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Budgets Are Moral
Documents; We’re Still Wondering What California Republicans ARE

• California Progress Report: Schrag – California Water
  Policy, Dams, and the Delta More Important than the State Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/schrag_californ.html
• California Progress Report: The Importance of the
  California Environmental Quality Act to Global Warming: Why Changes
  Should be Rejected in the Budget Battle Today
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/the_importance_3.html
• D-Day: California Republicans Set Their Budget Priorities
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/07/california-republicans-set-their-budget.html
• Working CaliforniansGOP Proposes Massive Budget Cuts,
  Arnold Digs It
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/25/gop_proposes_massive_budget_cuts_arnold_digs_it
• Erik Love: GOP Budget For California Found In President
  Bush’s Colonoscopy
  http://www.eriklove.com/newblog/2007/07/25/gop-budget-for-california-found-in-president-bushs-colonoscopy/
• California Progress Report: Senate Republicans Propose
  Abandoning Voters’ Drug Treatment Program in California
  Budget Fight
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/senate_republic.html
• California Progress Report: California Republican Senators
  Target Kids of Welfare Recipients and Public Transit for Biggest
  Proposed Budget Cuts
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_repu_8.html
• The California Majority Report // Perata Calls on
  Republican Senate Budget Blockaders to Put Up 15 Votes for Cuts
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2107
• The California Majority Report // Sen. Runner Says
  Low-Income Moms without Jobs Have “Gold Plated System”
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2108
• The Liberal OC » And Ackerman fires
  back…
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/25/and-ackerman-fires-back/
• California Progress Report: Behind California’s Budget
  Delay – Republican Senators Want Attorney General Brown to Delay
  Enforcing California Global Warming Laws Until 2012
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/behind_the_cali.html
• Working Californians: GOP Budget Cuts: Environment, Parks,
  Dentists and Welfare
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/26/gop_budget_cuts_environment_parks_dentists_and_welfare
• California Progress Report: California State Budget Crisis
  – Many Programs and Services Won’t Be Paid, Including Those for
  Seniors, Children and Adults With Disabilities
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_stat_11.html
• California Progress Report: : The Smoke and Mirrors Behind
  California Budget Proposals to Cut Transit to the Core
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/the_smoke_and_m.html
• The California Majority Report // Important Research
  Institute Under Attack by GOP Senators
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2112

Land and Energy

• California Progress Report: PPIC Poll Shows Californians
  Very Concerned About Global
  Warming and Air Pollution and Want Stronger Action by State Government
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/ppic_poll_shows.html
• California Policy Inbox » Environmental Issues
  Increasingly Important to California Voters
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=360
• Working Californians: Voters Say Do More, Talk Less Re:
  Environment
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/26/voters_do_more_talk_less_re_environment
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: Rhetoric
  Continues to Fly Between County and Davis
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-rhetoric-continues-to-fly.html
• happening-here?: I need hills…
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-need-hills.html
• Berkeley Bubble » U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Irvine to
  Test Two Plug-in Hybrid Toyota Prius Cars: Resurrecting the Electric Car
  http://www.berkeleybubble.org/2007/07/26/uc-berkeley-uc-irvine-to-test-two-plug-in-hybrid-toyota-prius-cars-resurrecting-the-electric-car/
• California Progress Report: California Leafy Green
  Industry’s Marketing Agreement Will Not Ensure
  Nation’s Salad Bowl is Safe
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_leaf.html
• The Progressive Connection: Tomorrow’s The Day for the Farm
  Bill
  http://www.theprogressiveconnection.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=114
• Badlands Journal » California Sportfishing
  Protection Alliance lashes Valley agricultural pollution
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=359
• Badlands Journal » Conservation groups’
  letter to the Governor in defense of CEQA
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=358

Voting Security

• The BRAD BLOG: New Details on the Release of CA’s Landmark
  ‘Top-to-Bottom Review’ of E-Voting Systems
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4870
• The BRAD BLOG: “California Election Clerks May Choose to
  ‘Ignore’ Upcoming Findings of CA Sos Bowen’s ‘Top-to-Bottom’ Review”
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4867

Potpourri

• The Ojai Post: Ojai Peace Coalition to create annual Noble
  Peace Prize
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/07/ojai_peace_coalition_to_create.shtml
• California Progress Report: California Needs to Create a
  Judiciary that Reflects its Rich Diversity
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_need_5.html
• Cannonfire: Cindy Sheehan is a Right-Winger
  http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/07/cindy-sheehan-is-right-winger.html
• California Progress Report: Will the California PUC Provide
  All Telephone Consumers Equal Protection on Friday?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/will_the_califo.html
• The California Majority Report // No Controlling Legal
  Authority?! [ed.
   In which Garry South confuses the age-old problem of con
  artists with “the Internet”]
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2106
• The California Majority Report // PPIC: Republicans,
  Schwarzenegger Take Hit in PPIC Poll
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2109
• . . . Surf Putah: Random Jottings – 7/26/07
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/07/random-jottings-42607.html
• LAist: DEA Bust More Los Angeles Marijuana Dispensaries
  http://laist.com/2007/07/26/fda_bust_more_l.php
• LAist: California Pols Love Clinton
  http://laist.com/2007/07/26/california_pols.php
• California Policy Inbox » State Health Insurance
  System in “Frail” Condition, According to New Report
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=362

Blog Roundup is on the flip; hopefully I made the email distribution cutoff. Went through 500 posts in 35 minutes.

As always, if I missed something, let me know in comments.

Budgets are Moral
Documents (Chronological Order)

• California Notes: Vote on the budget in the Senate
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/vote-on-budget-in-senate.html
• California Progress Report: Speaker of the Assembly Fabian
  Nunez on the California State Budget (ed.  It’s Spinnerific!)
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/speaker_of_the_4.html
• California Progress Report: Perata to California Senate –
  “We’ll Be Here Til We Get a Budget … We
  Will Be Around to Talk About Pancakes and Sausages for
  Breakfast”
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/perata_to_calif.html
• California State Senators Spend the Night Together–Still
  No Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_stat_10.html
• California Progress Report: Dramatic Moment in California
  State Budget Impasse: Perata Tells Republican Senators to Write Budget
  Democrats Can Support, Saying “We Have No Freaking Idea Where You Want
  to Go”
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/post_42.html
• California Progress Report: The Inside Story: Perata in His
  Own Words on the California Budget Process and Results
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/post_43.html
• California Notes: Budget impasse continues – “We have no
  freaking idea where you want to go.”
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/budget-impasse-continues-we-have-no.html
• California Notes: Perata to Ackerman: “You must accept
  responsibility for delaying a state budget for reasons unknown.”
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/perata-to-ackerman-you-must-accept.html
• California Progress Report: SEE THE HEADLINES? SENATE
  REPUBLICANS BLOCK CALIFORNIA’S BUDGET
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/see_the_headlin.html
• California Progress Report: The California State Budget:
  Structural Problems and Real Impacts on People
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/the_california_35.html
• LAist: Where Are Our Priorities?
  http://laist.com/2007/07/22/where_are_our_priorities.php

Everyfink else (no
particular order

• Pacific Views: Little-G Spreads Her Wings
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002877.html
• California Notes: John Edwards gets endorsement from
  Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/john-edwards-gets-endorsement-from.html
• Politics in the Zeros » The spawn of Arnold.
  Workers comp gouging by insurers
  http://polizeros.com/2007/07/21/the-spawn-of-arnold-workers-comp-gouging-by-insurers/
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Tsakopoulos Signals the End
  of His Proposed Development Along the I-80 Corridor
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/tsakopoulos-signals-end-of-his-proposed.html
• Metroblogging Los Angeles: DEA Targets LA Landlords in
  Letter Writing Campaign
  http://blogging.la/archives/2007/07/dea_targets_la_landlords_in_le.phtml
• Speak Out California!: While California Dreams- Weekly
  Update Vol.1 No. 7
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/while_californi_5.php
• MyDD: For Nancy Pelosi, a Time to Choose (Agriculture
  Reform)
  http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/7/22/11112/8724
• Creek Running North » What the blogger had for
  breakfast
  http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/omelets/
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Shake up Coming in the 8th
  Assembly District Race?
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/shake-up-coming-in-8th-assembly.html
• The Left Coaster: Letter From California
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010699.php
• Left In SF » Virgin America
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2087

Today’s Blog Roundup is on the flip. Predictably, lots of budget stuff, but also education, poverty, labor, and environment.

If I missed something, let me know in comments.

Budgets Are (Sometimes)
Moral Documents

• California Progress Report: A Conversation in the Park with
  Republican Senate Leader Ackerman on the California Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/a_conversation.html
• California Progress Report: Initial Analysis of the Budget
  Passed by the California State Assembly
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/initial_analysi.html
• California Progress Report: California Assembly Passes
  State Budget with Republicans
  Getting $1.2 Billion Taken From Transit, 4 Month Delay in COLA for
  Disabled and Seniors, Cut in Prop 36 Drug Treatment Funds
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_asse_19.html
• California Notes: Assembly passes a budget while California
  sleeps
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/assembly-passes-budget-while-california.html
• Working Californians: Republicans Get Their Pound of Flesh
  in Budget Deal
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/20/republicans_get_their_pound_of_flesh_in_budget_deal
• California Notes: School Employees oppose corporate breaks
  in state budget
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/school-employees-oppose-corporate.html
• The California Majority Report // What Assembly Dems Got in
  the Budget
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2086
• California Policy Inbox » Legislative
  Analyst’s Office Releases Summary of State Budget
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=359
• Daily Kos: Transportation Biggest Loser in CA Budget Deal
  http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/20/19918/0872

Land, Air & Water

• Badlands Journal: Hun talks on water
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=354
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Stem Cell Issue a “Trojan
  Horse” For Massive Development Along I-80
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-stem-cell-issue-trojan-horse.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: City Needs to Examine Water
  Issues Before the Final Bill Hits the City Ratepayers
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/city-needs-to-examine-water-issues.html
• California Progress Report: Miller and Rahall Press
  Interior for Response to Congressional
  Inquiry over Interference with California Delta Fish
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/miller_and_raha.html
• California Progress Report: THE CALIFORNIA DRIVE FOR
  SUCCESS: UNDER THE HOOD OF AN EFFECTIVE FLOOD POLICY REFORM PACKAGE
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/the_california_34.html

Infrastructure

• California Policy Inbox: Broadband Access Higher in
  California than Rest of U.S., But Gaps Remain
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=358
• SFist: Garbage Lady Takes On Lockout: the Video
  http://sfist.com/2007/07/19/garbage_lady_th.php
• Left I on the News: Prius #1 Seller in Silicon Valley
  http://lefti.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html#5898686688056812266

People

• California Progress Report: Making the Family and Medical
  Leave Act Work for All Californians
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/making_the_fami.html
• California Progress Report: Governor Backs Out of Deal to
  Not Test 7 Year Olds in California
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/governor_backs.html
• California Progress Report: California Legislators Look for
  Remedies to Growing Homeless Problem
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_legi_9.html
• Courage Campaign | Antioch Police Accused of Pushing
  African Americans Out of Community
  http://couragecampaign.org/page/community/post/elliottpetty/VMK
• DownWithTyranny!: OPEN PARTY/CLOSED PARTY– DEMOCRATS vs
  REPUBLICANS
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/07/open-partyclosed-party-democrats-vs.html

Today’s roundup is on the flip. I’m busy today, and there’s not all that many entries, so you’re getting them in no particular order and without headings.

As always, use the comments to let me know what I missed.

• SFist: Bring Out Your Trash, Alameda
  http://sfist.com/2007/07/17/bring_out_your.php
• The Liberal OC » In God They Trust
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/17/in-god-they-trust/
• Cannonfire: More on Duke Cunningham
  http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2007/07/cunningham-again.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Hard Work Behind the Scenes
  by Heystek and Provenza Helped Save the Pass-Through Agreement
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/hard-work-behind-scenes-by-heystek-and.html
• Politics in the Zeros » Homebuilder CEO says
  subprime regulation needed
  http://polizeros.com/2007/07/18/homebuilder-ceo-says-subprime-regulation-needed/
• California Progress Report: Schwarzenegger Nominee to Head
  California Air Board Pledges to Faithfully Implement AB 32,
  California’s Global Warming Law
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/schwarzenegger_49.html
• Working Californians: GOP: How About We Cut School
  Funding 
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/18/gop_how_about_we_cut_school_funding
• The Liberal OC » The Republican War on Education
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/18/the-republican-war-on-education/
• The California Majority Report // Right-Wing Anti-Term
  Limits Reformers Get Caught in Their Own Spin
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2078
• California Progress Report: No Vote on the California State
  Budget, But Some Interesting Developments
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/no_vote_on_the.html

Today’s Blog Roundup is on the flip. It includes the experiences of a couple bloggers with arguments against impeachment (or evasions regarding the same), a few pieces on our environment (including our farms and fisheries), land use, another attempt at treating our gay and lesbian citizens fairly, and a smorgasbord of other items.

As always, let me know what I missed in comments.

Impeachment Experiences

• Burbank Democratic Club: My Response to Adam Schiff’s Lack
  of Response
  http://burbankdemocraticclub.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-response-to-adam-schiffs-lack-of.html
• D-Day: How an insider consultant changed my mind on
  impeachment
  http://d-day.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-insider-consultant-changed-my-mind.html

Environment and Land Use

• Surf Putah: On the Farm Bill, Organic Agriculture, and the
  Urban-Rural Divide
  http://surfputah.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-farm-bill-organic-agriculture-and.html
• Daily Kos: Climate Change/Extreme Drought Cited in Calif.
  Farm Failures
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/17/54114/5839
• California Progress Report: Governor Schwarzenegger Misses
  Opportunity to Fix Big Problems in the Delta
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/governor_schwar_10.html
• Working Californians: Air Board Flap Continues
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/17/air_board_flap_continues
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
  NEED TO VOTE TO PROTECT DAVIS’ BORDERS
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-county-board-of-supervisors.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: The County Determines the
  Future of Davis
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/live-from-woodland-county-determines.html
• Greetings from Downtown Huntington Beach: HB Independent
  Doesn’t Understand Main Street
  http://hbdowntown.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/07/hb-independent-.html

Basic Fairness

• California Progress Report: Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes
  Key California Senate
  Committee
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/same-sex_marria.html
• The Liberal OC » AB 43 Passes the State Senate
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/17/ab-43-passes-the-state-senate/

All The Rest

• California Notes: Elizabeth Edwards graces Sacramento
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/elizabeth-edwards-graces-sacramento.html
• Creek Running North » Speeding kills bears
  http://faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/speeding_kills_bears/
• California Progress Report: Delegate Selection and Net
  Neutrality Top California Democrats’ Agenda at Meeting of the Party
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/delegate_select.html
• A Progressive Alamedan: Campaign to keep TVs off of BART
  http://progala.blogspot.com/2007/07/campaign-to-keep-tvs-off-of-bart.html
• California Notes: Two months left before next deadline for
  CA health care bills
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/two-months-left-before-next-deadline.html
• Speak Out California!: The Big Corporate Bullies Are At It
  Again
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/post_25.php
• California Notes: Port of Stockton projects get initial
  funding approval
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/port-of-stockton-projects-get-initial.html
• California Progress Report: Reporting on the Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_stat_9.html

Today’s Blog Roundup is on the flip. Some budget posts, and then (seriously) not more than one post on any other topic. Let me know what I missed.

Budgets Are Moral
Documents

• California Progress
  Report: California Legislators Request Cut in Funding of New Judges
  Because
  of Governor’s Lack of Diversity Among Appointees 
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_legi_8.html
• California Progress
  Report: Republicans Block the Governor’s Budget to Leverage
  Non-Budget Issues
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/republicans_blo.html
• California Notes: Assembly will vote on a state budget this
  week
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/assembly-will-vote-on-state-budget-this.html
• Working Californians: No Budget, [No] Vacation
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/16/no_budget_vacation

Seriously, I can’t really
group the rest of  these in any meaningful way, so here they
are in no particular order

• Berkeley Bubble » The Path to Universal Health
  Care in California: Why AB 840 is Superior to AB 8
  http://www.berkeleybubble.org/2007/07/15/the-path-to-universal-health-care-in-california-why-ab-840-is-superior-to-ab-8/
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: County Board of
  Supervisor’s Meeting Format Draws Frustration as Showdown Nears
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/county-board-of-supervisors-meeting.html
• California Progress Report: Medical Marijuana — A Progress
  Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/medical_marijua.html
• Left In SF » Obama takes union busting money
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2069
• Speak Out California!: While California Dreams- Weekly
  Update Vol.1 No. 6
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/while_californi_3.php
• Badlands Journal » Let them eat subsidized
  blueberries! (a long piece on organic farming and Central Valley
  politics)
  http://www.badlandsjournal.com/?p=353
• Politics in the Zeros » Diocese of Los Angeles to
  pay $660 million
  http://polizeros.com/2007/07/15/diocese-of-los-angeles-to-pay-660-million/
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: John Garamendi, Jr. Decides
  To Forgo Run For State Senate Seat
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/john-garamendi-jr-decides-to-forgo-run.html
• The Ojai Post: Stop the Trucks
  http://www.ojaipost.com/2007/07/stop_the_trucks_in_the_news_ju.shtml
• California Progress Report: Garcia vs. Parra — How
  Republicans Don’t Serve Their Constituents II
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/garcia_vs_parra.html
• Working Californians: Commission Working to Shore Up
  Pensions
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/13/commission_working_to_shore_up_pensions
• The BRAD BLOG: ‘Blue Ribbon’ Committee to Riverside County,
  CA, Board of Supes: Dump DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems!
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4816
• California Progress Report: Broadband for All?
  Gaps in California’s Broadband Adoption and Availability
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/broadband_for_a.html
• California Notes: CDP Executive Board meeting gets underway
  http://bayneofblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/cdp-executive-board-meeting-gets.html

The Blog Roundup is on the flip. LOTS of stuff about Health Care and the Environment. Also a couple less-noticed stories about voting machines, the sanitation workers in the East Bay, and unionization at the LA Times.

Budgets are Moral
Documents

• The California Majority Report // The Republicans Secret
  Plan to Balance the Budget
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2057
• California Progress Report: Playing a Game of Chicken in
  the Dark on the California State Budget
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/playing_a_game.html
• California Progress Report: Why We Don’t Have a California Budget: Republican Naysayers
  Play
  Games While We Get Lassie vs. Bob Barker
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/why_we_dont_hav.html

The Health Care Battle

• The California Majority Report // California Nurses Try to
  Tank Health Care
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2060
• Working Californians: Pragmatism on Health Care
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/11/pragmatism_on_health_care
• California Progress Report: New Study Exposes California
  Industries with Lowest Worker
  Health Coverage
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/new_study_expos.html
• The California Majority Report // Schwarzenegger Distances
  Himself from
  GOP’s Villines on Health Care But Still Fails to Offer Details
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2062
• California Progress Report: Why California Health Insurance
  Premium Regulation Failed and Employee Mandate Passed Last Night
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/why_california_4.html
• California Progress Report: Democratic Health Bill Passes
  Senate Committee After Lengthy
  Debate: Stage Being Set for Negotiations with Governor
  Schwarzenegger 
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/democratic_heal.html
• California Progress Report: A Pointer to “Health Coverage
  Proposals in California: Impact on Businesses”
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/health_coverage.html

Our Little Corner of the
Planet

• Working Californians: Message Discipline and Nichols the
  Politico
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/11/message_discipline_and_nichols_the_politico
• California Progress Report: Why Ain’t Schwarzenegger Got No
  Environmental Coattails in his Party?
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/why_aint_schwar.html
• California Progress Report: Legislation to Clean San
  Joaquin Valley Air Passes Key Committee Vote
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/legislation_to_3.html
• California Progress Report: Where Have All the Scientists
  Gone? Coliform and What
  Californians Don’t Know About Recycled Water That Will Hurt Them
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/where_have_all.html
• California
  Progress Report: Transportation Committee’s Clean Sweep on Bills to
  Clean
  California’s Dirty Air and a “Flood” of Good News…For Now
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/transportation.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: War Brewing
  with
  the County on Peripheral Growth Can End with a Simple “No” Vote on
  Tuesday
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-war-brewing-with-county-on.html

The Dignity of Labor

• Courage Campaign | News The LA Times Won’t Report
  http://couragecampaign.org/entries/news-the-la-times-wont-report/
• Blognonymous: In the East Bay, Discrimination
  Stinks…Literally
  http://blognonymous.com/2007/07/in-east-bay-discrimination.html

Purty Much Everything Else

• The BRAD BLOG: California Judge To Rule County Must Rehold
  Election
  After Diebold Touch-Screen Election Records Destroyed by County
  Officials
  http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4811
• California Progress Report: Some Thoughts as Electoral
  College Reform is About to be Passed Again in California
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/some_thoughts_a.html
• California Progress Report: What’s In a Name?
  California Legislation to Ensure Equality in Name Change Options
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/whats_in_a_name.html
• terryfaceplace: July Voter Registration in San Diego
  http://terryfaceplace.blogspot.com/2007/07/help-register-san-diego-democratic.html
• California Progress Report: Perata Sends Schwarzenegger
  Strongly Worded Message on Prisons as Committee Approves New
  Corrections Head
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/perata_sends_sc.html
• The Left Coaster: Pelosi Gets April Withdrawal Bill Passed
  http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/010648.php

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Health and Health Care

• Bouphonia: Fools Rush In
  http://bouphonia.blogspot.com/2007/07/fools-rush-in.html
• The Mad Professah Lectures: Controversial HIV Testing Bill
  Faces Crucial State Senate Hearing Today
  http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2007/07/controversial-hiv-testing-bill-faces.html
• Beep’s Blog – Reform health care…please
  http://beepbeep.livejournal.com/811846.html
• Working Californians: Job-based Health Insurance Declining
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/11/study_job_based_health_insurance_declining

Our Environment

• California Progress Report: Schrag on Schwarzenegger,
  Damage Control, and the California Air Resources Board –
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/schrag_on_schwa_1.html
• California Progress Report: Bill to Require Study Before
  Liquified Natural Gas Terminals Are Approved Moves Forward in Assembly
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/bill_to_require.html
• Working Californians: Schwarzenegger’s Dirty Green Cars
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/10/dirty_green_cars
• Pacific Views: Farm, Food and Biofuel Report
  http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002843.html
• Politics in the Zeros: ‘Sun not behind global
  warming’
  http://polizeros.com/2007/07/11/sun-not-behind-global-warming/
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: A Recall is the Wrong
  Response to Threat of County Development on Davis Periphery
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-recall-is-wrong-response-to.html
• If I Ran the Zoo: LeConte Divide Trip Report – Part 3
  http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2007/07/leconte-divide-trip-report-part-3.html

Pretty Much Everything
Else

• SFist: Republicans Also Want You To Cut Your Hair, Hippie
  http://sfist.com/2007/07/10/wha.php
• California Progress Report: Why is the University of
  California Afraid of a Free Election for Its Pension Advisory
  Board? 
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/why_is_the_univ.html
• Left In SF » Why we need a strong public sector
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2065
• The Liberal OC » Strike News from the
  Conservative Spin Room
  http://www.theliberaloc.com/2007/07/11/strike-news-from-the-conservative-spin-room/
• California Progress Report: California Prison Medical Court
  Receiver Robert Sillen Bares All Before Sacramento Press Club
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/california_pris_5.html
• LAist: No Surprises Here: California Population to Balloon
  by Mid-Century
  http://laist.com/2007/07/11/no_surprises_here.php

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More on the
Schwarzenegger Resource Board Train Wreck

• California Progress Report: Testimony of Catherine
  Witherspoon, Former Executive Officer of the
  California Air Resources Board
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/testimony_of_ca_1.html
• California Progress Report: A Letter to Governor
  Schwarzenegger from His Former Chair of the Air Resources Board
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/a_letter_to_gov.html
• California Progress Report: Fixed Terms and Legislative
  Appointment of Some California Air Resources Board Members May Result
  from Hearings
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/fixed_terms_and.html

Other Environment Reports

• Lightblueline: Sending Out An SOS
  http://www.eriklove.com/newblog/2007/07/08/thinblueline-sending-out-an-sos/
• Key Global Warming Measures on Life Support in Assembly
  Transportation Committee Today – California Progress Report
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/key_global_warm.html
• If I Ran the Zoo: LeConte Divide Trip Report – Part 1
  http://tehipitetom.blogspot.com/2007/07/leconte-divide-trip-report-part-1.html
• Daily Kos: California Burning, Pt. 1
  http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/8/12547/33294

Crime In San Francisco

• happening-here?: Gangs and Restraining Orders in the
  Mission?
  http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/07/gang-safety-zone.html
• Left In SF: Rev. Jackson Urges Closure of Guns in 100
  Cities; Mayor a No-Show at Rally Against Violence in the Western
  Addition
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2056

Continuing Land Use
Conversations in Davis

• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Commentary: Looking Closer
  at Public Statements on the Tsakopoulos Development
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/commentary-looking-closer-at-public.html
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Is Davis Ready for Taller
  and More Box-like Downtown Buildings?
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-davis-ready-for-taller-and-more-box.html

Everything Else

• Speak Out California!: What Happened to the
  California Dream?
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/what_happened_t.php
• Spocko’s Brain: I will keep planet Earth safe from attacks
  from the Cybermen, the Daleks, and the Borg
  http://www.spockosbrain.com/2007/07/i-will-keep-planet-earth-safe-from
• Speak Out California!: While California Dreams –
  Weekly Update Vol.1 No. 5
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/while_californi_2.php
• DownWithTyranny!: CINDY SHEEHAN WANTS TO PRIMARY NANCY
  PELOSI– GOOD THING?
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/07/cindy-sheehan-wants-to-primary-nancy.html
• California Progress Report: Bill Aimed at “Diploma Mills”
  Advances in California State Assembly
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/bill_aimed_at_d.html

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Schwarzenegger’s Air
Resource Board Shenanigans

• The California Majority Report:  Schwarzenegger
  Administration Stonewalls on Clean Air; GOP Deserts Him
  http://www.camajorityreport.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=9&aid=2037
• California Progress Report: Testimony on
  Schwarzenegger Administration Interference in Implementation of AB 32
  on Global Warming
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/departed_chair.html
• Working Californians: Arnold, Perata and The Future of
  Cap-and-Trade At the Air Resources Board
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/05/arnold_perata_and_the_future_of_cap_and_trade_at_the_air_resources_board

Health Care

• Working Californians: Health Care Reform a Non-Partisan
  Issue
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/06/health_care_reform_a_non_partisan_issue
• My Left Wing:: Why Not Privatize the Police and
  Firefighters?
  http://www.myleftwing.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=17664

California Politics

• California Progress Report: Police Accountability Bill
  Stalled‚ It’s Time for Speaker Nunez to Speak Up
  http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/07/police_accounta.html
• California Policy Inbox: The Cons of Privatizing the State
  Lottery
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=356
• California Policy Inbox: California “Food
  Insecurity” Index Lower in Most Recent Survey
  http://inbox.berkeley.edu/?p=357
• Speak Out California!: English first but not only?
  http://speakoutca.org/archives/2007/07/post_24.php

Local and Labor

• Left In SF: Movement on San Francisco Wi-Fi deal?
  http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/2053
• The People’s Vanguard of Davis: Yolo County General Plan
  Proposes Three Massive Developments on Davis Periphery
  http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/2007/07/yolo-county-general-plan-proposes-three.html
• Working Californians: Ralphs Announces Hiring of
  Replacement Workers 
  http://workingcalifornians.com/blog/julia_rosen/2007/07/06/ralphs_announces_hiring_of_replacement_workers
• democracyforcalifornia.com: Waste Management Incorporated
  locks out workers
  http://www.democracyforcalifornia.com/blog/archives/002225.html

Republicans Are What They
Are

• CA 11: Assembly Member Guy Houston (R-AD15) defendant in
  civil suit claiming he defrauded seniors
  http://ca-11.blogspot.com/2007/07/why-doesnt-this-surprise-me.html
• DownWithTyranny!: RATS DESERTING A SINKING SHIP: LUGAR,
  WARNER, VOINOVICH, DOMENICI… WHO’S NEXT? DOOLITTLE?
  http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2007/07/rats-deserting-sinking-ship-lugar.html