Everyone is just wising up and getting over his celebrity. He's a serial womanizer philanderer. Hit on my friend years ago when she was an extra in one of his films. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

News of Gavin Newsom’s departure from the governor’s race was met with mixed emotions in Democratic circles last week. From the beginning, the San Francisco mayor was a long-shot against attorney general, and former governor, Jerry Brown. Full Article at Capitol Weekly

The Most Transparent Administration Ever won’t keep this list. So we’ll do the list ourselves and shine the light on the payoffs and last-minute backroom deals being made as Demcare heads for the first test vote tomorrow. Full Article at Michelle Malkin

the California law does not require that lawyers show that the minority voters live in a compact enough area to create a smaller district in which a candidate from that group is likely to be elected. Full Article at Inside Bay Area

The hits just keep on coming for Los Angeles teachers. On Monday, Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the school district can expect even more cuts next year. Full Article at NBC Los Angeles

State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown is either looking to star in an action movie or become the next governor of California. Full Article at NBC Los Angeles

A grass-roots tea party group has spent more than $280,000 on an advertising campaign this year bashing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democrats, according to campaign finance records. Full Article at Roll Call

In the early part of this decade it appeared that California voters stood to use the devices of direct democracy - the initiative, referendum, and the recall - to take a more major role in crafting the state's public policy. Full Article at Election Law Blog

show them off for the cameras every once in a while. "You can balance the budget if you 'run the state like a business.' '' (Whitman) "You can raise $7 million without really deciding whether to run for governor." Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News

As a member of the famous Kennedy family, Maria Shriver seemed destined to enter the political arena from birth. Full Article at Hollywood.com

NOTE: PLEASE say if you DON'T want your name and/or email address published when sending VDARE email. "Freshman Rep. Tom McClintock already established himself as one of the premier advocates for patriotic immigration reform in California. Full Article at V Dare

Gavin Newsom's decision to quit the race for governor has left California Democrats with just one option - two-term governor Jerry Brown, back for his third term after nearly 30 years. Full Article at Calitics

Joe Mathews is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Irvine, California. That problem is the name Brown. This state has had only three Democratic governors in the past 67 years. Pat Brown. His son Jerry. And Jerry's chief of staff Gray Davis. Full Article at The New Republic

Garry South, the ever-voluble, ever-quotable political strategist, has made a name for himself with his provocative, often outrageous statements on behalf of Democratic candidates and causes. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

They're fighting over water in the Capitol, but lurking just below the surface is the real issue how and where California develops land in the years and decades ahead. Full Article at Sacramento Bee

The 2003 recall that propelled Arnold Schwarzenegger into office was billed as the pinnacle of voter frustration with their state government. Full Article at California Majority Report

Ten years ago last week, TIME magazine drew instant ridicule in California when it published a preposterous article -- by Steve Lopez, of all people -- that painted a picture of a Gray Davis that no one here recognized: Now TIME is back with another... Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer is back in his Mr. Blunt mode, speaking harsh truths without worrying about the fallout in a manner reminiscent of the 2003 Sac Bee interview in which he ripped the slimy, hardball, "puke politics" of then-Gov. Gray Davis: " Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Full Article at Town Hall