Have a great weekend; here are some links to keep you occupied:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Bee has a database<\/a> where you can see how much money Sacramento took from the municipalities across the state. From SF, my home, they took over $75 million.<\/p>\n \u2022 Awww, shucks. Sarah Palin isn’t coming to Simi Valley<\/a> after all. Well, there goes my plans for the day!<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0The ACLU and United Farm Workers finally sued the state<\/a> for worker safety violations against 650,000 migrants and farm laborers. Ten farms have already been shut down this year for violations, but Cal-OHSA simply does not have the resources to carry out its mission of protecting employees from workplace hazards. Most of the violations have to do with heat injuries; in the most egregious example, workers who were putting tarps over watermelons to keep them from burning had no access to overhead tarps themselves.<\/p>\n \u2022 Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-13) has co-sponsored a net neutrality bill in the House with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA). The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 would write into law the current system of a free and open Internet and prevent telecom companies from becoming gatekeepers exacting a price for fast content. Thanks, Rep. Eshoo.<\/p>\n \u2022 Fallout from the cuts to the state judiciary<\/a> keep pouring in.<\/p>\n \u2022 Arnold hasn’t taken a position on the Harvey Milk Day bill<\/a> as of yet. He vetoed it last year, but with President Obama posthumously bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on him, perhaps things may change.<\/p>\n \u2022 An interesting website from the California League of Conservation Voters<\/a> about an astro-turfing group that actually has some very, um, fishy motives.<\/p>\n \u2022 A non-profit has formed<\/a> to consider buying the Orange County Fairgrounds from the state. Now there’s just the Herculean task of raising a boatload of money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have a great weekend; here are some links to keep you occupied:<\/p>\n \u2022 The Bee has a database<\/a> where you can see how much money Sacramento took from the municipalities across the state. From SF, my home, they took over $75 million.<\/p>\n \u2022 Awww, shucks. Sarah Palin isn’t coming to Simi Valley<\/a> after all. Well, there goes my plans for the day!<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0The ACLU and United Farm Workers finally sued the state<\/a> for worker safety violations against 650,000 migrants and farm laborers. Ten farms have already been shut down this year for violations, but Cal-OHSA simply does not have the resources to carry out its mission of protecting employees from workplace hazards. Most of the violations have to do with heat injuries; in the most egregious example, workers who were putting tarps over watermelons to keep them from burning had no access to overhead tarps themselves.<\/p>\n \u2022 Rep. Anna Eshoo (CA-13) has co-sponsored a net neutrality bill in the House with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA). The Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2009 would write into law the current system of a free and open Internet and prevent telecom companies from becoming gatekeepers exacting a price for fast content. Thanks, Rep. Eshoo.<\/p>\n \u2022 Fallout from the cuts to the state judiciary<\/a> keep pouring in.<\/p>\n \u2022 Arnold hasn’t taken a position on the Harvey Milk Day bill<\/a> as of yet. He vetoed it last year, but with President Obama posthumously bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on him, perhaps things may change.<\/p>\n