<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Political Blotter &#187; California Legislature</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/category/california-legislature/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics</link>
	<description>Politics in the Bay Area and beyond</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:30:18 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Buchanan appointed to chair state reorganization committee</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/16/buchanan-appointed-to-chair-state-reorganization-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/16/buchanan-appointed-to-chair-state-reorganization-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, has been appointed chairwoman of a special committee that will examine Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s executive branch reorganization proposal. Buchanan is more than capable of this task. But sheesh, what did she do to earn this thankless assignment? Hit  Speaker John Perez&#8217; car in the state garage? (Just kidding. About the car.) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/16/buchanan-appointed-to-chair-state-reorganization-committee/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ballot measure calls for bigger, much bigger, legislature</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/04/ballot-measure-calls-for-bigger-much-bigger-legislature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/04/ballot-measure-calls-for-bigger-much-bigger-legislature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballot initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of State]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=18425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An initiative just cleared for signature-gathering today that would increase the size of the state legislature by 100-fold. And no, that&#8217;s not a misprint. The measure calls for creating neighborhood-based elected Assembly districts for every 5,000 people and Senate districts for every 10,000 people. Today, a senate district has 1 million people. Interestingly, analysts say [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/04/ballot-measure-calls-for-bigger-much-bigger-legislature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ma comment raises eyebrows</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/09/ma-comment-raises-eyebrows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/09/ma-comment-raises-eyebrows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Harmon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interminable Endless debate, grandstanding and hot rhetoric are traditional faire of end-of-session days at the Capitol. Thankfully, most of the hot air evaporates into thin air, forgotten the moment the words leave their authors&#8217; mouths. One comment, however, had a little more staying power than most, courtesy of Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, at a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/09/ma-comment-raises-eyebrows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brown squashes DeSaulnier&#8217;s initiative reform bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/07/brown-squashes-desaulniers-initiative-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/07/brown-squashes-desaulniers-initiative-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative petitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california initiative reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signature gatherers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17015</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier,  D-Concord, is displeased with Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s veto of a bill that would have forced the paid signature gatherers in front of local grocery and discount stores to disclose the fact to the public. Senate Bill 448 would have required individuals who are paid to circulate an initiative, referendum, or recall [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/07/brown-squashes-desaulniers-initiative-reform-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Legislature posts members&#8217; spending</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/legislature-posts-members-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/legislature-posts-members-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Bonilla]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bowing to political pressure, the California Legislature has released its members&#8217; office spending numbers, according to the Los Angeles Times. Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010  Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011 Senate spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010 But the man who started this debate, Assemblyman [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/legislature-posts-members-spending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Controller will withhold legislators&#8217; pay</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/controller-will-withhold-legislators-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/controller-will-withhold-legislators-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[controller john chiang]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California Controller John Chiang will withhold state legislators&#8217; paychecks starting June 16 if they fail to approve a balanced budget within the next two weeks. The provision is part of Proposition 25, which voters approved in November. Some analysts had concluded that Legislature&#8217;s March budget satisfied the requirement but Chiang disagrees. Here&#8217;s what the controller [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/controller-will-withhold-legislators-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Smart people to infiltrate Capitol</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/01/04/smart-people-to-infiltrate-capitol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/01/04/smart-people-to-infiltrate-capitol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve harmon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleague Steve Harmon in the Times&#8217; Sacramento bureau wrote today about the loan from major universities to the Legislature of 10 Ph.D. scientists and engineers. As Harmon tells us, the fellowships are intended to provide California legislators with unbiased scientific and technical advice on issues before the Senate and Assembly. Put super-smart people in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/01/04/smart-people-to-infiltrate-capitol/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Capitol Weekly releases ideology rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/17/capitol-weekly-releases-ideology-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/17/capitol-weekly-releases-ideology-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitol week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lois Wolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Hayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandre Swanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Capitol Weekly released its annual political ideological ranking of state legislators and while such lists are rarely definitive, they do offer a glimpse into lawmakers&#8217; philosophical proclivities. Click here to read the full report, but here are the results for some of the East Bay representatives. The Weekly staff selected 19 bills to use in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/17/capitol-weekly-releases-ideology-rankings/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gov signs half of Contra Costa lawmakers&#8217; bills</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/12/governor-signs-half-of-contra-costa-lawmakers-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/12/governor-signs-half-of-contra-costa-lawmakers-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conta Costa representatives in the state Legislature posted mixed results in this weekend&#8217;s billapalooza, an avalanche of nearly 700 bills released after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided late Sunday that sufficient progress had been made on water talks. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier&#8217;s &#8220;There Ought to Be a Law&#8221; initiative produced a bill that requires workers in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/12/governor-signs-half-of-contra-costa-lawmakers-bills/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Water deal still not done</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/11/water-deal-still-not-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/11/water-deal-still-not-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost 9 p.m. and I&#8217;ve been sitting in the hallway outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s office for almost on eight hours now. The giant sculpted gold bear in front of the guv&#8217;s door has a microphone perched on it. The press corps is sitting around on laptops and borrowed desk chairs from nearby offices, which [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/11/water-deal-still-not-done/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Minified using apc
Page Caching using apc
Database Caching 6/16 queries in 0.007 seconds using apc
Object Caching 589/703 objects using apc

Served from: www.ibabuzz.com @ 2013-06-20 02:15:39 -->