Currently browsing Politics Archives
First Eight Members of Redistricting Commission Are Selected
Using a wire cage and ping-pong style lottery balls, State Auditor Elaine Howle selected the first eight members of the 14-member Citizens Redistricting Commission, charged with drawing legislative district lines for the 2012 election.
The commission strips that power from state Senate and Assembly members and the state’s 53-member congressional delegation who opposed the initiatives creating the commission and appear to still be working to undermine the commission’s authority. Read more »
Are Lawmakers Planning Redistricting Commission Lawsuit?
Unsuccessful in convincing voters to eliminate a commission charged with drawing new legislative and congressional districts lines, lawmakers appear to be preparing to mount a legal challenge.
The authority of the 14-member citizens commission, which was created by Proposition 11 on the November 2008 ballot, was expanded to include congressional districts by Proposition 20, approved by voters November 2. Read more »
“What Were the Voters Thinking?”
This is the name of a poll released November 3 by Cheryl Boudreau and Scott MacKenie through the University of California at Davis Institute of Governmental Affairs. It examines how much influence policy considerations and the position of a voter’s political party influence decision-making.
As to the title, the political scientists pose an excellent question. Read more »
One Presumes They Wouldn’t Be Anything Else…
(An e-mail from Tom Angell, media director for the “Yes on Proposition 19” campaign, regarding voter turnout. Proposition 19 would allow localities to legalize and tax marijuana:)
“I’m told by organizers on the ground that youth turnout is so high that the polling location at San Diego State University has completely run out of provisional ballots. Read more »
You Know the Mood Is Ugly Out There When…
On the back of a tanker truck tooling down Interstate 80 is a vintage “Uncle Sam Wants You” poster with the inscription:
“I Want You to Fire Incumbents. If They’re In, Vote Them Out.” Read more »
Given the Voter Registration, This Is Probably a Good Thing
(Editor’s Note: According to one of the Sacramento lobbyists for the Service Employees International Union, approximately 40 percent of its state employee members are registered Republican, just as Roger Niello is.
Niello, one of three Republicans vying to fill the 1st Senate seat left vacant by the July death of Dave Cox, might also get a favorable nod from the other 60 percent of the union’s state employee members who are Democrat or decline-to-state — assuming the allegation in the mailer is true and assuming SEIU’s members vote with their pocketbooks. Read more »
If Proposition 27 Fails, a Redistricting Commission Is Near
Proposition 27 on the November ballot would eliminate a 14-member citizens commission, approved by voters as Proposition 11 in November 2008, that’s charged with drawing the district lines for California’s 80 Assembly seats and 40 Senate seats.
Propositon 27 was placed on the ballot by the California congressional delegation which would have its lines drawn by the commission if voters approve Proposition 20, also on the November ballot. Read more »
In The Interest of Furthering Political Discourse…
Jon Fleischman of the Flash Report disagrees with the conclusions of a recent California’s Capitol post about Assemblymen Ted Gaines and Roger Niello who are two of the four candidates running in a special election for the 1st Sente seat, left vacant by the death of Dave Cox in July.
Here’s Jon’s view. Read more »
Subliminal Advertising Is Still Alive and, Well, Still Subliminal
(Editor’s Note: A recurrent jibe by detractors of GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is that she looks like Benjamin Franklin.)
-30– Read more »
One of the Alternatives to Candidates Whitman and Brown
Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman aren’t the only choices California has for governor.
In fact, a third choice – Carlos Alvarez of the Peace and Freedom Party – attended Candidate Brown and Candidate Whitman’s first debate September 28 at the Mondavi Center at the University of California at Davis. Read more »
- Capitol Cliches (16)
- Conversational Currency (3)
- Great Moments in Capitol History (4)
- News (1,288)
- Budget and Economy (383)
- California History (139)
- Demographics (11)
- Fundraising (74)
- Governor (122)
- Legislature/Legislation (270)
- Politics (173)
- State Agencies (38)
- Opinionation (36)
- Overheard (246)
- Today's Latin Lesson (45)
- Restaurant Raconteur (21)
- Spotlight (110)
- Trip to Tokyo (8)
- Venting (184)
- Warren Buffett (43)
- Welcome (1)
- Words That Aren't Heard in Committee Enough (11)
© 2007-2024 californiascapitol.com | Website design by BKB Design Group | Header desgin by Joan Guelden