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\u2022 Apparently SEIU, whose workers stand to be devastated by many of the In-home support services cuts, was involved in lobbying the Obama administration<\/a> to advise California’s leaders that our IHSS cuts violated the terms of the stimulus. Note to GOP, that is the job of a union, to look out for their members.<\/p>\n \u2022 Following up on Dave’s post<\/a>, Matier and Ross point out that sports teams are donating<\/a> because the package doesn’t tax services, like, say, sports tickets. Note: I (Brian) work on the No on 1A campaign.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2022 Speaking of the special, the good folks over at CalBuzz provide their take on why “voters really, really hate the budget props<\/a>.”<\/p>\n \u2022 I’m excited about “Meg Whitman Week,” coined by HuffPo blogger and Bill Maher writer Chris Kelly<\/a>. In this installment, we learn that Whitman uses the word “actually” a lot, actually. She still needs media training. Actually.<\/p>\n \u2022 Elected officials and other leaders on the North Coast are intrigued with the news that Arnold wants to debate the legalization of marijuana<\/a>. In theory, if the drug was legalized, it is a reasonable possibility that California farmers would be the new Virginia tobacco farmers.<\/p>\n \u2022 And speaking of marijuana legalization, the Board of Equalization has estimated<\/a> that Ammiano’s bill to legalize and tax marijuana would bring in $1.3 billion per annum<\/i> for the state’s coffers. Mark Kleiman, a UCLA public policy professor who runs the blog Reality-Based Community<\/a>, says that the math is…a little hazy.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u2022 Long-sought legislation to allow employees laid off from small businesses the same COBRA subsidy in the stimulus package as those laid off from big companies finally passed the Assembly. The Governor is likely to sign AB 23 and allow it to take effect immediately.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mendota may finally get a federal prison<\/a> if Obama’s budget, which appropriates it to the tune of $49 million, passes. Mendota has over 40% unemployment, so while the prison-industrial complex shouldn’t be a means to economic security, they need the jobs.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All right, here we go:<\/p>\n \u2022 Apparently SEIU, whose workers stand to be devastated by many of the In-home support services cuts, was involved in lobbying the Obama administration<\/a> to advise California’s leaders that our IHSS cuts violated the terms of the stimulus. Note to GOP, that is the job of a union, to look out for their members.<\/p>\n \u2022 Following up on Dave’s post<\/a>, Matier and Ross point out that sports teams are donating<\/a> because the package doesn’t tax services, like, say, sports tickets. Note: I (Brian) work on the No on 1A campaign.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2022 Speaking of the special, the good folks over at CalBuzz provide their take on why “voters really, really hate the budget props<\/a>.”<\/p>\n \u2022 I’m excited about “Meg Whitman Week,” coined by HuffPo blogger and Bill Maher writer Chris Kelly<\/a>. In this installment, we learn that Whitman uses the word “actually” a lot, actually. She still needs media training. Actually.<\/p>\n \u2022 Elected officials and other leaders on the North Coast are intrigued with the news that Arnold wants to debate the legalization of marijuana<\/a>. In theory, if the drug was legalized, it is a reasonable possibility that California farmers would be the new Virginia tobacco farmers.<\/p>\n \u2022 And speaking of marijuana legalization, the Board of Equalization has estimated<\/a> that Ammiano’s bill to legalize and tax marijuana would bring in $1.3 billion per annum<\/i> for the state’s coffers. Mark Kleiman, a UCLA public policy professor who runs the blog Reality-Based Community<\/a>, says that the math is…a little hazy.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u2022 Long-sought legislation to allow employees laid off from small businesses the same COBRA subsidy in the stimulus package as those laid off from big companies finally passed the Assembly. The Governor is likely to sign AB 23 and allow it to take effect immediately.<\/p>\n