The California Appeals Court wasted no time in dealing the final blow to the California School Employees Association in its effort to rewrite the Open Primary Initiative scheduled for the June Ballot as Proposition 14.

Current Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom has announced he is running for Lieutenant Governor. He grew up in Larkspur and became a star high school basketball player not, says a friend, because of his innate skills but because he worked so hard at it. This may say something about him, especially when you learn he has severe dyslexia. He says it forced him to develop other skills and work harder. Clearly, this is not someone who gives up easily.

If there was any indication from CPAC that the Republican Party as a whole lacks a unified vision for illegal immigration while reaching out to Hispanic voters, the California GOP convention didn’t appear to offer any clarity.  The general vibe is that the split happening within national party ranks also exists at the state level, with leaders delivering contrasting messages at the state convention.

California is the largest purchaser of textbooks in the United States.  Unfortunately, with the state’s economy in shambles, California has decided to hold off on buying new textbooks until 2014.  The question is, which textbooks will the state be buying?  For years, California drove what information was included in textbooks across the nation.  However, with the purchase of text books so far off, California’s influence may soon be replaced -- by the state of Texas.  After California, Texas has the second largest textbook market and wields

Fresh from their much-discussed, often ridiculed and ubiquitously hyperlinked “Demon Sheep” political ad, the Carly Fiorina campaign has released a new and similarly Pythonesque political video.

Perhaps it was spurred on by the Tea Party movement or simply a case of looking to unseat a long-serving member of the House of Representatives. Perhaps it was an impassioned belief that the people of California could do better by jumping more to the red side of the political spectrum.  It may have been all three, and more. Mattie Fein, a Republican from Venice, California, is looking to replace Representative Jane Harman as the representative of the 36th District.

It looks like the Tea Party has some competition.  In a bid to offer an alternative to the burgeoning Tea Party movement, the Coffee Party kicked off its first, coordinated meetups on Saturday.  Billed as a counter to the more conservative Tea Party, the Coffee Party originally launched a Facebook group about six weeks ago, and in less than two months, the group has already attracted more than 141,000 fans.  Yesterday, Coffee Party leaders held between 350-400 events at coffee shops across the nation.  Attendees from across the political spectrum discussed healthcar

Both parties spend so much time fighting each other over controversial legislation that there's little room left for dicussing uncontroversial, non-partisan, non-ideological fixes for many of the persistent problems in government. Here's a list of five simple solutions that could help fix a lot of problems that Californians face:

1. No "Pay to Play" Contracting

This is the third installment in a series profiling 3rd party candidates for Governor of California.

Chelene Nightingale is a staunch advocate of the Constitution and limited government. She has been involved with organizing numerous rallies and political events for the past five years. As a private citizen lobbyist to both Sacramento and DC, she has demanded border security reform and no amnesty for illegal aliens.

Answer quickly:  what does climate change have to do with Prop 13?  Apparently, more than we thought, because the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association (HJTA) has joined leagues with Texas-based Valero Energy Corporation to fight California AB32, one of the pri