California Democrats

Former Campaign Treasurer Pleads Guilty To Looting Dem Candidates

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Dianne Feinstein, Fraud, Video, California, Kindee Durkee, California Democrats, Kindee Durkee Pleads Guilty, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California campaign treasurer pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding at least $7 million from a high-profile roster of polit...

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Embezzlement Scandal Hits California Lawmakers' Accounts Hard

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Difi, California, Durkee, Sanchez, Linda Sanchez, Dianne Feinstein, Loretta Sanchez, Kinde Durkee Embezzlement, California Democrats, Video, Feinstein, Kinde Durkee, Kinde Durkee Scandal, Fundraising, Politics News

WASHINGTON — California lawmakers who employed a treasurer facing federal embezzlement charges reported some steep financial losses to their cam...

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California Democrats Facing Huge Challenges After Scandal

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Orange County Young Democrats, Video, Campaign Fundraising, Kinde Durkee, California Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Fundraising, California Democrats, Small Business Video, Politics News

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Democratic politicians in California are facing huge challenges as they work to rebuild d...

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Democratic Congresswoman: Fraudster Staffer Stole My Campaign Funds

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Politics News, California, Campaign Fundraising, Kinde Durkee, California Democratic Party, 112th Congress, Loretta Sanchez, Fundraising, Democrats, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, California Democrats, Jose Solorio, Politics News

Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) discovered her campaign funds were wiped out after her treasurer, Kinde Durkee, was arrested on suspicion of mail frau...

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Are California Republicans Leaning Left?

AP | By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: California Moderates, California Conservatives, California Gop, California Republicans, Gun Control, California Republican Party, California Democrats, Gay Marriage, San Francisco News

LOS ANGELES -- Conservative Republicans flexed their newfound muscle in Capitol Hill's chaotic debt showdown, but in left-leaning California, moderate...

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No Budget? No Paycheck!

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: John Chiang, Jerry Brown, Cut Pay, California Democrats, California Budget, California Legislature, California Controller, California Congress, California Referendum, Two-Thirds Rule, California Republicans, Controller John Chiang, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without getting too far into the weeds of the California budget process, here's what just happened.

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California Lawmakers Pass Budget

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Assembly Budget Committee, California Budget, California, California Budget Cuts, Budget, Jerry Brown, California Budget Deficit, Budget Deficit, Ca-State-Assemblyman-Bob-Blumenfield, California Budget Crisis, Democrats, Bob Blumenfield, California Democrats, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats and Republicans both found something to dislike in California's newest spending plan, which passed with only Demo...

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California: Where the Democratic Governor Triangulates Against Democrats

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Governor Jerry Brown, Teacher Lay-Offs, Triangulation, Police Officer Lay-Offs, Governor Scott Walker, Grover Norquist, California Budget Crisis, California Republicans, City of Sacramento, Budget Cuts, State Capitol, California Democrats, California Budget, California State University, Los Angeles News
Joseph A. Palermo

Governor Jerry Brown's veto of the budget passed by the Democratic majority in the legislature, (as draconian in terms of gutting public resources as any in the nation), has tipped his hand: Jerry's triangulating.

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In California the Battle To Save Higher Education Continues

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: For-Profits, California State University, Governor Jerry Brown, Budget Cuts, Public Higher Education, Univeristy of Phoenix, Budget Crisis, California Democrats, Democrats, California Politics, State Senator Ted Gaines, Wall Street, GOP 5, Kaplan, California Faculty Association, Republicans, California Political News, College News
Joseph A. Palermo

The budget constraints have led the CSU administration to put into overdrive its business model for higher education, to treat education like a "business," like a "product" that is "delivered" to a "customer."

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Class Warfare Heats Up in California

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

No California governor, not Ronald Reagan, not George Deukmejian, not Pete Wilson, has so bludgeoned the state's employees to the extent Arnold Schwarzenegger has.

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Sam Stein

Carly Fiorina Gets The Demon Sheep Treatment From DSCC, California Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The concept of Demon Sheep ages well. Months after GOP California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina made her primary opponent Tom Campbell famous by ma...

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Jerry Brown: California Governor Run Still A Mystery

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California Democrats, Antonio Villaraigosa, California, Gavin Newsom, California Young Democrats, California Governor's Race, California Race, Jerry Brown, Brown California, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With less than two weeks before he must enter the race for governor, state Attorney General Jerry Brown told college-age De...

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Gavin Newsom's Impressive Town Hall in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Newsom Town Hall, Proposition 8, President Barack Obama, George Deukmejian, California Democratic Party, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Pete Wilson, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Democrats, Democrats, Gay Marriage Ban, California Governor's Race, California Politics, Newsom for Governor, Newsom Town Hall Meeting, Gavin Newsom, California State Government, Gay Marriage, California Governor, Sacramento, Newsom's Gubernatorial Bid, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Mayor Newsom is the most exciting thing to happen to California politics in years. He promises to lift California out of the morass that the deadening hands of the GOP have submerged us in.

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Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Western States Petroleum Association, Healthy Families, Finance Director Michael Genest, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, George W. Bush, AB 656, Assembly Bill 656, Assemblyman Abel Maldonado, California Republicans, California Democrats, California Legislature, Arnold, The Terminator, Budget Crisis in California, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, California Republican Party, Calworks, Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.

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California Democrats: "Spreading the Pain" from Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Budget Crisis, California, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, State Budget Crisis, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Barack Obama, California Democratic Party, Democratic Leaders, State Government of California, California Democrats, California Legislature, California State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, California State Budget Crisis, Arnold, California Budget Deficit, California Budget Cuts, Sacramento, Schwarzenegger, Local Politics, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

When his term mercifully expires next year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be leaving the Golden State in the worst condition than at any time its history.

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Ryan Grim

California Democrats Call For Criminal Investigation Of Bybee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The California state Democratic Party called for a "vigorous investigation" into the "possible criminal actions of Judge Jay Bybee and others" on Sund...

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From the California State Democratic Convention in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Lee, California Democratic State Convention, Proposition 1A, Howard Dean, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Darrell Steinberg, President Barack Obama, Democratic Party, California Republicans, Stewart Milk, California Democrats, Republican Party, Harvey Milk, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

From the atmosphere over the weekend at the convention, one could get the impression that the Democratic Party's base is strong and the leadership of the State Legislature has made all the right moves.

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SF Dems Flex In Hopes Of Swinging State's Primary

JB Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huff Post's Off the Bus, Offthebus, San Francisco California Primary, Pop and Politics, Barack Obama California Primary, Huffington Post Off the Bus, San Francisco Democrats, Barack Obama California, California Primary, California Democratic Primary, California Democrats, Hillary Clinton Primary California, Home News
JB Powell

The following piece is published on Pop and Politics as well as HuffPost's OffTheBus. Twenty-four years ago, San Francisco hosted the Democratic Nati...

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