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    Mayor Sam: Why today is a holiday...
    Try to remember the importance of what happened today. 56 men stood up against the oppression of the British Empire and voted to give us our own country. These men were a little scared and nervous, because they knew the British government would probably try to kill them for this act of rebellion....br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=ezFAVQJil_0:GsaDToxcZ7k:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=ezFAVQJil_0:GsaDToxcZ7k:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://fee
    . . . [more] (posted 07/04/09 08:12 AM)
    California Progress Report: The Black-White Fallacy of Public Option
    Kevin Lynn Call me a cynic, but I am deeply skeptical of the rhetoric I hear coming out of the Obama administration regarding healthcare reform. I am concerned at the pace with which a plan was adopted, the apparent lack of curiosity when it came to evaluating and embedding best...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/04/09 06:20 AM)
    LA Observed: Manny talks, walks
    Manny Ramirez rejoined the Dodgers tonight in San Diego, was greeted with a loud mix of boos and cheers when he came up in the first inning, and drew a walk. Before the game, he apologized to fans (via the media) for missing the 50 games but would not address what he did wrong. Asked repeatedly, he said: First I want to say that God is good and good is God. I don't want to get into my medical records right now. I'm happy to be here. I missed the game. I'm ready to play. The Dodgers were significantly less good as a team while Ramirez was out, but still compiled the best record in the league and increased their division lead by two games. Winning percentage with Manny: .724 (21-8) Winning percentage with Manny out: .580 (29-21) Scoring with Manny: 5.55 runs per game Scoring with Manny out: 4.40 runs per game Despite his late-game heroics and nine homers while Manny was gone, Andre Ethier's hitting dipped considerably: 222/.293/.438 with Ramirez out of the lineup. One
    . . . [more] (posted 07/04/09 04:00 PM)
    Mayor Sam: Happy 4th of July!
    If you want to see a 4th of July parade that embodies everything great about small town America, even in a City as large as Los Angeles, make your way up to Sunland-Tujunga on Saturday! This parade draws thousands and is a must see. The parade starts at 10am on Foothill Blvd @ Mt Gleason Ave. Get...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=IMtIQgBV64A:1JLzuj9K3lo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=IMtIQgBV64A:1JLzuj9K3lo:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://fee
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 10:54 PM)
    Mayor Sam: Sarah Palin to resign as Governor of Alaska
    "What does the future hold for Sarah ??" A certain "NoHo Valley White Guy" must be gripping the "defib paddles" as this shocker radiates out from Alaska. From the Drudge Report, WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a surprise announcement Friday that she is resigning from office at...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=o5xUg2wwEPk:vHLeAh0V708:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=o5xUg2wwEPk:vHLeAh0V708:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 07:23 PM)
    Calitics: Independence Day: The Open Thread
    The Home of the Free and the Brave Turns 233 tomorrow! w00t! Let's get to the links: p* The special election to a href="http://www.gov.ca.gov/proclamation/12677/"replace Ellen Tauscher/a (CA-10) will be September 1. That will also be the day to replace former Asm., now Sen., a href="http://bit.ly/WG8AW"Curren Price in AD-51 (PDF)/a. (h/t to SoS Debra Bowen's a href="http://twitter.com/CASOSvote"CASOSVote Twitter feed/a) p* Apparently the Governor's latest bugaboo is his old bugaboo: a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-schwarzenegger3-2009jul03,0,6857410.story?track=rss"waste, fraud and abuse/a. Arnold thinks it is time to bring that up, despite the fact that his own a href="http://cpr.ca.gov/"California Performance Review/a showed that there really isn't that much waste, fraud and abuse. At a time when we need real action, Arnold is dithering around the edges. p* The annual summertime a href="http://www.lat
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 07:00 PM)
    Political Blotter: Governor sets CD10 special election date
    Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set Nov. 3 as the special election date to replace former 10th Congressional District representative Ellen Tauscher. The primary election will be held Sept. 1. Per special election rules, the primary is an open ballot, meaning that all candidates will appear on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation. The top vote-getter in [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:34 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: Clock is Now Running for John, Mark and Joan
    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following proclamation today, declaring November 3, 2009 the date for a special election in California’s 10th Congressional District (located in Contra Costa County including portions of Alameda, Solano and Sacramento counties), to elect a congressional representative to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Congresswoman Ellen O. Tauscher: SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION BY [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:16 PM)
    Mayor Sam: Palin to Resign as Governor ... POTUS Dreaming???
    With other 2012 hopefuls self-destructing (Governor Jindal's Obama Response, Senator Ensign's love triangle and Governor Sanford's soul mate journey), perhaps the "Caribou Barbie" sees that by resigning now she can make some money, spend more time in the Lower 48 and begin the POTUS politicking in...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=mYjvbGU3ULs:1jCV_pbJoz4:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=mYjvbGU3ULs:1jCV_pbJoz4:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 02:05 PM)
    Calitics: "If You Don't Make $150K, Maybe You Shouldn't Be Living Here"
    John Cole a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=23563"wondered today/a what goes on in the heads of the Republican wealthy elite. nbsp;It didn't seem possible to him that the people who control the purse strings could be so stupid or short-sighted as to truly believe the crap they spout to their base and to Fox News-watching public. pWell, once in a while a wealthy Republican lays it out in such a way that the depth of their greed and arrogance cannot be hidden. nbsp;When the truth is laid open, it becomes clear that they bare/b just as stupid and short-sighted as their rhetoric makes them out to be. pEvery Friday at 11AM, I am a guest co-host (in my capacity as President of the Ventura County Young Democrats) on a href="http://www.kvta.com/main.php"KVTA 1520/a in Ventura, CA for half an hour along with Brian Leshon, Communications Director for the local Democratic Party. nbsp;Our show is called iReality Check/i, and is sandwiched comfortably in between Fred Thomp
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 02:03 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: Budget Progress?
    Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Senate GOP leader Dennis Hollingsworth had a 20-minute tete-a-tete the evening of July 2 at a table at Gallaghers, an Irish pub near the state Capitol on July 2. What the two men discussed is unknown but the conversation was not lubricated with alcohol so it couldn’t have [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 01:38 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: He Might Be Talking About Budget Negotiations
    “Makes the Max Brothers stateroom scene look like the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.”                                    — Dennis Miller
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 01:28 PM)
    Calitics: Get Yer Souvenir IOUs Today!
    Bloomberg a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=aCErTL9hDR2o"reports/a that people are lining up for those souvenir Arnoldbucks. pblockquoteController Chiang said the warrants can be transferred between individuals, setting up the possibility that a secondary market for the IOUs may develop. Already ads are appearing on Web sites such as a href="http://www.craigslist.com/"Craigslist/a offering cash for the IOUs at below face value. pIn such a transaction, the person who gets the IOU would get most of the cash they were due the state, while the person buying the IOU might then hold onto it until maturity and earn the face value plus the 3.75 percent interest. pAt least one person offered to buy an IOU at more than face value as a keepsake. p"I am interested in purchasing a 'State of California IOU' as a souvenir," a href="http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/wan/1250650308.html"the ad reads/a. "I figure it would be an int
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 11:14 AM)
    Phoblographer: McCain, I Fear You Have Awakened A Sleeping Giant
    Or someone who thinks she is a giant, anyway. I mean, really. a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/03/national/a125257D32.DTLtsp=1"Really/a? Really.br /br /There's a particular kind of person out there who gets a high or believes such behavior gives them power and mystery to refrain from saying anything. There's winking and "oh, I know what's coming, and it's good." You know what? That's B.S. It's lame and narcissistic.br /br /But the better question is: what's coming? Who dumps this news on July 3 (a Friday) during the still MJ dominated news cycles? br /br /Oh, also narcissisitc: thinking you can serve better or whatever outside of the Governor's office. Never fear! She doesn't need a stupid office to keep working for you. By doing. Stuff. Or whatever. But she had to go! She's not one to be lame:br /blockquote"Many just accept that lame duck status, and they hit that road. They draw a paycheck. They kind of milk it. And I'm not
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 10:16 AM)
    Mayor Sam: Morning Briefs and Outtakes on the Eve of Independence Day
    "Gone to Africa with the book ??" Are Tony and Lu off to Africa ?? At least we know that Mayor Villaraigosa has vacated his third floor confines for some "telepromptive speaking" and "R amp; R", but the mayor's chief spin-master is mum on whether girlfriend Lu Parker is along to provide some...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=WMPT4nbs0ZM:vU_jrvGyCpM:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=WMPT4nbs0ZM:vU_jrvGyCpM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 09:18 AM)
    Calitics: Prop 8 Remains in Force, Judge Wants Speedy Trial
    Saying that he wants the case to proceed beyond his court quickly, Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request for a preliminary injunction against Prop 8. nbsp; pblockquoteWalker on Thursday rejected a request from the Boies/Olson team that he suspend enforcement of the gay marriage ban while the challenge to it proceeds. pHe said he agreed with California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that allowing gay marriages to resume now would create unnecessary confusion for the state and same-sex newlyweds if Proposition 8 is upheld down the road. pBut Walker added that he wants to put the case on an accelerated timetable because it involves serious civil rights issues. He directed lawyers for the two couples and the ballot measure's sponsors to report back to him in writing by Aug. 7 with the issues they agree on up front and those that would need to be resolved at trial. br /*** br /"I am reasonably sure that, given the personalities in this courtroom, this case i
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 08:41 AM)
    California Progress Report: Targeting Obesity Remains A Priority in Tough Budget Times
    By Dan Aiello California Progress Report Amidst the public budget hearings and closed door sessions last week the California Health Policy Forum highlighted the Department of Health and Human Services continuing work on the plan to end California’s epidemic obesity. Key among the presented issues: How to fund future efforts...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 07:22 AM)
    California Progress Report: Thousands Speak Out Against CA’s Costly and Broken Death Penalty
    by Natasha Minsker ACLU of Northern California Last week, Californians had their first opportunity to speak out about the state’s execution procedures at an official state hearing. Thousands made their voices heard and their message was clear: it is time for California to replace its costly and broken death penalty...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 07:17 AM)
    California Progress Report: Cuts Would Jeopardize Well-Being of Many Disabled Citizens
    by Ana Acton Executive Director FREED Center for Independent Living June 22, 2009, marked the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Courts landmark Olmstead decision. In its 1999 ruling, the high court affirmed the right of individuals with disabilities to live in their community of choice, and rejected the state...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 07:12 AM)
    California Progress Report: Fully Fund Our Schools
    by Jack O’Connell Superintendent of Public Instruction Californias voters – both those who voted and especially those who did not – made their voices heard in the May 19 special election on Propositions 1A-1F. But many politicians in Sacramento mistakenly seem convinced that the election results were a clear call...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 06:56 AM)
    LA Observed: Villaraigosa off to Africa
    Did Lu Parker go along, as she implied she would in that first public glimpsing of the couple at Chevalier's bookstore a month ago? Mayoral spokesman Matt Szabo isn't saying. Phil Willon at the Times: The mayor's office released a statement Thursday afternoon saying only that the mayor will be out of the state from July 2 to July 10. A source familiar with the trip said the mayor will attend a summit in Cape Town and Johannesburg sponsored by the Academy of Achievement. The event will assemble graduate students from around the world who are considered "the greatest thinkers and achievers of the age," according to the group's website. City Council President Eric Garcetti is also out of the country, says Willon, so newly gaveled President Pro Tem Jan Perry will perform the barely existent duties of acting mayor until Garcetti's return on Tuesday. Yesterday on LA Observed: Lu Parker attends Villaraigosa's ceremony
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: Steve Brennan, Hollywood Reporter editor
    Cynthia Littleton at Variety reports that Brennan, a longtime reporter and editor for The Hollywood Reporter, died today at Cedars-Sinai after a yearlong struggle with cancer. "He was my friend, and I will miss him so much," Littleton blogs. Steve was an incredibly colorful character, a sharp wit, a fantastic and accomplished writer. He realized a longtime dream in 2007 with the release of his book, "Emeralds in Tinseltown: The Irish in Hollywood." Steve worked for THR, in his last years as international editor, for more than two decades. He started out as freelancer filing stories (he liked to tell of how he managed to sell stories on every permutation of the Irish entertainment biz) and then after he moved to L.A., he charmed his way into a full-time gig covering syndication and international TV. She didn't have his age.
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: Eater LA apologizes
    Eater LA, through a post signed by Curbed creator Lockhart Steele, says its post earlier this week leveling blind charges at downtown wine bar The Must "didn't rise to our standards, and we shouldn't have published it." Steele also agreed to post an unedited retort from the bar's owners, who say in part: Eater LA did not make any effort to contact us, which leads us to believe that both Eater LA and Kat Odell lack in basic journalistic ethics and codes of conduct. Elina Shatkin [of the L.A. Times] called us after hearing about the Eater LA post and, with us, reviewed the allegations, one at a time, asking us which, if any, were true. Here is the link to the LA Times blog providing our side of the story. As previously stated, we are APPALLED at Eater LA for such a posting and would like nothing more to do with them or any affiliated sites. We love our customers and know that anyone who has actually been to our establishment would know the genuine labor of love that
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: Inside the Las Virgenes landfill
    Veronique de Turenne drops off a load, posts some pictures at Here in Malibu: "Kind of freaks me out, but it's also fascinating, this other world where tons of junk is tended to, ministered to, by workers who know you and me by the things we leave behind...."
    . . . [more] (posted 07/03/09 04:00 PM)
    Calitics: July 2 Open Thread
    I'm assuming that the holiday weekend posting schedule will be light, so for the time being, this will have to tide you over. p? The SEIU and the California School Employees Association are a href="http://blog.clickz.com/090702-144416.html"Google surging against the Governor/a, carpet-bombing the Web with ads a href="http://www.commonsense4ca.org/"calling for a budget solution/a. nbsp;But until they call for an end to process rules that cut against any reasonable solution, I can't see how they succeed. p? Meanwhile, national Republicans a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/71131.html"are running ads against Central Valley Democrats in Congress/a linking them to the water crisis. nbsp;Which isn't entirely a federal issue, and even in Washington isn't really a Congressional issue, but why would national Republicans care about consistency? nbsp;By the way, Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa can defend themselves. p? In CA-50, the fallout from that raid
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 06:30 PM)
    Hogue News: Prison Food Vendors Get IOU’s; May Go Out of Business!
    I have been on the phone with Darrell Steinbergs office, the State Controllers Office, and the Department of Corrections.  Here is what I am able to squeeze out of the folks so far. Food vendors for the Ca. prison system operate under the General Fund.  As of now all the vendors are getting IOU’s that aren’t [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 05:11 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: A Budget Deal Will Be Soon, Senate Leader Says
    Democrats, abandoning their quest to increase taxes on cigarettes and oil producers in the face of GOP opposition, said on July 2 that a budget compromise could occur in a few days. Lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are struggling to close a $24 billion hole in the budget for the fiscal year that began July 1. At [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 04:52 PM)
    Phoblographer: So Much To Say
    State government is crumbling around us. They are going to in-act themselves into either a part-time initiative that will pass because the ten voters who show up will be a combination of ignorant and wrong or - the best case scenario - a Constitutional convention because maybe we'll still have a government at the end.br /br /Soooo much to say.br /br /Maybe a quick mention: Don't elect Meg Whitman. Government finance and administration is not the same as business finance and administration. California if you go down this road again, then you get what you deserve. Now is a time for expertise - focused, specialized expertise. Attention to detail, procedure, process, respect for institutions. br /br /Argh.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6427145-6721098571731892703?l=www.phoblographer.com'//div
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 04:43 PM)
    Hogue News: VIDEO: SEIU Protesters Storm the Capitol
    I ride my bicycle by the Capitol every morning and evening and each day I get a chance to see which groups are gathering for a protest during the day and which ones merit coverage from the local news networks. Recently there were two protests on the steps of the Capitol, similar in nature, but completely [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 04:36 PM)
    Calitics: The Inevitable Tax Drop
    You can almost set your watch by it. nbsp;The state budget picture is a mess, Democrats ask for a balanced solution, Republicans hold their ground and say no, Democrats don't have the vote so they let it go. nbsp;It happens practically every single year, and it's a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/023594.html?mi_rss=Capitol%20Alert"happening again/a, according to CapAlert: pblockquoteGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said separately Thursday that they are optimistic a budget deal can be struck within several days. pThe tone of their comments marked a stark contrast to Capitol fighting over the last few weeks between Democrats and Republicans over bridging the state's $26.3 billion budget gap. pSteinberg also said Democrats had given up any attempt to increase taxes on tobacco or establish an oil severance tax [...] pThe Senate president said that Democrats no longer are pushing for a 9.9 percent tax on oil e
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 04:28 PM)
    LA Observed: Pre-holiday putsch at L.A.Times *
    Newsroom groups are being informed right now that John Arthur is out as Los Angeles Times executive editor — that's number two on the paper's masthead. Sports editor Randy Harvey and obituaries editor Jon Thurber are reportedly getting expanded duties. Titles and details to come. Now posted at LATimes.com: "John and I did not agree on the need for the just-announced masthead changes, and we differ on the best approach to reaching our goals," Editor Russ Stanton says in a memo. * Also: Harvey becomes Associate Editor, effective immediately. "In this role, Randy will take on a host of broad and important responsibilities that currently keep me from spending more time in the newsroom." Thurber becomes Managing Editor, Print, with "primary responsibility for coordinating and carrying out the content plans for the newspaper and other print products produced by our newsroom, including overseeing the front page and the A1 desk." Meredith Artl
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 03:21 PM)
    Mayor Sam: "Zoner the Tagger" busted again for tagging
    I for one, will never forget the teenage tagger known as "Zoner" who was made famous by this photo in the Los Angeles Times and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's offer of mentoring. One can speculate on the outcome if "Zoner" had taken up Mayor Villaraigosa' on his mentoring sessions. Ahhhs would...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=Z4HOxfE1SIo:mugNHJg53nk:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=Z4HOxfE1SIo:mugNHJg53nk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 03:17 PM)
    Calitics: Arnold Owes You
    The IOUs are on the verge of a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/us/03calif.html?hp"being distributed/a. nbsp;The Pooled Money Investment Board met today to hash out the terms for the IOUs, and surprise, there were some differences. nbsp;The Governor wants a href="http://twitter.com/KQED_CapNotes/status/2440286776"a paltry 1.5% interest rate/a for the IOUs, and flexibility on repayment until as late as June 2010. nbsp;That would be worse than a 1-year CD. nbsp;Controller Chiang a href="http://twitter.com/KQED_CapNotes/status/2440307208"supports the staff recommendation/a of 3.75% interest rates and repayment in October. nbsp;Chiang won. nbsp;The board a href="http://twitter.com/KQED_CapNotes/status/2440322282"approved his terms/a. pThe reason to offer a more attractive interest rate is to ensure that banks will actually cash them. nbsp;a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/06/29/daily61.html"Wells Fargo and Ba
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 01:50 PM)
    Hogue News: UPDATE: Coupe to Remove Pro-tem Steinberg FAILS!
    BREAKING: State Senator Darrell Steinberg being removed from Democrat Caucus Leader? I am reporting that Senate Pro-Tem Darrell Steinberg has been asked to step-down as caucus leader after ‘misleading’ numerous Democrats on the stop-gap measure vote Wednesday evening. It seems that Steinberg encouraged all of the Democrats to go up on the vote Wednesday night, promising that [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 11:07 AM)
    California Majority Report: Dan Walters' Predictions Nothing to Crow About
    I had to chuckle when I read Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Waltersrsquo; analysis last week of the Democratic gubernatorial race given the departure of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa the day before. Villaraigosarsquo;s exit ldquo;boosted Jerry Brownrsquo;s chances for a gubernatorial comeback,rdquo; Walters announced.nbsp; Citing the former governorrsquo;s ldquo;long-standing political roots in Los Angelesrdquo; and his ldquo;decades-long ties to the statersquo;s Latino leadership,rdquo; the self-proclaimed pundit concluded that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom faced a ldquo;steep climbrdquo; and that he is ldquo;now playing catch-up.rdquo; There is admittedly a long ways to go before the June 2010 gubernatorial primary, but anyone inclined to put a great deal of stock in Waltersrsquo; conclusions would be well advised to go back and check out his track record in predicting the outcome of the 1998 Democratic race for governor.nbsp; Letrsquo;s just say that his forecasts,
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 11:01 AM)
    Calitics: More on the "Loophole" and Prop 13
    I wanted to add a little more about this "loophole" I a href="http://www.calitics.com/diary/9276/words-into-action-moving-forward-on-prop-13"discussed earlier/a. nbsp;For starters, let's look at how residential properties are transferred. It's a relatively simple transaction, leaving the banks out of it, as the mortgage is a deal between the purchaser and the bank, it really is a two parties, simple transfer. The purchaser pays the seller for the parcel. It's easy to see that there was a transfer there. pBut commercial properties are far more difficult. nbsp;There are several scenarios where it becomes difficult to answer what seems like an easy question: Was the property transferred? nbsp;The transfer triggers a reassesment, and usually higher revenue for that county. Let's consider a couple of those situations, but these are not the only tough questions on when to reassess: br / b br /1) Purchase of a Corporate (or other legal) Entity/b pHere, the question is what
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 10:56 AM)
    Mayor Sam: Santa Barbara County Dodges Wacko Jacko Funeral Bullet; Guess Who Gets Stuck With This?
    Billboard reports: The Michael Jackson funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Sources said AEG Live, which owns the arena and the adjacent Nokia Theatre, will use both facilities and the surrounding plaza. Please no fee waivers. And lets put away the newsracks,...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=TOVJPDCFXkM:jpUtVBkMduc:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=TOVJPDCFXkM:jpUtVBkMduc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.f
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    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: A Somewhat Troubling Joke
    (Editor’s Note: The following comes from a reader who, rightly, thinks it hits a little close to home.) One Hundred Dollars    It is the month of August, a resort town sits next to the shores of a lake. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 10:21 AM)
    Political Blotter: DeSaulnier mailer irks opponent
    Congressional candidate and State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier mailed out a fat glossy brochure outlining his accomplishments but instead of using his federal campaign bucks, he paid for it with his Senate re-election account. There’s nothing illegal about that. DeSaulnier may well be running for re-election as a senator in 2012 if he fails to win the congressional [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 10:16 AM)
    Calitics: CA-45: Bono Mack Being Hunted
    I noted this in my a href="http://calitics.com/diary/9260/2010-congressional-races-roundup-june-30-2009"June Congressional races roundup/a, but it deserves a little more attention. pMary Bono Mack has in her career adeptly threaded the needle, voting mostly with the right but surprising on just enough bills every year to appear moderate to her district, which went for Barack Obama in 2008 and has a PVI of only R+3. nbsp;But her yes vote on the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill has a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/06/right-wingers-vow-revenge-against-mary.html"incensed conservatives/a, so much so that they are waging jihad against not only Bono Mack but her Congressman husband, who by the way voted against Waxman-Markey. pblockquoteSo it was probably a bit of a shock to her when she saw the headline above that I captured in a screen shot from the Republican Party blog, Red State: Mary Bono Mack Should Be Burned In Effigy And Voted out Of Office. I
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 09:02 AM)
    LA Observed: Holiday observed
    LA Observed will begin observing the first holiday weekend of summer by switching early to infrequent posting mode. Enjoy the weekend!
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:46 AM)
    Hogue News: Obama’s CONTROLLED Town Hall Meetings!
    My gift to you on this Independence Day Weekend… How open and honest to the public are the Obama Town Hall Meetings? Not very. Even the press is starting to grow concerned about the “controlling aspect” of President Barack Obama’s scripted meetings – not to mention the phone calls that go out to the press corp the night [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:42 AM)
    LA Observed: Remembering Manson
    In this issue of Los Angeles Magazine and on the website, Steve Oney revisits the summer of 1969 when Hollywood figures, and then much of the city, were terrified by the murders carried out by followers of Charles Manson. It's probably hard for newcomers to appreciate just how big of a deal it was in Los Angeles when pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others were found tortured and slaughtered in Benedict Canyon, with the word PIG written in her blood on the front door. Then Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the next night in Los Feliz, and finally to have the mystery tied to a creepy tribe of young women from the suburbs and their master who squatted at the Spahn Ranch in Santa Susana Pass when they weren't hanging with the Beach Boys. Oney talks to many of the players, including former Manson followers and prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. Also in the magazines: Orange Coast has a nice feature on the Orange County final days of Philip K. Dick.
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:35 AM)
    Mayor Sam: Morning Briefs and Outtakes for July 2, 2009
    Great morning to all across the bloggersphere from the "cut and paste capital" of Los Angeles, CD 14. And as a public service, please as you arrive late and leave early from your third and fourth floor confines, remember to show consideration for your fellow city employees who show their "green"...br/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=HjUZryBY0Uw:MjXdauhDO4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=HjUZryBY0Uw:MjXdauhDO4A:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a hr
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:14 AM)
    Calitics: Words into Action: Moving Forward on Prop 13
    SF Assessor Phil Ting's a href="http://calitics.com/diary/9255/prop-13-phil-ting-and-1000-volts""Close the Loophole" event/a last night was a pretty big success. nbsp;Turnout was exceptional with an overflow crowd at the SF LGBT Center's Ceremonial Room. nbsp;It's clear that a lot of people are very, very frustrated with Prop 13. If you missed it, and would like to get more involved, here is the a href="http://closetheloophole.com/"Close The Loophole website/a and here is the a href="http://www.facebook.com/closetheloophole?ref=s"Facebook Page/a. pPhil Ting spoke for a relatively short time, maybe 15 minutes or so. nbsp;He briefly explained where his focus lay, the split roll. nbsp;Basically, the split roll would pull commercial properties out of Prop 13, and change the system for assessing and taxing those properties. nbsp;Because of the way commercial properties are transferred, in small percentages at a time or by selling a whole company, etc.
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:12 AM)
    LA Observed: LA Sketchbook: Pico Rivera
    Steve Greenberg is traveling this week to the annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. While he's gone, we'll post some previously unpublished work. This one was inspired a few months ago when Pico Rivera became the first local city to burst through the 10% sales tax barrier. As of July 1, we're all within sight of that level. More in the LA Sketchbook by Steve Greenberg
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:07 AM)
    Mayor Sam: Boehner : "Never seen anything this ridiculous"
    John Boehner can't believe the 1300 page Waxman- Markey energy bill. He doesn't understand how the Democrats could want to cost 2 million more Americans to lose their jobs.http://mayorsam.blogspot.com/feeds//comments/defaultbr/ br/ [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=QdLhs0Yv8Ic:RNRfMvq8RCU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=QdLhs0Yv8Ic:RNRfMvq8RCU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MayorSamsSisterCity-HomeOfLosAngelesPolitics?a=QdLhs0Y
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 08:01 AM)
    California Progress Report: Same Governor, Different Goals
    By Cynthia Craft Health Access California As July 1st hits, a budget fix for California is apparently nowhere in sight. So how is this year different from years past? Besides the alarming $24 billion hole in Californias budget, we seem to have a different Governor. As recently as 2007-08, Gov....
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 07:38 AM)
    Hogue News: CA’s New State Icon: The IOU – What is It?
    Since we are now the “IOU State”, let’s become a little more familiar with our new state icon. Since we have had thousands of words offered during political press conferences and hundreds – if not thousands - pages of newsprint reporting the new state mascot’s iconic rise to state celebrity; what actually is an IOU? I have good news today, [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 07:37 AM)
    California Progress Report: Assemblymember Evans Sets the Record Straight
    By Assemblymember Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), Chair of the Budget Conference Committee (Originally posted on Evans’ budget blog at Link Today, the governor held a press conference that reminded me of the phrase “everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.” As was expected, the governor...
    . . . [more] (posted 07/02/09 07:31 AM)