Wednesday, December 8, 2010
- FR Publisher Jon Fleischman Briefly Chats With Lt. Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom
- The First Votes Cast By GOP Legislators -- Were To Elect Darrell Steinberg And John Perez? Sigh.
- EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT POLITICS I LEARNED FROM THE TEA PARTY
- SBSun: Lewis loses chairmanship bid
- RivPE: GOP denies Inland Rep. Jerry Lewis powerful chairmanship
- DesSun:Lewis loses fight to chair House Appropriations Committee
- SBSun: Dropout rate rises
- VCS:County's school dropout rate decreases
- CCTimes: Graduation rates, dropout rates both rise in California
- SCS:High school dropout rates on the rise across Santa Cruz County
- NCTimes: REGION: Dropout rates worsen across state, county
- SacBee: Senate committee names ex-lawmaker to state board
- SB COUNTY: Former lawmaker appointed to parole board
- SanGabTrib:Outgoing Assemblyman Adams given plum appointment
- SDUT: A parting gift for Denise Ducheny
- LAT: Cedillo files claim to restore legislators' pay
- SacBee: L.A. lawmaker challenges cuts to legislators' pay, benefits
- CalCap: In Session for One Day, the Legislature Introduces 131 Bills
- CalWatchdog: Start Of A Post-Prop. 25 Assembly
- LAT: Brown to retain Schwarzenegger's budget director
- CapWkly: Brown names Diana Dooley to head Health and Human Services
- SacBee: Jerry Brown makes budget, health appointments
- LAT: Ex-L.A. labor leader Alejandro Stephens headed to prison
- LAT: Judge rejects court-appointed monitor for Bell
- SacBee: The Buzz: Poizner did a great job, Poizner says
- LAT: California got lethal injection drug from Britain
- SDUT: Los Angeles columnist says Chargers LA-bound
- WashPost: Sanders: I'll filibuster the tax-cut deal
- WaTimes: Obama fights Dems to defend tax-cut deal
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The Golden Pen
SDUT: The flaws in Mayor Sanders plan - SacBee: Peter Schrag: No fast resolution on Prop. 8
- SacBee: A Supreme Court ruling would be best-case scenario for gay marriage issue
- VCS:Herdt: Why California incumbents are trembling
- CalBuzz: Obama's Tax Deal: A High Risk, High Reward Play
- SFChron: Obstacles on the tracks with high-speed rail
- SacBee: West Sac mayor has Obama's back
- SacBee: Deep staff cuts affect Child Protective Services' effectiveness, director says
- SacBee: Michelle Rhee brings her fix-the-schools drive to Sacramento
- SFChron: San Bruno blast victims skeptical of PUC oversight
- SFChron: Supes OK tough local-hire law
- SFChron: City Councilwoman Lena Tam bills Alameda $44,000
- SJMerc: SJ Council urges underground tunnel for proposed high-speed rail; approves airport living wage and new management for convention center
- SJMerc: Governor names last batch of Santa Clara County judges
- BakCal: Bakersfield's pension costs
- FresBee: EDITORIAL: Plan to privatize trash collection is best option
- FresBee: Fresno Co. supes back pot-shop ban
- FresBee: Chowchilla teeters on edge of financial abyss
- FresBee: Valley GOP hopeful owes himself
- ModBee: Stanislaus supervisors vote to trim Sheriff's Department
- SLO Trib: Pismo's Reiss picked for Coastal Commission
- VCS:Mayor says Thousand Oaks in strong fiscal shape
- VCS:Simi wants outside review of fraud investigation
- VCS:Elections chief offers no excuses
- LADN: Supervisor Gloria Molina: County facing dark economic outlook
- LAT: L.A. mayor vetoes City Council's DWP firing plan
- LAT: $50-million school gift paying off
- LAT: Parents present signatures to take over a Compton school
- VOC: Correa Proposes Lobbyist Registration Bill
- VOC: Odd Man Out
- OCReg: County bans medical marijuana dispensaries
- OCReg: Capo trustees, ideologically divided 4-3, take office
- OCReg: Mayor replaced; 3 new on Anaheim council
- OCReg: Ex-candidate Tan Nguyen found guilty of lying
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE: Panel says councilman didn't violate ethics code
- RivPE: Inland tribes back online gambling
- RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Supervisors balk at fire station closures
- DesSun:Supervisors hold off on $8.7M law firm contract
- DesSun:Steve Sanchez in pain, out of intensive care
- SBSun: Rutherford keeps many Biane staffers
- RivPE: REDLANDS: Council elects new mayor
- VOSD: The Mayor's Political Mind Speaks
- SDUT: Sanders' top aide leaves to join business group
- SDUT: A house full of explosives -- and questions
- NCTimes: ESCONDIDO: Emergency request to halt 'bomb house' burn in court Wednesday