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Science Friday: Video Gives Clues to How Volcanoes Work
HD Eruption Video Gives Clues to How Volcanoes Work By Alexis Madriga SAN FRANCISCO — High-definition video has given scientists an unprecedented view of the forces driving volcanic eruptions. Stepping through video frame-by-frame and...
Friday, December 19, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Crime & Case Log #49: 12/13/08 – 12/18/08
Units responded to the above location regarding a victim running out of her house as subjects were attempting to gain entry through the sliding back doors after knocking at the front door.
Friday, December 19, 2008  |  Sac Police Department Blog

Schwarzenegger Still Pimping Peripheral Canal as He Declares "Fiscal Emergency"
Schwarzenegger Still Pimping Peripheral Canal as He Declares "Fiscal Emergency" by Dan Bacher Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, after being given the "Outdoor Villain of the Year" award by Field and Stream magazine, continues to pimp the...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Governor rejects Democratic budget plan
Will it ever end ?... Governor rejects Democratic budget plan By Dan Smith - dssmith@sacbee.com - Published: Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will not sign a package of bills Democrats sent him today to increase taxes...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

"It Fell Short On Every Single Level"
That's Governor Schwarzenegger's take on the Democratic deficit relief package sent to him this afternoon, an opinion that he said will lead him to veto the $18 billion proposal. The governor didn't waste much time knocking the plan down; the...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Dem Proposals Heading to Guv
It's not quite over, but there will be no surprise that the Democratic package of majority vote taxes and spending cuts will be on its way to Governor Schwarzenegger by mid-afternoon. Then what? The Schwarzenegger administration worked the phones...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Schwarzenegger, Blagojevich Have Something in Common
Have you heard the latest joke going around the capitol? Which Governor has no support from either party in their state's legislature? (A) Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (B) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, or (C) Both of the above. It's...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

Budget Negotiations & Movie Clips
With the budget deficit package negotiation still being discussed in private meetings (no floor sessions yet in either chamber), it's come to my attention that there are some great movie clips that sum up the chaos of trying to reach accord at the...
Thursday, December 18, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Budget Vote Scrubbed
Well, maybe we should've all gone home a while ago. Late word from Democratic leadership: no vote tonight on their $18 billion budget deficit plan, due to delays in drafting bill language. Expect votes, we're told, tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Waiting For Tonight's Budget Drama
Late word that the Senate and Assembly are now not convening until 9:00 p.m. tonight to consider the controversial simple majority tax plan from Democrats. Which leaves some time for odds and ends. The delay is undoubtedly tied to the negotiations...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Democrats Advance Partial Solution to State's Budget Crisis
Legislative Democrats have found a way to partially bypass the increasingly out-of-touch Republican Caucus. Something close to two-thirds of Californians approve... "In order to address the state's immediate cash crisis, help protect jobs...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

California Republican Party aka Neanderthals (bonus picture of Mike Villines as Ugg)
[Mike Villines aka Ugg, below] Peter Schrag: California needs a GOP for 2009, not 1977 By Peter Schrag pschrag@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008 | Page 23A [...] Republicans are almost exactly where they were in 1977. So does...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Dems Go Around GOP. Et Tu, Arnold?
And just when you thought the budget saga couldn't get any more bizarre. If this were the Olympics and even if you hated it, you'd have to score some style points on the acrobatic budget maneuver unveiled this afternoon. Democrats, frustrated...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

Obama Nominates Salazar for Interior Secretary, Vilsack for Agriculture
Obama Nominates Salazar for Interior Secretary, Vilsack for Agriculture by Dan Bacher After a couple of weeks of Washington insiders speculating about which people might be selected for two of the nation's key environmental posts,...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  Sacramento for Democracy

Speaker Bass: Assembly Democrats Present a Plan to Address $19 billion of the State's Fiscal Problem
Here's the latest Assembly Access video from our friends in Speaker Karen Bass' office fighting the good fight: "California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles),  told reporters that Assembly Democrats are putting up a package of real...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

Who Benefits in the Gov's Race if Feinstein is Out?
Now that she'll be chairing the Senate Intelligence Committee, it looks like Senator Dianne Feinstein will formally take herself out of the running for the 2010 nomination. The conventional wisdom says that's good news for Attorney General Jerry...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

"The Advocate" Names Chad Griffin One of its "People of the Year"
Kudos to Democratic politico Chad Griffin of Griffin-Schake as one of "The Advocate" magazine's "People of the Year." Chad joins Tina Fey, Al Gore, Gus Van Sant, Olympic Gold Medalist Matthew Mitcham, Barney Frank, and the Obamas among the 20...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

Young Dems Make a Pitch to Recruit Delegates
Are you interested in learning about becoming a Delegate to the California State Democratic Party? Tonight at 8pm, Crystal Strait, Political Director of the CDP, will host an online training. (RSVP to ExecutiveDirector@youngdems.org for the the...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008  |  The California Majority Report

Assembly Adjourns, Without Progress
10:45 pm: The Assembly has called it a night, after a more than four hour delay, which followed the failed vote for the Democratic budget proposal. And in true Capitol fashion, even that vote was surprising, as all Democrats removed their votes...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008  |  Capitol Notes

All Nestled, Snug In Our… Assembly Chamber?
As the old saying goes, watch this space. We know the Assembly is convening this afternoon to take up a new, or rather modified, budget deficit proposal from Democrats. We know it's a $19 billion proposed solution, per comments to reporters from...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008  |  Capitol Notes
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