Sunday, April 23, 2013 – 10:00 a.m.
A local Inland Empire ‘economist’ is back at again this week.
It must be time to drum up some business for the area’s paid cheerleader John Husing.
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Archive for the ‘ Immigration ’ Category
Economist: Americans won’t do some jobs
April 19, 2013 11:33 PM
Jose Quintero, Staff Writer
SAN BERNARDINO • Research economist John Husing called for immigration reform at a conference Friday, saying Americans simply won’t do some jobs that undocumented citizens would.
By David Nakamura, Published: April 15
Millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States could earn a chance at citizenship under a sweeping Senate proposal to be released Tuesday that would represent the most ambitious overhaul of the nation’s immigration system in three decades.
Filed under: Democrats, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a possible Republican contender for president in 2016, speaks at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images / March 8, 2013)
By Maeve Reston
March 8, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
As speculation swirled around his potential run for president in 2016, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made a plea Friday for greater bipartisanship, hailing President Obama’s dinner invitation to a dozen Republican senators this week as a promising development.
THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
February 22, 2013; 07:15 PM
You lead a party that picks up four competitive seats in the November election. And for your labors you’re tossed four months later?
To read column by Jeff Horseman, David Olson and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Friday, February 1, 2013 – 08:15 a.m.
San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael A. Ramos obviously has another political agenda. It’s just unclear as to what it is at this point.
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/30/2013 08:39:47 AM PST
Updated: 01/30/2013 10:28:07 PM PST
San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos sent a hand-delivered letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asking that pending immigration reforms include provisions allowing immigrants’ DNA samples to be cross-checked against the FBI’s database in order to prevent criminals from obtaining U.S. citizenship.
The president needs to lead from behind on immigration reform.
By Matthew Cooper
Updated: January 28, 2013 | 8:37 p.m.
January 28, 2013 | 2:41 p.m.
Anyone with a kid or a boss knows that one of the most important things you can do is back off. Hovering over your kid is not the best way to get them to put on their coat, and it’s not the best way to get a raise.
Sending a bill with his name on it could automatically alienate Republicans who might otherwise support an overhaul.
By Kathleen Hennessey, Christi Parsons and Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau
January 26, 2013, 9:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON — As President Obama settles on a strategy to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, he faces a quandary that speaks volumes about the bitter nature of politics in a divided capital: The very fact that a plan has Obama’s name on it might be enough to kill it.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, U.S. Government
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
September 30, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants in California will be eligible for driver’s licenses under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown late Sunday.
PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
August 29, 2012 | 4:55 pm
The state Senate on Wednesday approved a measure allowing up to 450,000 illegal immigrants in California to get state driver’s licenses once they are awarded work permits under a new federal program providing a reprieve from deportation.
John Wildermuth
Updated 11:03 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Democratic legislators are working with Gov. Jerry Brown and Department of Motor Vehicles officials to provide driver’s licenses to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants now eligible to work under President Obama’s new “deferred action” policy.
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Created: 06/27/2012 04:31:58 PM PDT
A new policy that could slash the amount of federal funding San Bernardino County receives for housing illegal immigrants at its jails has the Board of Supervisors fighting mad.
On Tuesday, the board authorized a request for funding from the federal government to cover at least part of the costs for incarcerating illegal immigrants suspected of criminal activity, which cost the county more than $17 million last year.
By Sam Baker and Jonathan Easley – 06/25/12 10:40 AM ET
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tossed out most of Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
The court upheld the most controversial part of the law, which allows law enforcement officials to verify a person’s legal status when they’re stopped on suspicion of committing a separate offense.
Sunday, June 23, 2012 – 11:00 a.m.
News from across the transom this Sunday morning.
Arnett to challenge Shorett again
Joe Arnett is going to take another shot at unseating San Bernardino City Councilman Fred Shorett.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Campaigns, Cities, Courts, Democrats, Elections, Finance, Health Care, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Legal, Politics, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino, State Assembly, State of California, State Senate, U.S. District Court, U.S. Government, U.S. Supreme Court, Upland
Staff and Wire Reports
Posted: 06/15/2012 06:32:01 PM PDT
President Barack Obama suddenly eased enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws Friday, an extraordinary step offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work.
Embraced by Hispanics, his action touched off an election-year confrontation with many Republicans.
Obama said the change would become effective immediately to “lift the shadow of deportation from these young people.”
Gonzales
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 – 03:00 p.m.
In a Romper Room fashion, an embarrassing display of incompetence decended on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors meeting just before noon on Tuesday.
Neither Chairperson Josie Gonzales nor County Counsel Jean-Rene Basle knew Robert’s Rules of Order or their own procedures regarding the conduct of voting among the boards members.
Gonzales is of no surprise. But Basle, a licensed and practicing attorney, is a another story.
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry has proposed an E-Verify requirement that circumvents the state law preventing it use. (File Photo/2012)
BY IMRAN GHORI
STAFF WRITER
ighori@pe.com
Published: 23 April 2012 06:12 PM
Restaurants in San Bernardino County would be required to inform customers if they perform immigration background checks on their employees under a proposal that will go before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
Supervisor Neil Derry is proposing to amend the county’s restaurant grading ordinance so that placards would be color-coded to indicate whether an establishment uses E-Verify, a federal database to check a person’s immigration status.
Ryan Carter, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/22/2012 04:07:38 PM PDT
A proposal designed to identify restaurants that screen employees for their immigration status will go in front of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, its author said.
Supervisor Neil Derry’s measure would amend the county’s restaurant letter-grading system as a way to identify businesses that use the federal E-Verify system.
In this April 4, 2011 file photo is Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, in Sacramento. Donnelly, who previously sought the right to carry a loaded weapon inside the state Capitol has been cited for trying to bring a loaded handgun onto a Sacramento-bound flight. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Nico Melendez says Donnelly had a Colt .45 with four rounds in it inside his carry-on luggage at Ontario International Airport. He says another magazine with five rounds also was in Donnelly’s carry-on bag. The lawmaker was passing through a security checkpoint at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. (Associated Press file photo)
By Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Created: 01/06/2012 10:52:55 AM PST
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly said Friday the effort to repeal the California Dream Act had fallen short of gathering enough signatures needed to get on the ballot.
Filed under: Campaigns, Education, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
KFI’s John and Ken thrive on an angry public and wield power by stirring their loyal listeners — 1 million weekly — to action. But their stances and beliefs are more varied than many might suspect.
COLUMN ONE
By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times
January 6, 2012
Four hours a day, five days a week, John and Ken swoop from substantive to sophomoric faster than you can change the station.
They are conservative, campaigning against what they deride as the “Illegal Alien Dream Act.”
They are liberal, hosting an in-depth conversation about income inequality with Occupy Los Angeles protesters.
Staff Reports
Created: 01/05/2012 05:38:23 PM PST
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly on Thursday said he was assaulted and threatened on Dec. 26 by a man in Rancho Cucamonga due to his opposition to the Dream Act.
Filed under: Immigration, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/27/2011 02:37:13 PM PST
Nearly 1,000 county businesses screen employees’ immigration status with a process called E-Verify, part of a 37-percent surge statewide in the number of employers using the system since 2010.
Securing the money has long been a top priority for California, which will receive about $65.8 million after a rare alliance between the two most populous red and blue states.
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times
November 16, 2 2011
Reporting from Washington— California and Texas lawmakers formed a rare alliance to secure $240 million in federal funds to pay for jailing illegal immigrants despite a congressional drive to reduce Washington’s red ink.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
October 21, 2011
Opponents of a new law that allows illegal immigrants to receive college financial aid were given the green light to begin collecting signatures for a referendum to overturn the measure, Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office announced today.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rounding up illegal immigrants earlier this year in Phoenix. (Nick Oza / Arizona Republic)
By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times
October 16, 2011, 6:45 p.m.
For years, activists against illegal immigration pushed cities across California to adopt ordinances ordering businesses to verify that their employees were eligible to work in the U.S.
Filed under: Business, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Law Enforcement, Legal, State of California
Nanette Asimov,Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Staff Writers
Saturday, October 8, 2011
(10-08) 13:53 PDT Sacramento — For the first time, thousands of California students who are in the country illegally will be eligible to receive financial aid to attend any public college in the state at taxpayer expense, beginning in 2013, as Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law AB131, known as the California Dream Act.
The popular KFI radio hosts gave out the cellphone number of an immigrant rights activist, prompting hate-filled calls. Minority and immigrant rights groups say they will boycott advertisers if the show isn’t taken off the air.
John Kobylt, left, and Ken Chiampou host an afternoon show on Los Angeles’ KFI-AM (640). On Sept. 1, they gave out the cellphone number of an immigrants’ rights activist, who then received many angry calls. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times
September 30, 2011
Long-time immigrant rights activist Jorge-Mario Cabrera is used to being called to task for his views. But when radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou recently gave out his cellphone number on the air in a campaign against the California Dream Act, he found himself unprepared for the barrage of hate-filled phone calls that followed.
Derry
Joe Nelson, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/13/2011 06:43:23 PM PDT
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry is proposing an ordinance that would require anyone seeking a job in the food service industry be screened for eligibility to work in the United States using the federal E-Verify program before a food handler card could be obtained.
Donnelly
September 02, 2011 6:31 PM
From Staff Reports
Former Minuteman Assemblyman Tim Donnelly on blasted the Assembly’s passage of the DREAM Act Friday, calling the move a costly travesty.
The measure would allow college students who are illegal immigrants to receive public financial aid.
By Teresa Watanabe and Patrick McGreevy,
Los Angeles Times
September 1, 2011
The college dreams of thousands of students who are illegal immigrants moved closer to fulfillment Wednesday after the state Senate approved a bill that for the first time would give them access to public financial aid.
June 14, 2011 5:29 PM
From Staff Reports
SAN BERNARDINO • Echoing a message by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly earlier this month, 1st District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt on Tuesday called on the federal government to pick up a greater share of the county’s tab for jailing illegal alien inmates.
10:00 PM PDT on Sunday, June 12, 2011
By BEN GOAD
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans are poised to press forward with legislation requiring all U.S. employers to use an electronic worker verification program penned by Inland Rep. Ken Calvert.
Beige Luciano-Adams, Staff Writer
Created: 06/06/2011 09:25:18 PM PDT
Five years after its first introduction, the California DREAM Act – designed to remove higher education barriers for undocumented students – is finally inching closer to the governor’s desk.
Donnelly
June 02, 2011 8:58 AM
Natasha Lindstrom
Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO • Assemblyman Tim Donnelly is pushing the Obama administration to help relieve California’s mounting tab for housing illegal-immigrant.
June 01, 2011 2:46 PM
AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Immigration authorities will add another 1,300 beds to detain suspected illegal immigrants in Southern California, officials said Wednesday.
By Adam Weintraub Associated Press
Posted: 06/01/2011 12:20:01 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted Wednesday to open the door to state-funded financial aid for immigrant college students who entered the United States illegally.
Donnelly
By Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino Staff Writer
Created: 05/26/2011 09:48:29 PM PDT
In the light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating release of 33,000 criminals in the next two years, two lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are urging the federal government to intervene.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
May 26, 2011
After a heated and partisan debate, the state Assembly voted Thursday to cancel and then modify an agreement with the federal government under which fingerprints of arrestees are checked for their immigration status.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain suspected illegal immigrants in Phoenix. A Supreme Court ruling will allow the state to revoke business licenses for those who hire undocumented workers. (Nick Oza / Associated Press / May 26, 2011)
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
May 26, 2011, 5:59 p.m.
Reporting from Washington— The Supreme Court gave a big boost to proponents of stricter state laws against illegal immigration by upholding Arizona’s “business death penalty” for employers who repeatedly hire undocumented workers.
By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, May. 6, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A
Illegal immigrants could receive college financial aid under legislation approved Thursday by the Assembly and apparently destined for the desk of a new Democratic governor who supports the concept.
L.A. NOW
Southern California — this just in
April 25, 2011 | 4:31 pm
In another swing at the judge who declared Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional, backers of the measure Monday asked that his decision be voided because he failed to disclose that he was gay and in a long-term relationship.
April 16, 2011 1:30 PM
By Michael Mishak, Los Angeles Times
This is the first of a two-part series on Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. See Monday’s Daily Press for part two.
SACRAMENTO • Tim Donnelly crouched into a firing stance behind his chair and folded his hands in the shape of a gun.
Lawmaking, said the GOP assemblyman who represents Hesperia and Apple Valley, is “full-blown war,” and guerrilla tactics are needed to win the battle against California Democrats’ agenda. As Donnelly sees it, the liberals who dominate state government have betrayed the public with job-killing regulations and crushing taxes.
Donnelly
By James Rufus Koren Staff Writer
Created: 04/15/2011 09:49:10 PM PDT
Two anti-illegal-immigration bills by firebrand Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, were rejected by an Assembly committee last week, but the freshman lawmaker and former minuteman says he’s not deterred.
In fact, he said he sees last week’s hearing as a step in the right direction.
Whitman
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2011
Reporting from Dallas—Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that her party must change its approach on immigration if it wants to be successful in California.
Donnelly
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/05/2011 06:04:34 PM PDT
The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted down Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s bills targeting illegal immigration in California.
Donnelly, R-Claremont, had presented two bills to the committee, which voted 7-3 against both, on a straight party vote.
Filed under: Democrats, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
Immigration reform
Backers cite Arizona’s law
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/04/2011 06:07:10 PM PDT
More than 100 people, many carrying American flags, rallied at the state Capitol on Monday in support of an immigration enforcement bill introduced by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly.
Filed under: Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
Donnelly
Plan would bolster immigration laws
Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/03/2011 09:22:45 AM PDT
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly today will host a rally to gather support for his immigration-reform bill, which is similar to a law that garnered much attention last year in Arizona.
Filed under: Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
Donnelly
April 02, 2011 2:30 PM
Natasha Lindstrom
SACRAMENTO • Tea Partiers from the High Desert and across California plan on joining Assemblyman Tim Donnelly in Sacramento Monday for a rally in support of an illegal-immigration bill modeled after Arizona’s controversial law.
Filed under: Immigration, In the News, Republicans, State Assembly, State of California, Tim Donnelly
10:00 PM PST on Friday, January 28, 2011
By BEN GOAD
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON – As the GOP looks to improve the party’s image among the nation’s burgeoning Hispanic community, area House Republicans are pressing forward with legislation meant to fight illegal immigration.
Sandra Emerson and Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writers
Posted: 01/01/2011 07:06:22 AM PST
The approach to addressing illegal immigration is expected to shift as Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in the new year.
In a matter of weeks, Congress will switch from working on legislation geared toward legalization to stricter enforcement of immigration laws.
Donnelly
December 16, 2010 2:41 PM
From Staff Reports
SACRAMENTO • After a gunbattle killed a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly called on President Obama Thursday to send the full power of the United States National Guard and military units to the “war zone on the southern border.”
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, a member of the agency’s special Search, Trauma and Rescue team, was killed in a gun battle Tuesday night in Arizona, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Donnelly
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/14/2010 02:29:27 PM PST
When Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Claremont, was running for office, there was no shortage of fiery rhetoric about illegal immigration and the need for drastic action in Sacramento.
His first week on the job featured no shortage of similarly fiery legislation. On Dec. 6, the day he took the oath of office, Donnelly introduced an immigration enforcement law modeled on Arizona’s controversial S.B. 1070. He followed that on Friday with a bill that would reverse existing state law and force illegal immigrant students to pay out-of-state tuition rates at California’s public universities and community colleges.
Donnelly
Proposal modeled after Arizona’s controversial law
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Created: 12/06/2010 10:41:19 PM PST
As promised, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly’s first official act as a state lawmaker was to introduce a stiff new immigration bill.
Donnelly, a Republican from Twin Peaks, introduced Assembly Bill 26 on Monday after being sworn in on the Assembly floor.
Group asks for help passing act
Bethania Palma Markus, Staff Writer
Created: 12/06/2010 05:12:08 AM PST
SAN DIMAS – About 25 people crowded into the field office of Rep. David Dreier, R-San Dimas, on Friday afternoon, seeking his support for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
Dreier was in Washington, D.C. but the group handed petitions to his office staff. They complained the Republican congressman backpedaled on support of the bill, which would provide immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children with a path to citizenship if they go to college or join the military.
Opponents of the measure, similar to Arizona’s suspended law, fear alienating the fastest-growing voting bloc and further hampering the party’s ability to win elections in the state.
By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
December 6, 2010
A nascent California ballot measure that seeks to replicate Arizona’s controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants is dividing the state’s Republicans, with a number of prominent strategists and leaders fearing that it could further harm their party’s already fraught relationship with Latinos — the fastest-growing segment of the electorate.
Lame-duck Congress may take up legislation
Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer
Created: 11/27/2010 07:08:04 AM PST
The final days of the current congressional session may provide an opportunity to pass legislation giving a path to U.S. citizenship to some young people who are in the country illegally.
Supporters of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, along with its opponents, say the proposal could be introduced shortly and come up for a vote.
Filed under: Democrats, Immigration, In the News, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
By Susan Ferriss
sferriss@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
The bill has already been approved – and vetoed – four times.
But California’s Latino Legislative Caucus expects it to become law next year when Gov.-elect Jerry Brown takes office.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
November 23, 2010
The California Secretary of State’s office today authorized a signature drive to place an Arizona-style immigration law before California voters.
Called the “Support Federal Immigration Law Act,” the proposal was submitted to state authorities in September by Michael Erickson, a Tea Party activist in in the Bay Area city of Belmont and former chair of the Sonoma County Republican Party.
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
One of the most tantalizing mysteries in California’s 2010 gubernatorial election involved the connection between one of the state’s poorest women and one of its wealthiest.
How did an undocumented, Mexican-born housekeeper, Nicandra Diaz Santillan, end up in the national spotlight, boldly confronting her former boss, billionaire GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman?
Filed under: Campaigns, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State of California, Unions
Critics say the California law that state Supreme Court justices upheld conflicts with a federal ban on undocumented immigrants getting college benefits based on residency. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is expected.
By Maura Dolan and Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
November 15, 2010|7:43 p.m.
Illegal immigrants who graduated from state high schools can continue to receive lower, in-state tuition at California’s public universities and colleges, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday.
Filed under: Courts, Education, Immigration, In the News, Legal, State of California, State Supreme Court
Baca
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/06/2010 04:32:09 PM PDT
Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, says he wants Congress to vote on comprehensive immigration reform before Republicans take over the House of Representatives in January.
Once the switch takes place and Democrats are in the minority, Baca said the chances of immigration reform passing will be much slimmer.
Ryan Hagen, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/30/2010 03:41:02 PM PDT
A new study shows Latinos have soured considerably on illegal immigration in the last three years.
In 2007, 50percent of Latinos surveyed told the Pew Hispanic Center that the growing number of illegal immigrants was a positive force for the existing Latino population. In a Pew survey released Thursday, that number had plummeted to 29percent.
First time USCIS has halted an EB-5 regional center
October 27, 2010 9:05 AM
Brooke Edwards
VICTORVILLE • The federal government has terminated Victorville’s foreign investor program, ending the city’s hopes to raise tens of millions of dollars for projects at Southern California Logistics Airport.
It’s the first time U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has ever terminated an EB-5 program, agency spokeswoman Mariana Gitmore said by phone Tuesday. She said Victorville hadn’t been able to demonstrate that it meets the criteria to raise funds through the federal program, despite repeated requests for more information.
10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, October 12, 2010
By DARRELL R. SANTSCHI
The Press-Enterprise
Highland City Council members heard emotional appeals from both sides of the immigration debate Tuesday night.
Three months after the council voted 4-0 to send letters to a number of officials supporting Arizona’s illegal immigration law, a Latino advocacy group accused the council of violating its own code of ethics and called on the council to rescind its action.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
October 6, 2010
Immigration attorney Marc Van Der Hout, who is representing Meg Whitman’s former maid, said his undocumented client has been in the United States for nearly 20 years and has a long work history and family ties to bolster her quest for legal residency.
“There are many people who get to stay who were in her circumstances,” Van Der Hout said of Nicky Diaz Santillan, housekeeper for Republican gubernatorial candidate Whitman for nine years.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Legal, Politics, Republicans, State of California
Meg Whitman
California Watch
A Project of the Center for Investigative Reporting
Money and Politics
October 4, 2010 | Chase Davis
New allegations this week that Meg Whitman employed an illegal immigrant housekeeper for nine years have sent reporters and political operatives scrambling to find foot-in-mouth moments from her vocal, hard-line stance on immigration.
You can read more about the allegations here.
10:00 PM PDT on Saturday, October 2, 2010
By JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise
The hip-hop band Cypress Hill and a production company are planning to host a designated smoking section for medical marijuana patients at the upcoming Smokeout music festival in San Bernardino.
The Guerilla Union promotional company has been approved by San Bernardino police to set up the area at the National Orange Show during the Oct. 16 concert.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
October 2, 2010
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told reporters this afternoon that she told her consultants about Nicky Diaz Santillan, an illegal immigrant and her former housekeeper, when she fired Diaz Santillan last year.
Asked if she did so because she anticipated it would be problematic for her campaign, she said, “I didn’t think it would be a problem.”
Filed under: Campaigns, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Politics, Republicans, State of California
By Dan Morain
dmorain@sacbee.com The Sacramento Bee
Published: Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 – 12:00 am | Page 1E
Last Modified: Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 – 12:43 am
A really rich Republican candidate challenges a liberal icon in a year when the Democratic president’s popularity has plummeted.
Slick ads air nonstop. Polls show the Republican might win in this truest of blue states.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California
GOP candidate for governor has purchased more ads in Spanish-language media and given interviews to Univision and Telemundo.
By Michael J. Mishak and Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
October 2, 2010
Meg Whitman’s campaign for governor has doubled its advertising on Spanish-language radio and increased the number of its Latino television spots by roughly 50% as the former EBay chief executive seeks to blunt the impact of news that she employed, then fired, an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California
NEWS ANALYSIS
A jumbled view of illegal immigrants
By Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times
October 2, 2010
With the tears of a housekeeper who claimed she was wronged by a candidate for governor, the issue of illegal immigration came roaring back into California’s political landscape this week, like a blast of uncomfortable deja vu.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California
Friday, October 1, 2010 – 12:45 p.m.
Democrat lawyer Gloria Allred dishes out her latest pre-election bomb shell.
Jerry Brown says the illegal immigrant employee allegations involving Meg Whitman “sounds credible” and then he runs as far away as possible.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California
Brown
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
September 30, 2010
Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman blasted Democrat Jerry Brown today for what she said is his campaign’s involvement in the controversy involving Whitman’s former housekeeper.
Citing a report in which KTVU’s Randy Shandobil said Brown’s campaign told the Bay Area TV station two weeks ago that it had heard a rumor Whitman had “housekeeper problems,” Whitman spokeswoman Andrea Jones Rivera said in a written statement that “this is part of a coordinated effort to smear Meg Whitman.”
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California
Allred
Thursday, September 30, 2010 – 11:00 a.m.
Oh boy! Attorney Gloria Allred round two at noon today.
Yes more entertainment.
Allred has scheduled her own news conference to launch another salvo at republican Meg Whitman.
Filed under: Campaigns, Democrats, Elections, Immigration, In the News, Jerry Brown, Politics, Republicans, State of California