There is a lot of interesting stuff going on in California politics today:
* The latest Field Poll numbers show that the public is wising up to the poor public policy behind actor/producer/director Rob Reiner’s "universal pre-school" measure. The measure, which would create a new tax burdon on Californians, creates a centralized, statewide bureaucracy to provide pre-school. Conservatives oppose the measure both for the new taxes and another government-run program (a massive one, at that) — but also Democrats are starting to oppose the measure (such as former Senate President John Burton) because they feel that a lot of wealthy folks who already send their kids to pre-school will be the primary beneficiaries.
* FR friend Bill Bradley, a columnist for the LA Weekly and blogger extraordinairre at New West Notes (you though I wrote a lot, this guy types circles around me) reveals that there is a new independent expenditure firing up on behalf of Phil Angelides.
* Negotiations are underway again to negotiate an infrastructure funding package for the November ballot. This is your opportunity to contact your legislator, and the Governor, and tell them that you support a responsible approach to financing roads and other needed infrastructure investments — that include a significant pay-as-you-go component in this year’s budget, reforms in environmental regulations that make spending the money extra expensive, a cap on total borrowing, and, of course, a sharp line against including as ‘infrastructure’ social engineering programs.
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