SB 51: the California politics thread

Yes, but he is a conduit to counter the bullshit that Newsom is spewing. Enemy of your enemy, etc.

(in this case, he's not on my radar at all)

gosh i really expected so much better from the guy who divorced kim guilfoyle at 39 to hook up w 19 year old brittanie mountz

Sure. Just be aware that he’s an “public safety”/law and order right win muckraker who is obviously aiming for promotion to national Fox News or whatever trump does next, and whose main source is the Los Angeles sherrifs department, whose leaks he credulously broadcasts.

i think brittanie does marriage counseling now lol

i will never get tired of bringing her up, sorry not sorry

Joanna Newsom's cousin is a shit (allegedly)

i will never get tired of bringing her up, sorry not sorry

― the late great, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:16 PM (thirty-one minutes ago)

her name is the pierre delecto of SF politics

curfew!!!

LOL yeah right

Welp, looks like we're back on lockdown until 2021 (Jan 4th).

Actually looking forward to no obligations for Christmas ... thank you for cancelling Xmas, Gavin!

me too!

I spent the morning and early afternoon today wrapping presents, writing letters, and packing secure gift boxes to send to my loved ones, which I will take to UPS tomorrow, but I'm relieved not having to fly or drive or risk my life to please relatives or friends

Wow you are way more on top of the holiday season than I am ... I'm like, "that one year where we did Christmas in January because I got the flu on Christmas Eve and slept for two days straight? That was a good Christmas."

lol

I am worried about people in my life, how they are handling this

in OR not CA but yeah, me too. family in Humboldt.

and Long Beach... stepson & his wife get tested every week

There goes one of the possible senate picks https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/us/politics/xavier-becerra-hhs-health-secretary.html

Still feel like me and many of my savvy progressive friends are like, "Please take our centrist city officials and appoint them to higher office!" ... C'mon Biden / Gavin -- Libby Schaaf really deserves to move up and out!

Oakland's City Attorney just won re-election -- she definitely deserves a job at the state level

Libby didn't get caught eating at French Laundry either !!!

It looks a lot like Garcetti is going to get transportation by being “not Rahm Emmanuel”

normal system

part of the reason Newsom was holding off on naming Harris's replacement for the Senate was his awareness that there was a chance of Becerra's HHS nomination, and that he'd potentially get a chance to balance these appointments

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 6, 2020

if he appoints Padilla to the Senate then he will get to replace two state-wide offices. I don't know much about Padilla, I voted for him for Secretary of State but he hasn't been a real personality in California politics for the general public as far as I know.

Not sure who I hope he names to the Senate

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/12/06/california-exits-give-newsom-rare-chance-to-pick-3-high-profile-leaders-1342605

the fact that this is so rare is a measure of how little success california democrats have had nationally.

absolutely insane way of running a state btw.

what are you talking about, california democrats have had amazing success

and Newsom is running the state well and is trying to protect us as far as I can see

none of these articles about the Senate seat explain the process if a sitting Congressperson gets appointed Senator -- does the Governor then appoint their replacement? Is there a special election? ... Anyway, I actually agree with Willie Brown and think it should be between Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, and Karen Bass ... guessing the latter two also represent districts where the Democrat would have to be like a convicted pedophile or sadistic sex criminal in order for a Republican to win.

what are you talking about, california democrats have had amazing success

― Dan S, Sunday, December 6, 2020 8:14 PM (nineteen minutes ago)

pretty sure caek means in terms of becoming President or Vice-President or holding major cabinet posts ... California Republicans historically have done so, but Democrats, not really (at least as far back as when the Democrats were to the "left" of Republicans before they swapped)

in terns of becoming "president or vice president or holding major cabinet posts"

it's Christmas so I'm really inclined to fantasize

yes, that's what i mean, xp

none of these articles about the Senate seat explain the process if a sitting Congressperson gets appointed Senator -- does the Governor then appoint their replacement? Is there a special election?

i don't have a link but i'm pretty sure that if a congressperson gets appointed senator (or otherwise quits their seat) then there is a special election (which is one of the many arguments why katie porter in orange county should not be given the senate, because they will lose her seat).

and Newsom is running the state well and is trying to protect us as far as I can see

― Dan S, Sunday, December 6, 2020 11:29 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

ok!

does anyone know how the covid exposure tracking app stuff works? specifically, do you need to be around someone who tests positive for a certain length of time? i'd hate to get a notification and feel morally obligated to quarantine (rather than just normal distancing) because i walked by someone on the street who tested positive.

ha I think my bff's daughter was actually a programmer on one of them (or something related to it) and it was kinda badly engineered/thought through? ... This was a few months ago though. Maybe it got improved.

Here's what I got from my coworker who is working on this:

"They use various parameters like RSSI, contact duration , TX Power level of the sender etc to compute this contact and then rate then compute score, Risk level, risk weight etc."

NEW FEC F1#CASEN
Alex Padilla for Senatehttps://t.co/lOoaq5gJGd pic.twitter.com/QQwOeWgIPG

— CATargetBot (@CATargetBot) December 22, 2020

the first of many

Wow that was fast.

Vons firing unionized drivers, switching to Doordash “after the passage of Proposition 22, which gutted worker protections while making it easier for companies to shift financial burdens onto newly-designated independent contractors.”https://t.co/yyUYfZw9UY

— Kiera Feldman (@kierafeldman) January 4, 2021

good luck usa

I think this is good?

I agree that it is good, and a few of the public members are people I know and trust. Hopefully it can be built into something that has leverage.

Some restaurants in my area are switching back to direct delivery which I think is pretty cool.

CALIFORNIA. US Sen Dianne Feinstein (D) has filed FEC paperwork to seek reelection in 2024 to a six year term ... when she will be 91 years old. https://t.co/OQUWaDOCLB

— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) January 13, 2021

FFS

That’s so she can raise money legally. It doesn’t mean she’s running.

maybe instead of running again, Biden can make her an ambassador somewhere nice, like France.

or florida

I have a favor to ask. My Senator Feinstein thinks that Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley who spurred the insurrection should be allowed to remain in Congress. She doesn’t move on anything until she hears from 4000 voters. Call 202-224-3121 and demand their removal. Pls RT

— ChristineP (@ChristineParini) January 19, 2021