Tuesday, November 3, 2009
- A Conservative Taxpayer Perspective On The Water Bond Package
- SacBee: Legislators continue talks on state water plan, now $9.99 billion
- SFChron: Major components of water overhaul pass Senate
- OakTrib: Legislature approves $9.9 billion water bond bill
- VentStar: Senate OKs $9.9 billion water system bond
- SJMerc: California comes close to landmark water deal; lawmakers to try again today
- LAT: Senate OKs portions of state water reform
- RivPE: Legislature's water action comes in dribbles
- DesSun:New water plan stalls in Legislature
- SDUT: State lawmakers working on major water package
- WSJ: California House Seat Tilts to Democrat - WSJ.com
- CCTimes: East Bay voters go to polls today
- RedState: Don't Forget Cal 10!
- SacBee: Spokesman for Attorney General Brown resigns
- SFChron: Brown spokesman resigns over secret phone recordings
- LAT: Communications chief quits
- AP: Jerry Brown's spokesman resigns after taping calls
- FresBee: The Buzz: Willie Brown suggests Shriver might run for governor
- LAT: Card clubs, other interests donate to Brown charities
- CalCap: Mike Genest, Schwarzenegger's Finance Director, to Retire
- AP: Schwarzenegger's budget director to step down
- LAT: Schwarzenegger's budget boss to step down
- FresBee: EDD director announces he'll retire at year's end
- SacBee: Lobbyist calls Duvall's sex claims untrue
- LAT: FBI clears former Assemblyman Mike Duvall
- OCReg: Feds won't prosecute ex-assemblyman Duvall
- SDUT: Sempra clears lobbyist linked to lawmaker's scandal
- SacBee: Pay-by-the-mile auto insurance advances in California
- SacBee: Then-CalPERS boss wed at placement firm chief's home
- LAT: He earned $53 million opening doors to CalPERS money
- BakCal: Old debate, new twist: Pitch to tax oil production comes up again
- LAT: Average DMV wait time is up 18 minutes since furloughs began
- MWD consultant paid $300,000 for failed contract
- NYTimes: Off-Year Elections Could Signal Political Winds
- Politico: As Maine goes, so goes gay marriage
- SFChron: Stakes high in Maine vote on same-sex marriage
- Politico: Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates
- Politico: Five things to watch in N.Y. 23
- The Hill:Hoffman ahead as wacky race in New York 23 reaches finish line
- LAT: Moves in N.Y. election embolden U.S. conservatives
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The Golden Pen
OCReg: Orange Grove: Hands-free not hassle-free - Jerry Brown; "The Union's Manchurian Candidate"
- SacBee: Fiscal reform requires the nerve to do it
- CalPension: Retiree health: CalPERS gets rival for $59 billion
- SFChron: Brown must release Gerber's recordings, memos
- LAT: Op-Ed: California's uninspiring candidates for governor
- LAT: True conservatives just want a turn
- SacBee: To get funds, Sacramento County jails turn away some local criminals
- SFChron: Colleagues say Newsom could use a wake-up call
- SFChron: MTA still faces a big budget gap
- OakTrib: IRS places lien on Oakland mayor's property over tax dispute
- SJMerc: Fremont charter hopes to start nation's first Arabic immersion program
- SJMerc: San Jose police officials add review panels to study use of force; outside critics skeptical
- StockRec: Property taxes push revenue projections up
- ModBee: Money has Stanislaus supervisors considering more layoffs
- FresBee: City of Fresno workers may face more cuts
- FresBee: Valley workers feel pain of costlier coverage
- SantaCruz: Full slate of local state park cuts takes hold this week
- SantaCruz: Two pot stops tops: City leaders consider new rules for medicinal herb shops
- VentStar: Foy to speak about private property rights
- VenStar: Mantooth announces bid to remain county schools chief
- VentStar: Simi landfill holding open house; activities, tours set
- SanGabTrib:MTA will rebid $300 million contract for new rail cars
- SanGabTrib:Budget cuts could eliminate programs like philosophy and history at Cal Poly Pomona
- LADN: Recovery gains, but more jobs to vanish
- LAT: O.C. shouldn't accept Irvine Co. land now, environmentalists say
- OCReg: Toll roads agree to $42 million settlement for penalties
- LAT: Ground to be broken on 91 Freeway widening project
- OCReg: Two O.C. Reps could have real race in 2010, study says
- DesSun:Supervisor Buster out on medical leave
- DesSun:Banning, Norco and Perris to mull tax increases
- NCTimes: Hunter says Afghan war can be won
- NCTimes: REGION: North County leaders agree to cooperate on potential Chargers stadium
- SDUT: Pension ruling favors city on overtime pay...