Today, I offeredsix common-sense amendments to the dangerous prison bill proposed by the Democrats and the Governor. Sadly, and to the detriment of California’s safety, allsix were rejected by the Democrat Senators.

The amendments would have done the following:

* Close three juvenile facilities(read more about this proposal here) * Suspend all rehabilitation programs * Required CDCR to use Medi-Cal rate for prison health care instead of the current rate * Require CDCR to post online a soon-to-be released inmate’s criminal history 10 days prior to release * Require CDCR to post online all arrests and convictions 18 months after arrest * Remove ex-felon requirement form the Sentencing Commission (Read more about the Sentencing Committee here)… Read More

From today’s Wall Street Journal Political Diary…

The ‘Prince of Darkness’ Was a Prince

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Yesterday I blogged about the announcement by former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (pictured right) that she was taking the initial steps that one would take if looking at an official run for the U.S. Senate — filing her campaign committee name with the federal government, and bringing on board some communications consultants. You can read that here.

As Fiorina considers becoming a Republican candidate for the United States Senate, with an end-goal target of trying to take out liberal incumbent Barbara Boxer, she undoubtedly is well aware that she must first get through a GOP primary. For nearly a year now, conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Orange County has been running an extremely aggressive campaign for the Republican nomination. I should probably… Read More

Have you reached out to your legislator to ask them what THEY are DOING to stop the California Energy Commission from moving forward with their plan to ban big screen televisions? Check out this news story… … Read More

You can reading Chris Cillizza’s Morning Fix column here.… Read More

Yesterday I blogged about the announcement by former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (pictured right) that she was taking the initial steps that one would take if looking at an official run for the U.S. Senate — filing her campaign committee name with the federal government, and bringing on board some communications consultants. You can read that here.

As Fiorina considers becoming a Republican candidate for the United States Senate, with an end-goal target of trying to take out liberal incumbent Barbara Boxer, she undoubtedly is well aware that she must first get through a GOP primary. For nearly a year now, conservative Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Orange County has been running an extremely aggressive campaign for the Republican nomination. I should probably… Read More

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Assembly District 5 (R-Niello, open 2010) is a largely suburban Sacramento seat, and was previously represented by former Republican Leader, now State Senator, Dave Cox. There is lots of chatter amongst the political class about AD5, and whether recent registration trends have moved the seat from ‘Safe Republican’ to ‘Swing’.

Let’s start with the numbers. In 2004 the registration by party was 44.44% Republican, 37.5% Democrat, 13.61% Decline to State. In 2009 the numbers are 38.77% Republican, 37.90% Democrat, and 19.03% Decline to State. Thus, the seat is nearing a ‘push’ on partisan registration. However, I think it’s useful to look a little past of the top of the line numbers. Virtually all of the movement occurred during the 2007-2008 cycle (2 Democrat points up in this period, 2 Decline to State points up, and 3.5 points of GOP slippage). It could be argued – and I think Republicans hope – that this was largely the result of the national surge of Obamism, and the lack of a funded McCain campaign in California, and that new registration results should on the natural favor Republicans if they can… Read More