Thursday, June 2, 2011
- "Weinergate" - Creating Your Own Media Crisis
- NYTimes: Weiner 'Can't Say' Twitter Photo Is Not of Him
- WashTimes: Rep. Weiner won't deny Twitter photo isn't him
- WashPost: Weiner's plan to cool Twitter furor backfires
- Politico: Weiner 'can't say with certitude' photo isn't him
- BigGovt: Weinergate: Private Investigation Will Not Do
- Californians Don't Want Tax Increases, They Want Pension Reform
- Early Prisoner Release is Not a Solution for the Safety of Californians
- Remembering Matt Fong
- AP: Former California treasurer Matt Fong dies
- CCT Political Blotter: Former state Treasurer Matt Fong, 1953-2011
- LAT: Obituary: Matthew Kipling Fong dies at 57; former California state treasurer
- SanGabTrib:Former state treasurer, Pasadena resident Matt Fong, 57, succumbs to cancer battle
- KQEDCapNotes: Let Us Vote, Watch Us Say 'No'
- SacBee:New PPIC poll on budget deficit finds contradictory attitudes
- OakTrib: Voters want to have a voice on taxes
- VCS:Californians conflicted on how to balance budget
- LAT: Voter support for Brown's taxes still below 50%
- CalWatch: Poll: Voters want say in budget process
- HealthyCal: Poll: voters support shift to local government
- CapWkly: CalChamber, others try to lobby Redistricting Commission
- VCS:Redistricting panel says it must split Oxnard, carve Ventura County
- RivPE: Remap proposal carves up Inland counties
- SacBee:County leaders call prison ruling 'game changer' in tax debate
- DesSun:DMV registration notices fall victim to budget gridlock
- LAWeekly: City of Vernon in Fight to Death With Assembly Speaker John Perez
- NCTimes: Assembly OKs state grants for immigrant students
- LAT: Bill allowing undocumented students to apply for financial aid advances
- SacBee: California lawmakers shelve bills to police their behavior
- SLO Trib: Several bills tightening restrictions on California lawmakers are shelved
- SacBee:No glow for you: Teen tanning ban clears Senate
- OCReg: CA Senate approves ban for under-18 tanning
- SacBee: California Senate approves bill to change high-speed rail officials
- LAT: State Senate acts to overhaul high-speed rail agency
- LAT: State legislators seek to punt to counties on vehicle license fee increases
- LAT: State Senate backs more powers for controller to ferret out Bell-style excesses
- LAT: Pension-spiking, double-dipping targeted by lawmakers
- LAT: Sex offenders would disclose their Web addresses under proposed legislation
- SacBee: Catch-22 in California budget language may doom suction dredge mining
- LAT: Legislators seek end to disruptive picketing at military funerals
- LAT: Minors sentenced to life without parole should get second chance, state Senate decides
- RivPE: Newly amended bill would restrict library privatization
- SFChron: Assembly passes anti-bullying Seth's Law to Senate
- SLO Trib: State Senate OKs Blakeslee's bill on contraband in state hospitals
- NBCProp0: State Chief Justice Offended
- SacBee:Cantil-Sakauye: Calderon's comment on looks was 'offensive'
- CapWkly: Meet Fi$Cal: a new system for state budgeting
- CapWkly: CalPERS orders outside probe of gifts to staff
- SacBee: Drug company fired by CalPERS now loses $3 billion contract
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The Golden Pen
FresBee: The great government bubble - SFChron: Circumcision and the Special City
- CalWatchdog: Train Wreck Keeps Rolling
- CACityJourn: California's Legislative Blitzkrieg
- CapWkly: Opinion: Gov. Brown's budget proposals are a mixed bag for small business
- CapWkly: Redistricting maps: The devil is in the details
- CalWatchdog: Banning Nukes: $4 Billion CA Budget Hit
- CalWatchdog: S.F. Bay Fire & Cops Watch Man Drown
- SFChron: Social networking bill misses target
- SacBee: Los Rios transfers to California public universities drop
- SFChron: S.F. budget plan garners praise for Mayor Ed Lee
- SJMerc: PG&E seeks delay in producing documents on bad welds
- CCTimes: Contra Costa grand jury calls for pension reforms
- SJMerc: Milpitas board puts principal on leave in wake of affair with superintendent
- FresBee: Fresno mayor upbeat in State of the City address
- FresBee: Clash over water heads to Fresno court
- FresBee: High-speed rail foes seek traction in Valley
- FresBee: Warrants served at Fresno Co. pot dispensaries
- BakCal: Lamont voices thoughts on supervisorial district lines
- BakCal: CSUB president shares latest budget picture
- LADN: City Council approves regulations for sober-living an group homes in LA neighborhoods
- LADN: Teachers starting vote on contract
- LAT: Greuel subpoenas documents in Gold Card parking case
- LADN: Wendy Greuel issues subpoena for Gold Card information
- LAT: California medical board revokes license of 'Octomom' doctor
- OCReg: Costa Mesa gets national exposure
- OCReg: 1,300 more beds for Calif. immigration detainees
- OCReg: All wet? Why water rates skyrocketed 75 percent
- OCVoice: Debating How to Slice Up Orange County
- IVDB: Mistrial declared in alleged bribery trial
- RivPE: S.B. COUNTY: Mistrial declared in bribery case
- IVDB: Gutierrez arrest to figure in review
- SBSun: Adelanto finalizes deal for ICE facility
- DesSun:Protesters ask Rep. Mary Bono Mack to spare EPA
- RivPE: RiversideTurnout inches upward in City Council election
- SDUT: Pension board has spent $100,000 withholding names
- VOSD: Mayoral Candidates Eye Your Checkbooks
- SDUT: Sheriff proposes new approach to crime fighting
- SDUT: Oceanside adopts budget, looks to cut structural deficit
- NCTimes: Oceanside City Council slashes spending on jobs, public services