Thursday, August 21, 2008
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		FRBlog: Prison Inmates to Get Credits for Breathing
		
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		TAX INCREASES SIMPLY AREN'T NECESSARY
		
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		State Senator Lou Correa calls himself "A different kind of Democrat" -- We'll see...
		
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		CapWkly: Capitol Weekly: Ranking of the Legislators
		
 - Direct Link to the CW Rankings
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		VentStar: Governor backs 1¢ rise in sales tax
		
 - SacBee: August revise?
 - SacBee: Sales tax hike back in play
 - OakTrib: Gov. Schwarzenegger tries to force budget compromise
 - SJMerc: Schwarzenegger officially reveals spending, tax offer
 - LAT: Schwarzenegger's budget calls for temporary sales-tax increase
 - SanGabTrib: Budget plan includes tax hike
 - DesertSun: Governor Schwarzenegger seeks hike in sales tax
 
- CapWkly: Republicans will strip local government limits out of budget proposal
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		CapWkly: For rural California, stakes are high in Capitol's budget wars
		
 - SacBee: Hearing date means California workers get full pay for August
 - SJMerc: Pay cut won't affect August pay
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		SacBee: Photos: Banished lawmaker settles in
		
 - SacBee: The Buzz: Budget may keep governor from sharing GOP lineup with Cheney
 - SanGabTrib: Legislators could miss convention
 - SFChron: Giuliani! Lieberman! And, Of Course, Ah-Nuld!!!
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		SJMerc: Former Silicon Valley CEOs Fiorina, Whitman to speak at GOP convention
		
 - CfGBlog: Club for Growth Disappointed with GOP Convention Lineup
 - FresBee: 'Party' is the key word at conventions
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		CapWkly: The Skinny
		
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		Politico: Exclusive: No single-term pledge for McCain
		
 - Politico: McCain unsure how many houses he owns
 - CapWkly: Men in Black: After 20 years, FBI raid recalled
 - CapWkly: Optometrists and ophthalmologists see eye to eye
 - LAT: California doctors may be required to explain end-of-life rights to patients
 - SacBee: State Senate passes bill aimed at thieves of metal fixtures
 - SacBee: Bill would give state tax relief for borrowers
 - LAT: Hoping farmworker film reaps goodwill
 - LAT: Legislature takes aim at urban sprawl and global warming
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		SFChron: State Senate OKs bill targeting balloon dangers
		
 - FresBee: State bill keeps dogs off drivers' laps
 - SFChron: 12 states consider sick leave laws
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		SacBee: The State Worker: CalPERS, engineers reach a deal
		
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		SacBee: 9th Circuit ruling is pesticide win for state
		
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		SFChron: Rematch For Governor In Washington State
		
 - SFChron: Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies After Hemorrhage
 
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The Golden Pen
		OCReg: For he's a jolly good fellow
		
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		CapWkly: California Burning: It's Time For Real Action
		
 - SDUT: A border tax?
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		LAT: A smart bill for smart growth in California is on the verge of passage in Legislature
		
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		TribPolBlog: This is why we're not getting anywhere.
		
 - SacBee: U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to hold convention in Sacramento
 - SacBee: McClatchy Co. revenue falls 16.4% in July
 - SacBee: Sacramento transit delays rail extension, noting 23% jump in cost
 - SacBee: Natomas levee repairs will take a year longer, planners say
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		SacBee: State schools chief backs Johnson for mayor
		
 - SFChron: Oakland: BART installs electronic bike lockers
 - SJMerc: Moratorium on fast food rebuffed
 - StockRec: County in motion on prison facility
 - VentStar: Local politicians to speak at prison hospital meeting
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		VentStar: Ad watch: 19th Senate District
		
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		LAT: L.A. mayor admonishes city agencies on wasting of water
		
 - LADN: Palmdale mayor touts plans for power plant
 - LAT: Caprice Young leaving California charter schools group
 - LADN: Charter school leader joins Milken venture
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		LAT: Most O.C. sheriff's special reserves didn't give details on lost badges
		
 - OCReg: O.C. delegates prepare for presidential conventions
 - OCReg: Nudists win round in court against San Onofre beach ban
 - LAT: Santa Ana councilwoman's brother arrested
 - LAT: Nudists OK at San Onofre beach, for now
 - IVDB: Cities cancel council elections
 - RivPE: Drug tests taken by S.B. County supervisors draw praise, criticism
 - DesertSun: Indio council cuts utility tax by 2 percent
 - SDUT: Ex-SEDC presidents contradict Smith
 - SDUT: PETA: Nothing fishy about SeaWorld bid
 
