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Public Policy Institute of California fellow Eric McGhee spoke Thursday night to the East Bay chapter of the League of California cities about the potential impacts of independent redistricting.
McGhee’s most interesting points centered around how to measure the success of the new maps in terms of creating more competitive districts winnable by either party.
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Term limits was supposed to send average folks to California’s Capitol, a return to the old days when lawmakers periodically traveled to Sacramento,  passed a few laws and then returned to their farms and law firms where they earned an honest living.
But the popular restriction has utterly failed to produce these “citizen” lawmakers, according to [...]

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It’s an article of faith for most Democrats to avoid being associated with Big Tobacco.
Of the 77 Democrats in the Legislature, 54 (75 percent) have never received a single dime from tobacco companies or interests associated with them.
So, it was more than mere annoyance that Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, found his name [...]

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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Secretary Matthew Cate issued a statement this morning saying inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison had ended their hunger strike.
“Hunger strikes are a dangerous and ineffective way for prisoners to attempt to negotiate,” Cate said in his news release. “This strike was ordered by prison gang leaders, individuals [...]

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Matt David , the former communications director for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is taking on a high-profile, high pressure new national assignment — as campaign manager…

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Medical marijuana advocates asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today to overturn the Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision to keep the cannabis on its list of most-restricted drugs.
The DEA denied advocates’ petition – filed in 2002 by the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis – two weeks ago. That means the drug, at [...]

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President Barack Obama will welcome the San Francisco Giants to the White House this Monday, July 25, to honor the team and its 2010 World Series victory.
“The President will also recognize the efforts by the Giants to give back to their community as part of their visit, continuing the tradition begun by President Obama [...]

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First Lady Michele Obama today announced that several large grocery chains, including Walmart, will add 1,500 new grocery stores over the next five years in poor communities that lack access to…

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Two federal data centers in the Bay Area have been shut down and a third will be shuttered next year as part of an Obama Administration’s “Campaign to Cut Waste.”
The White House Office of Management and Budget announced today that it plans to shut down a total of 373 such data centers across the nation [...]

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Here’s a money saving idea from Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo. She has introduced a bill to discontinue the $1 dollar Presidential coin program.
According to Speier, there are more than a…

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