California politics and people http://www.totalcapitol.com/ en-us Copyright 2008 TotalCapitol.com L.L.C. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:56:11 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss By Sophia Monroe Intern Next 10 Last week we introduced you to Next 10’s California Budget Challenge. For those of you who missed it, the nonpartisan Challenge is an innovative online tool that allows you to craft your own version of the state ...
In this article: state budget,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:42:56 -0700 The governor's move to reduce state workers to minimum wage to save money until there's a budget seems ill-advised on several levels. It will make him seem mean-spirited and autocratic, which are traits that helped bring him down in 2005...]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:35:03 -0700 By Brian Stranko Chief Executive Officer Caifornia Trout As California’s native salmon populations collapsed earlier this year, Governor Schwarzenegger and State regulators took unprecedented emergency action to ban all commercial and ... ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:08:58 -0700 From the Las Vegas Review Journal: A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in Nevada and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of Lakes Mead and Powell, threatening the water supply for 2 million ...
In this article: global warming, PPIC,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:47:32 -0700 After 15 years, Congress is reconsidering its 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for gays in the military. Figures show about 12,000 service members have been discharged because of their sexual orientation. And recent polls show 75 percent of Americans ...
In this article: Susan Davis, Ellen Tauscher,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:08:00 -0700 A new state law authored by Assemblyman Gene Mullin, D-South San Francisco, takes aim at the kind of risky school construction financing schemes that helped plunge the San Mateo Union High School District into ...
In this article: David Miller, Gene Mullin, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Bills: AB 2197,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:02:00 -0700 Two surveys find an underwhelming number of Clinton donors switching over to Obama contributions.
In this article: Hillary Clinton, Carly Fiorina, Barack Obama,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:04:00 -0700 The Mayor's Transit Tax Scam goes before the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board of directors Thursday.  This is the first step to get on the ballot in November.  Though significant opposition to the tax is gaining steam in the San Gabriel ...
In this article: Gavin Newsom, Jan Perry,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0700 SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to pay thousands of state employees the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until lawmakers reach a deal on California's overdue state budget....
In this article: John Chiang, Arnold Schwarzenegger, state budget,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:52:12 -0700 What’s the best way for California to combat climate change? With recent polls showing that more than two-thirds of likely voters want to see...
In this article: global warming, Darrell Steinberg,
Bills: SB 375,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:20:29 -0700 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger captured nationwide media attention earlier this month when he hinted that he might consider a position as environment czar in the...
In this article: Proposition 13, Karen Bass, George W. Bush, John Laird, Steve Maviglio, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, state budget, Darrell Steinberg,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:20:10 -0700 SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sign an executive order next week to temporarily reduce the pay of more than 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 per hour to preserve cash in the midst of a monthlong ...
In this article: John Chiang, Arnold Schwarzenegger,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:01:01 -0700 WASHINGTON – The House approved far-reaching government assistance yesterday for the nation's housing market, including broad authority for the Treasury Department to protect the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies from ...
In this article: Brian Bilbray, Susan Davis, Chris Dodd, Bob Filner, Duncan Hunter, Darrell Issa,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:01:01 -0700 Three weeks into the new fiscal year, California remains without a state budget. Republican lawmakers have rejected the budget approved by the Democratic majority of the two-house budget conference committee, but they have failed to say what they ...
In this article: Budget Project, Proposition 98, Jean Ross, Arnold Schwarzenegger, state budget,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:01 -0700 All it takes is a trip to the supermarket or a drive by any gas station to see that something has gone terribly wrong with America's fuel policy. The decision by President Bush and Congress to force oil companies to mix steadily increasing ...
In this article: Dianne Feinstein, global warming,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:01 -0700 After ads in Berlin -- Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and New Hampshire.
In this article: John McCain, Barack Obama,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0700 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left....
In this article: Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Tom Tancredo,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:37:12 -0700 SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Two Los Angeles law enforcement veterans will be on new Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens' command staff, and she's keeping on the man who served as interim sheriff before her hiring....
In this article: Jack Anderson, Sandra Hutchens,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:16:57 -0700 As the Butte County Board of Supervisors evaluates land-use options for updating the general plan, legislators in Sacramento will face a similar deliberation. That’s...
In this article: global warming, greenhouse gas, Darrell Steinberg,
Bills: SB 375,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:20 -0700 Activist Don Bird has taken his election-legality matter straight up to the California secretary of state, Debra Bowen. This time he’s certain he brought...
In this article: Debra Bowen, Jim Nielsen,]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:09 -0700