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Karen Bass

If Governor Schwarzenegger Had Taken Yes for an Answer - No IOUs

Karen Bass | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: California-Assembly, California, Karen Bass, California Budget Crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, California Legislature, Politics News
Karen Bass

Small businesses, students, seniors, and taxpayers will all start receiving IOUS. This shameful day didn't have to arrive. In fact, Governor Schwarzenegger had several opportunities to prevent it.

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California Needs a New Constitution

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Enron, "Kenny Boy" Lay, California Constitutional Convention, Fiscal Crisis, Santa Clara County, California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Karen Bass, California-Constitution, Governor Edmund "Pat" Brown, California State Government, Paul Krugman, California State Leaders, California Budget Cuts, California Fiscal Crisis, Sacramento, California Budget Crisis, State Capitol, California Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, Darrell Steinberg, Silicon Valley, California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If Arnold and the Democrats can waste state money holding failed ballot initiatives and "special elections" they can set aside a little cash for a Constitutional Convention.

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Getting Inspired by the Women's Foundation of California

Nour Akkad | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: One Million Women for Women Campaign, Women, Dolores Huerta, Video, Kathy Goodman, Isabel Allende, Women's Policy Institute, Karen Bass, Madeline Albright, Women's Foundation of California, Carla Christofferson, Living News
Nour Akkad

One woman creating change is inspiring, but an entire organization of women creating change is groundbreaking.

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Obama's California: Angst and Irony for Winning Democrats

William Bradley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steve Westly, Labor, Karen Bass, Antonio Villaraigosa, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom, Darrell Steinberg, Gray Davis, Democratic Party, Jerry Brown, Bulworth, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
William Bradley

California Democrats are a lot happier about the elections next year than the one in a few weeks.

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California: The Far Right's Ritual Dance on the Edge of the Cliff

William Bradley | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karen Bass, California, Dave Cogdill, Barbara Boxer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Dennis Hollingsworth, Far Right, George W. Bush, Chuck DeVore, Darrell Steinberg, Mike Villines, Gray Davis, Republican Party, John McCain, John & Ken, Politics News
William Bradley

As the Republicans have declined in California, they have become even more conservative. As they become more conservative, they are even less open to compromise.

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VIDEO: Arnold's Christmas Nightmare

Rick Jacobs | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Charles Dickens, Pete Wilson, Karen Bass, Maria Shriver, Courage Campaign, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cheri and Naren Shankar, California, Holiday Season Commentary, Politics News
Rick Jacobs

2008-12-24-jacobs.jpgHere's a California Carol from the Courage Campaign in time for the Christmas Arnold wants to give us all.

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Do Mormons Deserve Equal Protection Under the Law?

Rick Jacobs | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormon Church, Michael Medved, LGBT Rights, Daniel Lapin, Courage Campaign, Karen Bass, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Prop. 8, Orthodox Judaism, California, Politics News
Rick Jacobs

California's Proposition 8 is anti-American. When in history has this country grown stronger through division, through the premise that stripping away equal rights somehow strengthens us?

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From Organizer To Elected Official

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Organzier Chicago, Obama Palin, Karen Bass, Barack Obama, Obama, Organizer Obama, Community Organzier, Home News
Peter Dreier

Speaker of the California Assembly Karen Bass, for one, has been an incredibly successful leader. Her community organizing background has made her a very pragmatic problem solver. She doesn't look for ways to polarize issues.

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