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This Was the Assessment of One Senate Debate Combatant
Dear XXXX,
I just left the St. Mary’s campus in Moraga after my debate with Carly Fiorina. And let me tell you something: I feel great!
Tonight’s debate showed what a clear choice the people of California have in this election.
It’s a choice between someone who’s fighting for jobs, day in and day out, right here in America — versus someone who, when she had her chance, laid off 30,000 employees and shipped jobs overseas. Read more »
If Proposition 23 is Approved in November, California’s Global Warming Law Will be Suspended At Least Five Years
If voters approve Proposition 23 in November, which would “suspend” AB 32, California’s landmark greenhouse gas reduction law, recent economic forecasts suggest it will be at least five years before the law becomes operable again.
Three recent forecasts say that while California’s recession has bottomed, unemployment will remain at or above 12 percent for the remainder of 2010 and in double digits through at least 2011. Read more »
Jerry Brown Goes Green on His Not-So-New Job Creation Plan
Several media outlets published articles August 8 about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown “unveiling” a new job creation proposal.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the “10-page plan was released with no fanfare on the candidate’s website.”
The Sacramento Bee’s take:
“Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown released a beefed-up jobs plan Sunday (August 8), expanding on an existing clean-energy jobs plan that was widely panned for its lack of detail.” Read more »
Proposition 24’s Opponents Receive a $1 Million Contribution
On July 29, the opponents of Proposition 24, the November ballot measure that would repeal a trio of tax breaks for businesses enacted as part of the February 2009 budget, received a $1 million contribution from biotech giant Genentech.
While other companies benefiting from the changes in state tax law Proposition 24 would repeal have each contributed $100,000 to the “no” side – Amgen, Cisco Systems, Abbot Laboratories, Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, Viacom and Time Warner – Genentech has kicked in 10 times that amount. Read more »
Legislative Analyst on Taxing Marijuana — Check the Source
Proponents of Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana and allow its sale to be taxed, issued a recent press release regarding the assessment of the measure by the Legislative Analyst that will appear in voter guides for the November election.
The release from “Control and Tax Cannabis 2010” notes the analyst “provides non-partisan fiscal and policy advice” in its first sentence. Read more »
Could Be Marijuana That Determines the November Election
The wild card in November’s election is marijuana.
How much more money Meg Whitman spends on her gubernatorial campaign is significant but the kind of voters drawn to the polls by Proposition 19, which legalizes marijuana and allows localities to tax and regulate it, may be the determining factor.
Asked at the state Democratic Party convention in April how Democrats can re-energize President Obama voters from 2008, Party Chair John Burton replied: “Pot.” Read more »
Here’s What Voters WIll Be Facing on the November 2 Ballot
June 24 is the last day for the Secretary of State to determine if an initiative qualifies for the November ballot.
Any initiative qualifying after that date appears on a subsequent statewide ballot. Under normal circumstances, June 2012.
On the final day, an initiative backed by the California Teachers Association to repeal three tax breaks approved as part of the 2009 budget qualified as did a measure lowering the approval needed for a budget from two-thirds to simple majority, one to eliminate the 14-member redistricting commission approved by voters in November 2008 and another initiative sponsored by the state Chamber of Commerce increasing the vote required for “levies and charges” to two-thirds. Read more »
Oil-Company Backed AB 32 Suspension on November Ballot
The November ballot will be a battleground over a key part of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s legacy – AB 32, the landmark law requiring a steep rollback in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
Qualifying for the ballot June 22 is the “California Jobs Initiative,” backed chiefly by oil companies, which would suspend the law until California’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or less for four consecutive quarters. Read more »
In the Interest of Full Disclosure, Don’t Forget Proposition 57
On June 17, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger invoked Proposition 58, approved by voters in March 2004, saying it prohibited the sort of borrowing contemplated in the budget plan of Assembly Democrats.
His comments came in response to an opinion, sought by the GOP governor, from Attorney General Jerry Brown saying the Assembly Democrats’ plan could be “suspect” under Proposition 58’s provisions. Read more »
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