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What Actually Happened at the California Democratic Party convention

Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, California Governor's Race, Jerry Brown, San Francisco-California, Politics News
Phil Trounstine

By Phil Trounstine and Jerry Roberts Calbuzz.com Bottom line on the California Democratic Party convention: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made th...

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On Jerry Brown's Campaign For California Governor

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown Running for Governor, Jerry Brown for Governor, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Jerry's campaign will force a conversation that will clarify for the country that the "dirty hippies" were right, that we need to learn to ignore the mocking that is a primary weapon of the corporate right.

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California AG: Wells Fargo Committed Securities Fraud

Los Angeles Times | Martin Zimmerman | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Wells Fargo Bank, Wells Fargo, Jerry Brown, Wells Fargo Fraud, California Wells Fargo, Jerry Brown Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo Jerry Brown, Business News

The state of California accused Wells Fargo & Co. of fraud Thursday for the company's role in an investment meltdown that has been compared to the Ber...

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Obama's Earth Day Energy Declaration: California May Be The Model He Says, But It's Not Enough

William Bradley | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Iowa, Greenhouse Gas, Jerry Brown, George W. Bush, Geopolitics, Renewable Energy, V. John White, Earth Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Nuclear, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Gray Davis, Green News
William Bradley

For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.

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How the Rising Gay Marriage Issue Affects Cal Gov Race

Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steve Poizner, Meg Whitman, Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, California Governor's Race, Gay Marriage, Jerry Brown, Politics News
Phil Trounstine

The cultural war over gay marriage has suddenly re-emerged nationally, setting the stage for volatile political developments in California.

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Obama's California: The Arnold Alliance and More

William Bradley | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Solar, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steve Poizner, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles, Jerry Brown, Orange Country, Steve Westly, Green Tech, Barack Obama, Reagan Country, George W. Bush, Electric Cars, Bill Clinton, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, John McCain, John Garamendi, Hollywood, Politics News
William Bradley

President Barack Obama is back in the east after a whirlwind visit to California which pointed up his strengths and suggested some things he can do differently.

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Proposition 8 Should Be Struck Down

Jerry Brown | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, California Same Sex Marriage, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Jerry Brown, Politics News
Jerry Brown

Same sex marriage has the protection of Article 1 of California's constitution and, like other inalienable rights, cannot be taken away by a popular vote.

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Whitman's Sampler: The Ex-eBay CEO's Moves Mirror the Republican Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darrell Issa, Meg Whitman, California, Bobby Jindal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Sarah Palin, George Allen, Nevada, California Republican Party, Gray Davis, Ebay, John McCain, Glenn Beck, Jerry Brown, Adam Mendelsohn, Willie Brown, Steve Schmidt, George Stephanopoulos, Politics News
William Bradley

Whitman, pushing policies that resonate on the far right of American politics even as some doubt her sincerity, has her work cut out for her in winning the governorship of blue state California.

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so to speak: California Queen'in

Don Ringe | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Queen, Senate, California, Feinstein, Tom Campbell, Steve Poizner, Washington DC, Gavin Newsom, So to Speak, Political, Villagarosa, Governor, Jerry Brown, John Garamendi, Politics News
Don Ringe

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Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Attorney General Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Antonio Villaraigosa, Diane Feinstein, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Gavin Newsome, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Jerry Brown Governor, California Governor's Race, California Governor, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Politics News

It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

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Obama and the California Way On Climate

William Bradley | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Fran Pavley, Climate Change, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Greenhouse Gases, Fabian Nunez, Gray Davis, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, California, Solar, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oregon, Green News
William Bradley

This president isn't going to sacrifice the environment for short-term economic expedience. In fact, he seems to view environmental progress as key to economic progress.

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"Mac Is Back?" Hey, It Never Left. Macintosh Turns 25

William Bradley | Posted 02.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Ipod, Itunes, Steve Wozniak, Macintosh, Apple, Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Microsoft, Desktop Publishing, Pixar, Ibm, Jerry Brown, John McCain, Gary Hart, Regis McKenna, Chiat/Day, Lee Clow, Apple II, Clio Award, California, Silicon Valley, Hillary Clinton, Business News
William Bradley

What will the Mac be in another 25 years? Undoubtedly part of my flying car.

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Jerry Brown's Supreme Court Gambit Only Undermines Challenge to Prop 8

Peter Scheer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, California Gay Marriage, Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Jerry Brown, California Prop 8, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Gay Marriage, California Proposition 8, Politics News
Peter Scheer

By switching sides in the Supreme Court, the Attorney General ripped up his job description -- a political gambit that pleases his supporters but, ironically, only makes it harder for the Court to overturn Prop 8.

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Justice for Oscar Grant? It's up to Jerry Brown

James Rucker | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, ColorOfChange.Org, Justice Department, Oscar Grant, Jerry Brown, Politics News
James Rucker

On New Year's Eve, Oscar Grant was executed by a transit police officer in Oakland, California. He was shot in the back while face-down on a subway platform.

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California's Jerry Brown Sues Over 2007 San Francisco Bay Oil Spill

AP | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Spill, Water, Jerry Brown, Water Pollutant, Oil, Pollution, 2007 San Francisco Bay Spill, California, Bay Bridge, Green News

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the mass...

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cia, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, John Brennan, Dianne Feinstein, Iran, Ted Sorensen, Robert F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles, Tom Kuchel, Jimmy Carter, Intelligence, Jane Harman, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Stephen Kappes, John Mccone, Bob Finch, Obama Transition, Max Rafferty, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Obama Appointments, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Politics News
William Bradley

To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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Obama: Vacation's End

William Bradley | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Walmart, Wall Street Crash, Gaza, Afghanistan, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Roland Burris, Palestinians, Mumbai, Iran, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Caroline Kennedy, Rod Blagojevich, Jerry Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Obama Transition, Iraq, Israel, Politics News
William Bradley

Obama's vacation ends like many of ours have over the years. With pleasant memories behind and significant problems ahead.

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California Sues Bush Administration To Save Endangered Species Act

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 01.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Bush Administration, Jerry Brown, Endangered Species, Bush Midnight Regulations, Bush Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, California, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce...

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Wedding Bell Blues in California: Queerly, Texas Lends Hope

Jackson Williams | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Megachurch, Gay Marriage, Rick Warren, Jim Mattox, California, Jerry Brown, Supreme Court, Proposition 8, Marriage, Politics News
Jackson Williams

California Attorney General Jerry Brown has asked the state Supreme Court to void Proposition 8. He's on solid ground, and he can take comfort in modern Texas political history, odd as that may seem.

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Obama Floats Through Teapot Tempests

William Bradley | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Culture, Prop 8 Ballot Initiative, Henry Paulson, Wall Street Bailout, Controversy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Gavin Newsom, Rachel Maddow, Obama Transition, Scandal, Rick Warren, Jerry Brown, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Rick Warren Invocation, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News
William Bradley

Why does Obama have Rick Warren delivering the invocation? Politics, naturally. It's a way to keep slicing off some of what has traditionally been a Republican vote.

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Prop 8 - Instead of Forced Divorce, Why Not Civil Marriages for All?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Christine Pelosi, Ken Starr, Proposition 8, Holiday Cards, Christmas, Civil Marriage, Jerry Brown, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

In the spirit of the holidays, of peace and goodwill, rather than force divorce on some, why not seek common ground and civil rights for all?

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown Urges Repeal Of Proposition 8

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, California, Ken Starr, California Attorney General, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Jerry Brown, Attorney General Jerry Brown, Politics News

SAN FRANCISCO — The California attorney general has changed his position on the state's new same-sex marriage ban and is now urging the state Su...

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Prop 8 Inquisitors "Command" Court To "Bow"

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Proposition 8, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage California, Nullify Gay Marriage, California Attorney General, 000 Gay Marriages, Prop 8, Ken Starr, 18, Jerry Brown, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

I am no constitutional expert, but I am pretty sure that the the only time a legal brief counts as a commandment is when God writes it -- on stone (see, e.g., The Bible).

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Obama, Arnold, And The Renewed Climate Change Fight

William Bradley | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Steve Westly, Solar, Tony Blair, United Nations, Wind, Renewable Energy, Copenhagen, European Union, Kyoto, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John MCain, Brazil, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Greenhouse Effect, California, John White, Indonesia, Mike Huckabee, Climate Change, Jerry Brown, Obama Transition, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Fran Pavley, Fabian Nunez, Oregon, Politics News
William Bradley

Despite many rumors, don't look for Schwarzenegger in the Obama administration, at least not now, though candidate Obama mentioned him several times as someone he'd like to appoint.

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The Failures of California's Proposition 5

Jerry Brown | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Propositions, Jerry Brown, California Prison System, 2008 Election, Proposition 5, Prop 5, Prison, Prisons, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Prop 5, Politics News
Jerry Brown

Proposition 5 could have provided sensible, understandable and needed improvements to the criminal Justice System. Unfortunately, it did not. Not even close.

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