Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Palm Springs, is trying to fend off a challenge from Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Springs, in California’s 36th Congressional District.

Published: 30 October 2012 – 07:38 PM

Industry groups, wealthy activists, unions and other interests have pumped almost $10 million worth of independent expenditures into Inland Southern California congressional and legislative races since the June primary, an unprecedented amount that in some cases dwarfs what candidates’ own campaigns have spent.

To read story by Jim Miller and Ben Goad in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Published: 23 September 2012 – 08:07 PM

Riverside’s Jamil Dada makes several trips annually to Washington, D.C. to push lawmakers to protect the stream of workforce development and job training funding that flows from the Capitol to Inland Southern California.

To read column by Ben Goad and Jim Miller in The Press Enterprise, click here.

Emmerson

Posted on | June 25, 2012

Legislation by state Sen. Bill Emmerson that would let counties raise recording fees on certain real-estate documents didn’t get a warm welcome Monday from many of his fellow Republicans in the Assembly.

The bill by Emmerson, R-Hemet, would allow counties to increase real-estate recording fees from $3 to $10, with the extra money paying to beef up real-estate fraud protection and prosecution. The California District Attorneys Association sponsored the measure.

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THE PRESS-ENTERPRISE
Published: 10 June 2012 06:45 PM

Rep. Gary Miller and his financial backers spent almost $100 for every vote the Republican lawmaker collected on his way to a first-place showing in last week’s primary election in California’s 31st Congressional District.

The contest for the San Bernardino-area seat continues to reverberate around the country. Democrats who hoped to snag the seat on their way to retaking the House majority were shut out of the race entirely, as Miller and state Sen. Bob Dutton claimed the top two spots in the primary.

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BY JULIET WILLIAMS
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: 13 March 2012 07:56 PM

SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers in the Assembly will hit the campaign trail this year, touting their votes on all manner of bills. Can we believe them? What they say may not be a true reflection of the stand they took when the bill was being debated.

California is one of at least 10 states in which some lawmakers can cast or change their votes after a bill has passed or failed.

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BY JIM MILLER
SACRAMENTO BUREAU
jmiller@pe.com

Published: 27 November 2011 09:57 PM

SACRAMENTO – Instead of voting yes or no, members of Inland Southern California’s legislative delegation abstained on hundreds of bills that came before the full Assembly and Senate this year.

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Paul Gann, left, and Howard Jarvis, celebrate the passage of Prop. 13 in 1978. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association recently released legislative scorecards for 2011. The scores are of particular interest to Republicans./AP

FROM STAFF REPORTS
Published: 20 November 2011 05:33 PM

Various Capitol interest groups began releasing legislative scorecards shortly after lawmakers finished their 2011 session in September.

Holding particular interest for Republicans are the rankings put out by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. The organization, named after the force behind 1978’s tax-limiting Prop. 13, has a lot of influence in GOP circles, particularly at election time.

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10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, August 2, 2011

By JIM MILLER
Sacramento Bureau

SACRAMENTO – Being at the center of Capitol budget negotiations earlier this year seems to have been good for the bottom line of state Sen. Bill Emmerson’s campaign committee.

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10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Miller

By JIM MILLER
Sacramento Bureau

Assemblyman Jeff Miller will run for the proposed congressional seat that wraps from Norco to Moreno Valley, the Corona Republican said Wednesday.

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By PE Politics
May 31, 2011 2:17 PM

Legislative appropriations panels claimed dozens of Inland Southern California lawmakers’ bills late last week.

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By Patrick McGreevy and Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles Times
March 4, 2011

Reporting from Sacramento —

Trips to Spain and Argentina, choice Lakers tickets, gourmet meals and rounds of golf are among the $637,000 in gifts that elected state officials accepted last year, many from companies and groups that lobby in Sacramento.

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By PE Politics
on December 15, 2010 12:56 PM

Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, released committee assignments Wednesday for the 2011-2012 session.

A few notables among the Inland Southern California delegation:

* Democrats picked up two seats in the last election, but Assemblyman Paul Cook remains chairman of the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee. Cook, R-Yucca Valley, is one of just two Republican committee chairs in the Assembly.

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10:36 PM PDT on Monday, October 18, 2010

By JIM MILLER
Sacramento Bureau

Pension bill floor vote
California Assembly pension bill floor vote – October 2010
Published: 10/18/2010 05:28 PM

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s relationship with Republican lawmakers from the Inland area is ending on a decidedly low note.

Over the years, the Republican governor and local GOP legislators have butted heads on issues ranging from tribal gambling and state budgets to bill vetoes and ideology.

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