SB 51: the California politics thread

Surprising revelation from @GavinNewsom, former 2-term Mayor of SF: he hasn’t read #PropC and has no opinion on it. Tax tech to help homeless? No view. Not even in the abstract. “I haven’t read it.” pic.twitter.com/0RpAbozJFA

— Doug Sovern (@SovernNation) October 30, 2018

prop 10 seems like it's going to lose:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-proposition-10-s-support-craters-in-new-1540406834-htmlstory.html

possibly thanks to this kind of nonsense (the same people will tell you that prop 10 will result in fewer houses being built. pick a side people!)

silver linings though:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-prop-6-leaders-threaten-recall-campaign-1540838655-htmlstory.html

missing link there sorry

Why’s @AptAssocGLA gonna go ahead and make this old lady lie like that pic.twitter.com/GiSMsSydF8

— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) October 28, 2018

damn dude, she looks like she's only in her mid-50s??

that Doug Sovern tweet is bullshit. Newsom has already weighed in on Prop C

(he thinks Prop C could make the problem worse. don't agree)

Prop C is a good thing!, really hope it passes

Agree completely re Prop C

Prop 10 is doomed, but I may vote for it anyway.

submitted without comment

http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/images/VoterGuides/2018-November-Workers-Voter-Guide.pdf

except that the candidates they are endorsing look really young

the best thing on twitter right now is marc benioff dunking on rich silicon valley guys who won’t pay a tiny tax to fund anti-homelessness initiatives https://t.co/IDjDXsaqJb

— we're going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) November 4, 2018

yeah benioff is pretty legit for a billionaire ceo

all the bonds except the admittedly slightly weird water bond passed

5 (extend limits on property tax) and 6 (remove gas tax and let the state fall apart) failed :-(

rent control wasn't even close though :-(

the charter guy is winning superintendent of public instruction but it's close and has not been called yet

kounalakis won lieutenant gov. did anyone have a strong opinion about that one? neither seems like particularly promising future governers.

looks like la county is about to vote out the sheriff for the first time in 100+ years. the replacement has the support of the LASD rank and file which is huge fucking red flag, but he ran on a "get ICE out of LA jails" platform (LASD runs the county jails).

la city public bank failed :-(

the NRA-sponsored judge lost in LA county :-)

proposition C passed though and by a lot1

Surely you meant to smile on 5 and 6 losing.

yeah idgi re: 6

Looks like the one District I was focusing on (10 - Harder vs. Denham) might still be too close to call, last time I checked the results were w/in 1,000 votes.

Looks like Rohrabacher is out though, which is awesome

yeah i got confused about smileys.

5 (extend limits on property tax) and 6 (remove gas tax and let the state fall apart) failed :-)

can't believe Nunes is still gonna be around

I can't believe Duncan Hunter is still going to be around

I read something about C that it might be taken to court because it's a tax prop that didn't get the required two-thirds majority?

sounds inevitable

I assume that's another thing we can thank Prop 13 for.

wait hunter won? jfc

What's the matter with San Diego?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18066314/house-midterms-results-duncan-hunter-winner

Camp Pendleton

Nah, that's NE county SD exurbs, pretty red to begin with (2R:1D) & they are certainly not going to vote for a guy who is half-Palestine/half-Mexican.

San Diego is pretty deep blue, but not out there

https://hunter.house.gov/our-district

Santee!

Can't believe prop 11 passed, 'Let's all get together and screw private ambulance workers!'

But otherwise not too bad here in CA.

the sooner we can never adjust our microwave clocks again the better

also Ammar Campa-Najjar still wouldn't have won if he'd become a horse and changed his name to Bill Stevens, so deep is the backcountry chaparral love for vaping veterans

But otherwise not too bad here in CA.

― fajita seas, Wednesday, November 7, 2018 7:22 PM (yesterday)

well, except for the fact that people were more concerned about the living conditions of animals that will become food than human beings who are renters, which is quite shit

same in 2008! chickens 01, gay people 00

And probably all the 2008 chickens are long eaten by now

The LA podcast today is a post mortem of the election and also the fact that one of our councilmen Jose huizar was raided by the FBI the morning after. De Leon is a future mayoral candidate and was state senator for the district that covers the council district. They’re speculating and repeating rumours that de Leon will run for this seat then mayor (he would walk both races, and in some ways LA council is a promotion from state senate).

lol xp

Also they make the point that running a state ballot measure for rent control, rather than incremental and local changes where costa Hawkins and local circumstances allow it (which is a few cities in socal, not sure about up north), was a major tactical error. (Largely made by noted LA crank and AHF syphilis invasion billboard guy Michael Weinstein).

It’s a good podcast imo btw https://overcast.fm/+Mkf9-9PBU

which is a few cities in socal, not sure about up north

I would be surprised if San Francisco didn't have the strongest tenant protections in the state. Berkeley has some, as do Oakland, and some smaller Bay Area cities.

Right but the way Costa Hawkins work affects a city’s ability to vote to expand the rent control aspect of those protections in weird/complex ways. Prop 5 would have repealed costa Hawkins, but some city’s still have wiggle room. I’d be surprised if sf wasn’t already it it’s limits.

Ps https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/gavin-newsom-the-next-head-of-the-california-resistance

Did anyone see yet if there’s a supermajority in both houses? The count was drifting left in the sense it might be but it wasn’t enough yet when I tried to figure out.

Election Day may be over, but California has more than 4.5 million ballots left to count.

The uncounted ballots could push voter turnout to nearly 60 percent of those registered. Participation in a non-presidential election has not hit 60 percent in California since 1994, although it hit 59 percent in 2010.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article221392480.html

Did anyone see yet if there’s a supermajority in both houses?

Does this matter a lot with a Democratic governor?

A supermajority would allow the Democrats to pass any legislation without GOP help. As I understand it they already have a supermajority in the Assembly. In the Senate they need 27 seats, and according to Politico: “it now appears Democratic Sen. Ricardo Lara is in good shape to become insurance commissioner, which would leave a vacancy for months in the upper house. And the race in District 12 between Democrat Anna Caballero and Republican Rob Poythress remains too close to know if Democrats will have 27 even if Lara departs.”

Heard a politician refer to the legislature in Illinois now as a super-supermajority.

Does this matter a lot with a Democratic governor?

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, November 9, 2018 10:05 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yes. certain kinds of legislation (mostly money-raising stuff, i think?) requires 2/3 majorities (in both houses?) to pass.

ohhhhh, OK

(mostly money-raising stuff, i think?)

Two-thirds is required for any tax-related stuff.

also Ammar Campa-Najjar still wouldn't have won if he'd become a horse and changed his name to Bill Stevens, so deep is the backcountry chaparral love for vaping veterans

― del griffith, Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:29 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wtf thats my name, dude. :o

How do you Angelenos like Garcetti?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0JNZhm3NNo