Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

A fractured Aseembly Public Safety effectively killed Senator Gloria Romero's measure at increasing police transparency, theLos Angeles Times reports, prompting a very public lashing out betweenRomero and three Democrats who "took a walk" on the bill (by justsitting there silently). Fiona Ma of San Francisco voted no.

LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was hob-nobbing and raising money in Gavin Newsom's home turf todayand the list of event co-sponsors (including Willie Brown and KamalaHarris) was "eyebrow raising," according to the San FranciscoChronicle. The fundraiser was for Villaraigosa's mayoral re-electionbid, but could the location and hosts be seen as a snub to Gavin?

Ron Dellums has had a tough transition from lion of a Congressman to mayor of Oakland,where as the Wall Street Journal describes it, most people are moreinterested in filling potholes and stopping gangs than they are aboutthe kind of progressive, national issues Dellums championed inWashington.

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