Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Feeling the heat of national press coverage, empty-handed GOP threatsto cut off federal funds and non-stop phone calls—most from out of thearea—the Berkeley City Council voted last night to back off from its position that marine recruiters are "unwelcome intruders," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. After an emotionally-chargedmeeting flooded with activists from both sides and what seems like areasonable compromise, we the city and its critics can move on. 

The 100-day walkout from Writers Guild members ended this week with an overwhelming vote to go back to work, the Los Angeles Timesreports. The writers got some important concessions that will bode wellfor their future in the industry.

Fabian Nunez, headed into his final year as Speaker and perhaps his most difficult budget, said yesterday that he is open to raising taxes but opposed to an across the board tax hike that would hurt working families during a possible recession, theSacramento Bee reports. Nunez cited the half-spending cuts, halfrevenue approach as fair approach—and it was good enough for PeteWilson.

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Photo courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle.