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"It was a splendid population - for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home - you never find that sort of people among pioneers - you cannot build pioneers out of that sort of material. It was that population that gave to California a name for getting up astounding enterprises and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences, which she bears unto this day - and when she projects a new surprise the grave world smiles as usual and says, "Well, that is California all over."
Mayor drives libs nuts by suggesting that young people should stand up for themselves instead of cowering inside government provided off-campus safe zones.
A Central California mayor got the libs all worked up over his suggestion that victims of bullying "grow a pair" in response to a student-led anti-bullying effort.
Porterville Mayor Cameron Hamilton's comments came after a city councilwoman on May 6 asked the City Council to support the program, which would establish off-campus safe zones citywide for teens who are being bullied after school.
"I mean, I am against bullying, but I am getting damn tired of it being used as a mantra for everything that ills the world when all most people have to do is a grow a pair and stick up for them damn selves," he said during the council meeting reports the Los Angeles Times.
Councilwoman Virginia Gurrola, who introduced the program, quickly snapped back at Hamilton.
"It is hard to stand up and maybe grow a pair when you are maybe a 10-year-old little girl," she said.
Translation - Gurrola appears to say that girls are weak and unable to stand up for themselves like a boy of an equal age can. What happened to equality?
Porterville Mayor Cameron Hamilton
Melissa McMurrey, a member of the nonprofit group Gay Porterville, told KERO-TV Channel 23 in Bakersfield that Hamilton's comments demonstrated a history of opposition to the gay community.
While the program is intended to support all bullying victims, she said Hamilton's comments were subtly directed toward the gay community.
Last year, Gurrola's attempt to declare June LGBT pride month was quashed by fellow council members. The council instead voted to replace the proclamation with a community charity month, the Associated Press reported.
Hamilton told The Times that if the group had issues with the conversation about bullying and safe zones, its members should have attended the meeting.
He said he has read comments about his statement and "it appears that the majority of our country has decided to speak up and say they agree with my analogy and are fed up with the zero-tolerance policy of our public schools."
Community members, McMurrey said, are planning to attend Tuesday night's City Council meeting to express outrage over Hamilton's comments.
"It's going to be ugly tomorrow," she said.
Liberals want to teach children to hide from the real world in government provided "Bully Free Zones" rather than be strong and stand up for your personal freedom and rights.
A voluntary law (at least for now) will allow businesses to let self-absorbed Californians prop up their dog at public restaurant dinner tables.
Yeah, I really need dog hair, barking a fleas when I go out to eat. But as long as each restaurant is free to chose I am cool with it.
Many dog lovers like to enjoy a meal outside at a restaurant with their furry friends. But in California, residents may be surprised to know they are actually breaking the law by doing this.
A new bill currently moving through the state legislature seeks to remedy this, and allow Fido to move from the doghouse to the dinner table.
The California Assembly passed a bill last Thursday that would allow restaurants to open their outdoor dining areas to pet dogs if they so choose, unless a local ordinance prohibits it. Currently, the California Retail Food Code prohibits live animals at dining establishments reports Fox News.
The legislation does not mandate that restaurants permit dogs, but takes away the threat of citations or fines if the restaurant wants to do so and if certain conditions are met.
The conditions include keeping the eating area clean, making sure sidewalks comply with local ordinances and ensuring the dogs remain either on a leash or in a carrier.
The bill was sponsored by Democrat Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada, who said the legislation will address a dilemma for restaurant owners in the state. She said these owners want to accommodate customers who bring their pets.
"AB 1965 remedies this by allowing willing businesses to accommodate customers and their dogs while still providing local governments the option to determine if additional standards are necessary for their communities,” she said in a statement.
Yamada said she also hopes that the bill allows state public health officials to focus on more pressing issues than policing dogs at dining establishments.
Animal rights group Social Compassion in Legislation, which supported the bill, said they are thrilled to back the law because they have heard residents complain for years about the “outdated” policy prohibiting it.
“Many restaurants choose to take their chances and allow dogs on their patios, but it remains illegal,” the group’s president Judie Mancuso said in a statement. “We want to support these businesses and encourage more to open up to our canine family members.”
Gay Republican looks to take on Leftist Pelosi supporter.
Only seven of the 435 congressional seats this year are rated a "pure toss up" by the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report. One of them is in San Diego.
In the 52nd District, one-term Democratic Congressman Scott Peters is challenged by three Republicans: former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio, former Marine officer Kirk Jorgensen and surgeon Fred Simon.
The top two vote-getters in the June 3 primary will advance to a November runoff. In California's open primary system, approved by voters in 2010, the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election, regardless of their party. So while Peters is expected to face a Republican, likely DeMaio, it's possible that two Republicans could face each other in November.
Because the race is one of the few nail biters in this year's midterm elections, it's attracting a lot of money and attention. Last week, President Barack Obama came to San Diego to raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which supports Peters, while DeMaio was recently interviewed nationally on Fox News.
"I always obey my Sith Lord Nancy Pelosi."
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012
Three of the four candidates have so far raised more than $1 million: Peters has $1,847,775; DeMaio has $1,608,926; and Simon has $1,382,008, although $1,353,000 is money Simon loaned himself. Jorgensen has $277,696.
And it's only the primary. As we head to November, even more money, including spending from outside political action committees, will pour in, said San Diego Mesa College politics professor Carl Luna reports KPBS News.
"This is getting national attention. The Koch brothers have been putting money in through their Super PAC. The National Democratic Committee is putting money in," Luna said. "When you only have a half dozen or so really competitive races, it's going to attract attention, and it's kind of a signpost for (whether) Republicans stay competitive in a shifting California."
The district's voter registration is split: 33.8 percent are Republicans, 32.3 percent are Democrats and 28.7 percent are independent.
The district's boundaries were sharply shifted by 2010 redistricting. It now runs north from Coronado to La Jolla, and then east to include Carmel Valley, Scripps Ranch, Poway and Rancho Bernardo. It's 69 percent white and 20 percent Asian, and 56 percent of district residents have a bachelor's degree, according to 2011 Census data.
In 2012, Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray, who had previously represented the 50th District, ran against Peters in the 52nd. The hotly contested race ultimately went to Peters, but it was close. Peters won by just under 7,000 votes.
The toss-up rating isn't the only thing that makes the 52nd race interesting. The candidates are a diverse group. Here's a quick run-down:
Rancho Bernardo resident DeMaio, 39, ran The Performance Institute and the American Strategic Management Institute, for-profit businesses that train government workers and corporate leaders on efficiency and financial practices. He was elected to San Diego's City Council in 2008.
In 2012, DeMaio ran for mayor but lost to then-Congressman Bob Filner by 5 percentage points. Less than a year later, Filner resigned as mayor over sexual harassment allegations.
While DeMaio had already announced he'd run for Congress, he hinted he was considering running for mayor again in San Diego's special election last year. Voice of San Diego reported that Republican leaders told DeMaio they would support now-Mayor Kevin Faulconer (then a councilman) over him. DeMaio ultimately decided to stick with his congressional run.
His campaign is focusing on fiscal discipline, including his "Fix Congress First" plan, which would require all legislative language be posted online for 72 hours before a vote, eliminate the congressional pension program and take away congressional salaries if a budget isn't passed.
DeMaio also calls himself a "New Generation Republican" who wants the GOP to focus on fiscal, not social, conservatism. DeMaio is gay and made an online campaign ad that shows him and his partner Johnathan Hale holding hands and marching in a gay pride parade.
DeMaio's campaign did not respond to interview requests for this story. On Fox News, he called out San Diego's LGBT groups for attacking him.
"I've found more tolerance, acceptance and inclusion from social conservative groups who have to reconcile that I'm a Republican who happens to be gay ... versus the intolerance the LGBT leaders see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republican," he said.
Black Mountain Ranch resident Jorgensen, 43, has never run for office. The Republican served in the Marines for 10 years and then began work at the military consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, according to his campaign website bio.
His campaign is focusing on repealing Obama's health care law, simplifying the tax code to make sure "American corporate tax rates encourage job creation and allow us to compete in the global marketplace" and protecting the Second Amendment.
"As a combat veteran, I know the importance of keeping a firearm available if required," he writes on his campaign website. "As a gun owner and father, my top priority and concern is safety and appropriate training – not new laws that infringe on our Constitution."
Jorgensen's campaign did not respond to interview requests.
Coronado resident Simon, 61, also has never run for office. A Republican, he works as a surgeon at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas and has been a doctor for 33 years.
He told KPBS he felt called to run because he thinks the other candidates are lacking qualifications and he's worried about the future of the country.
"When you look at it from the standpoint of the four people in this race, I'm by far more experienced at private sector issues of finance, business, health care, education," he said. "So I said, OK, I've got these kids, I've got this experience, I'm 61 years old, I've got lots of energy, I've got the support of my family, and I've got to make American better."
Simon has loaned his campaign $1,353,000, money he said he earned by working 100 hours a week for 20 years. He said his ability to spend his own money, combined with his education and work experience, make him the type of congressman imagined by the founding fathers.
"Our government was meant to be run by educated people, which all of the founding fathers were, and it was to educate the population, not de-educate them so you had a bunch of people who didn't recognize or understand the issues, and it was supposed to be limited power in a short period of time that people serve in the government, and it's just the opposite of all of that," he said. "I can send a message untainted by special interests and the Washington elite, and that's why I got in this race."
Simon's campaign is focusing on education and health care. He wants to limit federal expansion into the education system, create more vocational schools to provide job training and opposes Obama's health care law.
As the June primary approaches, Simon and Jorgensen especially are spending on advertising. But the majority of money and advertising likely will come as the race between the top two candidates heads to November.
San Diego's 52nd Congressional District The district is a toss-up with 32% Democrat registration, 34% GOP and 34% independents and smaller parties.
After releasing tens of thousands of criminals to prey on the public, now insane Democrats want convicted murderers to get free condoms in prison. Naturally they will be lubricated for their enjoyment.
Condoms could eventually be distributed to People's Republic of California prison inmates under a bill that moved forward in the state Senate on Tuesday, setting the stage for potential pushback from Comrade Governor Jerry Brown, who vetoed a similar measure last fall.
The bill, which has already passed the state Assembly, would direct state officials to develop a five-year plan to hand out condoms in the state prison system. The initiative would not change current law that criminalizes sex acts between inmates regardless of consent.
"We are not only advocating for the improved health of prisoners," said Oakland Democratic Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who introduced the bill. "But we are also protecting communities across the state that could potentially be harmed by communicable diseases when former prisoners relocate to neighborhoods upon re-entry."
The measure passed the Senate Public Safety Committee with a 5-1 vote and will next be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Opponents of the proposal have predicted prisoners in the overcrowded system could use condoms to store contraband rather than for safe sex, while backers say it could help cut down on high rates of sexually transmitted diseases among inmates.
The June primary marks the start of a statewide battle between Democrats trying to retain power as a supermajority voting bloc in California's Legislature and Republicans eager to prevent de-facto one-party rule.
And two Kern County races are key battlegrounds in the fight.
While 100 legislative seats are up for grabs, just a handful of competitive races, particularly in Orange County and the Central Valley, will determine whether Democrats will have the power to raise taxes, pass emergency legislation, put measures on the ballot and override gubernatorial vetoes reports the Bakersfield Californian.
This year's races have political implications for the rest of the decade because expanded term limits will allow incumbents to stay in one house for longer, up to 12 years. New district lines and a relatively new top-two election system meant to promote moderate candidates also are shaping the legislative races.
Less clear is whether voters will be swayed by criminal cases against three Democratic state senators because two of them are being termed out at the end of the year. Sens. Ronald Calderon of Montebello and Leland Yee of San Francisco were suspended after being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges.
Republican Senator Andy Vidak's 16th State Senate District Voter registration is 45.5% Democrat to 29% GOP.
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A third Democrat, Sen. Rod Wright, was suspended after being convicted earlier this year of voter fraud and perjury for lying about his legal residence in Los Angeles County.
California Target Book publisher Allan Hoffenblum, who analyzes legislative and congressional races, said Democrats are particularly concerned about holding onto supermajority status in the Senate because the upper house has the power to confirm gubernatorial appointees.
Republicans, eager to rebuild their diminished ranks, are looking to capitalize on voter dissatisfaction with the nation's economic recovery by picking off a few legislative seats and preventing Democrats from having too much control. They say voters believe the economy is on the wrong track and are critical of President Barack Obama's poor execution of the health care overhaul.
Democrats are aligning themselves with Gov. Jerry Brown, who is running for a fourth term. They are making the case that by working with the Democratic governor, the majority party was able to steer California back in the right direction following the recession's budget crisis and restore education funding.
"The Republicans have nobody to enthuse at top of the ticket," said John Burton, chairman of the California Democratic Party.
There are currently 25 Democrats and 12 Republicans serving in the Senate. With three Democratic senators suspended, Democrats dropped below the 27 votes they need for supermajority status.
California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said eliminating the Democratic stronghold in both houses is a primary goal for the party. The GOP pathway involves defending incumbents in competitive seats, picking up a newly drawn seat in Riverside County and picking up a crucial seat in Orange County.
Orange County GOP Assembly candidate Young Kim Young Kim 2014
Ground zero for regaining the Democrats' two-thirds majority in the 40-member Senate is Senate District 34.
Democrats are trying to return former Assemblyman Jose Solorio to the Capitol, but he's being challenged by Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, a Republican. Long Pham, a Republican former member of the Orange County Board of Education, also is running.
Solorio describes himself as a battle-tested moderate who will get more done for the residents of Santa Ana and Long Beach by working with the party in power. He cites budget reform and workers compensation among some of his accomplishments.
"A Democratic senator is going to be more influential for delivering Long Beach and Orange County priorities," he said.
Nguyen says democracy suffers when one party dominates, so she is campaigning on a platform of jobs, public safety and education. She is especially critical of Brown's three-year-old prison realignment law, which increased the burden on local governments and contends it has led to an increase in theft and burglaries.
The average candidate in 2012 spent $700,000 for an Assembly seat and $1 million for a Senate seat, according to MapLight, which tracks campaign finance. The candidates for SD34 are expected to exceed that substantially.
Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to reclaim Senate District 14, which includes western Kern County, parts of Bakersfield and Fresno. Republican Sen. Andy Vidak is defending the seat he won in a special election despite a Democratic voting edge.
Democrats have put up Luis Chavez, a Fresno school board member who has backing from labor. In a sign that the race is being targeted for November, the Democratic Party has contributed $200,000 to Chavez's campaign.
Former GOP Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia is looking to take a Riverside County State Senate seat. Bonnie Garcia for Senate
Top Target 28th State Senate District in Riverside County.
In the Assembly, Republicans are targeting Democrats Steve Fox in Los Angeles County's Antelope Valley and Sharon Quirk-Silva in Orange County. Brulte said the GOP has a formidable challenger for Quirk-Silva's 65th Assembly District in Young Kim, an aide to Congressman Ed Royce.
Democrats, meanwhile, see an opportunity to pick off open seats that are being vacated by Republicans, particularly in Ventura County. Democrats in the 80-member Assembly currently hold 55 seats compared to the Republicans' 25. The majority party needs to maintain 54 for supermajority status.
The "top two" primary system is also shaping certain districts in which two candidates from the same party are expected to advance to the general election.
In the Democratic strongholds of Contra Costa and Alameda counties, labor has committed to blocking Brown adviser and Orinda City Councilman Steve Glazer from advancing in Assembly District 16. Glazer was blacklisted by the California Labor Federation for working on an independent expenditure committee funded by the California Chamber of Commerce in two key Assembly races in 2012.
The California Teachers Association has put $500,000 into a committee called Californians for Economic Prosperity to back Tim Sbranti, the mayor of Dublin and a high school civics teacher, who oversaw the union's political action committee. Glazer is getting help from real estate agents and the chamber of commerce.
Several former lawmakers are seeking to return to the Legislature this election cycle.
Former Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi has already released a TV ad in Senate District 10 in Alameda and Santa Clara counties. A judge sentenced the Democrat to three years of probation after she pleaded no contest to stealing nearly $2,500 worth of clothing from Neiman Marcus in 2011. Her attorney blamed the thefts on a benign brain tumor.
Republican Bonnie Garcia, who was termed out of the Assembly in 2008, is hoping to capture a new Riverside County seat in Senate District 28. Garcia was the first Puerto Rican elected to the Legislature but her name landed in the national press when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called her a "very hot" Latina for her temperament.
And Robert Hertzberg, a former speaker of the Assembly, is running in the safely Democratic Senate District 18.
GOP Councilman Tom Lackey Democrat perennial candidate Steve Fox accidentally won a GOP held Assembly seat in the Antelope Valley by only 145 votes in the 2012 Obama landslide. This makes the district target #1 for the California Republican Party. Lackey for Assembly
Top Target The 36th Assembly District in the high desert of Los Angeles County. The district is 36.9% Democrat, 37.3% GOP and 25.8% independent and smaller parties.
It's bad enough that Democrats are driving out of California car companies, oil companies and the movie industry. Now they are going after sex workers, strip clubs and liquor stores.
SHOCK - There wouldn't be streetwalkers if they didn't have to walk the streets. In Nevada the sex industry is legal, controlled, inspected by the health department and pays taxes to support schools, police and libraries.
Battling prostitution has been a major focus for Democrat Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez, whohas pushed to bolster police patrols, increase enforcement against johns and pimps, and boost diversion programs for prostitutes in her San Fernando Valley district.
Translation - Spend more money on government programs that employ SEIU members.
Now, in the quest to stamp out the sex trade in the area, Martinez is zeroing in on the strip clubs, massage parlors and liquor stores that line Sepulveda Boulevard, aiming to prevent new "adult entertainment" businesses from opening along a nearly four-mile stretch of the street.
The councilwoman wants to pass an ordinance to temporarily prevent new topless bars, liquor stores and other "adult-oriented uses" from opening along the targeted stretch of Sepulveda, as well as parts of Lankershim Boulevard and San Fernando Road in Sun Valley. Existing shops would be allowed to stay open, but the restrictions would halt permits for new such businesses there.
"Unfortunately, it seems like the vice activities feed on each other," Martinez said, adding: "We don't want these types of businesses to lure the pimps," reports the Los Angeles Times.
If the council ultimately approves the restrictions, they would last for 45 days but could be renewed for up to two years. In the past, the council has used the same process to put a hold on new billboards and automotive repair shopsin parts of L.A.as city officials considered permanent regulations.
The plan was welcomed by some Valley residents and businesses: Steve Sanchez, who manages the Cklass clothing shop on Sepulveda Boulevard, said the strip clubs and other adult shops serve as "meeting places" for prostitutes and pimps. Longtime Van Nuys resident Don Schultz, one of the directors of Groups Against Street Prostitution, said the area already had more than enough liquor stores and massage parlors.
"I think it's long overdue," Schultz said.
Aides to Martinez say data from police permits show there are at least 10 "adult entertainment" businesses, not including massage parlors, in the three stretches targeted by the proposal. A Times analysis of state data from 2012 tallied 15 businesses with licenses to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises.
"There isn't a lack of opportunities to buy liquor" or visit adult businesses on the targeted streets, said Greg Krikorian, president of the Valley Economic Alliance. In fact, he said, stopping new shops "may help the existing businesses that are there."
But the California Beverage RetailersAssn., a statewide group with an office in Sherman Oaks, questioned why liquor stores were lumped together with topless bars and other "adult" stores.
'Call me Mrs. Prude' Leftist L. A. City Councilmember Nury Martinez has made battling prostitution a main focus.
(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
"I don't see that they're a problem causing prostitution," executive director Ronald Ziff said. If particular liquor stores have become a nuisance, he said, "the city has plenty of existing laws to control these things."
Nancy Hoffman Vanyek, chief executive of the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce, questioned what "positive businesses" might fall under the restrictions.
If new massage parlors are barred, "does that affect a Massage Envy that wants to come in?" she asked, mentioning a well-known chain. "It needs to be better defined."
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Assn. of Club Executives, which includes about 30 adult clubs, said his group was generally leery of "broad brush approaches" but was not opposed to Martinez's proposal. He planned to touch base with Martinez to see how his group could help with the challenges her council district faces.
"Responsible club owners should be good neighbors," said Steven Afriat, spokesman for the group. He estimated that only three or four of their members were in the targeted areas, and added that the group has standards includingdiscreet signage and 24-hour phone numbers for neighbors to call with complaints.
"The answer is putting pressure on businesses to be good neighbors — and working with neighborhoods to be certain to identify where the cause of the problem is," he said.
Cracking Down on Strip Clubs Most Democrats and Republicans are frightened to death of real freedom. They always want to control your every action.
Oil derrick in the middle of a Beverly Hills Road, 1940
Leave Town by Sundown
The Socialist Leftists of Beverly Hills want other cities to pump oil for them so they can drive around in their Bentleys and Jaguars.
Celebrity-stacked and Democrat run Beverly Hills has become the first municipality in California to ban the practice of hydraulic fracking, or fracking, along with acidization and other extreme well stimulation techniques.
The initial push for legislation happened last month and was confirmed by Tuesday’s city council vote, which was unanimous. The law will come into effect June 6, Reuters reported.
Speaking to the news agency just before the final vote was in, council spokesperson Therese Kosterman explained the council’s decision by saying that “industrial processes such as mining and oil drilling really [are] not appropriate in Beverly Hills.”
Although Beverly Hills itself has no ongoing fracking operations, nearby towns in Los Angeles County have quite a few. And despite the veneer of luxury and the jet-set lifestyle witnessed in the trendy area, the oil industry seems to be just as alive there as in other, more marginalized cities and towns in the United States. Even Beverly Hills High School couldn’t do anything to curb oil drilling for decades, although there was later a vote in 2011 that pledged to end the practice by 2016 reports RT News.
Fracking is the process of blasting water, chemicals and sand into the earth to break up rocks to free oil and natural gas. The technique’s detrimental effects on both the Earth and human health have been documented in multiple studies.
In particular, environmentalists say chemicals used in the process pollute underground water supplies and may cause earthquakes – something of a red flag for California, which lies in a seismically active zone.
Moreover, a correlation between distance from the nearest fracking well and the presence and severity of the condition in future newborns was found. Further to this, scientists at the University of Missouri and the USGS have discovered in late 2013 that the pollution caused by fracking-related chemicals also causes serious hormonal disorders.
Last year, the state approved its first regulation, stipulating that companies should now obtain permits for a number of techniques used to dissolve shale rock.
The wider city of LA also is looking to suspend the practice altogether. This has already been done on the east coast, in New York; while the state of Illinois has imposed a set of regulations, although the practice is still allowed.
However, not everyone is so enthusiastic about the new law, as it threatens to greatly reduce California’s energy independence, and as a result affect prices. Dave Quast, of the California Independent Petroleum Association, believes that “a greater reliance on expensive imported fuel sources would put Southern California jobs at risk and could result in higher prices at the pump.”
But environmentalists, who insist that there is no way to safely frack, seem to be slowly but surely gaining the upper hand.
“This is not a ‘not in my backyard issue’– it should not be in anyone’s back yard,” Beverly Hills councilmember John Mirsch said in a press release from advocacy group Food and Water Watch (FWW). “And we also need to think long-term, even if our city is not a center of drilling – injecting millions of gallons of water and chemicals at high pressure into the earth can't be good.”
Beverly Hills Used to Want Oil
Oil and those who pumped it used to be respected in the People's Republic.
Oil in Beverly Hills This oil derrick, disguised by a colorful, flowery wrap, is a well-known landmark in Beverly Hills. The claim to fame of this site is that it is located on the grounds of the Beverly Hills High School. 30 or 40 wells here pump a total of 150,000 barrels of oil a year. . Now the lunatic Democrat Left wants to ban oil drilling and abolish the jobs and taxes paid by the industry.
Sandra Fluke’s career has been about standing up for the public interest and fighting for social justice. She is determined to continue this work in the California State Senate, and you can help!
We’re excited to launch the 2014 Organizing Fellows program and have the opportunity to train the next generation of organizers who share her passion for fighting the good fight.
The Stand With Sandra organizing fellowship will begin in April and run through the first week of June 2014. Based in Los Angeles, fellows should expect to gain hands-on campaign experience while working in a fast-paced environment on one of the most exciting races in Southern California.
As a fellow, you will:
- Strengthen your leadership abilities
- Develop relationships with supporters in communities across the district
- Learn skills in community organizing, grassroots outreach, and issue advocacy
This program is designed to give you real world organizing experience that will have a concrete impact on this election and beyond. No prior campaign experience is necessary.
Fellows must be able to commit to a half day of training on Sunday May 4thand at least 10 hours per week.
We strongly encourage applicants to apply for class credit and school stipend programs, and will work with you to ensure you have what you need in that process. To apply, just fill out the questions below.
This is a Test Are the voters of the 26th State Senate District in Los Angeles dumb enough to elect someone with no real job skills, no meaningful contribution to her community and the desire for endless "free" crap paid for by taxpayers? . I say yes. She is the perfect Democrat.
Medical pot is a legal business, but Sacramento Democrats are "cracking down" on people who dare to try and self-medicate and grow their medicine on private property.
Personally gin is my drug of choice. God Bless it. But if someone wants to smoke a joint in the privacy of their home who cares. Send the cops after the gangbangers and crooked politicians, not those who self medicate.
(Reuters News) - Citing marijuana fields springing up next to high schools and in abandoned barns, Democrat run Sacramento County's supervisors are set to declare pot gardens a public nuisance in the latest move by a local government to rein in California's cannabis industry.
U.S. states are increasingly moving to drop curbs on marijuana following landmark voter initiatives in Colorado and Washington state in 2012 that legalized the drug for recreational use.
But in California, where medical marijuana is legal but recreational use is not, state laws are hazy on who is allowed to grow and sell the drug, leading to a chaotic and largely unregulated marketplace of street-corner pot dispensaries, illegal cannabis farms and inappropriate prescribing by unethical doctors.
Cities and counties have struggled to impose order on an piecemeal basis as the state wrestles with developing a regulatory framework for the thriving if messy medical marijuana
industry.
"A huge number of complaints were received last year from residents with regard to outdoor marijuana cultivation," said Sacramento County Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan, who introduced the measure to ban marijuana gardens as a public nuisance. "Many were close to schools, group homes and other sensitive uses."
The fields can also be dangerous, as owners use weapons and dogs to guard their investments. Ten slayings currently under prosecution in the county have been linked to attempted marijuana theft, she said.
On Tuesday, the board unanimously signaled its intent to approve MacGlashan's ordinance, which will be up for a final vote on May 13.
The board postponed a decision on banning indoor cultivation of marijuana to study whether an all-out prohibition would infringe on the rights of medical cannabis patients to grow plants for their own use.
Sacramento County's plan would apply to unincorporated areas outside of the city of Sacramento, many of which have large lots and a semi-rural feel.
Two state bills to regulate the cultivation, selling and prescribing of medical pot are working their way through the legislature, but differences remain on whether health officials or the alcoholic beverage control department should oversee rules on cultivating and distributing the drug.
Follow the Money Trail The giant pharmaceutical industry gives the politicians hundreds of millions in cold, hard campaign cash. In return they are allowed to advertise on TV and "legally" distribute highly addictive drugs through neighborhood pharmacies. . But if you dare to try and grow your own drug on your property and medicate yourself the entire police state machine goosesteps into action.
Toyota's announcement Monday that it is moving its U.S. headquarters from Torrance to Texas comes as a major blow not just to this manicured city south of Los Angeles but also to the larger region, which has watched a number of major employers walk away in recent years.
Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto reacted with frustration at the latest news and said, as a city of 100,000, Torrance could not compete with the economic incentives and favorable business climate in Texas reports the Houston Chronicle.
"The state of California lost Toyota," Scotto said on Tuesday.
He pointed to a number of issues in the Golden State that negatively affect companies' bottom line: tax structure, workers' compensation and liability insurance.
About 3,000 jobs will move to Texas, leaving 2,300 in Southern California. The shift will leave a $1.2 million hole in the city's budget when it is completed in 2017 unless the city finds someone to occupy 101 acres of land that Toyota now uses, Scotto said. He said his own son-in-law works as a chief auditor for Toyota.
"There's so many things that have to be done in the state of California," Scotto said after a news conference in front of City Hall. "It's going to take a change in attitude, and you know what, we need to change that attitude today, because 10 years from now when we look back and say, 'Geez, we should have been doing something,' it's going to be way too late."
Toyota is just the latest in a chain of automotive and manufacturing companies to leave Southern California, said Nick Vyas, director for the Center for Global Supply Chain Management at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business.
In 2006, Nissan North America relocated to Tennessee from Gardena, another Los Angeles suburb, and earlier this year, the bustling port city of Long Beach lost on a bid to build Boeing's new 777X jet at the same time that the company ended production of its C-17 aircraft.
Honda Motor Co. also moved its research and development hub to Ohio in recent years.
Honda moves California HQ to Ohio Honda moved its North American leadership from California to a major factory campus in Ohio. .
The Japanese automaker moved 50 leadership and support jobs to Marysville, Ohio, near Columbus. Honda also said it would form a new services company based in Marysville (not in California). (Finance.yahoo)
