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Reflections on the Loma Prieta Earthquake, 20 Years Later

Art Agnos | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Loma Prieta Earthquake, Herb Caen, Mission District, First Responders, Natural Disasters, Red Cross, George Deukmejian, Earthquake, Pete Wilson, Fema, Dianne Feinstein, San Francisco Bay Bridge, California, Santa Cruz, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, World Series, Nancy Pelosi, Disaster Preparedness, Disasters, Marin, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, Fbi, Embarcadero, Presidio, Politics News
Art Agnos

When a disaster hits, it is too late to put your best people in charge of planning and preparation. That's not the place for soft political patronage.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton and That Crazy California Governorship

William Bradley | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Emerson, Bill Clinton, Steve Westly, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Tom Campbell, Antonio Villaraigosa, Pat Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Meg Whitman, 1992 Presidential Race, Gavin Newsom, Warren Beatty, Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner, 2010 Gubernatorial Race, Hillary Clinton, Tom McClintock, Bill Lockyer, Tonight Show, Biltmore Hotel, Century Plaza Hotel, Don Sipple, 2003 California Recall, Dot-Com Boom, Field Poll, John Garamendi, Enron, Pete Wilson, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Politics News
William Bradley

California's next governor is likely someone who's already won a landslide election as governor, albeit 30 years ago. That's Jerry Brown, who won his latest landslide for Attorney General in 2006.

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Gavin Newsom's Impressive Town Hall in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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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Those Pesky Ballot Propositions - Is This Any Way to Run a Country?

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Referendums, Kudzu, Ballot Measures, Frankenstein, Mobe Rule, Management and Public Policy, James Madison, Bob Hertzberg, Pete Wilson, Foundind Fathers, Hiram Johnson, California Governor, California Assembly, Legislatures, Southern Pacific Railroad, Ucla, Mental Health Act, Initiatives, Propositions, Dan Mitchell, Prop 13, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kathleen Brown, Politics News
Tom Alderman

Deciding whether to 'increase the "rainy day" budget stabilization fund' in a state with the seventh largest economy in the world like California, requires a little more, uh, attention.

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CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor

William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josh Brolin, Afghanistan, Dan White, President Obama, Guantanamo, Dianne Feinstein, Harvey Milk, Fisa, Surveillance, Pete Wilson, Taliban, George Moscone, Rendition, Abu Ghraib, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Sean Penn, George W. Bush, Stephen Kappes, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Torture, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Obama Transition, Cia, Obama Appointments, Politics News
William Bradley

Feinstein's call for the appointment of a CIA director who can be linked to the practices Obama has made clear must end demonstrates how out of touch she is on intelligence.

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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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John "Nuke Bailout" Bryson Must Not Be Secretary of Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Solartopia, Bailout, Secretary of Energy, Barack Obama, Deregulation, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, SoCalEd, Southern California Edison, California Public Utilities Commision, Pacific Gas and Electric, Gray Davis, Enron, CPUC, John Bryson, Sustainable Energy, Pete Wilson, Gov. Schwarzenegger, Ralph Canvanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council, Electric Power, Greenwashing, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Long gone from Southern California Edison, John Bryson's ascent to head the Department of Energy would send a disastrous signal to those who are committed to a post fossil/nuclear future.

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