Re her residency, of course that’s not necessarily fatal, but it would be far more often than not, and failing to move to CD 10 soon even while anticipating a candidacy next year would, I think, be the coup de grace.

Yes, she lives in Hollywood. She has reportedly told people at local events that she knows the issues and can learn the geography. There is no legal requirement that you live in a congressional district, only that you are a resident of the state.

Steve Weir told me that Williamson registered as a Democrat in June, so she could, if she remains a Democrat, run as a Democrat in the June 2010 primary. We’ll see if she follows through with any of this!

“8001. (a) No declaration of candidacy for a partisan office or for membership on a county central committee shall be filed, by a candidate unless (1) at the time of presentation of the declaration and continuously for not less than three months immediately prior to that time, or for as long as he has been eligible to register to vote in the state, the candidate is shown by his affidavit of registration to be affiliated with the political party the nomination of which he seeks, and (2) the candidate has not been registered as affiliated with a qualified political party other than that political party the nomination of which he seeks within 12 months, or, in the case of an election governed by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10700) of Part 6 of Division 10, within three months immediately prior to the filing of the declaration.”