At an event this morning, Governor Schwarzenegger made it clear that his biggest concern with plans to add 5,000 new medical care beds in state prisons is not the plan itself… but how to pay for it. Schwarzenegger was answering … Continue reading »

Elected officials running for another term in office know that one of the greatest advantages can be the "power of the incumbency." In other words, you don't have to just talk about what you would do if elected… you can … Continue reading »

Big Tobacco took out its checkbook again on Friday in efforts to beat back a new cigarette tax initiative. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company contributed another $10 million to the defeat of Proposition 86, which would add $2.60 to the price … Continue reading »

It's looking like Hollywood movie producer Stephen Bing may set his own blockbuster record with contributions to the campaign in favor of Proposition 87. On Wednesday, Bing wrote a $10 million dollar check to the Yes on 87 campaign, supporting … Continue reading »

After several years of introducing legislation to ban drivers from holding cell phones and the steering wheel, a Bay Area lawmaker says he's gotten word his proposal will finally become law. Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) says that Governor Schwarzenegger … Continue reading »

Governor Schwarzenegger has said that he's still researching an exact plan to resolve the state's health care problems. And he apparently didn't find anything he liked in another health care bill sent to his desk by Democrats in the Legislature. … Continue reading »

Those are two pretty unpopular ideas in California politics. But it's not because most citizens oppose them… it's because most voters do. And a new study reminds us that there's a big difference between the two groups. The report from … Continue reading »

The political chattering class may have enjoyed the past few days' worth of news stories about that now infamous audiotape of Governor Schwarzenegger's candid comments, but one of the state's preeminent pollsters thinks the group that matters– voters– probably didn't. … Continue reading »

There's more evidence that the campaign against, and for, Proposition 87 might end up being the most expensive initiative battle this fall. The "No on 87″ campaign reported more than $2.5 million in contributions yesterday, and almost all of that … Continue reading »

The political insider intrigue continues about the audiotape of Governor Schwarzenegger and his comments on ethnicity and GOP legislative politics. The only real issue left for tongue waggers has been how the Los Angeles Times got its hands on the … Continue reading »