Posted on 11/09/2006 3:27:44 PM PST by calcowgirl
California Attorney General-Elect Jerry Brown said yesterday he is looking forward to working with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to create regulations for the enforcement of California’s new Global Warming legislation.
Brown, who defeated state Sen. Chuck Poochigian, R-Fresno, by a decisive margin in Tuesday’s election, told the MetNews he wants regulations that are “practical, defendable and effective.”
Noting that the California Department of Justice--which the attorney general heads--has sent six officers to Oakland to help with its crime problem Brown said he is also looking forward to expanding the program to help other cities in need. Poochigian focused on Oakland crime rates in the campaign, blaming Brown, who has been the city’s mayor for eight years.
He said he has not chosen a chief deputy attorney general yet, and will meet with current members of the department before making any staff decisions. “Building a team is my number one priority,” he added.
When asked to explain his large victory margin--he won by more than 18 percentage points--Brown responded:
“People believed me, and didn’t believe him.”
Poochigan has not called to congratulate him, Brown noted, adding that he thinks the Republican “may have taken it personally.”
Brown said he expects nothing to come of a lawsuit filed by state Republican leaders, and financed by the California Republican Party, challenging his eligibility to be attorney general.
“I bet not one in a hundred lawyers would agree” with the plaintiff’s claims, he said.
In the lawsuit, plaintiffs Thomas G. Del Beccaro, Contra Costa County Republican Party chairman; Adam C. Abrahms, head of the Los Angeles chapter of the California Republican Lawyers Association; and others allege that Brown fails to qualify to be attorney general under Government Code Sec. 12503, which says:
“No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless he shall have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his election or appointment to such office.”
The plaintiffs contend the statute requires one to be an active member of the State Bar throughout the five-year period. Brown’s attorneys argue that anyone who has been a member of the State Bar, even if on voluntary inactive status, during the period qualifies under the statute.
Brown was initially admitted to the State Bar in 1965, but was on inactive status from 1997 to May 2003.
Poochigian could not be reached for comment. A call to the attorney for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit was not returned.
Oh joy. I'm moving to Vietnam where I can get some peace. /s
LOL! You get what you deserve, California.
Michael Savage is available I hear.
Here we go!
Congratulations, Californios. You just voted to make your backyard barbecue a criminal act.
Looks like motorists will see their CA "car tax" re-instated...for the good of the environment, of course.
Hey, that's sooo not fair, we don't deserve.....ah, never mind.
Looney Warming
Driving out productive citizens and businesses...one lawsuit at a time!
The wild ride begins! I really should collect some quotes from the campaigns of our new AG, Lt. Gov, Controller, and Treasurer. They were all on the Global Warming bandwagon touting activism in each of their offices. With the Governor leading the band, things ain't gonna be pretty!
Jerry "We don't call them laws, we call them "concepts" Brown.
Hey, hey, hey, not me. I use propane.
Former Governor Moonbat (so christened by the late great Mike Royko) is once again on the move.
It is like watching a shark stirring restlessly in the depths.
You reap what you sow. The socialist republic of California will slide gently into the sea.
Deja vu all over again. Next cycle he'll be campaigning for Governor and Linda Ronstadt tunes will be popular. Meanwhile to think this s.o.b. is the state's top legal apparatchik should be terrifying to all lovers of liberty. I'll live in fear of the global warming "regulations" he and the Governator cook up. I'm looking for greener pastures -- California's too special for "little people" like me anyhow.
I agree with you. Yes we have Global Warming the earth does that from time to time...Wonder what they would of done to prevent the Little Ice Age from happening a hundred years ago, or what answer they would of came up with to save the dinasour...
too many races this year ... how did McClintock do ?
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