Following up on this morning's posting of the new fiscal outlook from Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill, here are a few more items that came up in her meeting this morning with Capitol reporters. * Hill says that a full 70% … Continue reading »

Following up on this morning's posting of the new fiscal outlook from Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill, here are a few more items that came up in her meeting this morning with Capitol reporters. * Hill says that a full 70% … Continue reading »

The folks at the San Jose Mercury News have compiled an interesting look back at the race between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Phil Angelides, matching some great campaign photos with a narrative of the campaign's major themes and events. The narrated … Continue reading »

Projections of state budget deficits have become pretty routine around the Capitol. As such, the prediction of a slightly deeper hole is probably not the headline from today's report from Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill. Rather, the headline may be this: … Continue reading »

The chairmen of California's two largest political parties agree that the message of Tuesday's election results is less partisanship, and more collaboration. On today's newsmagazine edition of The California Report, my colleague Scott Shafer sits down with the chairman of … Continue reading »

Tony Bennett sang about leaving his heart in San Francisco. And one of the city's lawmakers is telling SF's football team to leave the name, too, if they pack their bags. Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-SF) issued a news release this … Continue reading »

The counting of absentee and provisional ballots continues in Orange County and the 34th Senate race between Republican Lynn Daucher and Democrat Lou Correa. As of 5:00 p.m. today, Daucher's lead grew from 138 to 553. But word is there … Continue reading »

Late word… Assembly Republicans have chosen a new leader for the 2007-08 legislative session: Assemblymember Mike Villines of Clovis. Villines was selected by what's being described as a unanimous vote of the 32 member Assembly GOP caucus, which spent some … Continue reading »

The latest totals show some 71% of voters who turned out on Tuesday signed off on Proposition 83, the change in sex offender regulations known as "Jessica's Law." But a day after a judge raised questions about the language of … Continue reading »

With a few hours sleep, and a little more finality to the election results, a few interesting items are worth noting for political junkies on this Wednesday afternoon… 20 for 21 in the "Bellwether"In recent times, many political watchers (most … Continue reading »