bullied-by-constituents.html
• The California Majority Report // Republican Budget
  Blockade Day #45: Things Get Personal
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2171
• Working Californians: Impact of the Lackluster Public
  Awareness of the Budget Impasse
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/14/impact_of_the_lackluster_public_awareness_of_the_budget_impasse

Local Stuff

• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Supervisor Candidate Jim
  Provenza Talks About the Issues Facing Yolo County and the City of Davis
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/supervisor-candidate-jim-provenza-talks.html
• Creek Running North » Pinole’s recall
  http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/pinoles_recall/

Here Come The Initiatives

• The California Majority Report // Effort to Weaken Benefits
  for Cops, Firefighters Qualifies for Signature
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2172
• The California Majority Report // Consumer Attorneys Fire
  Back at Business in Initiative War
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2173
• MyDD :: More on the California Electoral Vote Situation
  http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/8/14/195635/335

Everything Else

• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2170
• SFist: De-Union-ification At The Tribune
  http://sfist.com/2007/08/14/deunionificatio.php
• California
  Progress Report: Get the Lead Out, So the California Condor, North
  America’s Largest
  Bird, Won’t Just Exist on the Back of the Quarter
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/get_the_lead_ou.html
• California
  Progress Report: Will Insurance Commissioner Poizner Get at the Fraud
  Against
  Workers in California’s Workers’ Compensation System?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/will_insurance_1.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Did he really say that? Hope for Gov’s
  signature on SB 840.
  http://blog.bayneweb.com/2007/08/did-he-really-say-that-hope-for-govs.html
• The BRAD BLOG : EAC Spanks ES&S For Failure to
  Disclose Philippine Factory
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4955
• Erik Love at Courage Campaign | Blackwater: Our Activism Is
  Starting To Pay Off
  http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/eriklove/Vj3
• LEFT is RIGHT: California Democratic Party Agenda
  http://mstabile.blogspot.com/2007/08/california-democratic-party-today.html

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• Speak Out California!: Obstinance or principle?
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/08/obstinance_or_p.php
• California Progress Report: Rolling Back a Ronald Reagan
  Era Environmental Law – How the Message Now
  Getting Through on the California Budget Impasse May Help Us Later
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/rolling_back_a.html
• The Liberal OC » Wealthy State Senators pocketing
  thousands in Per Diem pay while budget is stalled
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/08/10/carpe-per-diem-wealthy-state-senators-pocketing-thousands-in-per-diem-pay-while-budget-is-stalled/
• California Progress Report: California’s
  Republican Director of Finance Targets G.O.P. Senator
  Denham’s Refusal to Support Governor’s
  Budget–“Hard to Understand”?!
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/californias_rep.html
• Working Californians: Budget – Situation Normal, All Fouled
  Up
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/10/budget_situation_normal_all_fouled_up
• California Progress Report: Finally–Schwarzenegger to
  Arouse Public on the California Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/finally–schwar.html

Voting Integrity

• California Progress Report: Misleading Attacks on
  California Secretary of State Bowen’s Decision to Limit
  Electronic Voting
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/misleading_atta.html
• The BRAD BLOG : Columnist: ‘Whining’ California Election
  Registrars are ‘Losers, Exposed as Careless at Best, Irresponsible at
  Worst’
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4941
• The BRAD BLOG : Diebold Distributor Tells BRAD BLOG ‘You
  Are Totally Full of Shit’
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4940
• A Progressive Alamedan: My chat with the Alameda County
  Registrar of Voters
  http://progala.blogspot.com/2007/08/my-chat-with-alameda-county-registrar.html

This Place Where We Live

• California Progress Report: Smart
  Growth–California’s Next Frontier in the Fight against
  Global Warming—and Cleaning Up the San Joaquin Valley Air
  Board
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/smart_growth–c.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Davis City Council Remains
  Silent as Sacramento Presses for Answers on WNV Spraying
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/davis-city-council-remains-silent-as.html
• SoHum Parlance: All of creation is cursed, including
  marijuana
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/all-of-creation-is-cursed-including.html
• Working Californians: Gotcha Politics – Villaraigosa and
  Water
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/10/gotcha_politics_villaraigosa_and_water
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Do not be charging me with
  NIMBYism When I Oppose Your 600K Housing Development
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/commentary-do-not-be-charging-me-with.html
• California Progress Report: California’s Risk for
  Floods–Some Factoids
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/californias_ris.html

All the Rest

• The California Majority Report // Friday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2163
• The California Majority Report // Saturday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2166
• The California Majority Report // Sunday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2167
• BeyondChron » Public Offered False
  “Choices” for Transbay Terminal
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4807#more
• Dump Doolittle: John Doolittle Sued for Email Spamming
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/john-doolittle-sued-for-email-spamming.html
• happening-here?: Nancy Pelosi: “Peter Principle” at Work?
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/08/nancy-pelosi-peter-principle-at-work.html
• Elliott Petty’s Courage Campaign Blog: SEIU Bargaining
  Convention – Healthcare That Works, Their Mission, Our Right
  http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/VMC
• terryfaceplace: California Speaks NOW
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/08/california-speaks-now.html
• Daily Kos: California counter strategy put COLA on the
  ballot
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/12/62133/2206
• California Progress Report: The Barriers to Health Care in
  California That Need to be Addressed
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/the_barriers_to.html
• cab drollery: How Most Of Our Ancestors Really Got Here
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-most-of-our-ancestors-really-got.html
• The Left Coaster: Letter From California
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010812.php
• Hoffmania!: God, I’m Sick of the Occupiers of the White
  House
  http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2007/08/god-im-sick-of-.html

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• Working Californians: Messaging the Environment: Budget
  Edition
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/09/messaging_the_environment_budget_edition
• California Progress Report: Impact of California State
  Budget Delay on the Disabled and Seniors
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/impact_of_calif.html
• California Progress Report: 14 White Men Hold California
  Budget Hostage
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/14_white_men_ho.html
• California Progress Report: Maldonado is No Moderate and
  His
  District Deserves Better: The Budget as an Example of Why We Should
  Fight for a Real Democratic Majority in California
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/maldonado_is_no.html
• California Progress Report: Representing His District: Abel
  Maldonado—The Only Republican Senator So Far to Vote for the
  California
  State Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/representing_hi.html
• California Progress Report: DO
  ‘COMPETITIVE’ LEGISLATIVE
  DISTRICTS PRODUCE MODERATE AND REASONABLE LAWMAKERS? SENATOR DENHAM
  PROVES THE OPPOSITE!
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/do_competitive.html

Not Enough of Anything
Else for Separate Categories

• DownWithTyranny!: AT&T CENSORS PEARL JAM’S
  LOLLAPALOOZA SET BECAUSE A SONG MENTIONED BUSH
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/08/at-censors-pearl-jams-lollapalooza-set.html
• GregDewar.com: Why Chris Daly Should Run and How We Got
  Here – Campaign Analysis By Savannah Blackwell
  http://www.gregdewar.com/2007/08/post.html
• Educational Justice: Supreme Court Limits School
  District’s Ability to Desegregate: It’s Up to
  Teachers and Communities to Ensure Educational Equity
  http://edjustice.blogspot.com/2007/08/supreme-court-limits-school-districts.html
• . . . Surf Putah: A New California Dream
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-california-dream.html
• California Progress Report: AIDS/HIV, a Key California
  Issue in Today’s Democratic Presidential
  Candidates’ Debate in Los Angeles
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/aidshiv_a_key_c.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2158
• The BRAD BLOG : CA’s E-Voting Earthquake: Kentucky AG Takes
  On Hart Intercivic and Diebold After California’s Demand for Corrective
  Action from Voting Machine Companies
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4933
• The California Majority Report // Senator George Runner:
  Hypocrite
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2160
• Dump Doolittle: August expected to yield Congressional
  retirements
  http://solongjohn.blogspot.com/2007/08/august-expected-to-yield-congressional.html
• California Policy Inbox » California Is Expensive
  — Especially When You Add on Health Care Costs
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=369
• The Ojai Post: MY PARENTS WERE ALIENS
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/my_parents_were_aliens.shtml
• SoHum Parlance: Check out the colors at Humboldt Homestead!
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/check-out-colors-at-humboldt-homestead.html
• Pam’s House Blend:: Hate Crimes on Wikipedia: “Obeying
  God’s Law”
  http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2572

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• California Policy Inbox » State Budget Deadlock
  Drags into Its Sixth Week
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=368
• California Progress Report: California State Budget Crisis:
  Fiscal Responsibility—More Than Just Balancing a Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_stat_12.html
• The California Majority Report // Denham Blows Political
  Future While Maldonado Secures His
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2152
• The Bayne of Blog’s: Bucking his party for the higher good
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/bucking-his-party-for-higher-good.html
• California Progress Report: Speaker Nunez Advises Senate
  Republican Leader to End to Budget
  “Blockade”, Reveals Assembly Democratic Caucus
  Unease with Budget
  Concessions Already Made
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/speaker_nunez_a_1.html
• The California Majority Report // Democrats will not
  Bargain Away California’s Environmental Leadership
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2155

Voting Integrity

• . . . Surf Putah: Should California Go To All-Absentee
  Ballot Elections?
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/08/should-california-go-to-all-absentee.html
• California Progress Report: California Voters Told to Trust
  Diebold, Not the Computer Experts–Now That’s an Easy Choice!
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_vote_5.html
• The BRAD BLOG : LA County Registrar, Diebold Cover Girl,
  Concerned About Profits of Voting Machine Company
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4929

Infrastructure

• The Ojai Post: The Bridges of Ventura County
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/08/the_bridges_of_ventura_county.shtml
• California Progress Report: Bridges That Need to be
  Repaired in California and the Nation—Taxes and
  Priorities 
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/bridges_that_ne.html

Everything Else

• CA 11: Houston not running in CA-11
  http://ca-11.blogspot.com/2007/08/houston-not-running-in-ca-11.html
• Left In SF » Outscooping the BAR:
  Newsom’s Not Happy
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2117
• North Coast Curmudgeon: Diane Feinstein Surrenders Civil
  Liberties To A Prevaricator
  http://bodegabay.blogs.com/north_coast_curmudgeon/2007/08/diane-feinstein.html
• Left In SF » Wireless initiative
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2116
• BeyondChron: Media Gives Schwarzenegger Pass on Budget
  Impasse
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=4796
• California Progress Report:  Corn Ethanol Subsidy
  a California Presidential Primary Issue?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/schrag_corn_eth.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Should Davis Adopt an Urban
  Limit Line?
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/should-davis-adopt-urban-limit-line.html
• California Progress Report: Intel is Withdrawing the
  Ad—Now It Should Stop Supporting Ballot Measure to Destroy
  California’s Class Action System
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/intel_is_withdr.html
• The California Majority Report // Today’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2153
• LAist: Stoners Volunteer to Save California by Being Taxed
  http://laist.com/2007/08/08/stoners_demand.php

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Budgets are Moral
Documents

• California Progress Report: What is Really Going on with
  the California State
  Budget‚ From the Perspective of a Former Legislator
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/what_is_really_1.html
• Working Californians: Arnold Throws His Hands Up
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/06/budget_arnold_throws_his_hands_up
• Working Californians: Going Back on a Deal: Traffic
  Signals, LA and the Budget
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/08/07/going_back_on_a_deal_traffic_signals_la_and_the_budget
• California Progress Report: Effects of the California
  Budget Blockage on Our Readers
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/effects_of_the.html

Local News

• Left In SF: Initiatives for November 6, 2007 Ballot
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2112
• Political Sapphire: Two Black Institutions, and One Black
  Future, Murdered in One Hit
  http://politicalsapphire.blogspot.com/2007/08/two-black-institutions-and-one-black.html
• Brian Dennert here: Republican Congressional Primary
  http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/vcs/dennert/archives/2007/08/republican_cong.html
• BeyondChron: Progressives in SF
  http://www.beyondchron.org/news/
• Blognonymous: Paris or Los Angeles?
  http://blognonymous.com/2007/08/paris-or-los-angeles.html
• Left In SF: Now he believes in non-binding resolutions?
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2114
• happening-here?: San Francisco updates
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/08/san-francisco-updates.html
• Metroblogging Los Angeles: Wrongly Deported U.S. Citizen
  Found
  http://blogging.la/archives/2007/08/wrongly_deported_us_citizen_fo.phtml

Voting Integrity

• cab drollery: An Honest Vote
  http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2007/08/honest-vote.html
• The BRAD BLOG: A Visit to Diebold Elections Systems, Inc.,
  in Allen, Texas
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4926

All the Rest

• The California Majority Report // Monday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2148
• The California Majority Report // Tuesday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2150
• California Progress Report: Shadowy Figures and Deception
  Surround Republican Attempt to
  Change How Californians Award Electoral College Votes in Presidential
  Elections
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/shadowy_figures.html
• Joe Scott: GOP Electoral Vote Scam
  http://www.joescott3.com/index.php/js/permalink/gop_electoral_vote_scam/
• California Progress Report: Four Years Later, Arnold’s
  Tonight Show Pledge Rings Hollow
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/four_years_late.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Health care and pensions top issues for
  CSEA
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/health-care-and-pension-issues-top.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Schools chief addresses CSEA convention
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/schools-chief-addresses-csea-convention.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: UCLA Incident Demonstrates
  Need for Independent Review and Policy Changes
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/ucla-incident-demonstrates-need-for.html
• D-Day: Yearly Kos – Everything You Need To Know
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/08/yearly-kos-everything-you-need-to-know.html
• Creek Running North » Death of Goats
  http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/bieria/
• Firedoglake » Correspondence School
  http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/08/07/correspondence-school/
• California Progress Report: What Schwarzenegger
  Didn’t Get Trying to Work Cooperatively
  with the Bush Administration on the “Roadless Rule”
  Protecting California’s Forests and Wildlands
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/what_schwarzene.html

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Feinstein’s Betrayal

[I generally
refrain from editorializing in the blog roundups, and there are a
couple less outraged posts in this list, but I want to answer a
question that CANNONFIRE asks.  The reason that Nancy Pelosi
takes the blame right along with Feinstein, even though Pelosi voted
against the legalization of Bushco’s warrantless wiretapping, is
because Pelosi is the Speaker
of the House.  Did any bill, any bill at all, get
to the House floor while DeLay and Hastert ran the show if they didn’t
want a vote on it? I think not. One might think that a majority of the
majority rule for floor votes might actually be appropriately applied
to, oh I don’t know… not legitimizing lawbreaking by the unitary
executive.]

• Corrente: The Democratic Party and the Process Dodge
  http://www.correntewire.com/the_democratic_party_and_the_process_dodge
• North Coast Curmudgeon: Diane Feinstein and San Francisco
  Values
  http://bodegabay.blogs.com/north_coast_curmudgeon/2007/08/diane-fienstein.html
• There Is No Blog: How To Handle FISA Next Time
  http://bendingleft.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-to-handle-fisa-next-time.html
• Cannonfire: The FISA Vote and Pelosi-hate
  http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/08/fisa-vote-and-pelosi-hate.html
• Burbank Democratic Club: The New 4th Amendment
  http://burbankdemocraticclub.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-4th-amendment.html
• The Left Coaster: Open thread [ed. Are More and Better
  Democrats really the answer?]
  
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010773.php
• Cannonfire: More on the FISA Bill
  http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/08/more-on-fisa-bill_05.html
• Hoffmania!: Bush’s Gestapo
  http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2007/08/bushs-gestapo.html

Voting Integrity

• Schneier on Security: More on the California Voting Machine Review
  
  http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/more_on_the_cal.html

• The BRAD BLOG : PAPER BALLOTS FOR CALIFORNIA! – SECRETARY
  OF
  STATE ANNOUNCES DE-CERTIFICATION/RE-CERTIFICATION PLANS FOR E-VOTING
  SYSTEMS
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4914
• . . . Surf Putah: CA Secretary of State Debra Bowen
  Decertifies Voting Machines, Recertifies with Stringent Conditions
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/08/ca-secretary-of-state-debra-bowen.html
• California
  Progress Report: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Decertifies
  Diebold,
  Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems–Late Submitted ES&S
  System “InkaVote Plus” Used in Los Angeles to be
  Reviewed
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_secr_1.html
• Berkeley Bubble » Debra Bowen Orders Tightened
  Security for Electronic Voting in California
  http://www.berkeleybubble.org/2007/08/04/debra-bowen-orders-tightened-security-for-electronic-voting-in-california/

Budgets are Moral
Documents

• The Bayne of Blog: Jeff Denham puts party before
  constituents and may face recall
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/jeff-denham-puts-party-before.html
• The Bayne of Blog: Senate comes up one short to pass budget
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/senate-comes-up-one-short-to-pass.html

Local Stuff

• Left In SF » Legislation Protecting the Rights of
  SRO passes
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2109
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Vanguard Donates Proceeds
  from Birthday Event to Yolo Crisis Nursery
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/08/vanguard-donates-proceeds-from-birthday.html
• Left In SF » Better Transit or More Traffic: You
  decide
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2110
• SoHum Parlance: Black Muslim group tied to editor’s killing
  http://redwoodreality.blogspot.com/2007/08/black-muslim-group-tied-to-editors.html
• Metroblogging Los Angeles: The (Crappy) Bridges of Los
  Angeles County
  http://blogging.la/archives/2007/08/the_crappy_bridges_of_los_ange.phtml

What’s Left

• The Left Coaster: Letter From California
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010774.php
• The California Majority Report // Saturday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2147
• Speak Out California!: While California Dreams- Weekly
  Update Vol.1 No. 9
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/08/while_californi_6.php
• D-Day: Yearly Kos: Constructive Engagement
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/08/yearly-kos-constructive-engagement.html
• The California Majority Report // Sunday’s Fresh Meat
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2146
• The Bayne of Blog: CSEA delegates have doubts about
  Association President
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/csea-delegates-have-doubts-about.html