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This week in the War on Workers: California hospital workers to strike
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2013
Fight to close California oyster farm divides community and gains national attention
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2013
INVERNESS, Calif.—It is coming up on planting season at Drakes Bay Oyster Company, a tiny family-owned oyster farm located on a inlet nestled within the lush grassy cliffs that run along the Pacific Ocean here just north of San Francisco. For more than 50 years, the modest farm, which looks like nothing more than a [...]
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No Comments »The GOP’s Latino Problem in California
Posted by admin on April 27th, 2013
Garry South: “In three of the last four non-presidential elections, Republicans actually nominated Latinos for statewide office: Ruben Barrales for controller in 1998, Gary Mendoza for insurance commissioner in 2002 and Maldonado for lieutenant governor in 2010. All three were attractive, articulate candidates with compelling personal stories. But all three went down in flames, receiving [...]
California Democrats hesitant after call to unwind Prop 13 tax curb
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2013
By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A push by California Democrats to undo part of Proposition 13, the measure to limit the growth of property taxes that started a nationwide revolt, appeared to be losing ground on Monday, as leaders in both houses of the state's Legislature distanced themselves from the proposal. The cool [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: After, California, call, curb, Democrats, hesitant, Prop, unwind No Comments »Judge rules Obama administration overlooked fracking risks in California mineral leases
Posted by admin on April 9th, 2013
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal judge has ruled the Obama administration broke the law when it issued oil leases in central California without fully weighing the environmental impact of "fracking," a setback for companies seeking to exploit the region's enormous energy resources. The decision, made public on Monday, effectively bars for [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 'Fracking', administration, California, Judge, leases, mineral, Obama, Overlooked, Risks, Rules No Comments »California Billionaire Targets Lynch in Massachusetts
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2013
Hedge fund executive Thomas Steyer is bombarding Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) “with theatrical attacks from the skies and from the streets. He has poured $ 400,000 into the Massachusetts race so far, bankrolling planes with banners, trucks with video screens, and canvassers who plan to knock on 300,000 doors statewide,” the Boston Globe reports. Tweet [...]
California Billionaire Targets Lynch in Massachusetts
Posted by admin on April 8th, 2013
Hedge fund executive Thomas Steyer is bombarding Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) “with theatrical attacks from the skies and from the streets. He has poured $ 400,000 into the Massachusetts race so far, bankrolling planes with banners, trucks with video screens, and canvassers who plan to knock on 300,000 doors statewide,” the Boston Globe reports. Tweet [...]
PM Note: Hey Good Lookin’, Obama in California, Socially Liberal America, Guns ‘Tougher’ than Immigration
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2013
Live From the Archive – Roger Ebert, R.I.P., Defends ‘Return of the Jedi’ and Escapism on Nightline in 1983 – http://abcn.ws/ZCiTVS ‘Best Looking’ AG? Obama Says Its Kamala Harris – Obama’s comment in California Thursday that Kamala Harris is the “best looking attorney general” started… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: America, California, good, guns, Immigration, Liberal, Lookin', note, Obama, Socially, than, Tougher No Comments »Obama raises California money for Democrats
Posted by admin on April 4th, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Making a down payment on his vow to go all in for Democrats in 2014, President Barack Obama is courting well-heeled donors in California on a two-day fundraising jaunt that requires the president to walk a fine line: Berate Republicans too much, and Obama could put fragile prospects for achieving his [...]
California Lawmaker Mostly Absent from Legal Residence
Posted by admin on March 15th, 2013
California assemblyman Richard Pan (D) “is required to live in the district he represents, but he apparently is spending little time in the residence he purchased to comply with the law,” the Sacramento Bee reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Absent, California, From, Lawmaker, Legal, mostly, Residence No Comments »
