“Clearly, Gov. Brown is adamant about rewriting the California Environmental Quality Act. But why? What’s he got against CEQA? Other than developers, who is he scoring points with?”

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It’s the economy, stupid!

He is scoring points with those people that feel environmental regulation has become unreasonable in some areas.  His experience as Mayor of

“A perky Jerry Brown delivered his State of the State Address today. He targeted the education bureaucracy, extolled the virtues of teachers and said overhauling environmental regulation is necessary. Your thoughts?

More notable is that a California governor intentionally quoted Oliver Wendell Holmes, Genesis, FDR, Montaigne, William Butler Yeats, paraphrased Aristotle and described the diet

“Will the Democrats’ super-majorities really make a difference in the Capitol?”

The super-majorities have the greatest impact on shifting the legislation-blocking role away from Republicans and toward the Moderate Democrats. Or put another way, the new Dem supermajority and emboldened Dem governor can now do absolutely anything that Moderates Lou Correa and Michael Rubio will vote

So what’s wrong with a last-minute deal?

On Gavin Newsom and TV

Under discussion: “Regarding rival tax-increase plans on the November ballot, should Molly Munger and Jerry Brown do a road show and work together?”

Question: The head of the state Fish and Game Commission is under pressure to resign because he bagged a mountain lion in Idaho, where hunting cougars is legal. Should he step down?

“Yet more budget misery: The December numbers are in and the state fell short of revenue projections by $2.5 billion for the first half of the fiscal year. Total hole (maybe): $9.2 billion. So what do we do now?”

Government should run like an efficient corporation. It should cook its books.

Move to Texas.

What

Can the governor raise enough money to successfully push his $7 billion-a-year tax plan for the November 2012 ballot? Some tribes have put up $275,000. Who else will help finance this?

The governor can raise enough money to meet the campaign budget but the reality is that he is not going to be able to

A billion dollars’ worth of budget cuts are announced with more on the way. Is there any good news at all in the triggered cuts? What are Brown’s options?

This is fiscal reality.  Brown was a truth-teller during the campaign and now he is having to do what he said.

There is no good news