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The All-News Radio StationEd Salzman
What's Necessary on the Air?

ALRB: capstone to millstoneEd Salzman
Fallout from Brown's ebullient political ambitions could keep the ag board broke.

Analysis of Reagan's budgetEd Salzman
For what it's worth ($9.8 billion), the Governor submitted the required document, which...

Applying the determinate-sentence lawEd Salzman
Is the act "the great California prison break?" It's up to ex-Senator Howard Way to kee...

AssemblyEd Salzman
Will Democrats find happiness?

Attempted comeback of the GOP progressivesEd Salzman
While Ed Reinecke's forthcoming perjury trial commands headlines, a shift in the power ...
California Journal, May 1974, pp. 156-159

Battle between the BlacksEd Salzman
A "separatist" movement has surfaced through the campaign to fill a Senate seat; Black ...

Brown and the liberalsEd Salzman
Frustrated Democrats have no choice but the Governor in 1978 - and he knows it.

The Brown PresidencyEd Salzman
Here's an oracle-like look at the philosopher/politician should fate catapult him into ...
California Journal, May 1976, pp. 148-152

The State-Budget Blues
Brown's austerity planEd Salzman
The governor's budget guarantees at least one surplus - in Capitol battles over who get...

Brown's budget magicEd Salzman
A record-breaking budget with money to solve Serrano and property tax relief - all with...

Brown's last budgetEd Salzman
The would-be U.S. senator is seeking fiscal stopgap measures, leaving the tough decisio...

Brown's legislative recordEd Salzman
Where little is ventured, little is lost, and many of Year One's accomplishments were s...

Brown's political futureEd Salzman
Back from his dismal presidential campaign, Jerry Brown must shed his "moonbeam" image ...


Brown's Republican budgetEd Salzman
Who dares to argue as the Governor launches his Reagan-like policies of cut, freeze and...

Brown's 'second spirit'Ed Salzman
With Mike Curb playing stand-in and Proposition 13 providing the script. Jerry Brown pr...

Budget plus bailoutEd Salzman
Later than ever and loaded with controversy, the state budget finally emerged from its ...

The budget waltzEd Salzman
This year's marathon budget fight was much ado about nothing - except the gubernatorial...

Budgeting for Jarvis IIEd Salzman
With no surplus cushion and Howard Jarvis back on the June ballot, state budget-buildin...

CalifornelotEd Salzman and Luana Luther
A previously untold fable about the wilywizards who found (and forgot) the answer to th...

The California 'mafia'Ed Salzman
President Ronald Reagan would rely heavily on trusted friends, Sacramento alumni and co...
California Journal, May 1980, pp. 176-179

California's automotive futureEd Salzman
When energy push comes to environmental shove, how will the state's transportation pict...

Campaign '78 preliminariesEd Salzman
Many call, but few are chosen. A look at the potential candidates for next year's elect...

Campaign '74: the state's new stepping-stonesEd Salzman
The offices of Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State are emerging as hothouses for...

Campaign '78: boos and cheersEd Salzman
Voter enthusiasm is underwhelming as November nears - that's what pollsters are telling...

Campaign '82Ed Salzman
The pack is already off and running for all the statewide offices that are open next year.
California Journal, May 1981, pp. 163-165

Can Jerry unseat Jimmy?Ed Salzman
From out of the West come the thundering hoofbeats of the Great Budget-Balancer. Jerry ...

Carter's discovery of CaliforniaEd Salzman
Desperate for electoral votes, President Carter has decided that he must challenge Rona...

CongressEd Salzman
Modest Republican losses

Congressional-race previewEd Salzman
Even with a huge war chest, the Republicans are on the defensive in the battle for Cali...

The constant quest for the SpeakershipEd Salzman
This race is run behind the scenes, with no issues involved and no speeches to make, bu...

The coronation of King RonaldEd Salzman
Will California's Ronald Reagan, starting with a long lead in the polls, snatch defeat ...

Crusading against crimeEd Salzman
This year Democrats are competing with Republicans to see who can write the toughest la...

Campaign '82
Curbinq Mike CurbEd Salzman
While the lieutenant governor watches the polls, senator Hayakawa welcomes more opponents.

Decline (and fall?) of the freeway empire: Should the Highway Commission be abolished?Ed Salzman
Combination of several factors, including legislative assumption of previously delegate...

Democratic convention aftermathEd Salzman
What Jimmy Carter has to fear from Reagan in 1976 - and Brown in 1980.

The disappearing surplusEd Salzman
Ken Meade's dying swan act produced a pool of money for the state's schools.

Disintegration of the GOPEd Salzman
With five candidates for governor and no party organization, the state Republicans are ...

Double trouble for RepublicansEd Salzman
The Governor's theory that by vetoing reapportionment legislation his party would fare ...

Dymally as governorEd Salzman
Overlooked in speculation about Jerry Brown's entree into national politics is the elev...

The dynamic duo: Brown and RobertiEd Salzman
Speaker Brown's balancing act may attract the attention in 1981 - while the balance of ...

Election '76 post mortemEd Salzman
Democracy is alive and well in the year of the bicentennial - and California's election...

An embarrassment of riches: 1972's tax reform is 1973's fiscal fiascoEd Salzman
The $1.1 billion Reagan-Moretti tax reform package enacted last December has spawned a ...

Era of the cornucopiaEd Salzman
The income-tax Santa Claus has provided a surplus that will bless the Governor's electi...

Examining California's mental healthEd Salzman
"Warehousing" the mentally ill has largely been done away with in this state, but decen...

Facts of life after Prop. 13Ed Salzman
One year after the Jarvis-Gann explosion, the major fiscal fallout is still up in the air.
California Journal, May 1979, pp. 169-170

Fall election analysis: Presidency plusEd Salzman
November's election may find California the key to the Presidency, and it may be sayona...

The first installmentEd Salzman
The state budget has been signed, but the two biggest fiscal problems still remain to b...

For whom the polls tollEd Salzman
California Journal, May 1978, pp. 141-142

'General General' YoungerEd Salzman
Their dull but competent nominee may be exactly what Republicans need to defeat Jerry B...


Good for gunsEd Salzman
After every assassination attempt comes demands for controls, but instead the gun lobby...

GOP after WatergateEd Salzman
The change in the White House has lessened the likelihood of a Republican disaster in N...


The GOP kingmakersEd Salzman
A handful of wealthy businessmen may make machine politics the real issue in the Republ...

GOP land of opportunityEd Salzman
For once the action is in the congressional races, and Republicans have more to gain th...


The great exceptionEd Salzman
Unlike most political contests, the 1982 governor's race may provide a forum for discus...

The great prison debateEd Salzman
There's little doubt that the state's system for dealing with crime and punishment need...

The greening of Jerry BrownEd Salzman
An inner circle has formed within the new administration, and its case-study approach s...
California Journal, May 1975, pp. 149-152

Grey skies for the GOPEd Salzman
Nationally the climate is improving for Republicans, but in California their prospects ...

A hit list for judges?Ed SaLzman
Senator Richardson's ballot attack on "outrageous" incumbents raises serious questions ...


Is government too big or too bad?Ed Salzman
There's no doubt about the public's disenchantment with political institutions but some...

It looks like Brian vs. Cranston for senator in '74Ed Salzman
The scramble for Governor has so far drawn attention from the challenge to California's...

Jerry Brown and the presidencyEd Salzman
So a first-term governor can't covet the White House? Reagan wouldn't believe it in '68...


Judging JerryEd Salzman
How will Californians remember Governor Broum - for his ambitions, his lifestyle or his...

Lambs to slaughterEd Salzman
Five Republicans are fighting for the chance to lose to Governor Brown - and a sixth is...

LA's political winnersEd Salzman
Statewide candidates know that political happiness is easier to find if your home base ...

The latest Jerry BrownEd Salzman
His father's son after all, the pre-election Governor is out to woo some of his politic...


Life after JarvisEd Salzman
That old Brown magic worked again in the budget-cutting, wage-freezing performance foll...

Looking toward NovemberEd Salzman
The gubernatorial hopefuls are distinguishing themselves more by differences in style t...

Masters' redistricting outlookEd Salzman
Assembly - Democratic control, minor GOP gain. Senate - Chance for key Democratic picku...


The meaning of 'Jaws 11'Ed Salzman
The law of the political jungle will prevail in Sacramento if voters give themselves th...


The new Gann planEd Salzman
Controller Ken Cory could become a real power if the spending-limit initiative wins in ...

The new political map of CaliforniaEd Salzman
With few one-party strongholds left, color California's political map in shades of gray.


The next attorney generalEd Salzman
Someone must succeed Evelle Younger - but all of the early candidates seem ready to run...

Outlook For NovemberEd Salzman
The June primary held few surprises, but the ingredients are there for an interesting g...

The pendulum of powerEd Salzman
Across the state, city governments are looking and acting differently these days.



Pete Wilsons's mealticketEd Salzman
Next year's big issue will be an expensive, emotional initiative fight over public empl...

Political free-for-allEd Salzman
If the 1980 campaigns left you yawning, then look ahead to the partisan scrambles and w...

Politics of the '80sEd Salzman
Picking leaders by TV, making laws by initiative - will California continue its wacky w...

Pollution bonds - $200 million embarrassmentEd Salzman
Aid to affluent polluters was not exactly what many voters had in mind in authorizing u...

Populist chief justiceEd Salzman
It may be in a second-hand robe, but Rose Bird brings a new people-approach to the stat...
California Journal, May 1977, pp. 157-158

The pre-primary outlookEd Salzman
GOP voters will settle a wild Senate race and decide if Mike Curb's comeback is for real.
California Journal, May 1982, pp. 149-152

The predictable JerryEd Salzman
Governor Brown is out to prove he's trustworthy; Ronald Reagan must show he's neither t...

Primary election previewEd Salzman
Who is running where, how the presidential system works, and what the outlook is for th...

Reagan vs. Brown for President?Ed Salzman
Sure it sounds far out at first hearing, but not so many months ago so did Congressman ...

Reagan's greening of the GOPEd Salzman
Money will be no problem for state Republicans benefiting from White House clout next y...

Reagan's Kansas City bluesEd Salzman
Was Reagan denied the VP slot so he wouldn't nudge Ford out of the spotlight? The price...

Reagan's presidential actEd Salzman
Events made a pragmatist of a conservative-talking Governor, and Easterners might consi...


Reapportioning for the '80sEd Salzman
Can the GOP grab enough seats next year to prevent Democrats from redrawing the state's...

The reapportionment parlayEd Salzman
Will voters assign the job of drawing political boundaries to a "non-partisan" commission?

Redistricting: blessing or boomerang?Ed Salzman
For Democrats, the Supreme Court's reapportionment ruling may bring election victories ...

Redistricting's winners and losersEd Salzman
Computers will second-guess the politicians this year as they carve 165 new legislative...

Rose Bird's recordEd Salzman
Will the Chief Justice's critics know by November what she has said and done on the bench?

Running the court showEd Salzman
The "early Bird," as chief justice, is insisting that judges, not administrators, lead ...

The shape of Brown's first budgetEd Salzman
The new Governor surprised many by writing the spending program himself. And while it i...

A 'share-the-pain' budgetEd Salzman
Out of the state's fiscal crunch came Medi-Cal reforms which may alter national health ...

Shedding the 'flake' imageEd Salzman
Will next year's Democratic voters perceive Jerry Brown as a western prophet or a Calif...

The speakership struggleEd Salzman
Political fratricide, as practiced by Howard Berman and Leo McCarthy, may produce some ...

Special sectionEd Salzman
Election roundup

State SenateEd Salzman
A GOP disaster averted


StatewideEd Salzman
Odd voting patterns

Surprise conclusions on local government structureEd Salzman
Governor Reagan formed a task force a year ago to see if duplication and waste couldn't...

A tale of two wivesEd Salzman
Midge Flournoy and Jane Fonda are running for no office but affecting the race for U.S....

The tarnished Golders State?Ed Salzman
The Eastern press' rendition of "California, Here I Come" is being played with more tha...
California Journal, May 1977, pp. 148-151

That 'austere' state budgetEd Salzman
The golden Goose era has ended, but next year's budget hardly matches the gloom-and-doo...

That Prop. 13 decisionEd Salzman
How political was the state Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of Jarvis-G...


Those June ballot measuresEd Salzman
The state's fiscal crisis may worsen if primary voters approve major tax cuts.

Two targets for the GOPEd SaLzman
Mervyn Dymally and Ken Cory are the most vulnerable Democratic candidates as the 1978 s...

'Typhoid Jerry'Ed Salzman
Many liberal Democrats may have to sound more like their budget-balancing governor if t...



Women and the '76 ejectionsEd Salzman
It's not too soon to start picking the targets of opportunity where the right female of...

100 legislative previewsEd Salzman
The Journal presents a district-by-district analysis of the 80 Assembly and 20 state Se...

1976 election previewEd Salzman
Vote time may be a year away but the early warnings are flying: Tunney is the top Repub...
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