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Daily Report: Money and Politics

Open primary 'business as usual,' observers say

June 8, 2012, 5:46 PM
SACRAMENTO – California's reputation for electing ideologues has been a source of endless frustration in the Capitol, allowing the most ardent liberals and conservatives to hold up legislation and block approval of the state budget until one or two finally compromise. Starting this... + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

State's top 100 political donors contribute $1.25 billion

June 4, 2012, 12:05 AM
Elite donors gave nearly five times as much to winning candidates as they did to losers. And about 55 percent of every dollar they contributed aided a winning initiative campaign.  + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

How we identified the state’s top political donors

June 4, 2012, 12:05 AM
“The Rainmakers” isn’t the first attempt to identify powerful donors in California.  + read more
Americans no longer rely on TV for their political news.
Daily Report: Money and Politics

TV plummets as source of political news

November 5, 2010, 12:05 AM
When it comes to political news on TV, Californians are tuning out. A new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, "Californians' News and Information Sources," shows that only 37 percent of Californians rely on television for political news. That's down from 47... + read more
Mike Villines
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Villines regains thin lead in GOP insurance commissioner race

June 17, 2010, 4:43 AM
Mike Villines is now in the lead for the Republican primary for insurance commissioner.  Villines, a termed-out Assemblyman and former Republican Assembly leader, seemed poised to lose an astounding upset to Brian FitzGerald, a political newcomer and Insurance Department enforcement... + read more
California Watch
Daily Report: Money and Politics

FPPC ponders regulation of online politics

March 18, 2010, 12:06 AM
Clarifying the line between free speech and political advertising on the Internet is proving to be a thorny issue for the California Fair Political Practices Commission, which held the first of two planned hearings on the subject yesterday morning.  The commission's subcommittee... + read more
California Watch
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Pelosi supports bill that would end furloughs for thousands

March 12, 2010, 12:05 AM
Furloughs were apparently on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's mind this week, when she released a statement Wednesday criticizing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to furlough employees paid largely through federal funds. The passage of SBX8 29, the bill that would end furloughs for roughly 80... + read more
State Reform, California Politics
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Big plans to reform state government quietly dim

March 8, 2010, 12:03 AM
This has not been a good month – or week – for Californians hoping that any number of reforms will lead the state out of its current political and fiscal morass.  Just a couple of weeks ago, the Bay Area Council's Repair California, the major group promoting the idea of a... + read more
State reform, elections, primary system
Daily Report: Money and Politics, General Assignment

Report: Primary reform initiative no panacea against partisanship

February 10, 2010, 9:05 PM
Don't count on any quick fix to California's partisan political wars. This June, California voters will have a chance to approve what appears to be a major reform of the primary process – an initiative aimed at electing more moderate candidates from both political parties. ... + read more
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