Reps. Berman, Sherman continue to rake in campaign cash
A pro-Sherman group, Committee for Integrity in Government, also has spent about $179,000 on the race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics. Some other California races that have been targeted by the parties ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
Jerry Brown, back on the stump, reaches out to young voters
In the run-up to his political reemergence, Brown penned an open letter to university students, urging them to cast their ballots this election.latimesblogs.latimes.com
California: The State of the Unions - A Case for Prop 32
In California, this November, there will a referendum eliminating payroll deductions for political purposes. This is known as Proposition 32.www.forbes.com
Charles Munger Jr.: Remaking California in His Own Image
But thanks to the vicissitudes of California politics and the self-absorption that wealth can bring (their father is Charles Munger, a Pasadena attorney and investor who is the longtime vice-chairman of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment ...www.beyondchron.org
The Battle Over California's Proposition 37
The informed, the fearful, the eccentric, the mad and the plain awful gather and huddle - that is the nature of such disparate, at times revolutionary politics. As Stacy Malkan claims in the California Progress Report (Oct 15), "The people's movement ...www.counterpunch.org
California's Latino members of Congress campaigning for fellow politicos
Congressional candidates are busy getting out their messages to voters in these last few weeks before the November election. With the Latino vote being targeted around the country, a number of rising Latino Congressional stars are also working hard ...www.scpr.org
Prop. 32 Would Curb Union Dominance
The California Teachers Association became one of the most powerful unions in the country, well-fueled by mandatory union dues from its 325,000 teacher members.www.foxandhoundsdaily.com
California's Top Political Donors For State Ballot Measures Revealed
The California Teachers Association, for example, gave nearly $8 million to Brown's measure, according to MapLight. The union is one of the heaviest hitters in California politics. From 2001 to 2011, it gave more than $118 million to candidates and ...www.huffingtonpost.com
California's Proposition 32: Ending Union Dominance Of California Politics
Is union money distorting California electoral politics? Many think so. After all, public sector and trade unions are among the biggest donors in California elections. In the years 2000-2010 the California Teachers Association (CTA) was the single ...www.americanthinker.com
APNewsBreak: Congressman regrets grabbing rival
The lawmakers were pulled into the same district after an independent panel established by voters recast California's political boundaries. They were the top vote-getters in the June primary and went on to the general election because of California's ...www.modbee.com
Obama, Romney showing new urgency in close race
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Political lines drawn on life sentences for teen killers
Jose Vasquez holds daughter Angie, 3, as he sits with brother Raymond Vasquez. Political pressure on Gov. Jerry Brown to make a decision on California's sentencing laws for teen killers is mounting. Brown has until the end of the month to sign or veto ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
William R. Snaer: End union control of California politics
In March, 2010, the California Fair Political Practices Commission published a report, "Big Money Talks." It presented the details of the 25 organizations that contributed the most money in this century's first decade.www.mydesert.com
Schwarzenegger says politicians need more guts on immigration
While Arnold Schwarzenegger has strenuously avoided taking sides in the presidential campaign, the former Republican governor of California offered sharp criticism Sunday of politicians, including those in his own party, who have failed to tackle ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
Advisors to Govs. Brown, Schwarzenegger trade barbs
"The Schwarzenegger slogan, granted a political slogan, of blowing up boxes actually led to a very substantive study,'' he said, referring to the California Performance Review done during the last governor's tenure. The review recommended 1,200 ways to ...latimesblogs.latimes.com
California may lead prison-reform trend, ease '3 strikes'
SAN FRANCISCO - More than a decade after California set a national trend toward longer sentences for habitual criminals with its three-strikes law, crime in the Golden State is down, prison costs are up - and voters are poised to soften the hardline ...www.msnbc.msn.com
Are ballot initiatives broken? California offers clues
"This is overwhelming to me, and I do this for a living," says Barbara O'Connor, director emeritus of the Institute for Study of Politics and Media at California State University, Sacramento. "But the average Californian doesn't like government and is ...www.csmonitor.com
High gas prices roil House races
High gasoline prices have become a political wild card in California, where several tight races are pivotal to Democrats' slim hopes of winning back control of the House.thehill.com
Mervyn Dymally, who broke racial barriers in California politics, dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mervyn Dymally broke racial barriers during his more than four decades in California politics but also was dogged throughout his career by a variety of corruption allegations.www.thereporter.com
Obama advisor complicates Gov. Jerry Brown's tax campaign
The biggest political match-up in California this November may be between the president and Gov. Jerry Brown -- or at least their respective campaigns.latimesblogs.latimes.com
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