Sign Up for the Politicker.com Wake Up Call

California

RSS Feeds

Syndicate content Add to Netvibes Subscribe with Bloglines
Add to Technorati Favorites
Add to Google

Send suggestions to: editor@politicker.com

California: Lois Wolk

February 18, 2009 - 03:39 am
NEWS FEED: Calitics

Steinberg Tries Shock Doctrine Quick Vote, Doesn't Work

By David Dayen

After the Yacht Party putsch, Darrell Steinberg called a vote on the $14.4 billion dollar tax package, and the new leader Dennis Hollingsworth said, "I honestly don't know how the vote is going to turn out."

Well, it didn't turn out.  Cox, Ashburn, Cogdill and even Correa all abstain.  Maldonado votes no.  Not good.  Lois Wolk isn't there because she's sick, so this had no chance of working anyway.  We're in uncharted waters now, unless the lockdown is theatrical and Cox will vote for a newly drafted bill in the morning.

Read More at Calitics >
There have been 24 comments posted in response to this story.

February 4, 2009 - 05:55 pm
NEWS FEED: Capitol Weekly

Senate doesn’t feel like celebrating

By Malcolm Maclachlan

On Tuesday, Senators received at memo from the Legislative Women’s Caucus announcing the cancelation of the annual “Woman of the Year” festivities, citing “financial hardships.”

Meanwhile, several high level Senate staffers say that Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has requested the floor ceremonies and other celebrations be kept to a minimum during the budget crisis. The informal policy apparently led to an unusual exchange last week between Steinberg and Sen. Rod Wright, D-Los Angeles, over how the Senate should honor a groundbreaking African-American football player.

The Woman of the Year tradition was started by the Legislative Women’s Caucus in 1987 “as a celebration of remarkable women throughout California,” according to the memo from the office of Caucus vice-chair Senator Lois Wolk, D-Vacaville.

Read More at Capitol Weekly >
There have been 33 comments posted in response to this story.

Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:58

Bass rallies party, hopes for more than two Assembly seats

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

FAIR OAKS - Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) said she hopes Democrats can pick up more than two seats in that chamber in the Nov. 4 election, after she took part in a Saturday rally for one of the party's targets in Assembly District 10.

A who's who of Sacramento-area Democratic legislators - and a few hoping to join that group - rallied about 70 volunteers before heading out to walk precincts in one of the races the party thinks it can win.

Read More >
There have been 8 comments posted in response to this story.
Thu, 10/23/2008 - 16:53

Huber to have rally with Bass, Galgiani, Jones, Wolk and more

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Democrat Assembly hopeful Alyson Huber will rally with a number of officeholders from the party Saturday, in hopes of drumming up more support for her to win the 10th Assembly District.

In addition to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), Huber will be joined at the morning rally by Assemblywoman and state Senate hopeful Lois Wolk (D-Davis), Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) and Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani (D-Livingston).

Read More >
There have been 34 comments posted in response to this story.
Fri, 10/17/2008 - 16:18

Peace officers PAC spends to support Huber, Buchanan and Berryhill

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

The Police Officers Research Association dropped $30,000 into three heavily contested Assembly races Thursday, twice to benefit the Democratic candidate and once in favor of the Republican.

In Assembly Districts 10 and 15, the group spent $10,000 each to support respective Democrats Alyson Huber of El Dorado Hills and Joan Buchanan of Alamo with a slate mailer of suggested candidates to back.

Read More >
There have been 29 comments posted in response to this story.
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 19:01

Democratic website says GOP abandoning SD-05 race

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

A Democratic news and opinion website has asserted that state Republicans have pulled the plug on Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian's (R-Stockton) campaign for the 5th State Senate District seat.

Read More >
There have been 37 comments posted in response to this story.
Mon, 10/13/2008 - 18:29

Buchanan looks to win fundraising contest on ActBlue

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assembly candidate Joan Buchanan is rallying her supporters to give her $5 in hopes of winning a fundraising contest that would give her an additional $2,500.

Buchanan sent an e-mail to supporters Monday asking for a $5 donation through the website ActBlue. On that site, Buchanan and other Democratic state legislative candidates can count each donation as a "vote" through Oct. 17. The candidate with the most votes by that deadline will receive a $2,500 campaign donation.

There have been 6 comments posted in response to this story.
Wed, 10/08/2008 - 19:44

Aghazarian campaign attacks Wolk over car she drove

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Davis) should think more about her own modes of travel before she criticizes others, said the campaign for her state Senate seat opponent Wednesday.

Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian's campaign put out a release noting that when Wolk was first elected to the Assembly in 2002, she drove a Lincoln Town Car - at taxpayer expense - before giving it up after bad press about the car.

Aghazarian's (R-Stockton) campaign pointed out that Wolk traded in a Toyota Camry for the Lincoln, which cost $37,851 and was charged to the State Assembly.

There have been 33 comments posted in response to this story.
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 16:22

Aghazarian hits back on Wolk's negative commercial

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Assemblywoman Lois Wolk (D-Davis) is paying more for her television commercials so that she can avoid a requirement that campaign commercials must feature the face of the candidate who pays for them, according to the campaign of her opponent, Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian.

Normally, campaign commercials are charged at a lesser rate than other types of commercials, a difference Aghazarian's campaign said can be 20 to 50 percent less, depending on the TV station.

But to qualify for the lesser rate, a candidate's face must appear in the commercial at some point.

There have been 29 comments posted in response to this story.
Wed, 10/01/2008 - 15:39

Aghazarian airs second ad calling for nonpartisan legislature

By Ben van der Meer, PolitickerCA.com Senior Reporter

Greg Aghazarian lets his kids illustrate a Sacramento problem for him in a new ad in his campaign for the 5th State Senate District seat.

The ad features Aghazarian's three sons playing a game called "Legislature" in which one son immediately declares, "It's all about me! It's all about me!" while another puts his fingers in his ears and says, "I can't hear you," and then, "Talk to the hand."

Read More >
There have been 26 comments posted in response to this story.