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Proposition 30 Election Results: California Secretary of State Calls Jerry Brown's Tax Hike Push 'Close Contest'

Update: L.A. County voters continue to come through for Governor Jerry Brown. At 12:26 a.m., with 46 percent of precincts reporting, L.A. voters back Prop. 30 with 58 percent of the vote. As of 10:47 p.m., Governor Jerry Brown and his Proposition 30 are still in the game. California Secretary of S ... More >>

Proposition 30 Election Results: Jerry Brown Gets Lucky and Pulls Off Big Win

Governor Jerry Brown got very lucky on election night and pulled off a major win by the seat of his pants, with the Associated Press calling the victory for Brown's Proposition 30. As of 4 a.m., Proposition 30, which will raise the state sales tax and income tax on people making over $250,000, rece ... More >>

Proposition 30: Molly and Charles Munger Spent $79.1 Million Battling Jerry Brown

For the past few months, multi-millionaire and Pasadena civil rights attorney Molly Munger has been a thorn in the side of Governor Jerry Brown -- Munger's Proposition 38 may act as a spoiler for Brown's Proposition 30. But the governor has also been battling another wealthy Munger -- Molly's brothe ... More >>

Proposition 30 Jerry Brown Tax Hike: Absentee Ballots and Early Returns Show Voter Opposition of 51 Percent

Governor Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 is not faring well, with the secretary of state web site showing that voters oppose the initiative by 51 percent. Forty-eight percent of voters support Prop. 30. For weeks, polls showed that support among likely voters for the tax-hike initiative had steadily d ... More >>

California Voter Guide for Nov. 6, 2012, Los Angeles Weekly

Confused about the measures and races on Tuesday's ballot? This California Voter Guide for November 6, 2012 contains a summary of all state measures and several key races. It does not take a position but does touch on controversies, polls and analysis. Proposition 30: Jerry Brown's Tax Hike Governo ... More >>

Molly Munger's Prop. 38 Is Spoiling Jerry Brown's Prop. 30. She's Not Sorry.

Her husband Steve English and the Advancement Project fuel her toughness

Governor Jerry Brown Can't Seem to Get the Hang of the 'Brown Act'

Without the pressure of another campaign in his future (or at least we hope not), Jerry Brown was looking like a real hero in his first few months as governor. It was the Schwarzenegger cleanse -- economy-class flights on Southwest, sensible cuts to the state S.W.A.G. budget. But in the year-and-a- ... More >>

Californians Support Taxing Those Other People

In this richest state in the richest country on earth, voters say it's okay to increase taxes on the wealthy, so long as the proceeds go to things like education and public safety. The results of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll seem to be good news for ... More >>

Santa Monica Spends Earthquake Plum on Ritzy Projects

Redevelopment Agencies Across California, Including L.A. CRA, Abolished: Governor Jerry Brown Victorious

The struggle between hundreds of California redevelopment agencies and Governor Jerry Brown, who bashed them for stealing millions from schools and essential services, is over. The governor wins this round, with flying colors. Not only did a California Supreme Court judge rule, this morning, that ... More >>

Jerry Brown Says $1 Billion in Emergency State Cuts Required: Universities, Colleges Targeted

JB.​All those Occupy and ReFund California protesters pissed off over the rising cost of college in California could find a new reason to be mad today. Gov. Jerry Brown announced that the state budget would have to undergo an additional $1 billion in cuts after tax revenues didn't meet rosy p ... More >>

$100 Billion Bullet Train

Democrats fray as cost skyrockets, feds bail, and Amtrak starts to look good

The 10 Most Controversial Laws That California Governor Jerry Brown Just Signed or Vetoed

Like a good procrastinating California politician, Governor Jerry Brown waited until the last possible second to sign over 100 bills still waiting on his desk this weekend. So, as of Columbus Day morning, we have a whole controversy-load of new laws to make sense of. And being the stragglers of the ... More >>

'Hands Off Proposition 13,' Two-Thirds of California Voters Tell Gov. Jerry Brown and Respected Field Poll

Green: Who backed Proposition 13 in 1978. Red: People who watched a ball game instead. ​Wow, this is pretty definitive: With all kinds of California newspapers bashing Proposition 13 (often inaccurately claiming that it has starved the state budget -- which has skyrocketed since 1978 even as c ... More >>

Governor Brown Lifts Ban on Infused Alcohol

Caroline on CrackMartini made with Earl Grey-infused gin​ Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 32 into law yesterday, granting California bartenders the right to infuse spirits and wine products with foods, herbs, and spices, and to serve the infusions to customers in-house. The State Assembly deliv ... More >>

New School Cocktail Makers Bend the Law: Bartenders' Launch Movement to Legalize it

Infuse the booze.​The rise of the gourmet bartender has drink-makers in California pushing the limits of the law. Not that they're trying to infuse your drinks with marijuana (which would be kind of cool). Rather, they want to push other herbs on your cocktails, but the law says no. A nearly ... More >>

DREAM Act (Part II) Passes State Legislature, Ready to Be Signed by California Governor

Associated PressAssemblyman Gil Cedillo celebrated the passage of Part I of the DREAM Act just last month.​Taxpayer dollars to fund the college careers of illegal immigrants? Yes, please!, said both the California State Senate and Assembly this week, giving their blessing to the DREAM Act's c ... More >>

California Redevelopment Agencies' Demise

California Redevelopment Agencies Forced to Share Millions With Low-Income Schools?

Hollywood High, movie-star hotspot gone crazy ghetto, might finally get some glory back​Updated after the jump: Redevelopment honchos aren't going to take this sitting down. Budget-butchering California Governor Jerry Brown watched angrily the last few months as the state's rogue redevelopmen ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Failing to Sell Tax Hikes: 62% of California Voters Want a Say, But Under Half Want to Say 'Yes'

He'd have been a shoddy salesman.​Governor Jerry Brown may have appeased the California Teachers Association, one of his most generous campaign backers, for now: In his revised May 17 budget proposal, he shields K-12 schools and community colleges from the big, stern cuts that will be necessar ... More >>

WTF: Governor Jerry Brown Gifts Expensive Vacation Perks to Prison Guards Amid California Budget Massacre

Why so glum? It's payday!​There goes our optimistic theory that, because repeat Governor Jerry Brown is at the end of his, erm, working years, he might operate at least somewhat freely of California's political lobbying machine. Ha! But of course not. Not even thrifty people's hero Brown can ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Mr. Governor: Jerry Brown's Low Rent Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday, Governor Brown. Jerry Brown tweeted his surprise (and characteristically low rent) birthday party yesterday -- the governor turned 73 on Thursday, April 7th -- which appears, via YouTube, to have involved a traditional sheet cake, a venue that resembles the setting of an AA meeting, ... More >>

Jerry Brown's 2011 Budget Fix Falters as Voters Abandon His Tax Hike; Arnold Schwarzenegger Had it Easier

Governor Jerry Brown needs some Arnold applause​Jerry Brown's budget is in trouble with legislators, a new poll shows voters turning sour on it, and he may have to delay placing it on the ballot until November -- essentially allowing the California government to continue overspending by millio ... More >>

L.A. CRA Scandal Outdoes Itself: City Council Calls Special Meeting to Steal $1 Billion From State on Election Day, After Weeks of Stalling

Jerry Brown is coming, and L.A. won't go down gracefully.​Update: The City Council votes to shield about $1 billion from Governor Jerry Brown after Councilman Paul Krekorian begs them not to, revealing the City Council only got their huge, complex reports yesterday. See jump. The Los Angeles Com ... More >>

SWAG Alert: California Spent $7.5 Million on Free Shit From 2007 to 2010

Nope.​Yeah, you heard right. Under former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the financially bust state of California spent $7,510,900.00 on government-issued swag over the last three years. Of course, Governor Jerry Brown, being the frugal tightwad that we so love him to be (the flight, the car ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Orders Hiring Freeze: Let's Hope it's Not as Fake as "Freezes" where Arnold and Gray Davis Hired Like Madmen

Can tough-talking Jerry Brown stop even a single hire during his "hiring freeze"?​Today's breathless press release states that California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered a massive state hiring freeze. Will that be anything like Gov. Gray Davis' utterly fake freeze, during which tens of thousands ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown to Californians, Via 'State of the State' Address: We Seek Your Guidance (and Cash Money)

Governor Brown vs. the deficit​Governor Jerry Brown reached out to the broke-ass peoples of California this evening in his career-second State of the State Address, telling us over and over that he respects our right to vote. (He even juxtaposed our glorious ballot-wielding powers with a shout ... More >>

Jerry Brown Takes 7,500 Cars Away from State Government Pencil-Pushers as "Not Essential"

By Jill Stewart Jerry Brown insisted on using a cheap Plymouth as a young California governor.​You gotta love California Governor Jerry Brown's war on the fat that rose like yeast bread under Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis. Brown's taking away 7,500 free cars that government workers nev ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Gives California Mayors (Including Villaraigosa) Stern Talking-to Over Sneaky Redevelopment Agencies

daylife.comThe L.A. Mayor and Governor Brown​California's redevelopment agencies (RDAs) are becoming the total superstars of the budget crisis. Sure, higher education is getting totally screwed and Medi-Cal is all but lost to the wind in Governor Jerry Brown's stingy fiscal proposal, but his ... More >>

Jerry Brown Redevelopment Alert: Wealthy Eli Broad Gets $52 Million for a Garage; the Entirety of South L.A. Gets $32 Million

By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Mitch Handsone Jerry Brown goes after Community Redevelopment Agencies. Do they have bigger guns?​In a move that California Gov. Jerry Brown might see as L.A.'s "let them eat cake" moment, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has set aside $5.5 million i ... More >>

Parent Trigger Showdown in Compton Gets Increasingly Heavy; Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris, and Barack Obama M.I.A.?

Governor Jerry Brown​Update: Former state Sen. Gloria Romero accuses Compton Unified of strong-arming parents to stop charter school. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and another huge law firm join Parent Trigger effort pro bono. Things get increasingly heavy in Compton today when the McKinley Parent ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown's New California Board Of Education Appointments Could Disable Compton 'Trigger'

A new State Board of Education might be Brown's way of pulling the trigger on charters​Jerry Brown announced his California Board of Education appointments yesterday -- and they're sure to throw a wrench in the spokes of the Parent Trigger movement. For a group of parents in Compton, this wil ... More >>

Gov.-Elect Jerry Brown Brings Gloomy Budget Forecast To UCLA

​Gov.-Elect Jerry Brown brought his traveling budget seminar to UCLA today, sharing the stark realities that await him when he takes office on Jan. 3.Brown seems to have done some thinking about how to start to solve this, but not as much as you'd like. His eyes started to glaze over a bit while C ... More >>

State Students Will Likely Find Little Relief From Fee Hikes, Despite Jerry Brown Taking the Governor's Seat

Brown said he won't fight fee hikes his first year as governor​ Cal State University students will have to fork over more money for school fees after trustees voted to increase tuition by another 15.5 percent, the fourth fee hike in three years. Trustees on the board's finance committee vote ... More >>

If Kamala Harris Keeps Lead ...

Victory could put her reforms at odds with new governor

L.A. County Vote 2010: Results for Propositions 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 And California Governor, Attorney General, Etc.

Here's how Los Angeles County voters weighed in on November 2010 Election Day as of about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, with 67% of precincts counted: Proposition 19 Legalize Marijuana: YES 582,228 45.39% NO 700,389 54.61% Proposition 20 End Gerrymandering: YES 693,803 57.25% NO 518,10 ... More >>

Jerry Brown Meg Whitman Election Results: Whitman Concedes

Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman​Meg Whitman just gave a concession speech over in Universal City. Her supporters booed in dismay when she said she had called "Governor-Elect Brown" to wish him well."Tonight has not worked out quite as we hoped," Whitman said. "It looks like the results are in and it i ... More >>

California 'Governor' Jerry Brown Will Call Special 2011 Election To Raise Taxes, Says Gloom Meister Gray Davis

Via OC Register​Via the mayorsam blog via the Fresno Bee, that super-upbeat, super-flashy guy, gloomy Gray Davis, is saying that California Governor Jerry Brown, um, probable governor, will immediately set a Special Election to ask Californians to raise taxes. God, which is worse? Another spe ... More >>

[Video] Jerry Brown Declared 'Most Interesting Man In California' In Web-Only Campaign Ads

Dos EquisWho would win a fight between Jerry Brown and this guy?​Dos Equis isn't the only brand with "the most interesting man." The California Democratic Party just unleashed a web-only video-ad series touting Jerry Brown as "the most interesting man in California." The video advertisement w ... More >>

The Nicky Diaz Effect: Jerry Brown Extends Lead Over Meg Whitman With Support From Latinos And Women

Photo by Ted SoquiJerry Brown​Jerry Brown has an eight-point lead over Meg Whitman in a new PPIC survey out tonight. Among likely voters, Brown is beating Whitman 44-36.In the September PPIC poll, the candidates were in a virtual tie, with Whitman holding a 38-37 margin.Two big stories have domina ... More >>

Meg Whitman Parrots Arnold Schwarzenegger In New Jerry Brown Ad

Update at 6:23 p.m. Arnold Schwarzenegger: plagiarism victim​Jerry Brown's campaign has posted a new TV spot (after the jump) that shows how much of Meg Whitman's rhetoric has been ripped off from Arnold Schwarzenegger. No word on how much money is behind the ad, but at a minute long, it seems unl ... More >>

Meg Whitman Campaign Releases Video Short On Jerry Brown's Love-Hate Bromance With Bill Clinton

Jerry Brown didn't make it as Bill Clinton's Vice President.​The Meg Whitman campaign couldn't just stand by as Jerry Brown basked in the saxophone glow of Bill Clinton. Oh no. The Republican's spinmeisters had to point out the irony in the former president's rally for Democratic opponent bro ... More >>

Bill Clinton Rallies College Students For Jerry Brown At UCLA

Ted SoquiJerry Brown addresses a rally at UCLA, flanked by Gavin Newsom and Bill Clinton​Not long ago, Jerry Brown listened to an old presidential debate between himself and Bill Clinton."It was very acrimonious," Brown said on Thursday. "I landed some very good punches and so did he."Brown said t ... More >>

Meg Whitman, Jerry Brown Trade Attack Ads, While Brown Claims Whitman Would Make $14.9 Million By Eliminating Capital Gains Tax

Ted SoquiJerry Brown appears at a Los Angeles elementary school​Jerry Brown's campaign discovered today a new way of saying that Meg Whitman is rich: guessing wildly at her capital gains tax bill and then challenging her to give the real figure.This plays off of Tuesday's debate, in which Brown as ... More >>

Who Won Governor's Debate? Jerry Brown Or Meg Whitman?

Jerry Brown​Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman just wrapped up a feisty debate, in which Brown felt compelled to opine on whether "whore" is as bad as the n-word and Whitman struggled to say nothing about Sarah Palin.There was plenty of substance as well, including a question on the state of Los Angeles ... More >>

Did Jerry Brown's Wife, Anne Gust Brown, Call Meg Whitman A Whore On LAPD Union Voicemail? Fox News' Jake Gibson Says Yes

UPI / Aaron KehoeJerry and Anne Gust Brown: Did she say "whore?"​Fox News producer Jake Gibson reported over the weekend that the person who famously called Meg Whitman a whore -- an utterance caught on-tape -- is none other than Jerry Brown's wife, Anne Gust Brown. True? We don't know. Do we ... More >>

Did Jerry Brown Cause Public Worker Pensions To Get So High That They Could Bankrupt Los Angeles?

Randy Bayne via FlickrDid Jerry Brown cause the state's pension mess?​As business journalist Mark Lacter reports in the latest issue of Los Angeles magazine, fat pensions doled out by L.A. City Hall cannot stand as-is. Many cops are paid more to do nothing in retirement than what they made as ... More >>

(Audio) Associate Of Jerry Brown Calls Meg Whitman A 'Whore' On Los Angeles Police Union Voicemail

​Updated after the jump with responses from both camps. Originally posted at 7:09 a.m. Only a week after Meg Whitman's own kind of Nannygate hit the California governor's race, her Democratic opponent faced his own crisis as an associate of Jerry Brown was caught on audio tape calling Whitman ... More >>

Meg Whitman "Whore" Controversy: Los Angeles Police Union Official Appalled

LAPPLScott Rate​The Los Angeles police union official who received the voicemail in which Jerry Brown or his aide called Meg Whitman a "whore" said Friday that he was appalled by the remark."I was absolutely appalled that he would make that type of disparaging remark about Meg Whitman," said Scott ... More >>