Well, we turned the page to another month. Not a really productive month on the California front. We spent a bunch of money to approve a worthless proposition (1F) and decided that separate but equal was cool for some. But on we go, so here are the links:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Arnold will be presenting his budget to the Legislature tomorrow<\/a> in what his people say will be a short speech.<\/p>\n \u2022 Governor Dean will be in SF on Thursday for a low-dollar fundraiser for DFA. Deets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sen. Obama officially honored LGBT Pride month<\/a>. Sometimes the small, symbolic gestures are meaningful. And this is one of those times, however it would be nice if Pres. Obama went ahead and followed up on his commitments to the LGBT community on policy goals. Oh, and Cheney supports marriage equality<\/a>. Great, there’s an ally everybody loves.<\/p>\n \u2022 AD-10: Jack Sieglock will seek a rematch<\/a> against Alyson Huber, who won by a scant 400 or so votes in 2008. Huber’s district has actually grown slightly more blue since the election, Randy Bayne claims she’s winning the respect of her constituents, and she’ll have the incumbency advantage. But more and more I’m thinking 2010 will be a crapshoot, so this race should be competitive.<\/p>\n \u2022 CA-10: In other news of 10th Districts, Ellen Tauscher will have her confirmation hearing<\/a> for a State Department position next Tuesday. They won’t set a date for the special election until she is confirmed, but the district will get the jump on that – the first candidate forum has already been scheduled<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Senate rejected<\/a> SB 250, the pet sterilization bill. Sen. Florez had taken over the bill from Asm. Levine after he was termed out.<\/p>\n \u2022 Last I remember about Tucker Bounds, he was being slapped around by every anchor on cable news when he ran communications for the McCain campaign. Now he’s going to fill the same role<\/a> for Meg Whitman’s campaign. Great hire!<\/p>\n \u2022 From Cal Budget Bites<\/a>‘s reporting of testimony in the Joint Budget committee: Elimination of CalWORKS would lead to the “complete destitution” of 1 million California children.<\/p>\n \u2022 The California Progress Report has a post from Nevada City USD board member Paula Campbell<\/a> calling the education cuts a “massacre.”<\/p>\n \u2022 SF DA Kamala Harris posted about Judge Sotomayor over on the Big Orange<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, we turned the page to another month. Not a really productive month on the California front. We spent a bunch of money to approve a worthless proposition (1F) and decided that separate but equal was cool for some. But on we go, so here are the links:<\/p>\n \u2022 Arnold will be presenting his budget to the Legislature tomorrow<\/a> in what his people say will be a short speech.<\/p>\n \u2022 Governor Dean will be in SF on Thursday for a low-dollar fundraiser for DFA. Deets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sen. Obama officially honored LGBT Pride month<\/a>. Sometimes the small, symbolic gestures are meaningful. And this is one of those times, however it would be nice if Pres. Obama went ahead and followed up on his commitments to the LGBT community on policy goals. Oh, and Cheney supports marriage equality<\/a>. Great, there’s an ally everybody loves.<\/p>\n \u2022 AD-10: Jack Sieglock will seek a rematch<\/a> against Alyson Huber, who won by a scant 400 or so votes in 2008. Huber’s district has actually grown slightly more blue since the election, Randy Bayne claims she’s winning the respect of her constituents, and she’ll have the incumbency advantage. But more and more I’m thinking 2010 will be a crapshoot, so this race should be competitive.<\/p>\n \u2022 CA-10: In other news of 10th Districts, Ellen Tauscher will have her confirmation hearing<\/a> for a State Department position next Tuesday. They won’t set a date for the special election until she is confirmed, but the district will get the jump on that – the first candidate forum has already been scheduled<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Senate rejected<\/a> SB 250, the pet sterilization bill. Sen. Florez had taken over the bill from Asm. Levine after he was termed out.<\/p>\n \u2022 Last I remember about Tucker Bounds, he was being slapped around by every anchor on cable news when he ran communications for the McCain campaign. Now he’s going to fill the same role<\/a> for Meg Whitman’s campaign. Great hire!<\/p>\n \u2022 From Cal Budget Bites<\/a>‘s reporting of testimony in the Joint Budget committee: Elimination of CalWORKS would lead to the “complete destitution” of 1 million California children.<\/p>\n \u2022 The California Progress Report has a post from Nevada City USD board member Paula Campbell<\/a> calling the education cuts a “massacre.”<\/p>\n