A little bit late on this one, sorry about that. Now to the links.<\/p>\n
\u2022 CalBuzz has a post on how California became ungovernable<\/a>. It gets the biggies with 2\/3, initiatives, Prop 13 and term limits. I would argue the point about gerrymandering, as it is more about the fact that we have self-organized into like-minded communities than the district lines.<\/p>\n \u2022 Capitol Weekly handicaps the Speaker’s Race<\/a>. Karen Bass is termed out in 2010, so there will be another round. CW likes Kevin De Leon, but there might be some pressure to pick a current freshman to get somebody who will be there for more than one term.<\/p>\n \u2022 Josh Richman makes a good catch from the campaign finance website: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison dropped $13K on Jerry Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 As if there weren’t enough people running for Attorney General, Rocky Delgadillo is thinking about getting in the race again<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A little bit late on this one, sorry about that. Now to the links.<\/p>\n \u2022 CalBuzz has a post on how California became ungovernable<\/a>. It gets the biggies with 2\/3, initiatives, Prop 13 and term limits. I would argue the point about gerrymandering, as it is more about the fact that we have self-organized into like-minded communities than the district lines.<\/p>\n \u2022 Capitol Weekly handicaps the Speaker’s Race<\/a>. Karen Bass is termed out in 2010, so there will be another round. CW likes Kevin De Leon, but there might be some pressure to pick a current freshman to get somebody who will be there for more than one term.<\/p>\n \u2022 Josh Richman makes a good catch from the campaign finance website: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison dropped $13K on Jerry Brown<\/a>.<\/p>\n