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Two new CA surveys show overall approval of Gov. Brown remains high

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Jerry Brown Signs Solorio Bill

By: Scott Lay, publisher of the Nooner, a California Political Newsletter

The PPIC is out with its statewide survey:

  • Most important issue: jobs, economy (44%); health care, health reform (11%), education, schools (7%); state budget, deficit, taxes (6%); immigration, illegal immigration (5%)
  • Jerry Brown job approval: 47% approve, 28% disapprove (+1% from January)
  • Legislature job approval: 38% approve, 43% disapprove (+2% from January)
  • Caliifornia generally: 45% right direction, 46% wrong direction (+8% from January)
  • CA economic conditions over next 6 months: 43% good times, 48% bad times (+8% from January) Continue reading→

Which CA Legislators would you most like to have a beer or an espress with?

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Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, touches the hood of her sweat shirt as she talks of the shooting of Trayvon Martin during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla . Also seen are state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, left, and Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, right.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Holly Mitchell must be extremely fun to have a beer with…

Scott Lay, the Publisher of the Nooner California Political Newsletter, asked his readers to vote last week in the Legislators of the Year awards, in three categories.

Here are the latest voting results regarding which California State Legislators are the legislators you would “Most Like to have a Beer/Espresso with:” Continue reading→

OC ROV Purges 17% of Voter Roll

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Per today’s Nooner, “In Orange County, 285,336 voters (17%) have been purged from the voting rolls for non-activity,”

Here’s more detail from Ballot Access News:

According to each of the 58 county election departments of California, current registration data for each qualified party is: Democratic 7,921,721; Republican 5,216,494; American Independent 475,281; Green 112,881; Libertarian 109,618; Peace & Freedom 61,506; Americans Elect 3,413; unqualified parties and miscellaneous 352,775; no party preference (formerly called “Declines to state”) 3,459,782 … The number of registered voters dropped to 17,713,471. This is because many counties have purged voters who have not voted in either of the last two statewide elections. The purge in Orange County was especially severe, and registration dropped from 1,683,001 in October 2012 to 1,397,665. Orange County registration will rise in the next few weeks as some of the voters who received the postcard will respond that yes, they are still at the same address.

 

Can Nguyen raise enough money to overcome her negatives in the 34th S.D.?

Posted on by Posted in 2014 Elections, Janet Nguyen, Jim Silva, Jose Solorio, Lou Correa, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Van Tran, Vietnamese Leave a comment

Scott Lay wrote in today’s Nooner that “In an off-cycle election, the new 34th State Senate District is a tough district for Democrats. However, if Jose Solorio turns in strong fundraising numbers and the GOP doesn’t get behind one candidate, that could be a toss-up.”

Will the GOP line up behind Supervisor Janet Nguyen?  And can she rebound after wrecking CalOptima – the O.C. agency that provides healthcare services to the poor, in a reckless power grab? Continue reading→