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May 9, 2008

“On the Rise: Solar Thermal Power and the Fight Against Global Warming” by Environment California is our site of the day

May 9, 2008

Cutting Children’s Health Coverage Will Only Make California’s Budget Situation Worse

May 9, 2008

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey’s Endorsement of Mark Leno for State Senate Says a Lot on a Number of Levels

May 9, 2008

The Ballot Initiative Process in California Doesn’t Have to be Junked: It Can Be Reformed

May 9, 2008

What if California Had a Normal Government by Which It Addressed the Budget Deficit?

May 9, 2008

Sierra Club California Thanks Governor, Attorney General, and Air Resources Board for Upholding Clean Air Rules—Says to Automakers: Don't Be "Climate Chickens"

May 8, 2008

The "Year of Health Reform" in California: Take Two--Lessons for the Next Attempt

May 8, 2008

Budget Confusion in California: How Big a Gap Do You Want It to Be?

May 8, 2008

Preschool Reform Package is Alive and Well in the California Legislature

May 8, 2008

Prop 98: A Cardboard Box for Your Troubles

May 8, 2008

Planning and Conservation League Testifies on Environmental Dangers of Proposition 98, Benefits of 99 on the June Ballot

May 8, 2008

Obama and Clinton Unity Begins in California Congressional District 42 Where Democrats Have United for Ron Shepston

May 8, 2008

The Green Energy War: Will Edison’s Solar Play Trigger Be Properly Regulated by the California PUC?

May 7, 2008

Perata Calls Off Denham Recall

May 7, 2008

“How California’s School Districts Spend Their Funds” by the California Budget Project is our site of the day

May 7, 2008

Cavala: Obama Will Be the Nominee--Happy Days Are Here Again

May 7, 2008

A Tale of Two Speakers of the California Assembly

May 7, 2008

Trickle of Cuts Led to Vallejo Declaring Bankruptcy

May 7, 2008

A California Delegate on Obama's Win: The Fly on the Wall Is the Wall

May 7, 2008

A Behind the Scenes Perspective from a Democratic Club President on Stacking for Endorsements in California

May 7, 2008

Schrag: Suspending the Gas Tax—A Pander and Sucker Politics

May 7, 2008

California Democratic Council Hears from Democratic Party Chair Torres and Superdelegates

May 7, 2008

Hillary Clinton: A Warrior for Another Time

May 7, 2008

Red Light, Green Light: Legislature Says Delta Bill Not Ready

May 6, 2008

Nunez Holds Last Press Conference and Unveils Redistricting, Term Limits, and Contribution Ban Proposals

May 6, 2008

Bring California a Gas-Free Option: High Speed Rail

May 6, 2008

Lawsuit Could Leave Governor Schwarzenegger Between a Rock and a Hard Place on Prisons

May 6, 2008

Fee Increases at UC and CSU: Steps to Privatization of California’s Univerity and College System

May 6, 2008

The California Budget Goes to Court

May 6, 2008

Will States Fix the 2012 Primary Process?

May 6, 2008

California Education to Latinos: Sorry, We Forgot That You Exist!

May 6, 2008

Sierra Club California, Others Oppose Weak Green Building Rules

May 6, 2008

California Taxpayers to File Lawsuit to Prevent $12 Billion in Prison Construction Debt Payments

May 5, 2008

Bowen: Poll Workers Are On California’s Front Line of Democracy

May 5, 2008

Two Eminent Domain Measures on California June 3rd Ballot: No on 98 and Yes on 99

May 5, 2008

Automakers Jobs Moving to Canada Because of High Health Costs—Why We Need Health Care Reform in California--and What We Don’t Need

May 5, 2008

Mark Ridley-Thomas v. Bernard Parks: Running for the Most Important Office You May Know Nothing About

May 5, 2008

As Ballots Arrive in the Mail for California Primary, Don’t Get Done in by Junapathy

May 4, 2008

DNC Rules Committee Member from California Anticipates Florida and Michigan Delegates Issue to Be Resolved at May 31 Meeting

May 4, 2008

Democrats Working to Increase Participation in Democracy in California While Yacht Party is Busy Defending Tax Cuts

May 4, 2008

Here They Go Again: Senate Republicans Demand Gutting California’s Global Warming Law and Other Laws on the Books and Plan to Hold Up California Budget

May 4, 2008

McCain-Clinton Gas Tax Plan to Cost California 23,107 Jobs?

May 4, 2008

New California Online Voter Guide for June 3 Primary Debuts!

May 3, 2008

McCain: Iraq War Fought For Oil—Another Gaffe and Reason He Will Not Win California

May 3, 2008

The California Budget is Up for Grabs

May 3, 2008

A Plan to Create 21st Century Jobs in California

May 3, 2008

More on McCain’s “Health Plan” and Why It Doesn’t Add Up

May 3, 2008

California Population Tops 38 Million, Adding 490,000 in 2007 and Other Interesting Factoids

May 2, 2008

A Community Pharmacist Speaks Out: What Med-Cal Cuts Passed Earlier This Year Means to My Patients—And the State of California

May 2, 2008

The Fate of Summer School in California Under Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Budget Cutbacks

May 2, 2008

California Assembly Passes Leno’s Airline Passenger Bill of Rights--With Consumer Support-- Over Industry Opposition

May 2, 2008

A Sustainable and Affordable Water Policy for California

May 2, 2008

California House Races Roundup—One Month Before the June Primary

May 1, 2008

“State of the Air: 2008” is our site of the day

May 1, 2008

Progress in California on Air Quality Despite National No Lung Left Behind Policy

May 1, 2008

California Public Support for Taxes Declines in Context of Recession

May 1, 2008

Like Lincoln, Obama Has the “Terrible Math” of the Democratic Primary End Game With Him

May 1, 2008

Californians Very Concerned About Schools and Budget--Want Education Protected From Cuts

May 1, 2008

Understanding Republican Legislators’ Budget Proposals for California’s Schools—and What is Really Still Missing

May 1, 2008

California and Alaska Charting a New Course for the Cruise Industry

May 1, 2008

Is 24 Hour Corporate Media Deciding This Election for Us?

April 30, 2008

Making the California Democratic Council the Go-To Progressive Organization

April 30, 2008

How Exactly is a $20 Billion Deficit Good For Schwarzenegger?

April 30, 2008

The “New McCain Health Plan” Doesn’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny

April 30, 2008

Two Data Points That Will Change California Permanently

April 30, 2008

Latest Field Poll Shows Sharp Jump in Support for “Government Provided Health Care” in California

April 30, 2008

Schrag: History Tells Us California’s Future Depends on the Children of Immigrants and Their Education

April 29, 2008

“Integration Potential of California’s Immigrants and Their Children: New Estimates of Potential New Voters at the State, County, and Legislative District Levels” is our site of the day

April 29, 2008

California Health Care in Danger of Going to Hell in Hand Basket: Budget Subcommittees Consider Cuts But Hold Off—For Now

April 29, 2008

Shades of Florida: U.S. Supreme Court Votes Republican Again - Legalizes Further Impediments to Voting by the Poor

April 29, 2008

Mortgage Relief May Be on the Way Soon for Californians as State Senate Passes Legislation With Two-Thirds Vote

April 29, 2008

The Lois Wolk Interview: Land Use, Housing, Seniors, Health Insurance, and Her Legislative Accomplishments and Goals

April 29, 2008

Climate Justice in the States: Promoting Equity in Dealing with Climate Change

April 29, 2008

Biofuels: Wouldn’t We Miss 500,000 Barrels a Day?

April 28, 2008

Democratic Senators Call for Prison Plan from Schwarzenegger Administration—Inmate Population “A Bouncing Ball” Making Budget “Virtually Impossible”

April 28, 2008

Numbers Off the Charts in New California Field Poll on Health Care--Should Provide Impetus for Reforms

April 28, 2008

Public Disparages Media Mavens--Press Corps Tanks in Latest California Opinion Survey

April 28, 2008

The Lois Wolk Interview: California Assemblymember and Democratic Candidate for State Senate Shows Why She is a Winner and a Keeper

April 28, 2008

Volunteers for Obama Begin Massive Voter Registration Drive, Keep Working in California

April 28, 2008

Misunderestimating Bush on Global Warming: Contempt of Court

April 27, 2008

California Education 25 Years After “A Nation at Risk” Released

April 27, 2008

California Water Policy, and Fish

April 27, 2008

Status Report: California 2008 Bills of Interest to Health Advocates

April 27, 2008

Whose Line is it Anyway? Cramming Five Railroads Into Area Barely Big Enough for Two, a “Stretch!” in California

April 26, 2008

Families USA Report: California Will Lose 46,700 Jobs, $5.4 Billion in Business Activity Due to Bush Administration’s Medicaid Cuts

April 26, 2008

If You Agree California Consumers Should Be Able to Decide What Happens With Their Leftover Food, There’s Legislation to Support

April 26, 2008

Helping Californians Save for a Secure Retirement: Democratic Legislators Support

April 26, 2008

Think About It: The Middle Class Squeeze in California is a Result of LOW Taxes

April 26, 2008

Governors Rally Against Dirty Bush Ploy...And What's Up With Coal in California?

April 25, 2008

YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW--Open Government and Freedom of Information in California

April 25, 2008

California’s Gray Whale is In Danger

April 25, 2008

Light Brown Apple Moth Spraying Inspires Strong Gubernatorial Action and Robust Legislative Package

April 25, 2008

'Tis the Season of Membership-Stacking-for-Endorsements in California: What Does it Mean to Get the “Democratic Party Endorsement”?

April 25, 2008

In the Name of Science: Residents Discover Plan to Export Northern California Groundwater; Agency Says Pumping Just For 'Research Purposes'

April 25, 2008

The Prison State in California and the Nation

April 25, 2008

Water Rights and Water Wrongs in the Sierra Nevada

April 25, 2008

Planned Parenthood Rallies at Capitol on Budget, Initiatives, and Effects of Environmental Toxins on Reproductive Health of Californians

April 24, 2008

Lakoff : Work Will Go On After Rockridge

April 24, 2008

“California Prison Reform: Inmates, I.T, and Health Care” is our site of the day

April 24, 2008

The Right-Wing Frame on Tax Solutions and Destruction of Services Californians Depend Upon

April 24, 2008

Four Years After Workers’ Compensation Cuts Passed: California is Fourth Lowest State in Payments to Permanently Disabled Workers

April 24, 2008

At the End of a Long Week of Democracy—Letters from Students on a Senator’s Door Tells a Story

April 23, 2008

Deceptive Campaign Ads Funded by Landlords in Favor of June Ballot Prop 98 Blasted by League of Voters and AARP

April 23, 2008

Four Years After SB 899: The Insurance Industry 20 Year Plan on Workers’ Compensation in California

April 23, 2008

The Connection in California Between Sprawl and Mortgage Foreclosures

April 23, 2008

Schrag: Do We Want a University of California? State Budget Cuts are Permanently Damaging Higher Education in Our State

April 23, 2008

Obama or Clinton vs. McCain: Thank God for Howard Dean

April 22, 2008

Why Building Progressive Infrastructure Matters So Much—Especially in California at the End of the Rockridge Era

April 22, 2008

State Firearm Regulation – Opposed By the N.R.A. – Becomes the Rationale for Court Action Against San Francisco Gun Ban

April 22, 2008

“Getting California on Track: Seven Strategies to Reduce Global Warming Pollution from Transportation” is Our Site of the Day

April 22, 2008

Massive March on State Capitol as Thousands of College Students Around the State Protest Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Cuts to UC, CSU, and Community Colleges

April 22, 2008

A Fish Tale: California’s New Marine Protected Areas Not Protected from the Next Cosco Busan

April 22, 2008

Schwarzenegger in Last Action Hero 3 Showing in Sacramento on Earth Day 2008

April 22, 2008

On Earth Day and Every Day, It’s What’s “Green” That Counts!

April 21, 2008

California’s Rockridge Institute Founded by George Lakoff to Disband

April 21, 2008

California Revenues Continue to Fall - Deficit Could Swell Back to Over $14 Billion by End of 2008-09

April 21, 2008

There's No Such Thing as a Free Plastic Bag in California

April 21, 2008

Immigrant Bashing Trumps Fiscal Responsibility for California Republicans

April 21, 2008

There's No Such Thing as a Free Plastic Bag in California

April 20, 2008

Is Anyone Going to Stop the Teacher Exodus from California?

April 20, 2008

‘Due Process’ Democrats Have Their Heads Buried in the California Sand

April 20, 2008

Paid Sick Days Bill Could Raise the Bar for Working Californians

April 20, 2008

Money Drying Up for California Republicans Running for Congress

April 20, 2008

Automakers and Car Dealers Lobby Washington to Reject California Greenhouse Gas Standards

April 20, 2008

California Salmon Closure 2008 - NEVER AGAIN: Ten Actions You Need to Take Now!

April 19, 2008

Good News for California Democrats in Latest Voter Registration Figures—Pickups in Key Districts Now in Sight

April 19, 2008

Why Are G.O.P. Contributors Putting Big Money Into California Redistricting ‘Reform’ - A Love of ‘Fairness’??

April 19, 2008

Celebrating Earth Day in California by Creating Green Jobs

April 18, 2008

Tax Cuts Make Californians Poorer

April 18, 2008

Misunderestimating Bush’s Climate Prattle: Clean Coal Katrina

April 18, 2008

Karen Bass to Take Over as Speaker of California Assembly May 15th--Impact on California Budget

April 18, 2008

Phasing out PVCs in California’s Consumer Packaging to Remove Toxic Chemicals from Our Environment and Ocean

April 18, 2008

California Trout Supports New State Department of Fish and Game Director

April 17, 2008

A Few Pesky Facts That Get in the Way of the “League of Women Voters” Arguments for the Governor’s Redistricting Reform

April 17, 2008

Schwarzenegger’s Broken Promises on Higher Education and a New Study on the Effects of Cuts

April 17, 2008

Winning and Losing Health Care Bills in Sacramento at the Legislative Deadline—A Busy Week

April 17, 2008

Read the Label and Conduct an Environmental Review Before Spraying Californians With Pest Control Chemicals

April 17, 2008

California Voters FIRST Presents a Balanced and Bipartisan Effort for Redistricting Reform

April 17, 2008

Disappearing California Ag Land a “Growing” Concern: “Losing the Farm” Not the Best Option

April 17, 2008

Federal Judge Tosses California Plan to Export More Delta Water

April 17, 2008

In The Wake of California Salmon Season Closure Governor Schwarzenegger Pledges Restoration Funds and Courts Weigh In

April 17, 2008

The Fraud We Face in Workers’ Compensation in California

April 16, 2008

The Budget Crisis Report Card from the California Department of Education is our site of the day

April 16, 2008

Two Key California Fish Restoration Bills Pass Assembly Committee

April 16, 2008

Those Who Want to Build a Toll Road Through a California State Park Want Feds to Overturn Coastal Commission Without a Public Hearing

April 16, 2008

State Audit Vindicates Push for California Chiropractic Board Reform

April 16, 2008

Find Solutions for California’s Overcrowded Emergency Rooms: Don’t Blame the Victims, the Uninsured

April 16, 2008

Schrag: If Only California Had Left Its Presidential Primary in June

April 16, 2008

If You’re Not Angry and Bitter, You’re Not Paying Attention

April 15, 2008

Sunday’s Historic Delegate Caucuses Proved California Democrats are Ready to Take Back the White House

April 15, 2008

California is Really Talking About a $25 Billion Deficit Now

April 15, 2008

Budget Subcommittee Rejects Schwarzenegger Proposal to Cut Medi-Cal Coverage by Paperwork

April 15, 2008

“Who Pays Taxes in California?” by the California Budget Project is our site of the day

April 15, 2008

The California Department of Insurance Discriminates Against Minority Consumers

April 15, 2008

A Barack Obama Mama’s Journey to a California Delegate Election Caucus

April 15, 2008

A Doctor Speaks on the Public Health Reasons Behind Paid Sick Days: Why California Should Pass the Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act

April 15, 2008

Politics, Art, and California’s Public Policy Failure

April 15, 2008

California in the Times of the Have-Nots and the Have Yachts

April 14, 2008

“Municipal Bond Rating Reform: Protect Taxpayers, End the Double Standard” is our site of the day

April 14, 2008

Record Number of Democrats Throughout California Pack Delegate Selection Caucuses Including 980 in Oakland for Obama

April 14, 2008

The California Budget, the Costs of a Civil Society, and Myths Republican Legislators Would Have You Believe

April 14, 2008

CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS REPORT CARD: Real Impact of Budget Cuts on Schools and Students

April 14, 2008

Studies Show Diesel Pollution Bad for Just About All Parts of You; Dueling California Policies Show Potential to Help, Exacerbate Situation

April 14, 2008

Neighborhood Walk to the Polls is an Endangered Species in California

April 13, 2008

North-South Agreement: Editorials Harmonize on Water Policy Recommendation as Key Bill to be Voted on Monday

April 13, 2008

Students Aroused To Protect Public Education While Schwarzenegger Favors Private Schools

April 13, 2008

Passenger Rail Travel in California on the Wane? Ha! Time is Ripe for New Routes, More Trains

April 13, 2008

Election Bureaucrats Would Cancel Elections to Save Money if They Could!

April 13, 2008

SEIU Stalking, Harassing Nurses at Home--Is This the Face of a 'Progressive' Union?

April 13, 2008

Billion Dollar Funding Increase Fails to Improve Nursing Home Care in California

April 13, 2008

New Water Quality Rules for Dairies Compromise Human Health: Groundwater Suit Moosic To Central Valley Residents' Ears

April 12, 2008

Let’s Make Tomorrow a Date in California History: Attend Democratic Delegate Selection Caucuses

April 12, 2008

Strange Alliances on Health Transparency Bill and Why You Don’t Have Consumer Reports Without It

April 12, 2008

Sierra Watch Offers Planning Principles for Donner Development Decisions

April 11, 2008

Democrats on Committee Hold Key to Transparency and Public Participation in California Environmental Quality Act—Vote Set for Monday

April 11, 2008

Appearance of ‘Reform’ Bill Adopted By Assembly Committee

April 11, 2008

Fishery Council Closes Salmon Fishing Off California and Oregon

April 10, 2008

Storm Clouds on the Horizon for the G.O.P.

April 10, 2008

What Does “We, the People” Mean in California?

April 10, 2008

Denham Recall Drives G.O.P. Lawmakers to Accept Overdue Reforms in Signature Gathering Regulations

April 10, 2008

Insurance Reforms Pass California Senate Health Committee

April 10, 2008

The California Mortgage Crisis: Failing To Act Is Not An Option

April 9, 2008

The California Budget Crisis and Words: Don't Like "Tax Increase"? Okay - Call It a "Budget Surge"

April 9, 2008

Cavala: “Jackie Speier Gets 80% of the Vote, and I Wish I Could Take Credit”…But I Can’t”

April 9, 2008

Evil in Our Midst: Why We Must Pass California Senate Joint Resolution 19 on Torture

April 9, 2008

Foundation Being Set for Some California Health Care Reform: Consumer Protections Pass Assembly Health Committee

April 9, 2008

Schrag: California School Funding is Inadequate Any Way You Measure It

April 9, 2008

Listening to Petraeus: The Endless Bummer

April 8, 2008

Governor Schwarzenegger Has Really Rattled the Cages with Proposed Cuts to California’s State Parks

April 8, 2008

California Democrats: On Sunday You Get to Pick Our Delegates to the National Convention

April 8, 2008

Senate California Budget Hearings Find: Big Medi-Cal Cuts, Big Mistake

April 8, 2008

Doing Nothing About California’s Foreclosure Crisis Does Harm

April 8, 2008

Justice for All in California?

April 8, 2008

Constitutional Amendments Banning Same Sex Marriage Predictable if It’s Spring in an Election Year in California

April 8, 2008

California Democratic Party Needs to Focus on Unifying, Not Early Endorsements--Especially in Crucial Assembly District 80

April 8, 2008

A Larger Health Lesson from UCLA: For the Rest of Us, Tabloids Are Not the Problem

April 7, 2008

It is Time to Return Democracy to California’s Budget Process

April 7, 2008

The Great Global Warming Debate: In California, Things Are Really Heating Up.

April 7, 2008

Oprah Exposes Massive Pet Overpopulation and Puppy Mills--Invigorates Supporters of California Healthy Pets Act, AB 1634

April 7, 2008

The Only Problem is: Mark Penn Did Not Leave the Clinton Campaign

April 6, 2008

Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Effort Slipping Away?

April 6, 2008

Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” Revisited: California Legislation to Promote Food Safety and Outlaw Sale of Meat from Seriously Ill Cattle

April 6, 2008

Day of Reckoning Approaches for Key Environmental Bills in California--Including Those to Prevent Lead Exposure

April 6, 2008

Who’s Opposed to Informed Choices on Health Insurance by Californians?

April 5, 2008

Demise of ‘Motor Voter’in California-- Another G.O.P. Political Crime

April 5, 2008

How Californians are Getting a Raw Deal from Washington D.C.

April 5, 2008

Grease Rustlers in California Unite!

April 5, 2008

Development in the Sierras: Is Royal Gorge Building A House Of Cards On Donner Summit?

April 4, 2008

Beyond the Mountaintop: King’s Prescription for Poverty is our site of the day

April 4, 2008

REMEMBERING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.-- April 4th Marks 40 Years Since His Assassination

April 4, 2008

The Need for Redistricting Reform from This California Democrat’s Perspective

April 4, 2008

The Grim Statistics of Californians Dying for Lack of Health Care Coverage

April 4, 2008

Slash and Burn: Proposed Federal Budget Would Cut Environmental Programs Under Fire by Schwarzenegger Administration

April 4, 2008

California College Students Plan Day of Action on Budget Cuts

April 4, 2008

Spring Break, CALPIRG Style

April 3, 2008

“Understanding California's School Funding Crisis: Why it's happening, what it means, and how it can be resolved” is our site of the day

April 3, 2008

Hard Hitting Ads Against Denham in California Senate Recall Election Begin Running and Ask: “Don’t We Deserve Better?”

April 3, 2008

G.O.P. Assembly Leader Proposes To Save California Public Education Cuts Without New Taxes--By Shifting School Money From Democratic To Republican School Districts

April 3, 2008

Oceans Day 2008: Meeting with California Legislators on Issues So Important to Our Coastal State

April 3, 2008

Dan Walters Needs Our Help on High Speed Rail in California

April 3, 2008

California Sues Bush EPA to Comply With Year Old Supreme Court Ruling on Regulating Greenhouse Gases

April 3, 2008

Wolk Bill Will Provide Fishing Access, Habitat Restoration in California Delta

April 3, 2008

Getting the Facts Straight on Per Pupil Spending in California

April 2, 2008

Pharmaceutical Lobby Kills California Bill to Limit Gifts by Drug Companies to Physicians

April 2, 2008

Schrag: New University of California President is First Outsider to Get Job Since 19th Century

April 2, 2008

Assemblymember Lloyd Levine and Major Environmental Groups to Schwarzenegger: Say No to Nuclear Power

April 2, 2008

Bowling with John McCain—Someone Who Doesn’t Know the Score

April 1, 2008

Now That Senator Jeff Denham’s Recall Election is Set for June 3—Some Things We Shouldn’t Forget

April 1, 2008

Gun Lobby Could Sink the Clinton Campaign

April 1, 2008

The Hidden Death Tax: The Secret Costs of Seeking Execution in California

April 1, 2008

California Democratic Convention: Who Wants to Be the Next Governor of California?

April 1, 2008

Heavily Lobbied Bill to Protect Patients from Drug Company Direct-to-Doctor Marketing Up Today in California Assembly Health Committee

April 1, 2008

Democrats Making the “Year of the Young Voter” Real in California

April 1, 2008

Schwarzenegger Aide: McCain’s Climate Plan Gets An ‘F’

April 1, 2008

Run, Mama, Run: Jackie Speier Running for Congress in Special Election Next Tuesday

March 31, 2008

California Needs to Consider Smart Biofuels Policy to Reduce Global Warming: What We Can Learn from Other States

March 31, 2008

Award to Gavin Newsom at Convention: Mentor of the Year to the California Young Democrats

March 31, 2008

The California Democratic Party Convention Video on Demand is our site of the day

March 31, 2008

Jerry Brown’s Speech, the 2010 Governor’s Race, and Reflections on the California Democratic Convention

March 31, 2008

Cesar Chavez , a Tribute

March 31, 2008

Understanding Cesar Chavez as Californians Celebrate His Memory

March 31, 2008

Revenge in Attack on Legislative Redistricting?

March 30, 2008

California Democratic Party Convention for 2008 Ends with No Endorsement in Migden-Leno Race—And a lot more

March 30, 2008

Migden-Leno Endorsement Fight May Overshadow Bill Clinton Speech at California Democratic Party Convention Today

March 30, 2008

The Bee’s Weintraub Fronts Latest G.O.P. Redistricting Plan

March 30, 2008

When Tragedy Hits Too Close To Home--82 Fatalities in California Train Collisions Last Year

March 30, 2008

United Farm Workers Launch Black Eagle Wines in Time for Cesar Chavez California Holiday

March 29, 2008

John Garamendi’s Address to the California Democratic Convention

March 29, 2008

California Democrats Making History

March 29, 2008

Democrats’ Budget Priorities Reflect California Values

March 29, 2008

How Now Wet Cat? California’s Plan to Reduce Water Use and the Connection to Global Warming

March 28, 2008

Senator Kuehl Sees "Pattern" of California State HMO Watchdog Siding With Industry Against Consumers

March 28, 2008

California Republican Party Chair Nehring Declares “War” on Senator Don Perata

March 28, 2008

Growth of the Party: For Many California Young Democrats This Will Be First Convention

March 28, 2008

School Firearms Safety in California: A Reasonable Step

March 28, 2008

Immigrant Bashing Is Not a Budget Solution for California

March 28, 2008

Convention Diary: California Democrats Convening in the Silicon Valley Today Through Sunday

March 28, 2008

Support Habitat Restoration in the California Delta

March 27, 2008

The Advocacy Opportunity of a Lifetime for an Attorney from the Bay Area--Birthplace of the Disability Rights Movement

March 27, 2008

"Hotter and Drier: The West’s Changed Climate " is our site of the day

March 27, 2008

On Reducing Zero Emission Vehicles in California, What’s Up With This?

March 27, 2008

"He's not heavy, he's our brother!" Nick Columbo and Why We Need California Health Care Reform

March 27, 2008

PPIC Poll Shows Barack Obama Much Stronger in California Against McCain Than Clinton

March 27, 2008

Assembly Republicans Introduce Anti-Immigrant Package of Bills: Isolationist and Out Of Step With California And National Public Opinion

March 27, 2008

A Progressive Candidate to Continue the Tradition of John Laird in Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz County California Assembly District 27

March 27, 2008

June Primary: Californians Rejecting Prop 98—Landlords’ Hidden Agenda Scheme—But Approving Prop 99 Eminent Domain Reform, New PPIC Poll Shows

March 27, 2008

Governor Says It Would Be "Big Mistake" To Blame Budget Deficit on Illegal Immigration

March 27, 2008

Consumer Advocates Press California for Stronger Standards and Enforcement of Health Care Industry at Senate Committee Hearing

March 26, 2008

Nuclear Power Won’t Make California the Happiest and Greenest Place on Earth

March 26, 2008

Newsom Sues California to Stop Medi-Cal Cuts

March 26, 2008

How Schwarzenegger and the G.O.P. Are Responsible for California’s Budget Mess

March 26, 2008

Record Number of Californians Running for Democratic Delegate Positions for Clinton and Obama

March 26, 2008

California’s Budget–A Time for Straight Talk on How We Got Here and Where We Should Go

March 26, 2008

Schrag: California Budget Reform Should Be Based on Democracy and Accountability, Not More Formulas

March 26, 2008

True Redemption on Iraq Mistake Requires More Than Saying You’re Sorry

March 25, 2008

Governor Schwarzenegger and the Legislature Should Meet in an Open and Public Process on the State Budget

March 25, 2008

California’s Stem Cell Agency: Not a Private Science Club

March 25, 2008

As We Cut School Funding, Bankers Get Bailout for “Trickle Down”

March 25, 2008

Health Care in McCain's Small Universe

March 25, 2008

Insurer Fraud Is Not a Victimless Crime

March 24, 2008

Free Advice for Leon Panetta on Needed California Reform

March 24, 2008

So?

March 24, 2008

California Has Lowest Level of Fish and Game Wardens in United States and is Not Enforcing Our Laws Including Protecting Endangered Fish

March 23, 2008

Are We Willing to Risk an Increase in Tuberculosis in California to Balance Our Budget Without Raising Taxes?

March 23, 2008

Why Medical Students Believe in SB 840 by Senator Kuehl and How It Can Save California $8 Billion per Year and Guarantee Quality Comprehensive Health Care for All

March 23, 2008

California Congressional District 4: Mr. Limited Government, Tom McClintock, At the Trough Taking $306,000 of Public Money

March 22, 2008

Keeping California’s State Parks and Beaches Open and Safe from Robocuts

March 22, 2008

Loyalty Demanded of Schwarzenegger Appointees

March 21, 2008

The Differences Between Governor Schwarzenegger on the Budget and the District I Represent in the State Assembly

March 21, 2008

Legislation Protecting Families and Helping to Rehabilitate Imprisoned Youth in California to be Heard in Committee

March 21, 2008

The California Based Foundation For Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Is Now Consumer Watchdog

March 21, 2008

Richardson Endorses Obama: What This Means

March 21, 2008

Bursting the Water Bubble: California Gets Closer to Disclosing Water Reality

March 20, 2008

“Teaching Quality in California: A New Perspective to Guide Policy,” by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning is our Site of the Day

March 20, 2008

The War in Iraq - Longer Than World War II

March 20, 2008

Broad Coalition Proposes Solutions to the California Salmon Crisis

March 20, 2008

Who Is Behind the Recall of Senator Jeff Denham? 35,820 Voters in His Senate District, That’s Who

March 20, 2008

Year Six of Iraq From a California Mom: Bring Our Troops Home to Our Loving Arms

March 20, 2008

A Decade of Death with Dignity in California’s Neighboring State to the North

March 20, 2008

The Slammed Salmon Saga Continues in California

March 19, 2008

Supreme Court Throws A Curve To Political Parties – OK’s Modification Of Washington’s “Blanket Primary”

March 19, 2008

Family Values Bring Alameda Community Together to Save School Programs and Graphically Label Schwarzenegger Proposed Education Cuts as “Garbage”

March 19, 2008

Why Isn't There A Democrat Running Against Republican California Senator Abel Maldonado?

March 19, 2008

California Republican State Senator Denham Faces Recall Election--Impact on State Budget Crisis

March 19, 2008

“Green Energy War: A former California Energy Commissioner digests global climate and energy politics” is our site of the day

March 19, 2008

Schrag: Despite the Rhetoric, Education is a Low Priority for Schwarzenegger

March 19, 2008

California Can Save Billions on Our Prisons While Improving Them and Making Us Safer

March 19, 2008

Obama: Our Joshua

March 19, 2008

It’s Deadman Denham Walking—Recall Petition Qualifies—Likely Consolidation with June Primary

March 19, 2008

What’s Mine is Ore: California Groups Call For Polluters to Clean Up Their Toxic Legacy

March 18, 2008

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Awarded 2008 JFK Profile in Courage Award

March 18, 2008

Race and the Race for the White House: The Substance of Obama’s Speech

March 18, 2008

Democracy, the California Budget, and the LAO

March 18, 2008

"A More Perfect Union"—Complete Transcript of Remarks of Senator Barack Obama

March 18, 2008

Prop 98 Hidden Agenda for California June Primary Is Not So Far Beneath the Surface

March 18, 2008

It's not Just California That is Cutting Medical Benefits

March 18, 2008

California is Organized to Promote Sales and Use of the Automobile

March 17, 2008

One Los Angeles Teacher’s Response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Education Budget Cuts

March 17, 2008

The report of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Education Excellence, “Students First, Renewing Hope for California’s Future,” is our site of the day

March 17, 2008

Avoiding Reality, Avoiding Blame on the California Budget Deficit and Our Country’s Economic Crisis

March 17, 2008

“Sunshine Week” in Sacramento Glorifies Press Corps Paparazzi Who Have The ‘Right To Know’

March 17, 2008

California is $2 Billion More In Debt as of Friday

March 17, 2008

Hitting the Bottle: Schwarzenegger Proposes Continued Borrowing from Recycling Fund to Pay for Global Warming Programs

March 17, 2008

Five Years of the Iraq War: The Winter Soldier Returns to California

March 17, 2008

One Los Angeles Teacher’s Response to the Governor’s Education Budget Cuts

March 16, 2008

Why Hasn’t Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Ever Prosecuted a Workers Compensation Insurance Carrier for Fraud?

March 16, 2008

It’s Official: California Presidential Primary Set a Record for Turnout—Why This is Good News for State’s Democrats in November

March 16, 2008

Cavala Says: Criticism Of Legislature Misplaced While “Showtime” Governor Escapes Responsibility

March 16, 2008

California’s Effort at Comprehensive Health Care Reform Still Getting Nationwide Coverage

March 16, 2008

California Water Board Evaluates Role in Recycled Water and Delta

March 15, 2008

High Level Republican Official ‘Diverts’ G.O.P. Money. Now Qualified For Appointment To The Justice Department?

March 15, 2008

How Closing Big Oil Tax Loopholes Will Keep Class Sizes Small for California Students

March 15, 2008

California May Join Other States in Opposing the Federal Real ID Act as Privacy Battle Intensifies Nationally

March 15, 2008

How Could It Be That Most Americans Don’t Know How Many Americans Are Dying in Iraq?

March 14, 2008

Too Many Pink Slips for California Teachers We Need to Keep

March 14, 2008

Common Cause Fronts California G.O.P. Power Play - Redistricting Reform, Isn’t…

March 14, 2008

California and the Feds Fail to Explore Relationship Between Water Exports and Salmon Collapse

March 14, 2008

An AB 32 for California Water?

March 14, 2008

Regulated Health Insurance Initiative—What Prop 103 Did to Auto Insurance Rates--on California 2010 Ballot?

March 14, 2008

Support California Redistricting by Helping to Gather Signatures for November 2008 Ballot Initiative

March 14, 2008

Oil Tax Defeated, School Budget to Be Cut -- What You Can Do

March 13, 2008

David Paterson: Blind, and with Vision

March 13, 2008

High Speed Rail and Public Private Partnerships in California: A Shotgun Wedding?

March 13, 2008

California Republican Party Changes Name to The California Yacht AND Oil Party

March 13, 2008

California Smart Growth and Improving San Joaquin Valley Quality of Life

March 13, 2008

Give Arnold a Pink Slip

March 13, 2008

Steinberg Legislation Would Set Standards for Individual Health Insurance Market in California

March 13, 2008

John McCain's Health Plan - Don't Get Sick in America

March 13, 2008

Why I'm Supporting Loni Hancock for California State Senate

March 12, 2008

"Burgeoning prison populations strain state budgets” is our site of the day

March 12, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Against California Oil Severance Tax is Wrong on Economics and Hypocritical

March 12, 2008

California Should Demand Repeal of the Federal Real ID Act

March 12, 2008

The Plan for California Health Reform—2008 and Beyond

March 12, 2008

California Should Tax Oil Like Every Other State and Use the Revenue for Education

March 12, 2008

Paroled Sex Offenders Soon To Benefit From Our California Tax Dollars?

March 12, 2008

They Impeach Democrats, Don't They?

March 11, 2008

Carbon Labels Will Arm California and U.S. Consumers in Fight Against Global Warming

March 11, 2008

Message from Over 100 School Superintendents, Parents, and Kids on Capitol Steps: Failure to Fund Education in California Budget Would Be a Failure of Our Values

March 11, 2008

Aerial Spraying for the Light Brown Apple Moth in California is Dangerous to Our Health and Unnecessary

March 11, 2008

With Oil Over $107 a Barrel California Should Lead the Charge for High-Speed Rail

March 11, 2008

Democrats Will Pick up 78th Assembly District in San Diego with Marty Block

March 11, 2008

Math Versus Spin on the Democratic Presidential Race

March 10, 2008

The Latest on Newspaper Layoffs in California, in Particular, a Health Reporter

March 10, 2008

Look, Up In the Sky: It's the Green Governor

March 10, 2008

California Needs More Urban Density

March 10, 2008

Hey, Governor: Can You Get Our Republican Congressional Delegation to Support California on Tailpipe Emissions?

March 10, 2008

California Workers’ Compensation System Fails Those Who Die in Its Grasp

March 9, 2008

Spontaneous Flashpoints Erupt on What California State Budget Cuts Mean to Local Schools

March 9, 2008

The Republican Promise: Depression, Endless War, Tax Cuts for the Rich, Despoliation of the Environment to Benefit Texas Oil Companies…Have I Missed Anything?

March 9, 2008

Californians Coming Together to Prevent Budget Cuts to Vital Services

March 9, 2008

Coalition of Commercial Fishermen, Anglers, Tribal Nations and Environmental Groups to Propose Solutions to the California Salmon Crisis

March 9, 2008

California's Dirtiest Little Secret: Peer Abuse by Kids

March 8, 2008

Home Schooling Goes the Way of the Dodo Bird While Schwarzenegger Demands “Action”

March 8, 2008

Why California Democrats are Fighting to Preserve Vital Education Spending

March 8, 2008

Crash of the Clydesdale: Fall Run Chinook Joins Plummeting Salmon Populations; Water Agencies Claim No Impact

March 8, 2008

Regime Can’t Seem to Find Qualified Americans to Staff California Republican Party

March 7, 2008

“Integrated Pest Management Practices for the Light Brown Apple Moth in New Zealand: Implications for California” is our site of the day

March 7, 2008

The McCain “Health Plan”

March 7, 2008

McCain Acknowledges Danger of Bush Endorsement

March 7, 2008

Message to Schwarzenegger—Don’t Use School Kids to Bridge Budget Gap

March 7, 2008

Wolverine Spring in California’s Central Sierra Trumps Punxsutawney Phil

March 6, 2008

A Dose of Sense: Bills Introduced to Reform Pesticide Policy Following Aerial Spraying for Light Brown Apple Moth

March 6, 2008

The Pink Slip Factor: Budget Cuts Threaten California’s Teaching Workforce

March 6, 2008

Migden Violates Campaign Finance Law She Supported and Now Sues State Political Watchdog Claiming Law is Unconstitutional

March 6, 2008

California Latino Super Delegate Remains Uncommitted

March 6, 2008

Speaking Out Against Schwarzenegger's Budget Cuts to Education

March 6, 2008

California is Robbing the Poor to Pay Thurston Howell III

March 6, 2008

High Speed Rail in California and the Nation: If Not Now, When?

March 6, 2008

A Line in the Sand -- Stop Cutting California School Budgets

March 5, 2008

A Fishy Story: Federal Fisheries Agency Blames Ocean Conditions for California Central Valley Salmon Decline

March 5, 2008

Harbinger of Budget Cuts to California Schools: Mass Student Walkout in Alameda

March 5, 2008

Cutting the Political Baby in Half: Obama and Clinton or Clinton and Obama

March 5, 2008

The California Education Budget – One Parent’s Perspective

March 5, 2008

Legislative Democrats Come Out Very Strong on the California Budget

March 5, 2008

Consumer Group Opposes California Pharmaceutical Marketing Bill as Invasion of Patient Privacy

March 5, 2008

Taking the LAO in Context on California Health Reform

March 5, 2008

Yesterday’s Primary Results: A Pyrrhic Victory for Clinton, Not a Loss for Obama

March 5, 2008

Schrag: Class at Private and Public Universities

March 5, 2008

Loyalty Oaths are SO 1950s and Don’t Belong in California

March 4, 2008

California Budget Project Fact Sheets on the Impact of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Budget Cuts on Local Communities is our site of the day

March 4, 2008

Same-Sex Couples Have Their Day in Court Today in California

March 4, 2008

Bernanke Speech Today to Bankers Underscores California’s Need to Act Quickly and Decisively on Subprime Mortgage Mess

March 4, 2008

The Mythic Role of the Legislative Analyst in Decisions on the California State Budget

March 4, 2008

Northern California Meeting on the Iraq War, the Peace Movement, and the November Presidential Election

March 4, 2008

Why Should CaliforniaTaxpayers Subsidize Private Workers’ Comp Insurance Companies?

March 4, 2008

The Games Governor Schwarzenegger Plays With Trains

March 3, 2008

Leno and Nation in Tight Race, Incumbent Migden Far Behind in June California State Senate Primary

March 3, 2008

Battle Over Massive Nestle Water Bottling Plant to Protect Mount Shasta Headwaters in Tiny Northern California Community of McCloud

March 3, 2008

Will Bill Durston Be Able to Beat Dan Lungren in California CD 3?

March 2, 2008

Why Must the California Budget Deficit Be Closed on the Backs of Teachers and Students?

March 2, 2008

Getting Young Latinos to Vote: Obama and Clinton Now in Texas

March 2, 2008

An Early St. Patrick’s Day in California: The Democrats’ Green Jobs Package

March 2, 2008

Curbing Air Pollution in the San Joaquin Valley by Greater Use of Trains

March 2, 2008

Schwarzenegger Appointee Confirmed, But Not Before Committee Rakes Him Over the Coals on Letting Health Insurers, Including Blue Cross, Set Their Own Standards

March 1, 2008

Proposed California Budget Would Hurt the Poor, Elderly and Disabled, Reduce Health Care Services, and Throw Away a Billion Dollars in Federal Funds

March 1, 2008

California Matters

March 1, 2008

Democrat Lois Wolk, Running in Hot Senate District 8, Will Need All the Help We Can Give Her in November

February 29, 2008

A Sign of The Times: L.A. Editorial Embraces New Water Philosophy

February 29, 2008

Solving California’s Dropout Crisis is our site of the day

February 29, 2008

Assisted Outpatient Treatment Can’t Wait: It’s Time to Make Laura’s Law Work in California

February 29, 2008

California Getting to Know Karen Bass, the Next Speaker of the California State Assembly

February 29, 2008

California Could Become First in Nation to Guarantee Paid Sick Days for All Workers

February 29, 2008

An Opportunity to Get Better Timely Access to Care Regulations in California

February 29, 2008

Transformational Politics Needed to Solve Our National and California Prison Problems

February 28, 2008

Karen Bass, to be Elected Speaker of the California Assembly Today, is a Solid Progressive Who Walks the Walk

February 28, 2008

Bill to Ban Discrimination in Workers’ Compensation Passes California Committee After Powerful Testimony of Milton Jones—But Not Without Opposition

February 28, 2008

California Education Budget Update

February 28, 2008

Californians Advised on Mercury Risks from Compact Fluorescent Lamp Breakage

February 27, 2008

“Willingness to Pay for Cross-Border Health Insurance between the United States and Mexico” is our site of the day

February 27, 2008

Powerful California State Senators Ask Schwarzenegger to Hold Off on Canal Plans

February 27, 2008

L.A. County Registrar Prepares to NOT Count Thousands of 'Double Bubble' Ballots from Super Tuesday's Democratic Primary

February 27, 2008

“Good Government Activists” Wrong Again in Attacking Fair Political Practices Commission Chair Ross Johnson

February 27, 2008

A “Little Story” That Speaks Volumes About California State Budget Cuts and Our Twisted Priorities

February 27, 2008

Schrag: Legislative Analyst--Governor’s California Budget Proposal Isn’t Serious

February 27, 2008

It’s California’s Turn to Protect the Flying Public by Passing the Airline Passenger Bill of Rights

February 27, 2008

My Own Private Hillary

February 27, 2008

California Super Delegate: Two More Months of Democratic Primaries? Absolutely!!

February 27, 2008

LNG and Clean Energy Laws are on a Collision Course in California

February 26, 2008

Tax ‘Expenditures’ Should Be Part of the California Budget Debate

February 26, 2008

Time to Play: You're The New York Times Editor for California!

February 26, 2008

Good News: All Los Angeles “Double Bubble” Votes from Independents in Democratic Presidential Primary to be Counted

February 26, 2008

Only 3,251 Votes Could Determine Whether Denham Is Recalled

February 26, 2008

“Killer Couches” on Toxics in California Furniture and Our Bodies is our site of the day

February 26, 2008

Immigrants, Including “Illegal Aliens” in California, Have Much Lower Crime Rate than the Rest of Us

February 26, 2008

Public Transit Needed in California and Across Nation to Fight Global Warming, Provide Transportation