SF News Brown Leads Whitman, Says New Poll A new poll says that, just one day before their first debate together, Democrat Jerry Brown has a slight edge over Republican Meg Whitman. According to AP, "A University of Southern California-Los Angeles
SF News Poll: Brown, Whitman Tied Supported by 41% of voters for the November 2 election, a new poll shows both Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown and Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman are tied. "The survey of 599 likely
SF News Prison Guards' Union Endorses Jerry Brown Jerry Brown scored another coup (not that it will matter) when the state's prison guards' union endorsed him for governor. Sacto Bee reports, "California Correctional Peace Officers Association President Mike Jimenez said in
SF News Bill Clinton Endorses Jerry Brown One day after California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown apologized to former President Bill Clinton for calling him a liar, Clinton has officially endorsed Brown for governor. "Clinton issued his endorsement in a statement
SF News Whitman Unloads $99M In Governor's Race Meg Whitman has spent a record-breaking $99 million on her California gubernatorial campaign, according to AP. In her effort to buy the esteemed title of California Governor, Whitman spent most of her own
SF News Whitman and Brown Tie In Governor's Race, Says Field Poll A new Field Poll (PDF) released today claims that gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown are now in "a dead heat." SF Chronicle reports, "Brown leads Whitman 44 to 43 percent in
SF News Brown Already Calling Whitman a Nazi "It's like Joseph Goebbels. Goebbels invented this kind of propaganda. He took control of the whole world. She wants to be president. That's her ambition, the first woman president. That's what this is
SF News Brown Challenges Whitman One day after the primary election, professional politician Jerry Brown challenged newcomer Meg Whitman to a series of 10 town hall debates. So far, Whitman has yet to have her people form an
SF News Brown Announces Arrests of NorCal Gang Members Attorney General Jerry Brown announced today that narcotics agents pinched a total of 59 gang members during a sweep, "including one who bootstrapped his way from foot soldier to local commander by committing
SF News Jerry Brown Nets $400 Million for California Enron Victims Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate and Jerry Brown revealed today that $400 million in refunds are heading to California consumers who were "victimized by market manipulation and exorbitant prices during the energy crisis
SF News State GOP Hopefuls Urge California to File Suit Against Health Care Legislation Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday said the national health care plan could cost California billions. Gubernatorial hopeful and current Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner also chimed in with similar sentiments, followed by his Republican
SF News SFPD Waits Two Months to Investigate Lab Tech Accused of Stealing Cocaine In a snafu that has resulted in the dismissal of at least 90 criminal cases so far, new reports reveal that the San Francisco Police department waited two months to launch their investigation
SF News Brown Joins SFPD Into Drug Lab Evidence Tampering Case After allegations popped up that Deborah Madden, a 60-year-old lab technician for the SFPD, stole and used cocaine evidence she was supposed to analyze, Attorney General (and, most likely, the future Governor of
SF News Jerry Brown Makes It Official: He's Running for Governor After staying off the radar for months now, Jerry Brown has officially entered the California gubernatorial race. Ta-da. If elected to the position for a second time, Brown will, as SFist commenter MalcoveMagnesia
SF News Jerry Brown To Announce Gubernatorial Candidacy Attorney General and former Governor Jerry Brown is expected to toss his hat into the gubernatorial ring today, making his candidacy official. Brown had filed to form an exploratory committee in September of
SF News Jerry Brown Subpoenas Health Insurers California Attorney General Jerry Brown (and perhaps your next Governor?) subpoenaed the financial records from several health insurance companies yesterday. Why? Because he's he's worried that seven of the state's largest health insurance
SF News SFist Endorses: Angelyne for Governor Today's Matier et Ross is chock-full of fun. First, the duo tell us that Jerry Brown is in hot water for trying to uphold the U.S. constitution's second amendment. (See, earlier this
SF News I'm Staying And You're Gonna Love Me, Cries Newsom Trailing behind Jerry Brown in both the polls and fundraising, one might assume SF Mayor Gavin Newsom would bow out at this point. Not so. Even though rumors are swirling -- swirling! --
SF News Poll: Choose Your Next Governor! Oh oh. It's on. Today, we got word that Jerry Brown has filed with the Secretary of State for a "Brown for Governor Exploratory Committee." That is to say, he's one step closer
SF News Quote du Jour: Jerry Brown On San Francisco Attorney General/future gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown was in San Francisco today. He was at some sort of lunch for whiny Geary Boulevard merchants. When comparing Oakland to San Francisco, he made the
SF News Newsom Takes Aim at Brown During this weekend's state Democratic convention in Sacramento, Gavin Newsom took aim at 71-year-old attorney general Jerry Brown. Newsom, who officially tossed his hat into the gubernatorial ring last week, told the crowd
SF News Prop. 8 Backers Attack CA Attorney General Brown Humanitarian Efforts Anti-gay marriage supports blasted Attorney General and former Governor of California Jerry Brown for rightfully declaring prop 8 invalid. According to dean of Pepperdine University, Kenneth Starr (yes, that Kenneth Starr), "We will
SF News Attorney General Jerry Brown Declares Prop 8 Invalid Whoa. This is big. Attorney General and former Governor of California Jerry Brown says prop 8 is invalid. Yesterday Brown filed a legal brief claiming the same-sex marriage ban, which would amend the
SF News Governor Gavin Newsom? It looks like Mayor Gavin Newsom will take a stab at running for Governor of California in 2010. In addition to the gaggle of Democratic hopefuls looking to succeed Gov. Schwarzenegger after his
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Forever in the Spotlight The supernatural forces behind the Ed Jew storyline are not pleased with Halloween and earthquakes hogging all of the attention. As of today, Ed Jew officially has his fourth legal suit brought up
