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\u2022 Even Newsweek<\/a> and John Wildermuth are making fun of iCarlyfornia<\/a>. And really, why not? It’s just so easy.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Fresno Bee points out<\/a> a new study in the Journal Ecological Restoration<\/a> about why we should be restoring riparian habitats. With the growing effects of climate change, this becomes more than an academic question.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Governor has officially lost their furlough fight with the State Compensation Insurance Fund, as a judge today forced the state to give back pay<\/a> to workers. The SCIF isn’t even paid with state money. What a stupid act of grandstanding this was.<\/p>\n \u2022 Here’s an under-the-radar but persistent trend – the Governor typically appoints people to corporate boards people with whom he has a personal relationship<\/a>. His own dentist sits on the state Dental Board<\/a>, to add another example.<\/p>\n \u2022 The groups authoring initiative language on a constitutional convention has decided to delay their filing<\/a> while they continue to work out the details. This would move them past the suggested deadline, tightening the window for signature gathering. They plan to file within a few weeks.<\/p>\n \u2022 Whoops! The Lottery’s “Make Me a Millionaire” Show screwed up the payouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 CapWeekly sez<\/a> to expect a special session starting the week of October 13. Water would certainly top the agenda, along with the effort to qualify the state for education stimulus funding by changing policies on performance pay, and the dead-in-the-water Parsky Commission proposal.<\/p>\n \u2022 Dianne Feinstein didn’t take the bait<\/a> on a Devin Nunes-led Central Valley water amendment that would have overturned federal agency decisions. Of course, Nunes immediately attacked Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for not giving over their wallets in this particular stick-up.<\/p>\n \u2022 California will seek half of all the federal stimulus dollars for high speed rail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Links!<\/p>\n \u2022 Even Newsweek<\/a> and John Wildermuth are making fun of iCarlyfornia<\/a>. And really, why not? It’s just so easy.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Fresno Bee points out<\/a> a new study in the Journal Ecological Restoration<\/a> about why we should be restoring riparian habitats. With the growing effects of climate change, this becomes more than an academic question.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Governor has officially lost their furlough fight with the State Compensation Insurance Fund, as a judge today forced the state to give back pay<\/a> to workers. The SCIF isn’t even paid with state money. What a stupid act of grandstanding this was.<\/p>\n \u2022 Here’s an under-the-radar but persistent trend – the Governor typically appoints people to corporate boards people with whom he has a personal relationship<\/a>. His own dentist sits on the state Dental Board<\/a>, to add another example.<\/p>\n \u2022 The groups authoring initiative language on a constitutional convention has decided to delay their filing<\/a> while they continue to work out the details. This would move them past the suggested deadline, tightening the window for signature gathering. They plan to file within a few weeks.<\/p>\n \u2022 Whoops! The Lottery’s “Make Me a Millionaire” Show screwed up the payouts<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 CapWeekly sez<\/a> to expect a special session starting the week of October 13. Water would certainly top the agenda, along with the effort to qualify the state for education stimulus funding by changing policies on performance pay, and the dead-in-the-water Parsky Commission proposal.<\/p>\n