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Reporting from Sacramento — The president of the University of California and the chancellor of the California community college system have quit the California Chamber of Commerce board of directors after the group voted to endorse Republican Meg Whitman for governor. The endorsement is the latest example of the state's largest business organization increasing its political profile. Jack Scott, a former Democratic state senator from Pasadena who was appointed as community college chancellor by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced his resignation Friday in a letter to chamber President Allan Zaremberg after the endorsement vote. "I do not believe the board is...

(07-08) 18:54 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Democratic candidate for governor Jerry Brown on Thursday dismissed a poll showing his Republican opponent gaining ground among Hispanic voters, saying it was merely the result of a misleading media campaign from rival Meg Whitman. "You can put up your billboards and put stuff in Spanish on television, but the people aren't fooled," Brown said during a news conference at California State University, Los Angeles. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/08/politics/p170811D74.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0tAZgtLVh