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Imagine if ANYONE could run for office, wouldn’t that be nice? When I say “ANYONE” I mean even people who do not have a million dollars. Yes, I know, it’s hard to imagine.  But what if candidates- under strict rules- received enough money from a state fund to actually win an election? AB 583 is authored by Assemblymember Loni Hancock (D- East Bay) and intends to do just that. If you receive 7,500 contributions of $5 each, and neither accept money nor use your own money, you may qualify for 1 -

A day after an angry and frustrated Californiaelectorate trounced five of six measures on a special election ballot,an influential Bay Area business group announced their intention torestructure state government by holding a rare constitutionalconvention. Dubbed "Repair California," the campaign is being led by the Bay Area Council, a San Francisco-based business and public policy advocacy organization. During a press conference held Wednesday in Sacramento, the group called for the California

Let'shear it for Pittsburgh, which Tuesday made dirtyair not just California'sproblem. The Pennsylvania city topped the American LungAssociation's annual list for the worst short-term air pollution fromparticles and was barely second to Los  Angeles for year-round levels. It's thefirst time in 10 years that a city outside California has headed any list in the yearlyState of the Air report, the lung association says. Otherwise,the news was not good for Californiacities that historically have h

After   years of attack dog politics, the American people may not be able to let go of constant   invectives and dueling gotchas.  The latest example is the case   of Illinois’s corrupt Governor Rod R. Blagojevich.  His crimes   seem real enough and – should he be convicted of the alleged wrongdoings   – he deserves punishment for his malfeasance.  Prosecutor Patrick   Fitzgerald has laid out the charges in clear terms, and has also been   unambiguous about the president-elect’s lack of involvem