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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-136127\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/RS10391_SJ-Mayor-L-R-Councilmembers-Madison-Nguyen-Pierluigi-Oliverio-Rose-Herrera-Sam-Liccardo-and-Santa-Clara-Supervisor-Dave-Cortese-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Candidates for San Jose mayor, from left to right: Madison Nguyen, Pierluigi Oliverio, Rose Herrera, Sam Liccardo, and Santa Clara Supervisor Dave Cortese. (Cy Musiker/KWQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates for San Jose mayor, from left to right: Madison Nguyen, Pierluigi Oliverio, Rose Herrera, Sam Liccardo, and Santa Clara Supervisor Dave Cortese. 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The top three vote-getters, according \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/51635/132035/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters\u003c/a>, are:\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Dave Cortese:\u003c/strong> 33.6 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Sam Liccardo:\u003c/strong> 25.1 percent\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Madison Nguyen:\u003c/strong> 21.2 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Wednesday 1:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> With 477 of 485 precincts reporting, Sam Liccardo is likely to hold onto his lead over Madison Nguyen and will face Dave Cortese in the general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Midnight:\u003c/strong> With 197 of 485 precincts reporting, it appears that Dave Cortese will certainly be on the ballot in November, but it is not yet clear who his opponent will be. As of midnight Wednesday, Sam Liccardo had 25 percent of the vote and Madison Nguyen had 22 percent. For the latest returns, visit the \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/51635/132019/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Elections website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 10:40 p.m.:\u003c/strong> With 57 of San Jose's 485 precincts reporting — and we don't know what proportion of mail-in ballots have been counted yet — the top three are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Cortese, 33.9 percent\u003cbr>\nSam Liccardo, 24.4 percent\u003cbr>\nMadison Nguyen: 22.5 percent\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cortese is confident he'll stay atop the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"I was on my way down here at 8:01 p.m. and I got a text from my campaign manager and he said, '60,000 votes, you have 33.75 percent,' \" says Cortese. \"My response to him was, 'That’ll hold. That’s not going to change.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 9:15 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Though the race is not close to being called, City Councilman Sam Liccardo says he's confident he'll be facing Dave Cortese in the mayor's race in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Last year at this time, we were predicted to finish fourth or somewhere thereabouts,\" Liccardo told KQED reporter Charla Bear. \"We’ve had just an incredible surge of support.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday, 8:50 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Dave Cortese has jumped to an early lead, but who will he face in November? \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/51635/131975/Web01/en/summary.html\">Madison Nguyen and Sam Liccardo are neck and neck\u003c/a> for the second-place position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Not everyone at San Jose City Hall is running to replace termed-out Mayor Chuck Reed. It just seems that way. The crowded field of eight candidates includes four current City Council members and a county supervisor. Three candidates are seen as the favorites: Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese, Councilman Sam Liccardo and Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"c9b628fb19419223df2f229714b74dc2\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first open San Jose mayor's race in eight years. Public safety clearly has become the top issue for many voters. The city’s rising crime rate has damaged San Jose's reputation as one of the nation’s safest large cities. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_138015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-138015 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/06/RS10613_IMG_8774-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"RS10613_IMG_8774\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The polls were quiet on Election Day, but the voters who showed up sent quite a message. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Welcome to the day after your most recent statewide election, California. OK, not a heck of a lot of you \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">voted\u003c/a>, but those of you who did sent some interesting messages in Tuesday's statewide and local contests of note.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what do we make of the soggy electoral tea leaves? How about these five takeaways from primary night 2014 in the Golden State:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. The Brown Bomber\u003c/strong>: No one received more votes on Tuesday than \u003ca href=\"http://www.jerrybrown.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Jerry Brown\u003c/a>, and it's hard to see the veteran Democrat biting his fingernails about the fall contest to come. Neither of his main GOP challengers came close to laying a glove on the veteran politician in round one of this gubernatorial contest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now the gubernatorial race — barring some unexpected development — becomes more of a referendum on the incumbent and how Californians think he's doing. At this point, the governor seems in good shape on that question. Recent statewide polls show that even when voters seem gloomy about the direction of the state, they nonetheless seem to approve of how Brown's doing his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"http://vote.neelkashkari.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Neel Kashkari\u003c/a>, who won the right to challenge Brown, the road ahead is pretty complicated. After putting $2 million of his own money into his campaign and steering toward the conservative side of the highway in knocking off tea party favorite Tim Donnelly, what's left in the tank? Unlike his 2010 predecessor, Meg Whitman, Kashkari doesn't have mega-deep pockets. While he went after Brown a few months ago on some decidedly less-than-conservative topics — namely, poverty — this race seems to be Jerry Brown's to lose. And the incumbent is a wily, careful politician ... a guy who will govern, not campaign, for as long as he possibly can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. No Money, Honey:\u003c/strong> Somewhere, political scientists will spend a lot of time examining the candidates who came oh-so-close on Tuesday without hardly lifting a financial finger. There's \u003ca href=\"http://rongold.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Gold\u003c/a>, the Calabasas lawyer who wrote himself a $5,000 check this past spring to run for attorney general, raised no more money and yet looks to be the sole survivor to take on incumbent Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://kamalaharris.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a>. Or, consider \u003ca href=\"http://www.evans4controller2014.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Evans\u003c/a>, a Central Coast Republican who hasn't raised a single dime but may end up (\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/controller/\" target=\"_blank\">once all ballots are counted\u003c/a>) as a top-two finisher in the race for state controller, a result that would shut out both prominent Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the state's most expensive legislative race, Democrat Steve Glazer — the former campaign consultant to Governor Brown — \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/16/\" target=\"_blank\">appears to have failed\u003c/a> to secure one of the two spots on the fall ballot in the East Bay's 16th Assembly District, even after a multimillion-dollar boost by business groups via an independent political action committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does money still matter? Of course it does. But in a few interesting cases, this super ho-hum statewide primary showed other things can come into play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Top Two, Nothing New?\u003c/strong> This was California's first election where statewide races were conducted under the primary system enacted by voters in 2010. And stepping back, it looks to have changed ... well, almost nothing. Of eight statewide offices, only one looks to have come close to being a same party do-over this fall (state controller). And digging down below the top races, to congressional and legislative contests, a lot of those are also going to end up as Democrats versus Republicans. In part, that may be because nonpartisan, independent candidates remain a rarity. In some races, like the Beverly Hills-centered 33rd District congressional race, Democrats had so many candidates that the split allowed even the outnumbered Republicans to successfully push a candidate into the top two vote-getters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Occupational Hazard:\u003c/strong> Politicos have long debated what is, and isn't, a fair ballot label for a California candidate. And when a voter doesn't know much about the candidate, might that label help? When you're choosing a top schools official, doesn't voting for a teacher sound pretty good? \u003ca href=\"http://www.lydia4schools.com/MeetLydia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lydia Gutierrez\u003c/a>, a Southern Californian who called herself a \"teacher\" on the ballot, came reasonably close to making the November runoff in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. And the aforementioned David Evans, the GOP controller candidate, was listed on the ballot as \"accountant.\" Who wouldn't want an accountant as the state's chief money watcher?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we can't talk about the help of ballot labels without mentioning Leland Yee, the San Francisco state senator accused of political corruption but whose decision to abandon the race for secretary of state came too late to be removed from the ballot. His ballot label? \"California state senator.\" As of early morning, the embattled politician had racked up almost 288,000 votes — good enough for third place in a field of eight candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. November Narratives\u003c/strong>: So what to watch come Nov. 4? Likely a mix of California and national themes, depending on the race and candidate. In the 7th Congressional District outside Sacramento, expect an intense debate about the Affordable Care Act between incumbent Democratic \u003ca href=\"http://www.beraforcongress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Ami Bera\u003c/a> and GOP \u003ca href=\"http://www.dougose.com/election_day?splash=1\" target=\"_blank\">challenger Doug Ose\u003c/a> (who himself was an area member of Congress from 1999 to 2005.) In congressional races in the San Joaquin Valley's 10th and 21st districts, Republican incumbents Jeff Denham (10th) and David Valadao (21st) will work hard to promote immigration reform, even as their national parties have stalled on the issue in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the top race, where the household name Jerry Brown takes on the new kid on the block Neel Kashkari, expect some national and some state themes. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. No Money, Honey:\u003c/strong> Somewhere, political scientists will spend a lot of time examining the candidates who came oh-so-close on Tuesday without hardly lifting a financial finger. There's \u003ca href=\"http://rongold.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Gold\u003c/a>, the Calabasas lawyer who wrote himself a $5,000 check this past spring to run for attorney general, raised no more money and yet looks to be the sole survivor to take on incumbent Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://kamalaharris.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a>. Or, consider \u003ca href=\"http://www.evans4controller2014.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Evans\u003c/a>, a Central Coast Republican who hasn't raised a single dime but may end up (\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/controller/\" target=\"_blank\">once all ballots are counted\u003c/a>) as a top-two finisher in the race for state controller, a result that would shut out both prominent Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the state's most expensive legislative race, Democrat Steve Glazer — the former campaign consultant to Governor Brown — \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/state-assembly/district/16/\" target=\"_blank\">appears to have failed\u003c/a> to secure one of the two spots on the fall ballot in the East Bay's 16th Assembly District, even after a multimillion-dollar boost by business groups via an independent political action committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does money still matter? Of course it does. But in a few interesting cases, this super ho-hum statewide primary showed other things can come into play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Top Two, Nothing New?\u003c/strong> This was California's first election where statewide races were conducted under the primary system enacted by voters in 2010. And stepping back, it looks to have changed ... well, almost nothing. Of eight statewide offices, only one looks to have come close to being a same party do-over this fall (state controller). And digging down below the top races, to congressional and legislative contests, a lot of those are also going to end up as Democrats versus Republicans. In part, that may be because nonpartisan, independent candidates remain a rarity. In some races, like the Beverly Hills-centered 33rd District congressional race, Democrats had so many candidates that the split allowed even the outnumbered Republicans to successfully push a candidate into the top two vote-getters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Occupational Hazard:\u003c/strong> Politicos have long debated what is, and isn't, a fair ballot label for a California candidate. And when a voter doesn't know much about the candidate, might that label help? When you're choosing a top schools official, doesn't voting for a teacher sound pretty good? \u003ca href=\"http://www.lydia4schools.com/MeetLydia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lydia Gutierrez\u003c/a>, a Southern Californian who called herself a \"teacher\" on the ballot, came reasonably close to making the November runoff in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. And the aforementioned David Evans, the GOP controller candidate, was listed on the ballot as \"accountant.\" Who wouldn't want an accountant as the state's chief money watcher?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we can't talk about the help of ballot labels without mentioning Leland Yee, the San Francisco state senator accused of political corruption but whose decision to abandon the race for secretary of state came too late to be removed from the ballot. His ballot label? \"California state senator.\" As of early morning, the embattled politician had racked up almost 288,000 votes — good enough for third place in a field of eight candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. November Narratives\u003c/strong>: So what to watch come Nov. 4? Likely a mix of California and national themes, depending on the race and candidate. 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(Jeremy Raff/KQED, Erin Tyler/Flickr and Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/governor/\" target=\"_blank\">Live results for this race\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>Tim Donnelly has conceded the race to Neel Kashkari. \"Unfortunately the numbers don't lie,\" he told a crowd of supporters. (And \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/governor/\" target=\"_blank\">those numbers\u003c/a>, with 100 percent of the state's precincts reporting, show Kashkari having built a 132,000-vote edge over Donnelly). Percentages for the top three:\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Gov. 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While Kashkari trailed in most polls, he was able to gain back ground at the end of the race by spending about $2 million of his own money, and by promoting the endorsements of high-profile Republican leaders like Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney. “I just got a call from Mitt Romney,” Kashkari told the crowd. “Governor Romney was very encouraged by the early returns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 9:10 p.m.:\u003c/strong> With about ten percent of precincts reporting, Neel Kashkari is leading Tim Donnelly by about 50,000 votes in the race for the second general election gubernatorial slot. The two Republicans trail far behind incumbent Democrat Jerry Brown, who is sailing to first place on the fall ballot with about 55 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Kashkari has led Donnelly all night, but the mellow crowd here in Orange County hasn't seemed too enthralled by the returns. There are only about 50 supporters here, and the first cheers of the night didn't begin until one of the local television stations did a live report from the Corona Del Mar theater the Kashkari campaign has rented out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The early returns are playing out as expected: Governor Jerry Brown hovering around 60 percent, with Republicans Neel Kashkari and Tim Donnelly neck-and-neck for second place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown was expected to cruise to a first-place finish, and the Associated Press called the race for him with just 4.5 percent of precincts reporting. The question among observers now is how high Brown can go, and whether his final total will top 60 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kashkari held a lead of about 40,000 votes over Donnelly - that's a bit more than three percentage points - with about six percent reporting. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-137481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker2-640x483.jpg\" alt=\"Candidate Steve Glazer and daughter Alex talk to voters at the Walnut Creek farmer's market. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidate Steve Glazer and his daughter, Alex, talk to voters at the Walnut Creek farmers market. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The race for an Assembly seat in the East Bay has opened a deep rift in the Democratic Party and a rare opportunity for a Bay Area Republican.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor unions are backing Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, while business groups are getting behind Orinda City Councilman Steve Glazer in the 16\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Assembly District—which runs from Walnut Creek down the 680 corridor and into the Livermore Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti and Glazer are the two leading candidates, and they’re fighting a heated campaign full of attack ads paid for by independent groups. But the two have a lot in common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve both served as council members and mayors of their respective cities, and both say they’ll make good use in Sacramento of their experience balancing budgets and keeping their cities debt free and friendly to business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first night I became mayor, we made economic development our priority,” said Sbranti in an recent interview. “When I go to bed at night that’s what I think about … are we doing a good job to attract and retain jobs in our city?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve Glazer starts just about every interview with this phrase:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a fiscally conservative Democrat that’s socially progressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"9d2710b246450ac6a977a19fd5938463\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But these two lifelong Democrats come from opposite wings of their party, and they’re waging a political war that has drawn more than $3 million in spending, and left a third Democrat trailing far behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer started the battle last October during the second BART strike, circulating a petition to convince state lawmakers to ban walkouts by BART workers. He said his position demonstrated the kind of leadership he’d bring to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the politicians refused to acknowledge what we all saw,” he said in a recent interview, “which was a disaster for our economy, for our people … I was willing to stand up against the BART union and call it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer is a pro at finding hot-button issues. He ran Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, and managed various campaigns on behalf of business groups. His current campaign seems calculated to take advantage of voters’ growing unease about benefits for public employee unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer noted that Orinda has a defined contribution program for city unions, with no pension or retirement obligations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get pressure every year from our employee union to join the CalPERS system,” Glazer said, “And that’s a good example of being willing to stand up to powerful forces that want you to join a dysfunctional pension program, and you’ve got to hold your ground and say what can the budget support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Glazer may have underestimated how hard unions would come after him for his stand on BART and for his record working for business groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It's Business Versus Union Money\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Service Employees International Union, representing most BART workers, the California Teachers Association and other unions, has poured more than $1.6 million into ads, mailers and phone banks opposing Glazer, including a series of mailers claiming Glazer has worked for tobacco companies, with one showing Glazer’s head sitting on a pile of stubbed-out cigarette butts. “My favorite,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor’s preferred candidate is Tim Sbranti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides his work as mayor of Dublin, Sbranti teaches at Dublin High School. He also used to head the California Teachers Association’s political involvement committee. No surprise, then, that Sbranti said he supports the right of BART union members to strike, arguing that it’s a bigger priority to find funds to help extend BART to Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti said his history at the CTA doesn’t mean, though, that he’s too cozy with unions to fairly represent the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s part of the tired thinking in Sacramento, that really places you in categories that you can’t work with business and labor.” He said. “That you have to choose a side. And what I’ve been able to successfully demonstrate in my career is that you can work with all sides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti has also won endorsements from the state Democratic Party and environmental groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, business interests are spending big to defeat Sbranti and elect Glazer. The California Chamber of Commerce, real estate agents and charter school advocates are backing him with more than $1.8 million in independent spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Glazer’s stance on BART strikes is still winning him supporters. He was campaigning last Sunday at the Walnut Creek Farmers Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen your signs,” a woman said as Glazer introduced himself. “You’re the person with the sign that says 'No More BART Strikes.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s me,” Glazer said..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the woman’s male partner said, “I like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he’s too close to business groups, Glazer said, “I’m proud of that business support, because I think it shows I’m a Democrat that can bridge the difference between various interests to make good public policy for our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s one other Democrat in the race. Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, an architect, said he’s the only truly independent candidate, but he has raised little money for his campaign and has generated meager support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That three-way Democratic split, though, has opened the door for a Republican to be among the top two finishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137476\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-137476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Baker at her campaign office in San Ramon. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catharine Baker at her campaign office in San Ramon. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That would be attorney and political novice Catharine Baker, who said she’s running because of two people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their names are Kate and Alex.” Baker said in an interview in San Ramon, “They are my 10-year-old children. They’re going into middle school next year. They are twins, so if there’s one thing you can say about me, I’m very efficient, I had a boy and a girl all in one go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said education reform would be her top priority. She’d like to change state rules that prevent teachers from getting financial rewards for good performance, and she’d like to give school districts more leeway with seniority rules that prevent them from retaining new promising teachers during layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now they (the California Teachers Association) really run the show.” Baker said. “And that shouldn’t be that way. There needs to be much more balance and a stronger voice for parents and students in Sacramento, and not just the teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker has outside backing as well — $130,000 from Republican donor Charles Munger. And she’s raised enough money on her own to reach out to the 32 percent or so of the district that are registered Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who might Baker face in November?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is not clear is whether voters consider union support is a plus or a minus in this election,” said Stephen Woolpert, dean of the School of Liberal Arts and professor of politics at St Mary’s College in Moraga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woolpert said Steve Glazer gets the edge if people are still mad about the BART strike, but Tim Sbranti wins if “labor can get the vote out for their candidate in an off-year election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's not a given in an off-year election, where turnout is expected to be historically low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/tim-sbranti.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-137547\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/tim-sbranti.jpg\" alt=\"Pleasanton Economic Development Director Pam Ott, Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, Dublin Cyclery owner Chuck Tyler and Dublin Councilman Kevin Hart visit the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station. (Bike East Bay)\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pleasanton Economic Development Director Pam Ott, Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, Dublin Cyclery owner Chuck Tyler and Dublin Councilman Kevin Hart visit the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station. (Bike East Bay)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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He said his position demonstrated the kind of leadership he’d bring to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the politicians refused to acknowledge what we all saw,” he said in a recent interview, “which was a disaster for our economy, for our people … I was willing to stand up against the BART union and call it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer is a pro at finding hot-button issues. He ran Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, and managed various campaigns on behalf of business groups. His current campaign seems calculated to take advantage of voters’ growing unease about benefits for public employee unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glazer noted that Orinda has a defined contribution program for city unions, with no pension or retirement obligations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get pressure every year from our employee union to join the CalPERS system,” Glazer said, “And that’s a good example of being willing to stand up to powerful forces that want you to join a dysfunctional pension program, and you’ve got to hold your ground and say what can the budget support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Glazer may have underestimated how hard unions would come after him for his stand on BART and for his record working for business groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It's Business Versus Union Money\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Service Employees International Union, representing most BART workers, the California Teachers Association and other unions, has poured more than $1.6 million into ads, mailers and phone banks opposing Glazer, including a series of mailers claiming Glazer has worked for tobacco companies, with one showing Glazer’s head sitting on a pile of stubbed-out cigarette butts. “My favorite,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor’s preferred candidate is Tim Sbranti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides his work as mayor of Dublin, Sbranti teaches at Dublin High School. He also used to head the California Teachers Association’s political involvement committee. No surprise, then, that Sbranti said he supports the right of BART union members to strike, arguing that it’s a bigger priority to find funds to help extend BART to Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti said his history at the CTA doesn’t mean, though, that he’s too cozy with unions to fairly represent the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s part of the tired thinking in Sacramento, that really places you in categories that you can’t work with business and labor.” He said. “That you have to choose a side. And what I’ve been able to successfully demonstrate in my career is that you can work with all sides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti has also won endorsements from the state Democratic Party and environmental groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, business interests are spending big to defeat Sbranti and elect Glazer. The California Chamber of Commerce, real estate agents and charter school advocates are backing him with more than $1.8 million in independent spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Glazer’s stance on BART strikes is still winning him supporters. He was campaigning last Sunday at the Walnut Creek Farmers Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen your signs,” a woman said as Glazer introduced himself. “You’re the person with the sign that says 'No More BART Strikes.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s me,” Glazer said..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the woman’s male partner said, “I like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if he’s too close to business groups, Glazer said, “I’m proud of that business support, because I think it shows I’m a Democrat that can bridge the difference between various interests to make good public policy for our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s one other Democrat in the race. Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, an architect, said he’s the only truly independent candidate, but he has raised little money for his campaign and has generated meager support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That three-way Democratic split, though, has opened the door for a Republican to be among the top two finishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_137476\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-137476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/musiker-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Baker at her campaign office in San Ramon. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catharine Baker at her campaign office in San Ramon. (Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That would be attorney and political novice Catharine Baker, who said she’s running because of two people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their names are Kate and Alex.” Baker said in an interview in San Ramon, “They are my 10-year-old children. They’re going into middle school next year. They are twins, so if there’s one thing you can say about me, I’m very efficient, I had a boy and a girl all in one go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said education reform would be her top priority. She’d like to change state rules that prevent teachers from getting financial rewards for good performance, and she’d like to give school districts more leeway with seniority rules that prevent them from retaining new promising teachers during layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now they (the California Teachers Association) really run the show.” Baker said. “And that shouldn’t be that way. 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"content": "\u003cp>In politics, the electoral odds can change overnight. Just ask Betty Yee and John Pérez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/controller.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-137422\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/controller.jpeg\" alt=\"California State Controller Seal\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>After months of it seeming as though their Democratic intraparty battle to be state controller could — under California's top two primary system — go all the way to November, \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/03/05/fresno-mayor-launches-california-state-controller-bid/6080787/\" target=\"_blank\">the dynamic quickly changed on March 5, when a heavyweight Republican threw her hat in the ring.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision by \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashleyforca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Swearengin\u003c/a>, the incumbent mayor of Fresno, to run for the job of California's top fiscal official left even would-be opponents realizing that GOP voters will probably fall in line behind her on June 3 rather than play the field. If so, that leaves only one spot for a Democrat on the fall ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The incumbent controller, John Chiang, can't run for re-election due to term limits and is instead \u003ca href=\"http://www.electjohnchiang.com/\" target=\"_blank\">running for state treasurer\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe it'll be me, but that remains to be seen,\" says Assemblyman \u003ca href=\"http://www.perezforcontroller.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John Pérez\u003c/a> (D-Los Angeles).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I didn't have the luxury to be a candidate for two years, when I was actually helping negotiate our way out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.'\u003ccite>— John Pérez\u003cbr>\nAssemblyman and controller candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Pérez is perhaps the best-known of all the candidates for controller. He served as speaker of the state Assembly from 2010 until earlier this month, and as such was one of the architects of the last four state budgets. Pérez also attracted headlines for individual efforts on an expanded rainy day reserve fund and for crafting 2012's new college scholarship program for students from middle-class families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the former speaker has placed third in \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25553306/field-poll-republican-ashley-swearengin-leads-race-state\" target=\"_blank\">public polls\u003c/a> on the race for controller. Swearengin has come in first, with second place being held by the candidate who entered the race before everyone else: Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://bettyyee.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Yee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, a resident of San Francisco, has been a member of the state Board of Equalization since 2005. Before that, she was a fiscal analyst for the board and a top budget aide to former Gov. Gray Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee began the race before anyone, but hasn't raised as much money as others. She says that's partly because she places her own limits on donations from businesses that might one day bring their issues before the Board of Equalization, the state's arbiter of many tax disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been running a very different kind of campaign,\" said Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That campaign pits not just her against Pérez, but also factions of Democrats against each other -- from organized labor to community activists and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been interesting to see what the race has turned on,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://daviddayen.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Dayen\u003c/a>, a longtime activist in the state party who now writes political analysis for a variety of websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In particular, Dayen says there's anger left over from 2012, when Pérez worked for incumbent Democratic assembly members who moved to new districts after the 2011 redistricting — bumping up against some local Democrats who were already running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The activists,\" said Dayen, \"are going to have long memories on all that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pérez says that kind of Democratic angst comes with the job of being a party leader. But he bristles at accusations that his decision to run for controller came so late as to be unfair to Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I never thought elections were about somebody calling 'dibs,' \" he said in a recent interview. \"I didn't have the luxury to be a candidate for two years, when I was actually helping negotiate our way out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee counters by suggesting the former speaker doesn't have the right resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I think the legislative process is limited. It really doesn't allow, I think, a full assessment of what's happening.'\u003ccite>— Betty Yee,\u003cbr>\nBoard of Equalization member and controller candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I think the legislative process is limited,\" she said in reference to Pérez's experience. \"It really doesn't allow, I think, a full assessment of what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, Pérez argues Yee should have done more in her role during the Davis administration to manage the state's finances during the last budget surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They took in less money than they spent,\" he said. \"That's not what you want from the chief fiscal office of the state of California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how will Democrats sort it out? Political analysts think Swearengin, the Republican, will be a formidable general election candidate — an opinion backed up \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-controller-20140507-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">with her recent endorsement by the Los Angeles Times and others\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do think it's going to turn on personal affinity,\" said David Dayen on the choice facing his fellow Democrats. \"And it's the importance of labor support [for Pérez], or whether you're trying to reward Betty Yee for years and years of service to the party.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/151848524&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In politics, the electoral odds can change overnight. Just ask Betty Yee and John Pérez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/controller.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-137422\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/controller.jpeg\" alt=\"California State Controller Seal\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>After months of it seeming as though their Democratic intraparty battle to be state controller could — under California's top two primary system — go all the way to November, \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/03/05/fresno-mayor-launches-california-state-controller-bid/6080787/\" target=\"_blank\">the dynamic quickly changed on March 5, when a heavyweight Republican threw her hat in the ring.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision by \u003ca href=\"http://www.ashleyforca.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Swearengin\u003c/a>, the incumbent mayor of Fresno, to run for the job of California's top fiscal official left even would-be opponents realizing that GOP voters will probably fall in line behind her on June 3 rather than play the field. If so, that leaves only one spot for a Democrat on the fall ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The incumbent controller, John Chiang, can't run for re-election due to term limits and is instead \u003ca href=\"http://www.electjohnchiang.com/\" target=\"_blank\">running for state treasurer\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I believe it'll be me, but that remains to be seen,\" says Assemblyman \u003ca href=\"http://www.perezforcontroller.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John Pérez\u003c/a> (D-Los Angeles).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I didn't have the luxury to be a candidate for two years, when I was actually helping negotiate our way out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.'\u003ccite>— John Pérez\u003cbr>\nAssemblyman and controller candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Pérez is perhaps the best-known of all the candidates for controller. He served as speaker of the state Assembly from 2010 until earlier this month, and as such was one of the architects of the last four state budgets. Pérez also attracted headlines for individual efforts on an expanded rainy day reserve fund and for crafting 2012's new college scholarship program for students from middle-class families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the former speaker has placed third in \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25553306/field-poll-republican-ashley-swearengin-leads-race-state\" target=\"_blank\">public polls\u003c/a> on the race for controller. Swearengin has come in first, with second place being held by the candidate who entered the race before everyone else: Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://bettyyee.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Yee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, a resident of San Francisco, has been a member of the state Board of Equalization since 2005. Before that, she was a fiscal analyst for the board and a top budget aide to former Gov. Gray Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee began the race before anyone, but hasn't raised as much money as others. She says that's partly because she places her own limits on donations from businesses that might one day bring their issues before the Board of Equalization, the state's arbiter of many tax disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've been running a very different kind of campaign,\" said Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That campaign pits not just her against Pérez, but also factions of Democrats against each other -- from organized labor to community activists and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been interesting to see what the race has turned on,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://daviddayen.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Dayen\u003c/a>, a longtime activist in the state party who now writes political analysis for a variety of websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In particular, Dayen says there's anger left over from 2012, when Pérez worked for incumbent Democratic assembly members who moved to new districts after the 2011 redistricting — bumping up against some local Democrats who were already running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The activists,\" said Dayen, \"are going to have long memories on all that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pérez says that kind of Democratic angst comes with the job of being a party leader. But he bristles at accusations that his decision to run for controller came so late as to be unfair to Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I never thought elections were about somebody calling 'dibs,' \" he said in a recent interview. \"I didn't have the luxury to be a candidate for two years, when I was actually helping negotiate our way out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee counters by suggesting the former speaker doesn't have the right resume.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I think the legislative process is limited. It really doesn't allow, I think, a full assessment of what's happening.'\u003ccite>— Betty Yee,\u003cbr>\nBoard of Equalization member and controller candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I think the legislative process is limited,\" she said in reference to Pérez's experience. \"It really doesn't allow, I think, a full assessment of what's happening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone, Pérez argues Yee should have done more in her role during the Davis administration to manage the state's finances during the last budget surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They took in less money than they spent,\" he said. \"That's not what you want from the chief fiscal office of the state of California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how will Democrats sort it out? Political analysts think Swearengin, the Republican, will be a formidable general election candidate — an opinion backed up \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-controller-20140507-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">with her recent endorsement by the Los Angeles Times and others\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do think it's going to turn on personal affinity,\" said David Dayen on the choice facing his fellow Democrats. \"And it's the importance of labor support [for Pérez], or whether you're trying to reward Betty Yee for years and years of service to the party.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/151848524&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(Courtesy: Department of Insurance)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In this lull between the end of the first open enrollment for Covered California and the release of rates for next year — expected to be made public in July — San Francisco's Commonwealth Club invited the state's Commissioner of Insurance Dave Jones to talk about the state of the health care overhaul in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioner closed his remarks by pitching for the rate review \u003ca href=\"http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm\" target=\"_blank\">ballot initiative\u003c/a> coming up in November. As moderator of the discussion following, I fielded several questions from the audience about the upcoming initiative. To recap the basics: If passed, the initiative would give the insurance commissioner the authority to reject excessive health insurance rate increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance commissioner already has that authority over auto, homeowner, property and casualty insurance — via voter-passed Proposition 103 back in 1988. Many voters are surprised, Jones said, to find out he cannot also reject health insurance premium increases. He called this lack of explicit authority a \"major missing piece of the Affordable Care Act.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Californians have suffered from repeated health insurance rate hikes year after year,\" Jones said. \"On average (health insurance) rates in the last 10 years have gone up over 150 percent. That's five times the rate of inflation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones also noted that 35 states have given their insurance commissioners \"the authority to reject health insurance rate hikes, but not California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a measure that likely sounds appealing to plenty of voters, but\u003ca href=\"http://www.stophighercosts.com/reports/impact-on-covered-california\" target=\"_blank\"> a report\u003c/a> earlier this month determined that, if passed, the initiative could destabilize Covered California, the state's Obamacare exchange. The report was written by consultant Jon Kingsdale, the former head of the Massachusetts health exchange who has also been an advisor to the Obama administration on the Affordable Care Act. It was funded by \u003ca href=\"http://www.stophighercosts.com/about-us\" target=\"_blank\">Californians Against Higher Health Care Costs,\u003c/a> which includes the California Association of Health Plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under state law, Covered California can negotiate with insurers and can reject plans from participating in the exchange. This leverage may have helped to moderate rates in the exchange's first year. Still, Covered California must submit accepted plans to the state's regulators for certification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here's where we get into the weeds of certifying insurance rates and what this initiative would do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Prop. 103, consumer \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0100-consumers/0285-p103/info.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">intervenors\u003c/a>\" can file challenges to rate hikes. They can recover \"reasonable costs and fees\" under certain circumstances for mounting a challenge. Intervenors do this now, on occasion, with the other types of insurance covered by Prop. 103.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But under the ACA, the individual market for health insurance is now sold only during an open enrollment period — just several weeks out of the year, not year-round like auto or homeowners insurance is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larry Levitt, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, called the intervenor process \"a real wild card\" if approved for health insurance rates. \"\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">There is the potential for some real messiness here if rates are challenged and not finalized before open enrollment begins.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That messiness would extend beyond just the premium. Under the ACA, subsidies are set according to the cost of the second lowest-cost premium. \"Worst case,\" Levitt said, \"you enter open enrollment without final rates, for at least some plans, so you don't know what the second lowest-cost silver plan is, so you're not certain of the benchmark for the premium subsidies.\" In other words, you could have people picking plans at rates that might change down the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones insisted that worry was overblown, pointing out that his department has about 7,000 rate filings annually for property and casualty insurance. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45928\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/03/new-pension-initiatives-target-current-workers/ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x300/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45928\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-45928 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"(David McNew/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The June 3 primary election will be the first gubernatorial contest where California's Top Two system of choosing \"winners\" will apply. Before voters approved Prop. 14 in 2010, primaries were all about Republicans and Democrats choosing their party's \"nominees\" to face the other party in November. Voters who registered without a party preference (by far the fastest growing segment of the California electorate) had to ask for a Democratic or Republican ballot in order to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But under the new system, all voters regardless of party get the same ballot and anyone can vote for any candidate. The two highest vote-getters, regardless of party, face off in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of the Top Two, including former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado, both moderate Republicans, said the new system would have several benefits. They predicted higher turnout for no-party preference voters (NPPs) and the election of more moderate candidates (like themselves!) who would no longer have to rely only on their party's most partisan and ideological members to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, to quote Sarah Palin, \"how's that hopey, changey stuff workin' out for ya?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, it's hard to say actually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, how do you measure the impact? If you look at voter turnout (predicted to be higher by supporters), the results are not encouraging. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/pressrelease.asp?i=1508\">analysis\u003c/a> by Eric McGhee with the Public Policy Institute of California found that turnout was not higher overall in 2012, but it did seem to encourage \"independent\" voters to participate in the primary that year more than they had in the past. But it's always hard to compare one election to another. It depends on variables such as:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Is there an exciting race at the top of the ticket to draw voters?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Is an incumbent running for re-election or, like this year, is the incumbent an apparent shoo-in?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What else is on the ballot -- like controversial turnout-driving initiatives?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>That last point is worth noting, because this is the first year in decades that a primary ballot has no citizen initiatives at all. In fact, unless something changes, all citizen initiatives will now be on the November ballot due to legislation quietly enacted by the Democratic-controlled legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure signed by Gov. Brown ensures that ballot propositions will be decided in higher turnout elections with more liberal electorates. But it also has the unintended consequence of probably driving down turnout for primary elections, perhaps by as much as seven percentage points. In fact, some prognosticators are saying this election could break a record for lowest turnout in a California primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intra-Party Impacts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the biggest impact the Top Two system is having is in intra-party challenges. In 2012, Dublin City Councilman \u003ca href=\"http://swalwell.house.gov/\">Eric Swalwell \u003c/a>bucked party leaders to challenge entrenched Democratic incumbent Pete Stark in the 15th CD east of San Francisco. Swalwell finished second to Stark in the primary, and under the old system that would have been it for him. But under Top Two he went on to November where he beat the 40-year incumbent 52-48. (He's now facing his own party challenge from State Senator Ellen Corbett, who claims Swalwell is too inexperienced and too conservative for the district.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar dynamic -- without the outcome far from certain -- is underway in the Silicon Valley, where incumbent Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://honda.house.gov/\">Mike Honda \u003c/a>is facing a stiff challenge from upstart Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://www.rokhanna.com/splash?splash=1\">Ro Khanna\u003c/a>, a darling of high-tech leaders like Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Voters could be left with an all-Democrat choice of Honda vs. Khanna in November, or Republican Dr. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanilasingh.com/\">Vanila Singh \u003c/a>could consolidate Republican votes and enough non-partisan voters to make the November finals, while Honda and Khanna duke it for the other spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same kind of calculation is underway in other legislative and congressional districts throughout California where the \"jungle primary\" is scrambling conventional wisdom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile in the wide-open race for Secretary of State, \u003ca href=\"http://www.4schnur.com/\">Dan Schnur\u003c/a>, the first non-partisan candidate in a statewide race under Top Two, is facing candidates including Democratic State Senator \u003ca href=\"http://www.padilla4sofs.com/\">Alex Padilla\u003c/a> and Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.petesos.com/\">Pete Peterson\u003c/a>. Schnur, a former GOP operative turned USC academic, was a big proponent of the Top Two primary, predicting it would give independent candidates and voters a bigger role in California politics. Pre-election polls do not bear that out, with Schnur trailing far behind other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But perhaps the biggest losers of all under Top Two are \"third parties\" like the Green, Peace and Freedom and American Independent parties. The chance for one of their candidates coming in second and making it to the November ballot is slim to none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June primary will provide additional data on questions how the Top Two system is affecting California elections and politics. But one thing seems clear: It's not a panacea for all that ails our electoral system.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, how do you measure the impact? If you look at voter turnout (predicted to be higher by supporters), the results are not encouraging. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/pressrelease.asp?i=1508\">analysis\u003c/a> by Eric McGhee with the Public Policy Institute of California found that turnout was not higher overall in 2012, but it did seem to encourage \"independent\" voters to participate in the primary that year more than they had in the past. But it's always hard to compare one election to another. It depends on variables such as:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Is there an exciting race at the top of the ticket to draw voters?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Is an incumbent running for re-election or, like this year, is the incumbent an apparent shoo-in?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What else is on the ballot -- like controversial turnout-driving initiatives?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>That last point is worth noting, because this is the first year in decades that a primary ballot has no citizen initiatives at all. In fact, unless something changes, all citizen initiatives will now be on the November ballot due to legislation quietly enacted by the Democratic-controlled legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure signed by Gov. Brown ensures that ballot propositions will be decided in higher turnout elections with more liberal electorates. But it also has the unintended consequence of probably driving down turnout for primary elections, perhaps by as much as seven percentage points. In fact, some prognosticators are saying this election could break a record for lowest turnout in a California primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Intra-Party Impacts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the biggest impact the Top Two system is having is in intra-party challenges. In 2012, Dublin City Councilman \u003ca href=\"http://swalwell.house.gov/\">Eric Swalwell \u003c/a>bucked party leaders to challenge entrenched Democratic incumbent Pete Stark in the 15th CD east of San Francisco. Swalwell finished second to Stark in the primary, and under the old system that would have been it for him. But under Top Two he went on to November where he beat the 40-year incumbent 52-48. (He's now facing his own party challenge from State Senator Ellen Corbett, who claims Swalwell is too inexperienced and too conservative for the district.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar dynamic -- without the outcome far from certain -- is underway in the Silicon Valley, where incumbent Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://honda.house.gov/\">Mike Honda \u003c/a>is facing a stiff challenge from upstart Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://www.rokhanna.com/splash?splash=1\">Ro Khanna\u003c/a>, a darling of high-tech leaders like Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Voters could be left with an all-Democrat choice of Honda vs. Khanna in November, or Republican Dr. \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanilasingh.com/\">Vanila Singh \u003c/a>could consolidate Republican votes and enough non-partisan voters to make the November finals, while Honda and Khanna duke it for the other spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same kind of calculation is underway in other legislative and congressional districts throughout California where the \"jungle primary\" is scrambling conventional wisdom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile in the wide-open race for Secretary of State, \u003ca href=\"http://www.4schnur.com/\">Dan Schnur\u003c/a>, the first non-partisan candidate in a statewide race under Top Two, is facing candidates including Democratic State Senator \u003ca href=\"http://www.padilla4sofs.com/\">Alex Padilla\u003c/a> and Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.petesos.com/\">Pete Peterson\u003c/a>. Schnur, a former GOP operative turned USC academic, was a big proponent of the Top Two primary, predicting it would give independent candidates and voters a bigger role in California politics. Pre-election polls do not bear that out, with Schnur trailing far behind other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But perhaps the biggest losers of all under Top Two are \"third parties\" like the Green, Peace and Freedom and American Independent parties. The chance for one of their candidates coming in second and making it to the November ballot is slim to none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June primary will provide additional data on questions how the Top Two system is affecting California elections and politics. But one thing seems clear: It's not a panacea for all that ails our electoral system.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Proposition 42\u003c/a> is being framed as a way to strengthen California’s open records laws. “Without Prop. 42, Californians will never fully know what’s happening at local governments and agencies, most of which have multimillion-dollar budgets,” says\u003ca href=\"http://www.publicrighttoknow.org/\"> the website created to publicize the measure\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136897\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/RS10516_photo-lpr1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136897\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/RS10516_photo-lpr1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Fire Department fire investigation report. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Department fire investigation report. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the measure has nothing to do with access to information. Instead, it’s all about who pays the costs for records requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop. 42\u003c/a> is a constitutional amendment borne out of a political miscalculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It stems back to last year’s state budget, when lawmakers voted to eliminate a handful of open records requirements for local governments, and instead turn them into suggestions. Since advocates, reporters and other government-watchers often use the law to pry government information out of officials who would otherwise never turn it over, changing requirements into suggestions didn’t sit too well.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/california-public-records-act-controversy\"> An uproar ensued, mostly from the press\u003c/a>. Newspaper editorial after newspaper editorial blasted the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature quickly backtracked \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/20/california-assembly-turns-back-time-votes-to-un-do-open-records-change/\">and the bill never became law\u003c/a>, even though Senate leaders like Mark Leno, who chairs the budget committee, insisted the whole thing was being mischaracterized. “I just want to reiterate that the actions that we took on AB76 did not touch the core principles of the California Public Records Act, which all of us in this room treasure and value,” he told reporters last June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democrat said the move had nothing to do with access to records, and everything to do with who foots the bill. He and the other lawmakers who help craft California’s budget were tired of the state paying the cost for local governments’ public records responses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”If you come to a state agency and request a public record, it’s appropriate the state would incur the cost to provide that to you,” said Leno. “But if you are requesting of a city or a county, or a water agency for a public document, it’s appropriate that that agency which is receiving the request should be responsible for the cost of compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop 42\u003c/a>, which Leno introduced in the Senate, was the solution — it would change the state constitution to make it clear that local governments foot the full bill for their open records costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Check out\u003c/a> KQED’s guide to the propositions on the June ballot.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Question of Mandates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why was the state responsible for these costs to begin with? It goes back to a 30-year-old constitutional change saying that whenever the state requires local governments to do something, it has to pay for the cost. The initial public records act was passed before that, so local governments were already paying for the bulk of their responses to records requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the state made a series of tweaks in the early 2000s, including requirements that local governments respond to requests within 10 days and actively assist people looking for records, it had to pay for those costs. It’s really not a whole lot of activity. “They’re limited to things like computer programming to extract the data, and providing and actually drafting correspondence, and clarifying requests,” said Paul Okada, who works in the San Mateo County Counsel’s Office. Lawyers there process about 100 requests a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”d230f7ab82f43ab61d72f621b4e7ddbe”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county billed the state about $38,000 for its open records work last year. It has asked for about $400,000 over the past decade, making San Mateo one of the more expensive local governments when it comes to open records costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, \u003ca href=\"http://www.csm.ca.gov/pendingclaims/docs/cpra/doc168.pdf\">local governments have asked California for $9.5 million over the course of a decade\u003c/a>. In a budget that spends $100 billion a year, that’s really pocket change. Leno views it another way – as funding that could have gone elsewhere. “The social services that don’t get provided, for lack of $10 or $20 million in our general fund,” he said. “The reinvestment in our court system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Leno points out only a small fraction of local governments have been submitting bills to the state’s Commission on Mandates. If every local government did it, the cost estimate shoots up to “tens of millions of dollars a year,” according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Weak Open Records Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here’s the thing – whether or not \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop. 42\u003c/a> passes, California’s open records law will remain the same. And according to Peter Scheer \u003ca href=\"http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/\">of the First Amendment Coalition\u003c/a>, it isn’t too strong. “Unfortunately, California, which once was a leader when it comes to open records laws, is now a follower,” he said. “In fact it’s really at the very bottom of the pack, in my view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Center for Public Integrity graded all the states a couple years ago,\u003ca href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/california_survey_public_access_to_information\"> California got a D- on access to public records\u003c/a>. That’s because of a number of weaknesses, including no agency directly responsible for enforcing and overseeing records requests. (If an agency denies or delays your records request, your only recourse is a lawsuit.) 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Proposition 42\u003c/a> is being framed as a way to strengthen California’s open records laws. “Without Prop. 42, Californians will never fully know what’s happening at local governments and agencies, most of which have multimillion-dollar budgets,” says\u003ca href=\"http://www.publicrighttoknow.org/\"> the website created to publicize the measure\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136897\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/RS10516_photo-lpr1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136897\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/RS10516_photo-lpr1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Fire Department fire investigation report. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Department fire investigation report. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the measure has nothing to do with access to information. Instead, it’s all about who pays the costs for records requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop. 42\u003c/a> is a constitutional amendment borne out of a political miscalculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It stems back to last year’s state budget, when lawmakers voted to eliminate a handful of open records requirements for local governments, and instead turn them into suggestions. Since advocates, reporters and other government-watchers often use the law to pry government information out of officials who would otherwise never turn it over, changing requirements into suggestions didn’t sit too well.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/california-public-records-act-controversy\"> An uproar ensued, mostly from the press\u003c/a>. Newspaper editorial after newspaper editorial blasted the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature quickly backtracked \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/20/california-assembly-turns-back-time-votes-to-un-do-open-records-change/\">and the bill never became law\u003c/a>, even though Senate leaders like Mark Leno, who chairs the budget committee, insisted the whole thing was being mischaracterized. “I just want to reiterate that the actions that we took on AB76 did not touch the core principles of the California Public Records Act, which all of us in this room treasure and value,” he told reporters last June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democrat said the move had nothing to do with access to records, and everything to do with who foots the bill. He and the other lawmakers who help craft California’s budget were tired of the state paying the cost for local governments’ public records responses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”If you come to a state agency and request a public record, it’s appropriate the state would incur the cost to provide that to you,” said Leno. “But if you are requesting of a city or a county, or a water agency for a public document, it’s appropriate that that agency which is receiving the request should be responsible for the cost of compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop 42\u003c/a>, which Leno introduced in the Senate, was the solution — it would change the state constitution to make it clear that local governments foot the full bill for their open records costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Check out\u003c/a> KQED’s guide to the propositions on the June ballot.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Question of Mandates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why was the state responsible for these costs to begin with? It goes back to a 30-year-old constitutional change saying that whenever the state requires local governments to do something, it has to pay for the cost. The initial public records act was passed before that, so local governments were already paying for the bulk of their responses to records requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the state made a series of tweaks in the early 2000s, including requirements that local governments respond to requests within 10 days and actively assist people looking for records, it had to pay for those costs. It’s really not a whole lot of activity. “They’re limited to things like computer programming to extract the data, and providing and actually drafting correspondence, and clarifying requests,” said Paul Okada, who works in the San Mateo County Counsel’s Office. Lawyers there process about 100 requests a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county billed the state about $38,000 for its open records work last year. It has asked for about $400,000 over the past decade, making San Mateo one of the more expensive local governments when it comes to open records costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, \u003ca href=\"http://www.csm.ca.gov/pendingclaims/docs/cpra/doc168.pdf\">local governments have asked California for $9.5 million over the course of a decade\u003c/a>. In a budget that spends $100 billion a year, that’s really pocket change. Leno views it another way – as funding that could have gone elsewhere. “The social services that don’t get provided, for lack of $10 or $20 million in our general fund,” he said. “The reinvestment in our court system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Leno points out only a small fraction of local governments have been submitting bills to the state’s Commission on Mandates. If every local government did it, the cost estimate shoots up to “tens of millions of dollars a year,” according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Weak Open Records Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here’s the thing – whether or not \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/prop-guide-ca-june-2014/\">Prop. 42\u003c/a> passes, California’s open records law will remain the same. And according to Peter Scheer \u003ca href=\"http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/\">of the First Amendment Coalition\u003c/a>, it isn’t too strong. “Unfortunately, California, which once was a leader when it comes to open records laws, is now a follower,” he said. “In fact it’s really at the very bottom of the pack, in my view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Center for Public Integrity graded all the states a couple years ago,\u003ca href=\"http://www.stateintegrity.org/california_survey_public_access_to_information\"> California got a D- on access to public records\u003c/a>. That’s because of a number of weaknesses, including no agency directly responsible for enforcing and overseeing records requests. (If an agency denies or delays your records request, your only recourse is a lawsuit.) 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It would allow the state to sell $600 million in bonds to fund housing for low-income and homeless veterans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the goals is to create more places like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-S-F-digs-for-veterans-in-need-4025450.php\">Veterans Commons at 150 Otis St\u003c/a>. in San Francisco. It opened less than two years ago and is now home to 75 veterans who once lived on the street or teetered on the edge of homelessness. That includes veterans like Dav Pate, who had a bumpy housing history. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For 10 years I lived up in the Castro, taking care of people and getting room at their place, couch surfing,” says Pate. “That’s a way of life in San Francisco — for those of us who are lucky enough to have friends who allow that.” Pate has multiple sclerosis and now uses a motorized wheelchair. Veterans Commons at 150 Otis gives him a permanent home and the support of a social worker, who helps him get the care and services he needs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of our veterans have, in addition to possible mental health, substance abuse issues, physical disabilities, some with HIV and AIDS,” says Tramecia Garner, director of residential programs for \u003ca href=\"http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/\">Swords to Plowshares\u003c/a>, the nonprofit that runs the place. “The hope was veterans could live out the rest of their lives in a quality place, and not be homeless for the rest of their lives.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pate says getting his own apartment was a godsend. “I thought I was one of the chosen,” Pate says. “We need in San Francisco a dozen more like this.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is just about right. At the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov3.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=4819\">last official count\u003c/a>, San Francisco had more than 700 chronically homeless veterans. \u003ca href=\"https://www.onecpd.info/resources/documents/ahar-2013-part1.pdf\">Statewide\u003c/a>, the number is 15,000, mostly in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘This allows us to have a much more responsive approach to the real day-to-day needs of veterans.’\u003ccite>John Pérez, former Assembly speaker\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But housing like 150 Otis doesn’t come cheap. It cost $30 million to renovate. That’s why veterans’ advocates are pushing for Proposition 41. It would allow California to sell $600 million in bonds. That money would act as a catalyst to developers and nonprofits to create affordable rental housing for low-income vets and their families. “Whatever we can do to create a broader base of housing options is the key. And this will do that,” says Michael Blecker, director of Swords to Plowshares. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Big Change: Renting Instead of Buying\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the housing created under Prop. 41 would include social services to help vets get back on their feet. And it would be available for rent. That’s a real change from how it’s been done in California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For over 100 years, the state has helped vets to buy houses, farms and mobile homes through the CalVet Home Loans program. But demand for those loans has fallen significantly since 2000. Observers give many reasons. Some vets can’t afford to buy a home because they lack a stable income or they’ve been priced out of California’s real estate market. And those who can buy may find better mortgages on the open market. Blecker says the loan program is a relic. “A lot of these state veteran loan programs were a legacy of World War II, when there was a tremendous push for home ownership when the World War II veterans came back,” says Blecker. “How many veterans are coming back wanting to purchase a farm in the state of California? Not too many.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, veterans housing bonds that voters approved in 2008 have never been sold. So, earlier this year, the Legislature voted to de-authorize $600 million in bonds — more than half of what’s sitting in the CalVet loan pot. Assembly Speaker Emeritus John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez (D-Los Angeles), \u003c/span>who led the effort, says Prop. 41 would redirect the money where it’s needed most. “This allows us to have a much more responsive approach to the real day-to-day needs of veterans,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 41 has no vocal critics. But voters may want to consider what it will cost the state to pay back those bonds — $50 million a year for 15 years — from the general fund. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> says it’s well worth it. “In San Diego, to deal with the issues of someone who is homeless on average costs the county $2,800 a month,” says \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span>. “Housing a vet through something like this costs us $685 a month. When you balance out the number of people who you can house through Prop 41, and the savings in housing them, it more than balances out the differences of the finance costs that the state will incur.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Voters Go For It?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure’s fate will depend on who turns out to vote and their appetite for state debt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is just about right. At the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgov3.org/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=4819\">last official count\u003c/a>, San Francisco had more than 700 chronically homeless veterans. \u003ca href=\"https://www.onecpd.info/resources/documents/ahar-2013-part1.pdf\">Statewide\u003c/a>, the number is 15,000, mostly in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘This allows us to have a much more responsive approach to the real day-to-day needs of veterans.’\u003ccite>John Pérez, former Assembly speaker\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But housing like 150 Otis doesn’t come cheap. It cost $30 million to renovate. That’s why veterans’ advocates are pushing for Proposition 41. It would allow California to sell $600 million in bonds. That money would act as a catalyst to developers and nonprofits to create affordable rental housing for low-income vets and their families. “Whatever we can do to create a broader base of housing options is the key. And this will do that,” says Michael Blecker, director of Swords to Plowshares. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Big Change: Renting Instead of Buying\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the housing created under Prop. 41 would include social services to help vets get back on their feet. And it would be available for rent. That’s a real change from how it’s been done in California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For over 100 years, the state has helped vets to buy houses, farms and mobile homes through the CalVet Home Loans program. But demand for those loans has fallen significantly since 2000. Observers give many reasons. Some vets can’t afford to buy a home because they lack a stable income or they’ve been priced out of California’s real estate market. And those who can buy may find better mortgages on the open market. Blecker says the loan program is a relic. “A lot of these state veteran loan programs were a legacy of World War II, when there was a tremendous push for home ownership when the World War II veterans came back,” says Blecker. “How many veterans are coming back wanting to purchase a farm in the state of California? Not too many.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, veterans housing bonds that voters approved in 2008 have never been sold. So, earlier this year, the Legislature voted to de-authorize $600 million in bonds — more than half of what’s sitting in the CalVet loan pot. Assembly Speaker Emeritus John \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez (D-Los Angeles), \u003c/span>who led the effort, says Prop. 41 would redirect the money where it’s needed most. “This allows us to have a much more responsive approach to the real day-to-day needs of veterans,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 41 has no vocal critics. But voters may want to consider what it will cost the state to pay back those bonds — $50 million a year for 15 years — from the general fund. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span> says it’s well worth it. “In San Diego, to deal with the issues of someone who is homeless on average costs the county $2,800 a month,” says \u003cspan style=\"color: #222222\">Pérez\u003c/span>. “Housing a vet through something like this costs us $685 a month. When you balance out the number of people who you can house through Prop 41, and the savings in housing them, it more than balances out the differences of the finance costs that the state will incur.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Voters Go For It?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure’s fate will depend on who turns out to vote and their appetite for state debt. Only one in three registered voters is likely to show up to this primary election, says Mark Baldassare, of the Public Policy Institute of California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These will be voters who are frequent voters who tend to be older and more conservative. Bond measures are going to be looked at with some skepticism,” says Baldassare. He says public support for veterans may help Prop. 41 pass. And advocates say that if it does, it could help meet the national goal of \u003ca href=\"http://www.va.gov/homeless/about_the_initiative.asp\">ending veteran homelessness by 2015\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govrace.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govrace-640x289.jpg\" alt=\"From left to right: Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (Erin Tyler/Flickr), Neel Kashkari (Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images), Governor Jerry Brown (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136785\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (Erin Tyler/Flickr), Neel Kashkari (Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images), Governor Jerry Brown (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">It's the No. 1 question in these final two weeks of California's 2014 gubernatorial primary: Are the continuing strong poll numbers for GOP hopeful \u003ca href=\"http://www.electtimdonnelly.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Donnelly\u003c/a> only the ground floor of his support, the foundation from which he can soar? Or are the numbers as high as he can go, a political ceiling?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">One thing's for sure: Among everyone not named Jerry Brown, Donnelly remains in the lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1103\" target=\"_blank\">new poll released by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a> finds the tea party-aligned assemblyman from San Bernardino County favored by 30 percent of Republicans — a 10-point jump from last month's PPIC poll and 9 points ahead of his GOP rival, newcomer \u003ca href=\"http://www.neelkashkari.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Neel Kashkari\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Among all likely voters, Donnelly now bests Kashkari by 5 points, 15 percent to 10 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">That being said, the race remains solidly in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown, who leads the gubernatorial field in the new poll with 48 percent support among all likely voters, and a 54 percent job approval rating. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed say they haven't made up their mind, a group that has shrunk since April but whose size makes clear that there are still a lot of fence-sitters in these final days of campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">(And as pointed out in April, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">some Republicans are just fine with filling in the oval next to Brown's name on their ballot\u003c/a>; in fact, the veteran Democrat is now the choice of 13 percent of GOP voters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">While Donnelly's support has grown, the biggest change from \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1097\" target=\"_blank\">PPIC's April statewide poll\u003c/a> is the rise in support among the ranks of the GOP for Kashkari — from just 5 percent to now 21 percent. That's no doubt due, in part, to the former Treasury official's well-financed operation starting to kick into gear — a deluge of mailers and political advertisements. It may also have helped that virtually every single well-known Republican in California, from ex-governors to legislative leaders and to even 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have all now endorsed Kashkari's bid to unseat Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Those Republican VIPs have started \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/05/pete-wilson-blasts-tim-donnelly-saying-he-would-damage-gop.html\" target=\"_blank\">beating their political drums that Tim Donnelly is too extreme\u003c/a>, that he's so far to the right that he'll drag down the entire GOP ticket in 2014. Perhaps that, too, has helped Kashkari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">And yet, Donnelly maintains a lead. In fact, Kashkari needs to woo close to six of every 10 undecided voters in the new PPIC poll (across all party allegiances and assuming already committed voters don't shift) to beat Donnelly. It's possible, but Team Neel needs to start scoring some runs ... and fast. Keep in mind that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Political_Data/status/469128828909260800\" target=\"_blank\">voters are already casting ballots by mail\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/16/california-republican-convention-kashkari-donnelly-battle-for-support/rs9327_photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129607\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129607\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9327_photo-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari speaks to campaign volunteers. (Scott Detrow) \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari speaks to campaign volunteers. (Scott Detrow)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">To that end, the Kashkari camp has been ramping up its criticism of Donnelly's behavior — specifically, the assemblyman's recent jabs at \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/opinionshop/2014/05/15/tim-donnelly-on-sharia-law-shot-fair-game-video/\" target=\"_blank\">Kashkari's appearance at a 2008 Islamic finance conference\u003c/a>. Kashkari is also starting to jab back at his rival, a Republican assemblyman; \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/225517053/Neel-Kashkari-mailer-May-21-2014\" target=\"_blank\">a new mailer accuses Donnelly of being a \"wasteful spender\"\u003c/a> when it comes to campaign expenses and \"a wreck\" for allegedly missing business and personal tax payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Still, Donnelly continues to poll strongly among several voter subgroups. He holds a 6-point lead over Kashkari in the new PPIC survey among the most wealthy voters; an 8-point lead among both moderates and men; and an 11-point lead over his GOP rival among Latinos — a voting bloc many assume would be turned off by \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/04/09/gop-gov-candidate-tim-donnelly-doesnt-apologize-for-being-a-minuteman-giving-a-minuteman-speech/\" target=\"_blank\">Donnelly's past as a Minuteman volunteer and his rhetoric on illegal immigration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">But again, do those numbers represent Tim Donnelly's ceiling — his upper limit — among various voter subgroups? After all, the undecideds in this poll remain high. And among those who tell the PPIC that they are tuning in to news about the race for governor, Donnelly's advantage over Kashkari narrows to just 3 points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">And that's where money could play its familiar role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">State \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1354289&session=2013&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">campaign records\u003c/a> show Tim Donnelly has raised about $207,000 since the last full disclosure report in March, a report that also listed $149,000 in unpaid bills. In contrast, \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1362971&session=2013&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">Kashkari has raised $2.7 million\u003c/a> since the March filing — $2 million of that coming from \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/05/neel-kashkari-drops-another-1-million-into-governors-race.html\" target=\"_blank\">his own personal bank account\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Kashkari is spending that money to reach out to the GOP base, voters who self-identify as conservatives. And it might be working; in the new PPIC poll, Donnelly's lead among conservatives has shrunk to 2 points, with 34 percent still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">\"That is the big group,\" says PPIC president and pollster Mark Baldassare on conservatives' power in the GOP. \"And that group is just not decided on who's going to carry the banner for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Donnelly \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tim-donnelly-gop-for-governor\" target=\"_blank\">prides himself on his bare-bones campaign\u003c/a> and revels in his \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/electdonnelly/status/468914820260315136\" target=\"_blank\">status as the GOP \"front-runner\u003c/a>.\" But like any good horse race, this one's tightening down the final straightaway and toward the finish line. The contest for second place — Brown will undoubtedly finish first once the votes are counted — will be determined by who gets those undecided voters. And Donnelly, if he can hold on to beat the establishment GOP's candidate, is going to have do it on a shoestring budget.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_136785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govrace.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govrace-640x289.jpg\" alt=\"From left to right: Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (Erin Tyler/Flickr), Neel Kashkari (Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images), Governor Jerry Brown (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"289\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136785\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (Erin Tyler/Flickr), Neel Kashkari (Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images), Governor Jerry Brown (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">It's the No. 1 question in these final two weeks of California's 2014 gubernatorial primary: Are the continuing strong poll numbers for GOP hopeful \u003ca href=\"http://www.electtimdonnelly.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Donnelly\u003c/a> only the ground floor of his support, the foundation from which he can soar? Or are the numbers as high as he can go, a political ceiling?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">One thing's for sure: Among everyone not named Jerry Brown, Donnelly remains in the lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1103\" target=\"_blank\">new poll released by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a> finds the tea party-aligned assemblyman from San Bernardino County favored by 30 percent of Republicans — a 10-point jump from last month's PPIC poll and 9 points ahead of his GOP rival, newcomer \u003ca href=\"http://www.neelkashkari.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Neel Kashkari\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Among all likely voters, Donnelly now bests Kashkari by 5 points, 15 percent to 10 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">That being said, the race remains solidly in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown, who leads the gubernatorial field in the new poll with 48 percent support among all likely voters, and a 54 percent job approval rating. Twenty-seven percent of those surveyed say they haven't made up their mind, a group that has shrunk since April but whose size makes clear that there are still a lot of fence-sitters in these final days of campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">(And as pointed out in April, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">some Republicans are just fine with filling in the oval next to Brown's name on their ballot\u003c/a>; in fact, the veteran Democrat is now the choice of 13 percent of GOP voters.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">While Donnelly's support has grown, the biggest change from \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1097\" target=\"_blank\">PPIC's April statewide poll\u003c/a> is the rise in support among the ranks of the GOP for Kashkari — from just 5 percent to now 21 percent. That's no doubt due, in part, to the former Treasury official's well-financed operation starting to kick into gear — a deluge of mailers and political advertisements. It may also have helped that virtually every single well-known Republican in California, from ex-governors to legislative leaders and to even 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, have all now endorsed Kashkari's bid to unseat Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Those Republican VIPs have started \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/05/pete-wilson-blasts-tim-donnelly-saying-he-would-damage-gop.html\" target=\"_blank\">beating their political drums that Tim Donnelly is too extreme\u003c/a>, that he's so far to the right that he'll drag down the entire GOP ticket in 2014. Perhaps that, too, has helped Kashkari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">And yet, Donnelly maintains a lead. In fact, Kashkari needs to woo close to six of every 10 undecided voters in the new PPIC poll (across all party allegiances and assuming already committed voters don't shift) to beat Donnelly. It's possible, but Team Neel needs to start scoring some runs ... and fast. Keep in mind that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Political_Data/status/469128828909260800\" target=\"_blank\">voters are already casting ballots by mail\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/16/california-republican-convention-kashkari-donnelly-battle-for-support/rs9327_photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129607\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129607\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9327_photo-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari speaks to campaign volunteers. (Scott Detrow) \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari speaks to campaign volunteers. (Scott Detrow)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">To that end, the Kashkari camp has been ramping up its criticism of Donnelly's behavior — specifically, the assemblyman's recent jabs at \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/opinionshop/2014/05/15/tim-donnelly-on-sharia-law-shot-fair-game-video/\" target=\"_blank\">Kashkari's appearance at a 2008 Islamic finance conference\u003c/a>. Kashkari is also starting to jab back at his rival, a Republican assemblyman; \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/225517053/Neel-Kashkari-mailer-May-21-2014\" target=\"_blank\">a new mailer accuses Donnelly of being a \"wasteful spender\"\u003c/a> when it comes to campaign expenses and \"a wreck\" for allegedly missing business and personal tax payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Still, Donnelly continues to poll strongly among several voter subgroups. He holds a 6-point lead over Kashkari in the new PPIC survey among the most wealthy voters; an 8-point lead among both moderates and men; and an 11-point lead over his GOP rival among Latinos — a voting bloc many assume would be turned off by \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2014/04/09/gop-gov-candidate-tim-donnelly-doesnt-apologize-for-being-a-minuteman-giving-a-minuteman-speech/\" target=\"_blank\">Donnelly's past as a Minuteman volunteer and his rhetoric on illegal immigration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">But again, do those numbers represent Tim Donnelly's ceiling — his upper limit — among various voter subgroups? After all, the undecideds in this poll remain high. And among those who tell the PPIC that they are tuning in to news about the race for governor, Donnelly's advantage over Kashkari narrows to just 3 points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">And that's where money could play its familiar role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">State \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1354289&session=2013&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">campaign records\u003c/a> show Tim Donnelly has raised about $207,000 since the last full disclosure report in March, a report that also listed $149,000 in unpaid bills. In contrast, \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1362971&session=2013&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">Kashkari has raised $2.7 million\u003c/a> since the March filing — $2 million of that coming from \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2014/05/neel-kashkari-drops-another-1-million-into-governors-race.html\" target=\"_blank\">his own personal bank account\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Kashkari is spending that money to reach out to the GOP base, voters who self-identify as conservatives. And it might be working; in the new PPIC poll, Donnelly's lead among conservatives has shrunk to 2 points, with 34 percent still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">\"That is the big group,\" says PPIC president and pollster Mark Baldassare on conservatives' power in the GOP. \"And that group is just not decided on who's going to carry the banner for them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Body\">Donnelly \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tim-donnelly-gop-for-governor\" target=\"_blank\">prides himself on his bare-bones campaign\u003c/a> and revels in his \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/electdonnelly/status/468914820260315136\" target=\"_blank\">status as the GOP \"front-runner\u003c/a>.\" But like any good horse race, this one's tightening down the final straightaway and toward the finish line. The contest for second place — Brown will undoubtedly finish first once the votes are counted — will be determined by who gets those undecided voters. And Donnelly, if he can hold on to beat the establishment GOP's candidate, is going to have do it on a shoestring budget.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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