[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Governor Schwarzenegger has vowedto oppose conservative attempts to once again get an initiative on theballot to constitutionally ban gay marriage in California, reportsthe Sac Bee. In keeping with his previous vetos of such a ban, hestated, “Well, first of all, I think that it will never happen inCalifornia because I think that California people are much furtheralong on that issue, and number two, I will always be there to fightagainst that because it will never happen.”

On the other hand, as Calitics notes, Arnold was speaking in front of the Log Cabin Republicans,a gay Republican group.  The governor still has a long way to go beforeproving his credentials on the issue, as he’s also twice vetoed billsthat would legalize gay marriage.

It’s official: the salmon season has been canceled,packing a wallop to Califonia’s $150-million commercial salmonbusiness, reports the LA Times. Federal regulators adopted a ban onsalmon fishing this year due to concern over the markedly decreasedsalmon population.

by David Dayen [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Hmm...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says if an initiative to ban gay marriage qualifies for the November ballot, he's prepared to fight it.

California's governor was in San Diego today speaking at the annual convention of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest gay Republican group.

Schwarzenegger said he was confident that a ban would never pass in California but called the effort "a waste of time" -- joking that he wished activists would focus on allowing naturalized citizens to run for president instead.

Notice of course who he was speaking to.

Now, Arnold has vetoed bills legalizing gay marriage on two occasions.  And each time he has retreated to referencing the Knight Initiative and saying that "the people have spoken" on this matter.  Now, however, he'd like the people to speak in a different way, I guess.

Wonder what's going on here...

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

If there you had any doubt that the Common Cause "Voters First" redistricting measure was partisan, erase it. The California Republican Assembly, the small but vocal far-right GOP organization, has endorsed it.

Here's what CRA chief Mike Spence wrote in The Flash Report:

"The California Republican Assembly has officially endorsed the Voters FIRST Redistricting initiative.  The vote was nearly unanimous, with only a single dissenting vote.

The Initiative, which is due to begin circulating petitions shortly, takes the drawing of legislative district lines out of the hands of the legislature and gives it to an Independent Commission composed of Republicans, Democrats and Independents randomly selected from a pre-qualified list of volunteers.

I know people are wondering how CRA can support an initiative endorsed by the Governor and Common Cause. Clearly, CRA is no fan of these two or some of the other groups supporting the initiative.

Some of the criticisms from a few Republicans include that it doesn’t include Congress. I wish it did. The reality is this is the only initiative on the topic that might qualify and pass out there. It isn’t perfect but it is a step in the right direction."