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Capitol Weekly Podcast: Inside the campaign to Recall Gov. Newsom
We are joined today by Anne Dunsmore, Campaign Manager for Rescue California, the organization that is heading the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Poll: Recall of Newsom remains short of majority
A photo illustration of a voter casting a ballot. (Image: PPIC)With the special election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom less than two weeks away, the share of California likely voters who say they would remove Newsom still falls short of a majority, while about half of likely voters do not currently have a choice for a replacement. Among California likely voters, 39 percent would vote yes to remove Newsom, while 58 percent would vote no.
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Delta virus cuts through Oregon-California border counties
A team from the intensive care unit at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon, prepares to intubate a crashing covid-19 patient. (Photo: Michael Blumhardt, via Asante)If you live in one of the rural communities tucked into the forested hillsides along the Oregon-California border and need serious medical care, you’ll probably wind up at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. It serves about nine counties on either side of the border. It is one of three hospitals Asante owns in the region. All three ICUs are 100% full of covid patients, according to staff members.
Analysis
Recall: Democrats outperforming their voter registration
An illustration of California's Sept. 14 recall election. (Felipe Sanchez, via Shutterstock)ANALYSIS: For weeks, liberals gnashed their teeth over poll results showing Republicans almost universally highly “motivated” to vote in the recall. But then the first reports of ballots showed Democrats outperforming their levels of voter registration – currently they are 55% of returned ballots while comprising 48% of registered voters
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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: The year of living dangerously
Illustration of Gov. Newsom by Jason Seiler. Design by Judd Hertzler.As if the interminable pandemic, wildfires and drought savaging the state weren’t enough, we have added in a recall campaign against Gov. Newsom that is projected to cost the state $215 million …. and, perhaps, our patience. What started as the subtext to a bad joke has since gained a degree of traction. While we believe its chances of succeeding are slim, there is no denying that the recall has shaped behavior in Sacramento. This year’s Top 100 list reflects the turmoil.
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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Jennifer Barrera
Illustration by Chris Shary10. Jennifer Barrera
Nearly 40 percent of all businesses in California are woman-owned, so it’s fitting that the state’s largest and most powerful business advocacy organization is run by a woman. President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce since 2021, Jennifer Barrera is recognized for her incredible blend of grit, political smarts, team
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Capitol Weekly Podcast: Who will be on the Top 100 List if Larry Elder becomes governor?
Illustration by Jason SeilerIn this episode we discuss the 2021 Top 100 list with Scott Lay, publisher of The Nooner and consummate capitol insider, and look at the forces – COVID, wildfires and the recall – that strongly shaped this edition of the list.
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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Jason Sisney
Illustration by Chris Shary19. Jason Sisney
You could argue that Jason Sisney has earned two spots on this list. He is the Assembly’s top budget advisor and has been so since 2018, a role that by default would put you on the Top 100. But Sisney also publishes budget information prodigiously on his #CABudget newsletter on Substack, providing
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No. 17: Capitol Weekly’s Top 100
Illustration by Chris Shary17. Yolanda Richardson
Yolanda Richardson heads a cabinet-level agency called “GovOps,” or Government Operations Agency, which Jerry Brown created in 2013 and is intended to bring organization and rigor to nearly a dozen state operations, including Human Resources, the Census Office, the Franchise Tax Board, CalPERS, CalSTRS and something called the Department of Tax and
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Capitol Weekly’s Top 100: Dee Dee Myers
Dee Dee MyersNo. 14 Dee Dee Myers
We preach to our interns all the time that if you make a mistake, you need to own it. So we’re going to own that we biffed it badly last year by not having Dee Dee Myers on this list. Because Myers is more than just a Senior Advisor to