California Politics

ReutersSchwarzenegger reportedly will extend furloughs89.3 KPCCCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to the press at the Bella center of Copenhagen on December 15, 2009. State workers throughout California ...Schwarzenegger Presses US for More Aid for Needy CaliforniaNew York TimesCalifornia Budget Crisis Diaries: More furloughs, layoffs complete Gov's planSDNN: San Diego News NetworkSchwarzenegger Seeks Obama's Help for Deficit...  

By Kevin Yamamura, McClatchy NewspapersCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to save $1.6 billion in state employee costs by extending monthly furloughs past June, laying off staff or shifting general fund workers into state jobs financed by other revenues, according to sources familiar with the governor's forthcoming budget proposal.Schwarzenegger and lawmakers have to close an estimated $20.7 billion general fund budget deficit over...  

California is back in the hole and digging deeper. It is now $21 billion in the hole again and digging deeper every day.In response to the growing problem, Schwarzenegger Seeks Obama’s Help for Deficit ReliefCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, anticipating a $21 billion state budget deficit, plans to ask President Barack Obama to ease mandates and minimums on social programs to save as much as $8 billion.The Republican governor plans to...  

The LA Times reports that things are not so golden in the Golden State as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once again turns to Washington for help in averting a death spiral.Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to call for deep reductions in already suffering local mass transit programs, renew his push to expand oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast and appeal to Washington for billions of...  

The LA TImes reports that things are not so golden in the Golden State, as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger once again turns to Washington for help in averting a death spiral. Facing a budget deficit of more than $20 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ...  

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and members of the California Congressional Delegation urging them to not impose new costs on states through ...  

*A rare vote of confidence for Barack Obama from the right side of the political spectrum comes courtesy of California's Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was asked to give the president a grade for his first year.  

SACRAMENTO /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the following appointments: First, Ronnie Caplane, 61, of Oakland, has been reappointed to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, where she has served as a member since ...  

As a Democrat, there's nothing I like better than seeing the Republican Party writhe. And nowhere are the chasms among conservative leaders so clear as in the rift opening between California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on the issue of climate change. A summary of this bout, courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor: Round 1: Sarah Palin dashed off an op-ed for the Washington Post stating that she...  

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife -- a known scofflaw -- has dodged ticket after ticket on the west side of Los Angeles ... talking on her cell phone while driving, parking in a red zone, parking at an expired meter while buying a muffin and driving without a seat belt.But on Friday -- in the thick of Brentwood's shopping district -- time ran out for Maria. The meter was empty, and now, thanks to a vigilant parking officer...  

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin have gotten into a tit for tat over how best to be green. Schwarzenegger started the fight during some interviews in Copenhagen.Contributor: Mark WhittingtonPublished: Dec 17, 2009  

Sarah Palin added fuel to the firery debate between her and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger over climate change. On her Facebook page, she responded to the Governor's claims that she doesn't want to help the environment.  

Video: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger bashes Sarah Palin for picking the economy over the environment. "The biggest jog creation is in green technology...people don't believe in fixing the envoronment or in global wrming...they are living in the stone age". He's talking about yesterday's USA poll which says that 7 out of 10 Americans believe that fixing the economy should be a higher priority than fixing the environment. Pesky humans may be...  

This afternoon (Copenhagen time), California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger praised the efforts of the scientist, entrepreneur, capitalist, innovator, and activist as the fundamental source of change on climate. As important as they are, Schwarzenegger said, national agreements “will never do enough.”  Real progress comes at the sub-national level – the “iconoclast and individual citizen.”   Recalling that great [...]  

Sarah Palin is hitting back at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's dig at the former Alaska governor over the issue of climate change. (CNN) - Sarah Palin is hitting back at California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's dig at the former Alaska governor over the issue of climate change. "Why is Governor Schwarzenegger pushing for the same sorts of policies [...] BackyardConservative (subscribe) : Palin on Thomson, Ahhnold ...Little Green...