Bob Morris

Progressive blogger at Politics in the Zeros since 2003. Former Green Party of Los Angeles County Council co-coordinator (2002-2004). Organized antiwar protests 2004-2007. Focuses on issues that transcend party lines. Silicon Valley.

As Whitman gains, Brown runs lackluster campaign

An Ipsos poll last week showed Jerry Brown ahead of Meg Whitman by 6 points, 45%-39% in the California governor’s race. Just yesterday, a Field Poll revealed that

By Bob Morris

July 8, 2010

As Whitman gains, Brown runs lackluster campaign

California budget impasse continues

California started a new fiscal year last week with no budget, something which happens with alarming regularity. Sacramento legislators faced with a choice between staying there and collecting a per

By Bob Morris

July 6, 2010

Water bond measure up in the air as controversy rages

“Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over” – Mark Twain Make no mistake, California’s water supply and infrastructure is in perilous condition and needs a major upgrade -

By Bob Morris

July 1, 2010

Water bond measure up in the air as controversy rages

California's other $20 billion budget deficit

Unbelievably, California is not only facing a $20 billion deficit for the 2010-2011 budget, the state Employment Development Department just forecasted a $20 billion deficit in the Unemployment Insurance Fund

By Bob Morris

June 28, 2010

California's other $20 billion budget deficit

California budget crisis marches on

The ongoing train wreck that is the California budget negotiations continues unabated. Legislators failed to pass a budget by the constitutional deadline of June 15, leaving the state without a

By Bob Morris

June 23, 2010

Drugs, border violence, and alternative solutions

Last December, Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, said $352 billion in criminal money was laundered and kept the financial system afloat during the

By Bob Morris

June 21, 2010

Drugs, border violence, and alternative solutions

Jerry Brown's eccentric campaign and the coming mudfest

Jerry Brown got the general election for governor off to an exciting start by comparing Meg Whitman’s campaign to saturation propaganda by Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels, further

By Bob Morris

June 16, 2010

Jerry Brown's eccentric campaign and the coming mudfest

Obama, the BP oil leak, and the doomsday scenario

Excerpts from an open letter by John Napier, CEO of British insurance company RSA, to President Obama: “Please forgive this open letter but your comments towards BP and its CEO

By Bob Morris

June 14, 2010

Obama, the BP oil leak, and the doomsday scenario

California budget update

The negotiations and desperate scramble to find $20 billion somewhere, anywhere, to close the 2010 California deficit continue. In a major body blow, the federal government has pulled $2 billion

By Bob Morris

June 10, 2010

Boxer unpopular, but still has the edge over Fiorina

Judging from recent polls, the California Senate race between Barbara Boxer and presumptive Republican candidate Carly Fiorina will be somewhat less than inspiring. Boxer leads Fiorina primarily because, even with

By Bob Morris

June 8, 2010

Boxer unpopular, but still has the edge over Fiorina

Sacramento Delta water wars continue

The water wars of California can get convoluted indeed. Last week, a judge reversed his own decision and ruled that increased water could be pumped from the Sacramento Delta to

By Bob Morris

June 3, 2010

California budget follies

California Democrats hoisted an alternative budget plan last Tuesday that would require few if any budget cuts. However, this is just another in a long line of increasingly desperate and

By Bob Morris

June 1, 2010