Governor Launches California Green Corps

“We will utilize federal economic stimulus funds and public-private partnerships to help stimulate our economy while initiating actions to improve our environment,” Governor Arnold Schwarzengger said of the new program in a press release.

“Green jobs are exactly what our economy and environment need right now – and the California Green Corps targets that need while helping at-risk young adults realize a brighter future.”     Read more »

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California Consumer Affairs Cabinet Secretary Rosario Marin Resigns

Sent: Thu Mar 05 15:31:32 2009 Subject: Thank you

Dearest Cabinet Colleagues,

I have given my all for this job and I believe I have held myself to the utmost level of integrity and professionalism. I truly believe in Governor Schwarzenegger and I have made it my goal to see his policies and his agenda move this great state forward.    Read more »

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Even More Inauguration Observations

From Justin Knighten of Lucas Public Affairs: 

The re-occurring nightmare of blood-chilling weather, coat-check lines and traffic was worth the 10 minuets we stood 15 feet from President Obama and our nation’s First Lady at the Western Region Inaugural Ball. I had the opportunity to experience every moment of this grand trip, from gala to inauguration day, with a good friend – a state Capitol staffer.     Read more »

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More Inauguration Observations

From Ann Veneman, former head of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture and now executive director of UNICEF: 

I am so sorry to be slow in responding.  I have been buried the last couple of days as I just got back from Africa on Sunday.     Read more »

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Schwarzenegger to Appoint New Education Cabinet Secretary

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to name Glen Thomas, a veteran Sacramento educator, as his cabinet secretary for education, administration sources say. 

Thomas, 62, who was executive director of the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association for eight years, has held a variety of education posts over a 38-year career including stints helping to shape the state’s curriculum and improve arts education.     Read more »

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Some Inauguration Observations

From Nancy Miller, Sacramento lawyer and restaurant reviewer:

The transportation went without a hitch whether it was cab, metro or bus…kudos to the planners. The inauguration was unbelievable. The crowds were intense but the sentiments soaring.  Welcome to the new age!

I’m in the Hyatt bar where the California delegation is.    Read more »

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Mixed Messages

Governor Schwarzenegger’s brief State of the State Speech January 15 focused largely on the need to pass a budget, a deed that can only be accomplished with the aide of the Legislature – particularly a handful of its Republican members. 

Schwarzenegger called on the Legislature to “be courageous” for California. 

“The Legislature is currently in the midst of serious and good faith negotiations to resolve the crisis, negotiations that are being conducted in the knowledge we have no alternative but to find agreement,” the GOP governor said.     Read more »

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Lifted from the “Unclear on the Concept” File

Note the salutation on the letter linked below.

This epistle, from the hand of California’s CEO, was sent to state employees late Friday August 8. It explains the ramifications to them of a recent executive order cutting their pay to the federal minimum wage and firing thousands of their friends and co-workers.    Read more »

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DeukFest ’08

A shorter version of this ran Tuesday June 17, 2008 in the Capitol Morning Report –

 More than 300 former members of the Deukmejian administration celebrated the 25th anniversary of George Deukmejian taking office at the Hyatt Hotel in Sacramento Saturday night.

Former cabinet secretaries and office secretaries filled the dining room and ended the evening by singing Happy Birthday to the GOP governor who turned 80 on June 6.    Read more »

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The More Things Change…

“Governor (______) expressed exasperation with the Assembly, where the simplest tasks become tangled in huge political battles, but praised the state Senate for easily passing parts of a bipartisan compromise to balance the state’s budget.”

 A.Schwarzenegger

B. Wilson

C. Davis

D. Reagan

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