Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The budget isn't the only thing left waiting on lawmakers' plates. The Sacramento Bee reports that a flood, nay, a deluge of bills waits in the Capitol, from bottled-water labeling to lower-flush toilets to marriage-like rights for cohabitating couples.

An opinion in the San Francisco Chronicle defends the electoral college.Thomas W. Hiltachk recently proposed a ballot measure that would splitCalifornia's electoral votes by congressional district. Trying tosqueeze out a few extra votes for Republicans is not the same asoverhauling the antiquated electoral system.

Elvira Arellano, an illegal immigrant who made headlines last year after seeking sanctuary in a Chicago church, has been arrested outside of a Los Angeles church. Why exactly is separating a mother from her 8-year-old child a good thing?

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