Ok, we’re going to try to get back into the habit of doing these. Feel free to chat about whatever passes through your ears…<\/p>\n
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* Republicans are looking to take away $2B of stimulus money intended for California HSR<\/a> in the next session. Look for more on this here tomorrow.<\/p>\n * Steve Cooley beat Meg Whitman in absolute votes<\/a>. This isn’t much consolation, as he is running over 40,000 votes behind Kamala Harris, but it has to be something. Typically there is a big dropoff after the top of the ticket, and this year is no exception. But Whitman did that poorly. Cooley spent about $1.55\/vote, while Whitman spent about $36.63. Wow. That’s going to leave a mark of Grif’s inheritance.<\/p>\n * Former Dept. of Finance director Mike Genest’s firm picked up two new hires: two long-time (and influential) Assembly budget staffers<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Peter Schrag has a great column on gridlock and the two santa clause theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, we’re going to try to get back into the habit of doing these. Feel free to chat about whatever passes through your ears…<\/p>\n Links:<\/p>\n * Republicans are looking to take away $2B of stimulus money intended for California HSR<\/a> in the next session. Look for more on this here tomorrow.<\/p>\n * Steve Cooley beat Meg Whitman in absolute votes<\/a>. This isn’t much consolation, as he is running over 40,000 votes behind Kamala Harris, but it has to be something. Typically there is a big dropoff after the top of the ticket, and this year is no exception. But Whitman did that poorly. Cooley spent about $1.55\/vote, while Whitman spent about $36.63. Wow. That’s going to leave a mark of Grif’s inheritance.<\/p>\n * Former Dept. of Finance director Mike Genest’s firm picked up two new hires: two long-time (and influential) Assembly budget staffers<\/a>.<\/p>\n