Gov. Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County as wildfires have consumed more than 20,000 acres. Some residents near the affected areas may soon lose contact with the outside world. Beyond the thousands of residential homes threatened, the fires could damage a vital television, radio and communications center and observatory on Mount Wilson. Twenty-two television stations …
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Harvey Milk Inducted Into CA Hall Of Fame
Today the Governator inducted Harvey Milk and ten others into the California Hall of Fame. In other news, there is a California Hall of Fame. The 2009 California Hall of Fame inductees are: entertainer Carol Burnett, former Intel CEO Andrew Grove, governor and U.S. senator Hiram Johnson, decathlete and philanthropist Rafer Johnson, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, philanthropist and peace activist …
Read More »HomoQuotable – Lorri Jean
“California already has the second highest prevalence rate of HIV infection in the nation and the impact on our community is grossly disproportionate. Seventy-three percent of those living with HIV/AIDS in California are gay or bisexual men (of all races and ethnicities). “With an unemployment rate over 11% and a growing number of uninsured people, these cuts could not come …
Read More »Governator Slashes AIDS Funding
As feared and protested, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dramatically slashed funding for California’s HIV prevention and AIDS treatment programs. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation laments: Today’s cuts to HIV/AIDS programs include: an 80% reduction in funding for Education & Prevention, a 70% cut in HIV Counseling and Testing, a 50% cut for Early Intervention (that provides primary medical care), a 100% …
Read More »Governator Supports Prop 8 Challenge
As required by law, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had to file a response to Ted Olson and David Boies’ federal challenge to the constitutionality of Proposition 8. He did not deny the unconstitutionality of the amendment and call for swift action by the courts. Via press release from the American Foundation For Equal Rights, the backers of the suit: “Today’s …
Read More »Californians Protest HIV Drug Cuts
Openly gay state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano joined a large group of protesters at the state capitol in Sacramento yesterday to protest Gov. Schwarzenegger’s plan to slash funding from the ADAP budget, which provides free to low cost HIV meds to the uninsured. Rex Wockner adds: Further, the current plan apparently completely eliminates state funding for the tests that determine if …
Read More »Wockner: What Is Arnold Smoking?
Rex Wockner goes off on the Governator over his plan to cut state funding for HIV medications. Arnold is smoking something other than fine imported cigars. And the California Legislature is inhaling the second-hand smoke. They’re actually thinking of taking away people’s HIV drugs because the state is broke — way beyond broke, actually. You can learn more here, here …
Read More »ACT UP: Protests Planned Over Governator’s HIV/AIDS Funding Slash
As California reels deeper into its worst financial crisis in history, Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed slashing a total of $80M from the state’s HIV/AIDS budget. His proposal includes deep cuts in ADAP funding – money that provides life-saving medication to the insurance-less HIV positive. The ramifications of this move extend beyond the state budget as massive federal matching dollars would …
Read More »Governator: Prop 8 Will Be Overturned
Schwarzenegger tells Jay Leno that Prop 8 will “eventually be overturned.” If only he hadn’t vetoed same-sex marriage those TWO times the legislature sent it to him. (Via – Towleroad)
Read More »Governator Urges Calm
The Governator doesn’t want the anti-Prop 8 folks causing any problems. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who opposed the initiative, praised the court for leaving the previous marriages intact and urged opponents of the decision to respond “peacefully and lawfully.” “While I believe that one day either the people or courts will recognize gay marriage, as governor of California, I will …
Read More »Wingnuts Call On Governator To Condemn Marriage Activists
The Liberty Counsel has gathered 12,000 signatures on an “emergency petition” demanding that Arnold Schwarzenegger condemn the “hate-filled” marriage activists in California. Following California’s statewide vote affirming one-man, one-woman marriage, radical homosexual activists have resorted to hostile protests against churches and pro-marriage advocates. These attacks pose a threat to safety and civility across the nation. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has …
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Governator Speaks Out Against Prop 8
(A Little Too Late)
Schwarzenegger: “They had a very, very strong campaign, the pro-Proposition 8 people, and I think that the people that tried to defeat it did not have, maybe, as good a campaign or had as much money behind it, whatever. I think it is unfortunate, obviously, but it’s not the end, because I think this will go back into the courts, …
Read More »Shhhh! Governator Says No On 8
Without any accompanying commentary or fanfare, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has released a position paper on all of that state’s referenda. He’s for high-speed rail. He’s for for children’s health care. Oh, and by the way, he’s against Prop 8.
Read More »Maria Shriver Says “No On 8” But The Governator Remains Silent
California’s First Lady Maria Shriver has come out against Prop 8. “I believe in people’s right to choose a partner that they love, and that’s a decision that I have come to, and I have felt that way for a long time,” said Ms Shriver, a niece of former President John F Kennedy. However Shriver’s husband has had nothing to …
Read More »Governator Vetoes Harvey Milk Day
Bowing to the ferocious pressure of Christianists, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed the bill designating Harvey Milk Day as a statewide holiday in California. In his veto message issued Tuesday, the governor said that while he respected the measure’s intent, he thinks Milk’s “contributions should continue to be recognized at the local level.” Conservative groups had lobbied Schwarzenegger not to …
Read More »Schwarzenegger On Meet The Press
On Meet The Press yesterday, Tom Brokaw asked California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger about the gay marriage ballot referendum. MR. BROKAW: You have a lot of propositions on the ballot again this fall. One of them would mean a constitutional ban on gay marriages. Do you support that? GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER: No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I think …
Read More »CA Supes To Rule On Marriage Tomorrow
A bulletin from the Califoria Supreme Court confirms (PDF) that it will issue its ruling on same-sex marriage tomorrow at 10AM PST. The ruling is expected to be favorable and celebrations are already being planned. You are invited to attend an Interfaith Celebration of Thanksgiving with the Los Angeles plaintiffs in the California Supreme Court marriage case, The Reverend Dr. …
Read More »Double The Hate, Twice The Hope
Proponents of a proposed anti-gay marriage referendum in California claim to have gathered nearly twice the necessary signatures needed to place the item on the November ballot. The sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriage in California said Monday they have gathered enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot. A coalition of religious groups …
Read More »Governator: I Will Fight Gay Marriage Foes
Well, this is a suh-weet way to end the week! Speaking to the annual Log Cabin Republicans convention in San Diego, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that if the current initiative to ban gay marriage in California makes it to the November ballot, he will fight against its passage. Gay journalist Rex Wockner quotes Schwarzenegger as saying: “Well, first of all, …
Read More »At The Log Cabin Convention
[ABOVE: San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders (left) with Log Cabin Republicans President Patrick Sammon. Photo by Rex Wockner.] Gay journalist Rex Wockner attended the Log Cabin Republicans’ annual convention in San Diego yesterday, where Mayor Jerry Sanders gave the welcoming remarks. (You may recall Sanders’ very moving change of heart on gay marriage last year.) Wockner spoke with LCR President …
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