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"content": "\u003cp>It’s a risky proposition for politicians to sit on the sidelines when public frustration or anger mounts over something, especially in a state like California, where voters wield immense power through the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet a new public poll suggests all the ingredients are there for a political explosion on the value, even the existence, of tenure protection for the state’s public school teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have a more nuanced view,” said pollster Drew Lieberman about Californians, citing a new survey that shows the public likes teachers but isn’t as enamored of their job protections — the same ones that a Los Angeles judge declared unconstitutional last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll \u003ca href=\"http://www.gqrr.com/articles/2015/4/12/new-university-of-southern-california-dornsife-college-of-letters-arts-and-scienceslos-angeles-times-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released this past weekend by the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> finds 73 percent of those surveyed would pick some kind of tenure system other than the one that now exists for the state’s teachers. And the single largest bloc of Californians — 38 percent — said that teachers should have no tenure system at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was last summer when the current tenure system, which generally provides strong job protections for teachers after two years on the job, was on the losing end of a \u003ca href=\"http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/court-decision-in-vergara-v-california/1031/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nationally watched case\u003c/a>, \u003cem>Vergara v. California\u003c/em>. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-governor-appeals-vergara-20140829-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Jerry Brown and education leaders, as well as teachers unions, have appealed the ruling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case has produced a lot of headlines but very little movement inside the state Capitol. And yet the new poll suggests real skepticism among the public. Just 7 percent of those surveyed believe the current two-year tenure threshold is the right level. And a whopping 82 percent believe that performance should play more of a role in deciding which teachers to keep and which ones to fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters overwhelmingly like teachers,” said pollster Lieberman in a Monday conference call with reporters. “But at the same time, they do want this level of accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll asks which kinds of teachers should be let go first in the event layoffs are needed at a California public school. Of those surveyed, 53 percent say it should be a teacher who “received poor marks” in classroom observations. Only 8 percent said it should be “a teacher who has less seniority,” even though that is the foundation of California’s “last in, first out” system of teacher job protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not to say Californians don’t value experienced teachers; the poll finds support for seniority privileges in general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You still have a majority that say seniority should count for something,” said Lieberman. “It just shouldn’t count for everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it’s fascinating that the issue hasn’t gained any traction in Sacramento, where the Vergara ruling hasn’t seemed to produce any noticeable ripples. Only one bill was introduced this winter to address the system that is now in legal limbo. And politically speaking, tenure has withstood almost every challenge. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/20/national/20tenure.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last, and most prominent, fight over the system came in 2005\u003c/a>, when organized labor helped defeat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_74,_Waiting_Period_for_Permanent_Employment_as_a_Teacher_%282005%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 74\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the pollsters who conducted the USC/LAT survey believe there are signs of new — and important — divisions on how to reward or punish teachers. In particular, the poll found a racial and ethnic gap when it comes to the value of standardized testing in holding educators accountable. Whites were more leery of the value of testing (40 percent) than were black (55 percent), Latino (52 percent) or Asian Californians (56 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollster Dave Kanevsky called it a “cultural gap” on how to reward educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is not whether performance matters” for nonwhites, he said, “but in how to measure performance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this juncture, no one seems to be clamoring for a 2016 battle over new teacher tenure rules or performance-based measurements. But the poll numbers suggest an appetite for the debate among many Californians — one that, absent a more thorough and measured discussion in the legislative arena, could become a noisy hunger should tenure critics decide to champion changes on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NOTE: An original version of this story said that no bills had been introduced to change the tenure system. That was incorrect; Assembly Bill 1248, to lengthen the tenure process to three years, was introduced in February by Asm. Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case has produced a lot of headlines but very little movement inside the state Capitol. And yet the new poll suggests real skepticism among the public. Just 7 percent of those surveyed believe the current two-year tenure threshold is the right level. And a whopping 82 percent believe that performance should play more of a role in deciding which teachers to keep and which ones to fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters overwhelmingly like teachers,” said pollster Lieberman in a Monday conference call with reporters. “But at the same time, they do want this level of accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll asks which kinds of teachers should be let go first in the event layoffs are needed at a California public school. Of those surveyed, 53 percent say it should be a teacher who “received poor marks” in classroom observations. Only 8 percent said it should be “a teacher who has less seniority,” even though that is the foundation of California’s “last in, first out” system of teacher job protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not to say Californians don’t value experienced teachers; the poll finds support for seniority privileges in general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You still have a majority that say seniority should count for something,” said Lieberman. “It just shouldn’t count for everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it’s fascinating that the issue hasn’t gained any traction in Sacramento, where the Vergara ruling hasn’t seemed to produce any noticeable ripples. Only one bill was introduced this winter to address the system that is now in legal limbo. And politically speaking, tenure has withstood almost every challenge. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/20/national/20tenure.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last, and most prominent, fight over the system came in 2005\u003c/a>, when organized labor helped defeat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_74,_Waiting_Period_for_Permanent_Employment_as_a_Teacher_%282005%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 74\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the pollsters who conducted the USC/LAT survey believe there are signs of new — and important — divisions on how to reward or punish teachers. In particular, the poll found a racial and ethnic gap when it comes to the value of standardized testing in holding educators accountable. Whites were more leery of the value of testing (40 percent) than were black (55 percent), Latino (52 percent) or Asian Californians (56 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollster Dave Kanevsky called it a “cultural gap” on how to reward educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is not whether performance matters” for nonwhites, he said, “but in how to measure performance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this juncture, no one seems to be clamoring for a 2016 battle over new teacher tenure rules or performance-based measurements. But the poll numbers suggest an appetite for the debate among many Californians — one that, absent a more thorough and measured discussion in the legislative arena, could become a noisy hunger should tenure critics decide to champion changes on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NOTE: An original version of this story said that no bills had been introduced to change the tenure system. That was incorrect; Assembly Bill 1248, to lengthen the tenure process to three years, was introduced in February by Asm. Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>There's no crystal ball that can predict the best and biggest political stories in California for the new year, but there are some signs out there of what's ahead -- from Capitol clashes to the chess match of 2016 campaigns and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so consider this a viewer's guide of sorts to what seems to be on the state's political horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396027\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396027\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS4469_106397071-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Brown begins his final run as governor on Jan. 5.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Brown begins his final run as governor on Jan. 5. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Legacy\u003c/strong>: It seems fair to start with the guy in charge, who enters 2015 with perhaps the biggest question he's ever faced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does Gov. Jerry Brown want to be his lasting legacy? And as he enters the homestretch of his long political career, what will he do in hopes of creating that legacy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, 76, takes the oath of office on Monday as California's longest-serving governor. By the end of the first week, he will have made headlines on two contenders for the role of a legacy project: the ceremonial groundbreaking for high-speed rail in Fresno on Tuesday, and the release of his new state budget on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither will ever fully bear his imprint, though; budgets are the tedious work of every governor and a lot of legislators, and high-speed rail was in the works long before Brown returned to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this governor has done more than any of his predecessors to get the train project on target, and 2015 may prove to be the most pivotal year yet. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/01/4310556/symbolic-groundbreaking-tuesday.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 6 shovels-in-the-dirt ceremony\u003c/a> certainly may raise the public expectations of success, and it also highlights the impending deadline -- now just two years away -- \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/14/local/la-me-bullet-risks-20120514\" target=\"_blank\">for spending existing federal dollars for the first phase of construction\u003c/a>. And no, there's been no more federal money committed for the $68 billion San Francisco-to-Los Angeles train. That's Brown's biggest challenge, even if much of the cash isn't expected until after he leaves office. High-speed rail seems to be just the kind of \"high-risk, high-reward\" thing on which a legacy can be built ... or hobbled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor will no doubt also continue his quest for budget prudence in 2015, even as state tax revenues are expected to again beat expectations. Will he insist on more debt repayment, and on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/16/california-government-retiree-health-care-debt-rises-again/\" target=\"_blank\">launching new efforts to tackle long-term debt\u003c/a>? Will he change course from 2013 and 2014 (even slightly) and allow Democratic legislators to expand funding for some safety-net social services programs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what about \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1333789&session=2013\" target=\"_blank\">the $21 million in campaign cash Brown is sitting on\u003c/a>, unspent in his re-election bid last year? Does he have a ballot measure idea up his sleeve that we will see in 2015?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396037\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396037\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters take to the streets of San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2014. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-1440x959.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters take to the streets of San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2014. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From Ferguson to Staten Island ... to Sacramento?\u003c/strong> Legislators always react to headlines, and they were no doubt watching, along with everyone else, at the late 2014 intense debate over policing and communities of color. With Bay Area protests over the incidents in Missouri and New York gaining national exposure, you can count on legislative proposals in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already we've seen \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a79/news-room/press-releases/weber-introduces-body-camera-bill\" target=\"_blank\">a San Diego assemblymember introduce legislation to examine how police use body cameras in recording their work\u003c/a> ... and we'll no doubt see much more. Of particular interest: How will Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris engage in -- or retreat -- from the discussion? Both have \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/jerry-brown-protests-silent_n_6337414.html\" target=\"_blank\">carefully avoided commenting on the protests\u003c/a> or the underlying issues for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396071\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396071\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8749_467264079-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"Is 2015 the year Barbara Boxer decides to step aside? (Mandel Ngan/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is 2015 the year Barbara Boxer decides to step aside? (Mandel Ngan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Boxer Watch\u003c/strong>: No incumbent in California will be more watched for subtle body language hints about her future in 2015 than U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. The 74-year old Democrat, now completing her third term in the U.S. Senate, has left a trail of hints that she may not seek another six-year term in 2016 -- the biggest being her relatively small campaign war chest compared with previous pre-election periods. \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/18/boxer-points-to-early-next-year-for-big-decision/\" target=\"_blank\">Observers expect some kind of decision \"early\" this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should Boxer decide to step aside, \u003ca href=\"http://atr.rollcall.com/races-to-watch-2016-california-senate-barbara-boxer/\" target=\"_blank\">there's no shortage of high-profile California Democrats who may step forward\u003c/a>. None have officially declared their interest (because none actually know what Boxer will do), but politicos have long buzzed about everyone from Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to Attorney General Kamala Harris, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, even wealthy environmental activist Tom Steyer. Let's face it: This could be a heck of a battle, and it would all begin in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143483\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143483\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/GettyLegis2009-budget.jpg\" alt=\"California's state Senate is under new leadership in 2015. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California's state Senate is under new leadership in 2015. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A New Era For Sacramento Leadership\u003c/strong>: 2015 marks the first year in power for the new leader of the Legislature's upper house, Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). The veteran legislator has played a high-profile role in several big political debates over the past few years, from the \u003ca href=\"http://sd24.senate.ca.gov/news/2014-10-28-release-governor-brown-pro-tem-de-le%C3%B3n-and-tom-steyer-visit-first-lausd-prop-39\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 39 tax-and-clean-energy effort\u003c/a> to the legislative push for issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what will De León focus on leading the state Senate? And what will his relationship with the governor look like, given Brown's penchant for rejecting boosts to some of the social service programs on which De León has led the charge? The L.A. Democrat also must successfully deal with financial challenges in the Senate that led to the laying off of staff in late 2014. And those ethics cases facing two ex-senators may still leave a residue of scandal in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396086\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"UC President Janet Napolitano has upped the ante on 2015's UC funding debate. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC President Janet Napolitano has upped the ante on 2015's UC funding debate. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jerry vs. Janet\u003c/strong>: There's never been a president of the University of California with a more politically powerful resume than Janet Napolitano ... and (probably) never a governor more unwilling to cede his role in the UC's governance. That alone would make things interesting, but it's what happened at the end of 2014 that really qualifies the Jerry and Janet Chronicles as must-see political drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napolitano used her political savvy to attempt a shift in the tuition hikes/state budget funding debate. Rather than simply asking for more money, she convinced UC regents to up the ante by pre-approving five years of tuition hikes \u003cem>if\u003c/em> the money does't materialize from Sacramento. In some ways, it was a version of Brown's successful campaign for tax increases under Prop. 30. In the way that the governor told voters that Prop. 30's defeat would automatically trigger big spending cuts, Napolitano has told lawmakers their refusal to boost state spending on UC will trigger a big tuition hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the former Arizona governor and U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary is likely to find a pretty strong adversary in Brown -- if, of course, it gets that far. (And there are a number of people seeking to privately turn down the heat on this fight.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown attends more UC regent meetings than he skips in his role as president of the board. He's also tapped two new regents in recent weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnmyers/status/551119134738501633\" target=\"_blank\">including his top legislative aide on Friday\u003c/a>. And his proposed 2015-2016 state budget -- which will be released this coming Friday -- will offer the first big clues as to how he intends to respond to Napolitano's challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396090\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396090\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Will legislators address a court ruling that says California's teacher tenure system is illegal? (Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-1440x957.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will legislators address a court ruling that says California's teacher tenure system is illegal? (Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Legislature Tackle Tenure?\u003c/strong> In \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/a-toast-to-top-california-politics-news-of-2014/\" target=\"_blank\">our look back at the top political stories of 2014\u003c/a>, we noted how the potential landmark ruling in \u003cem>Vergara v. California\u003c/em> found a role in several candidate campaigns, but never really ignited a larger public discussion. And so, the question begs to be asked: Will lawmakers tinker with the state's teacher tenure rules before the courts consider whether to throw them out altogether?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's top three elected officials on the subject -- the governor, the attorney general and the superintendent of public instruction -- all decided to formally appeal the June 10, 2014, ruling that found tenure laws violate the constitutional equal protection rights of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">his 16-page decision\u003c/a>, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu made clear what he thinks is the real solution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>\"All this court may do is apply constitutional principles of law to the challenged statutes as it has done here and trust the legislature to fulfill its mandated duty to enact legislation on the issues herein discussed that passes constitutional muster, thus providing each child in this state with a basically equal opportunity to achieve a quality education.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While critics of the ruling -- that is, defenders of the existing tenure rules -- believe the case will be overturned by an appellate court, it will be worth watching to see if legislators don't take action on their own to revamp the system and avoid a showdown in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Budget Brickbats or Bouquets in Sacramento?\u003c/strong> And finally, a time-honored sure bet for political news: state budget fights. The past few years have made it clear that while times of fiscal stability produce fewer fights than times of crisis, there are still intense debates over how to spend money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office predicted another better-than-expected year of tax revenues -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/Infographics/2015-16-californias-fiscal-outlook\" target=\"_blank\">$2 billion more than the enacted budget predicted through this July\u003c/a>. Brown's own budget team has traditionally been more conservative than the LAO forecasters, which no doubt reflects their boss's interest in tamping down the spending expectations of Democratic legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there will be demands to spend money that's not legally promised to schools or to the new rainy day reserve fund. Welfare assistance, grants to the blind and disabled, and reimbursement rates for doctors who see Medi-Cal patients are all areas where spending has not been restored to formulas that existed prior to the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor pretty much held all the cards in his hands when dealing with the Legislature in his now completed third term in office. 2015 may still see him as the dominant player, but ever so slowly the tide could turn. Governors who no longer can run for election -- like presidents on the national level -- tend to see their power ebb, and no one knows when the \"lame duck\" phenomenon will kick in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So ... get set ... 2015 is going to be a fun year to watch.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There's no crystal ball that can predict the best and biggest political stories in California for the new year, but there are some signs out there of what's ahead -- from Capitol clashes to the chess match of 2016 campaigns and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so consider this a viewer's guide of sorts to what seems to be on the state's political horizon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396027\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396027\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS4469_106397071-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Jerry Brown begins his final run as governor on Jan. 5.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Brown begins his final run as governor on Jan. 5. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Legacy\u003c/strong>: It seems fair to start with the guy in charge, who enters 2015 with perhaps the biggest question he's ever faced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does Gov. Jerry Brown want to be his lasting legacy? And as he enters the homestretch of his long political career, what will he do in hopes of creating that legacy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, 76, takes the oath of office on Monday as California's longest-serving governor. By the end of the first week, he will have made headlines on two contenders for the role of a legacy project: the ceremonial groundbreaking for high-speed rail in Fresno on Tuesday, and the release of his new state budget on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither will ever fully bear his imprint, though; budgets are the tedious work of every governor and a lot of legislators, and high-speed rail was in the works long before Brown returned to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this governor has done more than any of his predecessors to get the train project on target, and 2015 may prove to be the most pivotal year yet. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/01/01/4310556/symbolic-groundbreaking-tuesday.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 6 shovels-in-the-dirt ceremony\u003c/a> certainly may raise the public expectations of success, and it also highlights the impending deadline -- now just two years away -- \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/14/local/la-me-bullet-risks-20120514\" target=\"_blank\">for spending existing federal dollars for the first phase of construction\u003c/a>. And no, there's been no more federal money committed for the $68 billion San Francisco-to-Los Angeles train. That's Brown's biggest challenge, even if much of the cash isn't expected until after he leaves office. High-speed rail seems to be just the kind of \"high-risk, high-reward\" thing on which a legacy can be built ... or hobbled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor will no doubt also continue his quest for budget prudence in 2015, even as state tax revenues are expected to again beat expectations. Will he insist on more debt repayment, and on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/16/california-government-retiree-health-care-debt-rises-again/\" target=\"_blank\">launching new efforts to tackle long-term debt\u003c/a>? Will he change course from 2013 and 2014 (even slightly) and allow Democratic legislators to expand funding for some safety-net social services programs?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what about \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1333789&session=2013\" target=\"_blank\">the $21 million in campaign cash Brown is sitting on\u003c/a>, unspent in his re-election bid last year? Does he have a ballot measure idea up his sleeve that we will see in 2015?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396037\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396037\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters take to the streets of San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2014. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13675_JV0A0519-1440x959.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters take to the streets of San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2014. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From Ferguson to Staten Island ... to Sacramento?\u003c/strong> Legislators always react to headlines, and they were no doubt watching, along with everyone else, at the late 2014 intense debate over policing and communities of color. With Bay Area protests over the incidents in Missouri and New York gaining national exposure, you can count on legislative proposals in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already we've seen \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a79/news-room/press-releases/weber-introduces-body-camera-bill\" target=\"_blank\">a San Diego assemblymember introduce legislation to examine how police use body cameras in recording their work\u003c/a> ... and we'll no doubt see much more. Of particular interest: How will Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris engage in -- or retreat -- from the discussion? Both have \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/jerry-brown-protests-silent_n_6337414.html\" target=\"_blank\">carefully avoided commenting on the protests\u003c/a> or the underlying issues for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396071\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396071\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS8749_467264079-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"Is 2015 the year Barbara Boxer decides to step aside? (Mandel Ngan/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is 2015 the year Barbara Boxer decides to step aside? (Mandel Ngan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Boxer Watch\u003c/strong>: No incumbent in California will be more watched for subtle body language hints about her future in 2015 than U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer. The 74-year old Democrat, now completing her third term in the U.S. Senate, has left a trail of hints that she may not seek another six-year term in 2016 -- the biggest being her relatively small campaign war chest compared with previous pre-election periods. \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/18/boxer-points-to-early-next-year-for-big-decision/\" target=\"_blank\">Observers expect some kind of decision \"early\" this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should Boxer decide to step aside, \u003ca href=\"http://atr.rollcall.com/races-to-watch-2016-california-senate-barbara-boxer/\" target=\"_blank\">there's no shortage of high-profile California Democrats who may step forward\u003c/a>. None have officially declared their interest (because none actually know what Boxer will do), but politicos have long buzzed about everyone from Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to Attorney General Kamala Harris, former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, even wealthy environmental activist Tom Steyer. Let's face it: This could be a heck of a battle, and it would all begin in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143483\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-143483\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/GettyLegis2009-budget.jpg\" alt=\"California's state Senate is under new leadership in 2015. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California's state Senate is under new leadership in 2015. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A New Era For Sacramento Leadership\u003c/strong>: 2015 marks the first year in power for the new leader of the Legislature's upper house, Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles). The veteran legislator has played a high-profile role in several big political debates over the past few years, from the \u003ca href=\"http://sd24.senate.ca.gov/news/2014-10-28-release-governor-brown-pro-tem-de-le%C3%B3n-and-tom-steyer-visit-first-lausd-prop-39\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 39 tax-and-clean-energy effort\u003c/a> to the legislative push for issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what will De León focus on leading the state Senate? And what will his relationship with the governor look like, given Brown's penchant for rejecting boosts to some of the social service programs on which De León has led the charge? The L.A. Democrat also must successfully deal with financial challenges in the Senate that led to the laying off of staff in late 2014. And those ethics cases facing two ex-senators may still leave a residue of scandal in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396086\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"UC President Janet Napolitano has upped the ante on 2015's UC funding debate. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS5736_028-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC President Janet Napolitano has upped the ante on 2015's UC funding debate. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jerry vs. Janet\u003c/strong>: There's never been a president of the University of California with a more politically powerful resume than Janet Napolitano ... and (probably) never a governor more unwilling to cede his role in the UC's governance. That alone would make things interesting, but it's what happened at the end of 2014 that really qualifies the Jerry and Janet Chronicles as must-see political drama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napolitano used her political savvy to attempt a shift in the tuition hikes/state budget funding debate. Rather than simply asking for more money, she convinced UC regents to up the ante by pre-approving five years of tuition hikes \u003cem>if\u003c/em> the money does't materialize from Sacramento. In some ways, it was a version of Brown's successful campaign for tax increases under Prop. 30. In the way that the governor told voters that Prop. 30's defeat would automatically trigger big spending cuts, Napolitano has told lawmakers their refusal to boost state spending on UC will trigger a big tuition hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the former Arizona governor and U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary is likely to find a pretty strong adversary in Brown -- if, of course, it gets that far. (And there are a number of people seeking to privately turn down the heat on this fight.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown attends more UC regent meetings than he skips in his role as president of the board. He's also tapped two new regents in recent weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnmyers/status/551119134738501633\" target=\"_blank\">including his top legislative aide on Friday\u003c/a>. And his proposed 2015-2016 state budget -- which will be released this coming Friday -- will offer the first big clues as to how he intends to respond to Napolitano's challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10396090\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10396090\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Will legislators address a court ruling that says California's teacher tenure system is illegal? (Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-800x532.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS6260_76754171-1440x957.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will legislators address a court ruling that says California's teacher tenure system is illegal? (Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will Legislature Tackle Tenure?\u003c/strong> In \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/a-toast-to-top-california-politics-news-of-2014/\" target=\"_blank\">our look back at the top political stories of 2014\u003c/a>, we noted how the potential landmark ruling in \u003cem>Vergara v. California\u003c/em> found a role in several candidate campaigns, but never really ignited a larger public discussion. And so, the question begs to be asked: Will lawmakers tinker with the state's teacher tenure rules before the courts consider whether to throw them out altogether?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's top three elected officials on the subject -- the governor, the attorney general and the superintendent of public instruction -- all decided to formally appeal the June 10, 2014, ruling that found tenure laws violate the constitutional equal protection rights of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">his 16-page decision\u003c/a>, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu made clear what he thinks is the real solution:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>\"All this court may do is apply constitutional principles of law to the challenged statutes as it has done here and trust the legislature to fulfill its mandated duty to enact legislation on the issues herein discussed that passes constitutional muster, thus providing each child in this state with a basically equal opportunity to achieve a quality education.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>While critics of the ruling -- that is, defenders of the existing tenure rules -- believe the case will be overturned by an appellate court, it will be worth watching to see if legislators don't take action on their own to revamp the system and avoid a showdown in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Budget Brickbats or Bouquets in Sacramento?\u003c/strong> And finally, a time-honored sure bet for political news: state budget fights. The past few years have made it clear that while times of fiscal stability produce fewer fights than times of crisis, there are still intense debates over how to spend money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office predicted another better-than-expected year of tax revenues -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/Infographics/2015-16-californias-fiscal-outlook\" target=\"_blank\">$2 billion more than the enacted budget predicted through this July\u003c/a>. Brown's own budget team has traditionally been more conservative than the LAO forecasters, which no doubt reflects their boss's interest in tamping down the spending expectations of Democratic legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there will be demands to spend money that's not legally promised to schools or to the new rainy day reserve fund. Welfare assistance, grants to the blind and disabled, and reimbursement rates for doctors who see Medi-Cal patients are all areas where spending has not been restored to formulas that existed prior to the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor pretty much held all the cards in his hands when dealing with the Legislature in his now completed third term in office. 2015 may still see him as the dominant player, but ever so slowly the tide could turn. Governors who no longer can run for election -- like presidents on the national level -- tend to see their power ebb, and no one knows when the \"lame duck\" phenomenon will kick in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Let’s be honest: Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned annual rite of passage? Spring cleaning. The Fall Classic. Swallows returning to Capistrano. (Well, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/bringing-back-the-famous-swallows-of-mission-san-juan-capistrano\" target=\"_blank\">maybe not that one these days, it seems\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a list of top news stories to wrap up a year. Which brings us to this list covering California politics in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was, well, an odd even-numbered year. Statewide elections usually spark some big stories and important debates, but 2014 was rather tepid compared with previous electoral cycles. Even so, there were a few big moments that won’t be soon forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So without further ado…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393263\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393263\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS9444_leelandyee-20140326a-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Political Quote of the Year: “People Need Certain Things”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were casting a movie about a political scandal and you needed a legislator on whom to base a character accused of corruption … Leland Yee wouldn’t have been your guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat was a fairly high-profile member of the California Legislature, but not a flamboyant one or one who was the subject of gossip and rumor. And that’s probably why \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\" target=\"_blank\">the news in March landed with such a bombshell\u003c/a>, when the 66-year old former psychologist was arrested and charged with not only corruption, but also with allegedly participating in a scheme to smuggle illegal weapons into the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony was impossible to miss: gun trafficking charges against a Democrat who made a name for himself \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/leland-yee-crusaded-for-gun-control-before-indictment-on-gun-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">as a fierce advocate of gun control\u003c/a>, a politician who championed \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/business/la-fi-ct-facetime-20100429\" target=\"_blank\">a nationally debated California law to ban children from buying violent video games\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, that infamous quote contained in the FBI affidavit, one attributed by investigators to Yee during a secret meeting that focused on the potential smuggling of weapons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don’t care. People need certain things.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Yee’s political career pretty much ended the same day the detailed allegations were made public, part of a bigger FBI investigation into the Chinese immigrant community of San Francisco. 2014 also saw \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25440366/state-senate-vote-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright\" target=\"_blank\">Yee and two other state senators suspended over ethics charges\u003c/a>: Ron Calderon, the focus of \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/02/21/ron-calderon-indicted-by-feds-for-bribery/5704253/\" target=\"_blank\">his own FBI corruption sting\u003c/a>, and Rod Wright, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-rod-wright-20140913-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of perjury in a case involving whether he actually lived in his legislative district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Wright’s case was closed in 2014. We’re still waiting to see what happens to Calderon and Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393266\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393266\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-1440x928.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top Political Actor in a Dramatic Role: California’s Drought\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s leave it to Gov. Jerry Brown to explain this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a drought,” said Brown in September. “And that’s got everybody’s attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was in 2014, where California’s unquenched thirst helped break the logjam on several water policy fights that had been dragging on for years. Brown’s quip came \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/16/drought-becomes-powerful-political-tool-for-jerry-brown-and-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\">just after he signed the state’s first-ever regulations on the use of groundwater\u003c/a>, something unthinkable in years past. The year also saw lawmakers negotiate, and voters approve, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/1/\" target=\"_blank\">a $7.5 billion bond package\u003c/a> for water reliability and storage — a package where politicos had long fretted about the public’s distaste for new borrowing but one that \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/ballot-measures/prop/1/\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately received a ”yes” vote from 67 percent of the voters who cast ballots on Nov. 4\u003c/a>. Campaign strategists say it’s simple: The drought was a huge motivating factor, something voters didn’t need a political campaign to explain to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393504\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Randall Elementary School in Milpitas, Calif.\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-1440x1002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randall Elementary School in Milpitas. (Charla Bear/KQED) \u003ccite>(Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Simmering Fight Over Teacher Tenure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision made by a Los Angeles judge on June 10 had the potential for huge political impact: California’s tenure rules for K-12 teachers were found to violate the constitutional rights of students to equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A huge ruling, yes, but one that surprisingly caused only a small series of political rumbles in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16 pages of findings in \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vergara v. California\u003c/a> by Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu handed down a scathing indictment of the system of tenure — one that Treu said unfairly disadvantages students from communities of color or from low-income families:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It therefore cannot be gainsaid that the number of grossly ineffective teachers has a direct, real, appreciable, and negative impact on a significant number of California students, now and well into the future for as long as said teachers hold their positions.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ruling was immediately praised by critics of the tenure system and self-described reform groups, but panned by teachers unions and state officials who argued the judge overstated the number of “bad” teachers on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> didn’t land a more powerful political punch in 2014 is hard to say. While it did play \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/27/how-teacher-tenure-figures-into-the-november-election/\" target=\"_blank\">a real role in one statewide race — the contest for superintendent of public instruction — and a few legislative races\u003c/a>, there was no groundswell of action or outrage. Even the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-governor-appeals-vergara-20140829-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">appeal the ruling\u003c/a> (a decision he tried to defend on legal grounds during the political season’s only gubernatorial debate) extracted no real political price. Nonetheless, \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> resonated in education and government circles and could continue to make news depending on the outcome of the appeals process in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Box Office Sleeper: The Kashkari Kid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No candidate made a bigger bet on public outcry over the \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> ruling than Neel Kashkari, the Republican newcomer hoping to topple a sitting governor with a household name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393606\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg\" alt=\"Kashkari, the longshot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-800x732.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashkari, the long-shot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kashkari, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/21/why-kashkari-is-proud-of-tarp-doesnt-trumpet-it\" target=\"_blank\">the former U.S. Treasury official\u003c/a> who bested a more conservative Republican to win the second of two spots on the fall ballot, had always insisted that education would be one of only two priorities should he somehow win the race for governor (the other being job creation). But he didn’t seem to talk much \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kashkari-schools-20140422-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">about his education agenda\u003c/a>, as he seemed to be much more energized about schools after \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> swept into the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the only debate between the two men, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjuxVjPbMk\" target=\"_blank\">held on Sept. 4 and sponsored by KQED along with three other media organizations\u003c/a>, Kashkari unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appeal the ruling. One month later, he released a television ad that never mentioned the tenure court case by name — opting instead for the shock value of a drowning kid and his GOP rescuer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0&w=560&h=315]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad also highlighted the challenge for the Kashkari campaign team: finding something … anything … that would stick to Jerry Brown. The candidate began the race in January talking about poverty; then he lampooned \u003ca href=\"http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/03/13/kashkari-hits-jerry-brown-s-crazy-train/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown’s support for the “crazy train”\u003c/a> of high-speed rail; then he went back to poverty by \u003ca href=\"Neel%20Kashkari%20takes%20campaign%20to%20the%20streets,%20literally%20-%20LA%20...\" target=\"_blank\">posing as a homeless man on the streets of Fresno\u003c/a>; then a series of \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/kashkari-brown-coddled-pr_n_5863100.html\" target=\"_blank\">attacks on the Brown political dynasty\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on it went, even though polls suggested either that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">voters weren’t impressed\u003c/a> or were simply \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/40-of-voters-unaware-Jerry-Brown-is-seeking-5865196.php\" target=\"_blank\">oblivious to the entire campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lingering question: Does Neel Kashkari, a man with now at least a modicum of statewide name ID, run for something else in 2016 or 2018?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393612\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg\" alt=\"California's new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-1440x999.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ban That May End Up Getting Banned Itself\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more than 100 communities across California that have imposed some kind of limit or ban on single-use plastic bags in recent years. So, it’s not surprising that a statewide effort would be launched in Sacramento. Still, few legislative fights in 2014 were more intense, or more chock-full of backroom wheeling and dealing, as the one that ended with legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to impose a statewide plastic bag ban starting in July. When enacted, the ban will be \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/29/plastic-bag-ban-california/\" target=\"_blank\">the first of its kind in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or will it? The plastic bag industry \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagtheban.com/news/item/statement-from-the-american-progressive-bag-alliance-on-intent-to-repeal-se\" target=\"_blank\">quickly ponied up $3 million to gather signatures for a referendum\u003c/a> asking voters to overturn the law — and they appear to have enough to make that happen in November 2016. That would also mean the new law is on hold, allowing the plastic bag industry to keep selling its products for at least an additional 16 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five separate versions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_270&sess=PREV&house=B&author=padilla_%3Cpadilla%3E\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 270\u003c/a> were considered before all was said and done at the state Capitol. Grocers were given a concession of 10 cents for every paper bag, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2014/01/24/15676/onetime-foes-now-back-statewide-plastic-bag-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Democrats (who helped kill a similar effort in 2013) signed on\u003c/a> after efforts were promised to help mitigate any job losses at plastic bag manufacturing plants. The governor played the final card, surprising at least a few political watchers by agreeing to sign the bill. Now, its fate is unclear — as even more cities across California prepare to enact their own bag bans in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393691\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-1440x959.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Suppose We Held An Election … And No One Showed Up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a state where it’s become common to watch millions of voters skip elections, it wasn’t surprising that 2014 — a year without a presidential race and not a lot of widely anticipated ballot propositions — was going to end with low turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But boy, who knew it would be this bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June and November elections each set records for voter apathy: Only 25.17 percent of registered voters cast ballots in June, 42.2 percent in November. Never have any regular primary or gubernatorial elections in California seen such tepid interest from the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/California-politicians-picked-by-few-voters/\" target=\"_blank\">turnout was even worse in a number of individual legislative and congressional districts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png\" alt=\"No on Prop. 46 television ad\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-800x560.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-1440x1008.png 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM.png 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No on Prop. 46 Television Ad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Political Power of No\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low turnout didn’t do much to help backers of any of \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/\" target=\"_blank\">the six propositions on November’s ballot\u003c/a>. In fact, the 2014 election cycle proved once again how much easier it is to \u003cem>kill\u003c/em> a ballot measure than it is to \u003cem>pass\u003c/em> one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most-talked-about initiatives, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/45/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 45\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/46/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 46\u003c/a>, were a textbook case of death by a thousand cuts. Opponents had more money and an easier message: The measures were too complicated, poorly drafted, clever Trojan horses that really had an ulterior motive. Prop. 45, the measure to boost the regulatory power of the state insurance commissioner over health care rates, was a rebuke to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who championed the proposal. Prop. 46, the fight over doctor drug testing and medical malpractice awards, was a lawyers-versus-doctors smackdown that landed on the ballot after \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/01/22/4758601/\" target=\"_blank\">the two sides failed to reach any kind of deal in the Legislature\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark DiCamillo, the longtime director of the nonpartisan Field Poll, has long joked that if he ever hung up his pollster badge and became a political campaign consultant, he’d only take on clients who wanted to defeat initiatives. “No” is where the easy money is, it seems. And combined, the Prop. 45/Prop. 46 opposition campaigns raised more than $111 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393727\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-800x705.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-1440x1269.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s Stay Together, Loving You Whether …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some day years from now, you’ll see it at an auction: \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/files/2014/07/states16_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">a bright crimson-colored, custom tie — one with a multi-colored map of California sliced into six new state configurations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you’ll say to yourself, “Oh yeah, that Six Californias thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t meant to be, at least not in 2014. The owner of that tie, Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, came up short in his quirky quest to ask Californians to go their separate ways. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/12/plan-to-split-california-six-ways-fails-to-make-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">Not only did his split-it-six-ways plan fail to make the fall ballot\u003c/a>, but Draper’s hired guns failed to even collect enough valid signatures to get it on the ballot in 2016. And that’s after he sank almost $5.3 million of his own cash into the endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skeptics doubted Draper was serious. Politicos mused that he was trying to get his name out there for a future run for statewide office. (But which state? Ah, the jokes). And \u003ca href=\"http://verdict.justia.com/2014/01/03/political-constitutional-questions-raised-tim-drapers-six-californias-plan-split-california\" target=\"_blank\">legal scholars said the initiative was absolutely unworkable and likely unconstitutional\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, at least he’s still got that tie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-1440x960.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Tao of Jerry\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, the hard-to-deny consensus big political winner in a year where Californians didn’t even seem to want to \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about politics: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown’s 45-year political career is best left to biographies rather than end-of-the-year lists. But suffice it to say, in an year when the electorate didn’t seem to want to embrace politics, the low-key style of Brown’s third term as governor seemed to suit Californians just fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it would be unfair to imply that Brown wasn’t working hard behind the scenes to secure a fourth term. From beating back legislation at the state Capitol that didn’t suit his finely honed persona of frugality … to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/04/jerry-brown-re-election-bid-quiet-just-like-he-wants-it\" target=\"_blank\">the non-campaign campaign\u003c/a> that saw him preach propositions rather than himself … Jerry Brown found a way to successfully match his political message to the electoral mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has an impeccable sense of timing,” said the governor’s top aide, Nancy McFadden, to a business group in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, but perhaps he learned it from having a lousy sense of timing in \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/people.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">1976\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/04/on_this_day_in_1980_jerry_brow.html\" target=\"_blank\">1980\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1982/10/24/page/30/article/jerry-brown-has-met-the-enemy-its-himself\" target=\"_blank\">1982\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117695/sidney-blumenthal-jerry-browns-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">1992\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where Jerry Brown chooses to steer his governorship in the new year and beyond remains to be seen. But for now, he seems to like the course that he — and California — are on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s hoping he and the state’s other political players make 2015 an interesting one to watch.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Let’s be honest: Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned annual rite of passage? Spring cleaning. The Fall Classic. Swallows returning to Capistrano. (Well, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/bringing-back-the-famous-swallows-of-mission-san-juan-capistrano\" target=\"_blank\">maybe not that one these days, it seems\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a list of top news stories to wrap up a year. Which brings us to this list covering California politics in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was, well, an odd even-numbered year. Statewide elections usually spark some big stories and important debates, but 2014 was rather tepid compared with previous electoral cycles. Even so, there were a few big moments that won’t be soon forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So without further ado…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393263\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393263\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS9444_leelandyee-20140326a-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Political Quote of the Year: “People Need Certain Things”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were casting a movie about a political scandal and you needed a legislator on whom to base a character accused of corruption … Leland Yee wouldn’t have been your guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat was a fairly high-profile member of the California Legislature, but not a flamboyant one or one who was the subject of gossip and rumor. And that’s probably why \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\" target=\"_blank\">the news in March landed with such a bombshell\u003c/a>, when the 66-year old former psychologist was arrested and charged with not only corruption, but also with allegedly participating in a scheme to smuggle illegal weapons into the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony was impossible to miss: gun trafficking charges against a Democrat who made a name for himself \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/leland-yee-crusaded-for-gun-control-before-indictment-on-gun-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">as a fierce advocate of gun control\u003c/a>, a politician who championed \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/business/la-fi-ct-facetime-20100429\" target=\"_blank\">a nationally debated California law to ban children from buying violent video games\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, that infamous quote contained in the FBI affidavit, one attributed by investigators to Yee during a secret meeting that focused on the potential smuggling of weapons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don’t care. People need certain things.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Yee’s political career pretty much ended the same day the detailed allegations were made public, part of a bigger FBI investigation into the Chinese immigrant community of San Francisco. 2014 also saw \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25440366/state-senate-vote-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright\" target=\"_blank\">Yee and two other state senators suspended over ethics charges\u003c/a>: Ron Calderon, the focus of \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/02/21/ron-calderon-indicted-by-feds-for-bribery/5704253/\" target=\"_blank\">his own FBI corruption sting\u003c/a>, and Rod Wright, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-rod-wright-20140913-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of perjury in a case involving whether he actually lived in his legislative district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Wright’s case was closed in 2014. We’re still waiting to see what happens to Calderon and Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393266\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393266\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-1440x928.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top Political Actor in a Dramatic Role: California’s Drought\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s leave it to Gov. Jerry Brown to explain this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a drought,” said Brown in September. “And that’s got everybody’s attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was in 2014, where California’s unquenched thirst helped break the logjam on several water policy fights that had been dragging on for years. Brown’s quip came \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/16/drought-becomes-powerful-political-tool-for-jerry-brown-and-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\">just after he signed the state’s first-ever regulations on the use of groundwater\u003c/a>, something unthinkable in years past. The year also saw lawmakers negotiate, and voters approve, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/1/\" target=\"_blank\">a $7.5 billion bond package\u003c/a> for water reliability and storage — a package where politicos had long fretted about the public’s distaste for new borrowing but one that \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/ballot-measures/prop/1/\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately received a ”yes” vote from 67 percent of the voters who cast ballots on Nov. 4\u003c/a>. Campaign strategists say it’s simple: The drought was a huge motivating factor, something voters didn’t need a political campaign to explain to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393504\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Randall Elementary School in Milpitas, Calif.\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-1440x1002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randall Elementary School in Milpitas. (Charla Bear/KQED) \u003ccite>(Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Simmering Fight Over Teacher Tenure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision made by a Los Angeles judge on June 10 had the potential for huge political impact: California’s tenure rules for K-12 teachers were found to violate the constitutional rights of students to equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A huge ruling, yes, but one that surprisingly caused only a small series of political rumbles in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16 pages of findings in \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vergara v. California\u003c/a> by Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu handed down a scathing indictment of the system of tenure — one that Treu said unfairly disadvantages students from communities of color or from low-income families:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It therefore cannot be gainsaid that the number of grossly ineffective teachers has a direct, real, appreciable, and negative impact on a significant number of California students, now and well into the future for as long as said teachers hold their positions.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ruling was immediately praised by critics of the tenure system and self-described reform groups, but panned by teachers unions and state officials who argued the judge overstated the number of “bad” teachers on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> didn’t land a more powerful political punch in 2014 is hard to say. While it did play \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/27/how-teacher-tenure-figures-into-the-november-election/\" target=\"_blank\">a real role in one statewide race — the contest for superintendent of public instruction — and a few legislative races\u003c/a>, there was no groundswell of action or outrage. Even the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-governor-appeals-vergara-20140829-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">appeal the ruling\u003c/a> (a decision he tried to defend on legal grounds during the political season’s only gubernatorial debate) extracted no real political price. Nonetheless, \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> resonated in education and government circles and could continue to make news depending on the outcome of the appeals process in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Box Office Sleeper: The Kashkari Kid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No candidate made a bigger bet on public outcry over the \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> ruling than Neel Kashkari, the Republican newcomer hoping to topple a sitting governor with a household name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393606\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg\" alt=\"Kashkari, the longshot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-800x732.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashkari, the long-shot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kashkari, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/21/why-kashkari-is-proud-of-tarp-doesnt-trumpet-it\" target=\"_blank\">the former U.S. Treasury official\u003c/a> who bested a more conservative Republican to win the second of two spots on the fall ballot, had always insisted that education would be one of only two priorities should he somehow win the race for governor (the other being job creation). But he didn’t seem to talk much \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kashkari-schools-20140422-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">about his education agenda\u003c/a>, as he seemed to be much more energized about schools after \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> swept into the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the only debate between the two men, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjuxVjPbMk\" target=\"_blank\">held on Sept. 4 and sponsored by KQED along with three other media organizations\u003c/a>, Kashkari unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appeal the ruling. One month later, he released a television ad that never mentioned the tenure court case by name — opting instead for the shock value of a drowning kid and his GOP rescuer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad also highlighted the challenge for the Kashkari campaign team: finding something … anything … that would stick to Jerry Brown. The candidate began the race in January talking about poverty; then he lampooned \u003ca href=\"http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/03/13/kashkari-hits-jerry-brown-s-crazy-train/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown’s support for the “crazy train”\u003c/a> of high-speed rail; then he went back to poverty by \u003ca href=\"Neel%20Kashkari%20takes%20campaign%20to%20the%20streets,%20literally%20-%20LA%20...\" target=\"_blank\">posing as a homeless man on the streets of Fresno\u003c/a>; then a series of \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/kashkari-brown-coddled-pr_n_5863100.html\" target=\"_blank\">attacks on the Brown political dynasty\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on it went, even though polls suggested either that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">voters weren’t impressed\u003c/a> or were simply \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/40-of-voters-unaware-Jerry-Brown-is-seeking-5865196.php\" target=\"_blank\">oblivious to the entire campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lingering question: Does Neel Kashkari, a man with now at least a modicum of statewide name ID, run for something else in 2016 or 2018?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393612\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg\" alt=\"California's new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-1440x999.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ban That May End Up Getting Banned Itself\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more than 100 communities across California that have imposed some kind of limit or ban on single-use plastic bags in recent years. So, it’s not surprising that a statewide effort would be launched in Sacramento. Still, few legislative fights in 2014 were more intense, or more chock-full of backroom wheeling and dealing, as the one that ended with legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to impose a statewide plastic bag ban starting in July. When enacted, the ban will be \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/29/plastic-bag-ban-california/\" target=\"_blank\">the first of its kind in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or will it? The plastic bag industry \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagtheban.com/news/item/statement-from-the-american-progressive-bag-alliance-on-intent-to-repeal-se\" target=\"_blank\">quickly ponied up $3 million to gather signatures for a referendum\u003c/a> asking voters to overturn the law — and they appear to have enough to make that happen in November 2016. That would also mean the new law is on hold, allowing the plastic bag industry to keep selling its products for at least an additional 16 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five separate versions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_270&sess=PREV&house=B&author=padilla_%3Cpadilla%3E\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 270\u003c/a> were considered before all was said and done at the state Capitol. Grocers were given a concession of 10 cents for every paper bag, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2014/01/24/15676/onetime-foes-now-back-statewide-plastic-bag-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Democrats (who helped kill a similar effort in 2013) signed on\u003c/a> after efforts were promised to help mitigate any job losses at plastic bag manufacturing plants. The governor played the final card, surprising at least a few political watchers by agreeing to sign the bill. Now, its fate is unclear — as even more cities across California prepare to enact their own bag bans in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393691\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. 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(Katie Brigham/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Suppose We Held An Election … And No One Showed Up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a state where it’s become common to watch millions of voters skip elections, it wasn’t surprising that 2014 — a year without a presidential race and not a lot of widely anticipated ballot propositions — was going to end with low turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But boy, who knew it would be this bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June and November elections each set records for voter apathy: Only 25.17 percent of registered voters cast ballots in June, 42.2 percent in November. Never have any regular primary or gubernatorial elections in California seen such tepid interest from the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/California-politicians-picked-by-few-voters/\" target=\"_blank\">turnout was even worse in a number of individual legislative and congressional districts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png\" alt=\"No on Prop. 46 television ad\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-800x560.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-1440x1008.png 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM.png 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No on Prop. 46 Television Ad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Political Power of No\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low turnout didn’t do much to help backers of any of \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/\" target=\"_blank\">the six propositions on November’s ballot\u003c/a>. In fact, the 2014 election cycle proved once again how much easier it is to \u003cem>kill\u003c/em> a ballot measure than it is to \u003cem>pass\u003c/em> one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most-talked-about initiatives, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/45/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 45\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/46/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 46\u003c/a>, were a textbook case of death by a thousand cuts. Opponents had more money and an easier message: The measures were too complicated, poorly drafted, clever Trojan horses that really had an ulterior motive. Prop. 45, the measure to boost the regulatory power of the state insurance commissioner over health care rates, was a rebuke to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who championed the proposal. Prop. 46, the fight over doctor drug testing and medical malpractice awards, was a lawyers-versus-doctors smackdown that landed on the ballot after \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/01/22/4758601/\" target=\"_blank\">the two sides failed to reach any kind of deal in the Legislature\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark DiCamillo, the longtime director of the nonpartisan Field Poll, has long joked that if he ever hung up his pollster badge and became a political campaign consultant, he’d only take on clients who wanted to defeat initiatives. “No” is where the easy money is, it seems. And combined, the Prop. 45/Prop. 46 opposition campaigns raised more than $111 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393727\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-800x705.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-1440x1269.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s Stay Together, Loving You Whether …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some day years from now, you’ll see it at an auction: \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/files/2014/07/states16_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">a bright crimson-colored, custom tie — one with a multi-colored map of California sliced into six new state configurations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you’ll say to yourself, “Oh yeah, that Six Californias thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t meant to be, at least not in 2014. The owner of that tie, Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, came up short in his quirky quest to ask Californians to go their separate ways. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/12/plan-to-split-california-six-ways-fails-to-make-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">Not only did his split-it-six-ways plan fail to make the fall ballot\u003c/a>, but Draper’s hired guns failed to even collect enough valid signatures to get it on the ballot in 2016. And that’s after he sank almost $5.3 million of his own cash into the endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skeptics doubted Draper was serious. Politicos mused that he was trying to get his name out there for a future run for statewide office. (But which state? Ah, the jokes). And \u003ca href=\"http://verdict.justia.com/2014/01/03/political-constitutional-questions-raised-tim-drapers-six-californias-plan-split-california\" target=\"_blank\">legal scholars said the initiative was absolutely unworkable and likely unconstitutional\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, at least he’s still got that tie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-1440x960.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Tao of Jerry\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, the hard-to-deny consensus big political winner in a year where Californians didn’t even seem to want to \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about politics: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown’s 45-year political career is best left to biographies rather than end-of-the-year lists. But suffice it to say, in an year when the electorate didn’t seem to want to embrace politics, the low-key style of Brown’s third term as governor seemed to suit Californians just fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it would be unfair to imply that Brown wasn’t working hard behind the scenes to secure a fourth term. From beating back legislation at the state Capitol that didn’t suit his finely honed persona of frugality … to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/04/jerry-brown-re-election-bid-quiet-just-like-he-wants-it\" target=\"_blank\">the non-campaign campaign\u003c/a> that saw him preach propositions rather than himself … Jerry Brown found a way to successfully match his political message to the electoral mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has an impeccable sense of timing,” said the governor’s top aide, Nancy McFadden, to a business group in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, but perhaps he learned it from having a lousy sense of timing in \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/people.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">1976\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/04/on_this_day_in_1980_jerry_brow.html\" target=\"_blank\">1980\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1982/10/24/page/30/article/jerry-brown-has-met-the-enemy-its-himself\" target=\"_blank\">1982\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117695/sidney-blumenthal-jerry-browns-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">1992\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where Jerry Brown chooses to steer his governorship in the new year and beyond remains to be seen. But for now, he seems to like the course that he — and California — are on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Let’s rewind the clock for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles issued a \u003ca href=\"http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/local/court-decision-in-vergara-v-california/1031/\">landmark ruling\u003c/a> that says three state laws actually allow bad teachers to keep their jobs, depriving students of a quality education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.neelkashkari.com/%20\">Neel Kashkari,\u003c/a> the man gunning to be the state's next governor, was quick to jump all over that ruling during his only debate with incumbent \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/home.php\">Jerry Brown\u003c/a>, who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1283281-teacher-vergara-canoticeofappeal082914.html%20\">appealing the ruling\u003c/a>. “You sided with the union bosses. You should be ashamed of yourself, Governor. I’m going to fight for the kids. I’m going to fight for the kids, I want you to know that,” attacked Kashkari. Brown retorted, “That makes no sense at all. That is so false.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the judge's decision stands, California would be the first state in the country where teachers could get fired almost regardless of their seniority. Kashkari has focused his entire campaign in the last few weeks on the judge's decision, including a controversial \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/neel-kashkari-campaign-tv-ad\">TV ad of a child drowning in a pool \u003c/a>– who Kashkari says represents the kids Brown refuses to rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this underscores just how explosive the issue of tenure has become this election season, and nowhere more so than in the race for state superintendent of public instruction. Incumbent \u003ca href=\"http://www.tomtorlakson.com/jointom?splash=1\">Tom Torlakson \u003c/a>is joining Brown in appealing the ruling. “Stop blaming teachers and attacking them about taking away their job protections, that’s no way to improve our schools in California,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"Stop blaming teachers and attacking them about taking away their job protections, that’s no way to improve our schools in California.\"\u003ccite>Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Torlakson is in a tight race against \u003ca href=\"http://www.marshalltuck.com/\">Marshall Tuck\u003c/a>, a charter school executive who wants to rein in teacher job protections.\u003cbr>\nIt's created a kind of \"battle royale,\" pitting those who call themselves education reformers -- and support Tuck -- against the state's powerful teachers unions, which back the incumbent Torlakson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Torlakson says stripping veteran teachers of these rights doesn't get at the state's real education problem. “We know the way to improve our schools is to invest. To get the dollars in there so we can have smaller class sizes, bring back art music and drama, have stronger academics,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cta.org\">Teachers unions\u003c/a> hope that message will get across to voters and have poured more than $2 million into Torlakson's bid for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those same unions are staking a claim in several legislative races where teacher seniority is also a hot-button issue. Political ads play up Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://timsbranti.com/%20\">Tim Sbranti's\u003c/a> teaching experience in the 16th Assembly District, made up of well-to-do suburbs east of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sbranti wasn't just an educator. He also led the political action committee for the California Teachers Association, arguably the state's most powerful interest group. He says he was proud to serve: “I knew at the time then and now that I had to do and stand up for what is right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I caught up with Sbranti at a recent debate against his opponent, Republican \u003ca href=\"http://bakerforassembly.com/\">Catharine Baker\u003c/a>, whose campaign speeches and mailers play up Sbranti's union connections -- and her opposition to teacher tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sbranti says what's missing from this whole debate is what California should be doing to help educators become more effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My biggest focus is what are we doing to uplift the other 95 percent of teachers who are dedicated to their craft, who want to do right by students. What are we doing to make above-average teachers, great? Or -- great teachers off the charts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Baker, his challenger, doesn't buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker is an attorney and a mother of two school-age children, and says she's seen firsthand how bad teachers can hold kids back. She's been racking up newspaper endorsements, in part because of her stand on tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says many parents like her support fewer teacher job protections. “And there’s nothing they can do about it. And principals are frustrated. And the really great teachers that we have all throughout our schools, they’re frustrated, too, because they know they’re treated exactly the same as someone who may be less effective in that career,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-poll-vergara-20140626-story.html\">statewide poll over the summer on teacher tenure\u003c/a> seems to reflect that dissatisfaction. 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