{"id":9158,"date":"2009-06-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-06-19T17:03:14","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T17:03:14","slug":"june-18-2009-open-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/06\/19\/june-18-2009-open-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"June 18, 2009 Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you emailed Boxer and Feinstein yet<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Speaking of Sen. Boxer, hats off to her<\/a> for putting that general in his place and demanding some respect.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Let the games begin<\/a> in CA-10, as Ellen Tauscher easily passed through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today on her way to confirmation in the State Department.  She could be confirmed as soon as next week.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The CRP is enraged<\/i> that an SEIU member would call for action against legislators who don’t stand up for services in this state. They’re using her words in a YouTube ad<\/a> that she wants pulled down. The funny thing about the ad? Most of the ad is about SEIU intimidating people who vote against them.  Umm…should a party where every legislator has signed a pledge of inflexibility really be calling this particular kettle names?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arnold wants to tackle water after the budget.  Fresno residents apparently disagree<\/a>. You can catch the video of Arnold’s speech here<\/a>, with the angry calls for action on water at the end.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arnold’s idea of a gift for Sen. Steinberg: a metal sculpture of bull testicles<\/a>. Seriously.  Sen. Steinberg returned them, saying that it took fortitude to protect those who needed protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some good news<\/a> on high-speed rail, as indications suggest that California is on track to win a substantial chunk of stimulus money for its HSR efforts.  We should know before the end of summer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is just a lame scaremongering effort<\/a> by the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, who are protesting $20 million in budget cuts and the loss of 70 agents by running statewide ads that blare “California Legislature surrendering to drug lords in Mexico”.  Really, it takes 70 agents to fight all Mexican drug lords?  I’m all for staving off cuts, but this is a bridge too far on hyperbole.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It’s a little old, but I did want to mention that a 90-day moratorium on all foreclosures in the state took effect on Monday, welcome news for people facing the loss of their homes.  The way it works it the moratorium stays in effect unless the lender works out a modification program with the borrower.  Assemblyman Ted Lieu, who created the bill, said “We must put a stop to the unending tidal wave of foreclosures that has crippled our economy.  This law will help people stay in their homes by giving lenders a serious incentive to modify loans.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 And some news of our always batshit crazy Congressional Republican delegation, John Campbell (CA-48) signed on to the nutjob “birther” bill<\/a> suggesting that Obama wasn’t born in this country, and the dearly departed Duncan Hunter Sr. spoke during his Presidential campaign at a Minuteman event<\/a> put on by Shawna Forde, the woman who has been charged in a double-homicide of an Arizona man and his daughter.  They’re a classy bunch.<\/p>\n

\u2022 While the UCLA forecast calls for a gradual rebound<\/a> in the second half of the year, Chapman U. thinks it might be into next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Joseph Palermo doesn’t like the odds<\/a> that Democrats will win many concessions this budget season.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some poor performing charter schools would be closed<\/a> under a new plan for a ratings system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you emailed Boxer and Feinstein yet<\/a>?<\/p>\n

<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n

\u2022 Speaking of Sen. Boxer, hats off to her<\/a> for putting that general in his place and demanding some respect.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Let the games begin<\/a> in CA-10, as Ellen Tauscher easily passed through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today on her way to confirmation in the State Department.  She could be confirmed as soon as next week.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The CRP is enraged<\/i> that an SEIU member would call for action against legislators who don’t stand up for services in this state. They’re using her words in a YouTube ad<\/a> that she wants pulled down. The funny thing about the ad? Most of the ad is about SEIU intimidating people who vote against them.  Umm…should a party where every legislator has signed a pledge of inflexibility really be calling this particular kettle names?<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arnold wants to tackle water after the budget.  Fresno residents apparently disagree<\/a>. You can catch the video of Arnold’s speech here<\/a>, with the angry calls for action on water at the end.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Arnold’s idea of a gift for Sen. Steinberg: a metal sculpture of bull testicles<\/a>. Seriously.  Sen. Steinberg returned them, saying that it took fortitude to protect those who needed protection.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some good news<\/a> on high-speed rail, as indications suggest that California is on track to win a substantial chunk of stimulus money for its HSR efforts.  We should know before the end of summer.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is just a lame scaremongering effort<\/a> by the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, who are protesting $20 million in budget cuts and the loss of 70 agents by running statewide ads that blare “California Legislature surrendering to drug lords in Mexico”.  Really, it takes 70 agents to fight all Mexican drug lords?  I’m all for staving off cuts, but this is a bridge too far on hyperbole.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It’s a little old, but I did want to mention that a 90-day moratorium on all foreclosures in the state took effect on Monday, welcome news for people facing the loss of their homes.  The way it works it the moratorium stays in effect unless the lender works out a modification program with the borrower.  Assemblyman Ted Lieu, who created the bill, said “We must put a stop to the unending tidal wave of foreclosures that has crippled our economy.  This law will help people stay in their homes by giving lenders a serious incentive to modify loans.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 And some news of our always batshit crazy Congressional Republican delegation, John Campbell (CA-48) signed on to the nutjob “birther” bill<\/a> suggesting that Obama wasn’t born in this country, and the dearly departed Duncan Hunter Sr. spoke during his Presidential campaign at a Minuteman event<\/a> put on by Shawna Forde, the woman who has been charged in a double-homicide of an Arizona man and his daughter.  They’re a classy bunch.<\/p>\n

\u2022 While the UCLA forecast calls for a gradual rebound<\/a> in the second half of the year, Chapman U. thinks it might be into next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Joseph Palermo doesn’t like the odds<\/a> that Democrats will win many concessions this budget season.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some poor performing charter schools would be closed<\/a> under a new plan for a ratings system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2450,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1153],"class_list":["post-9158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-1153"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-2nI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}