Govern for CA Watch

LISTEN: At an event last week, David Crane said Govern for California chapters that go against his recommendations will have funding cut off. "If they were doing things like supporting Jovanka Beckels when we like Buffy Wicks, we're not going to raise money for them next year."

Robert Rivas awarding Xavier Becerra the Assembly Peace Prize at Speaker’s Cup last night

Govern for California is once again breaking election law — this time for playing both sides of Matt Mahan’s soft and hard side campaigns. David Crane clearly does not think the law applies to him.

So, the tech bros not only want to buy our next governor, they flaunt our election laws while they do it?

Garry Tan copy/pasting from the David Crane playbook.

If you think yesterday’s news was the end of the feds 🕵️ in Sacramento, you’re in for a surprise.

The message is pretty clear: If you’re an Assembly employee and speak out, the Chief Administrative Officer isn’t a neutral arbiter. Instead, they’ll be the mouthpiece of the Speaker and slander the names of accusers. Where’s the outrage, @CaucusRedux @WeSaidEnough?

The Assembly Chief Administrative Officer should be managing the house’s Human Resources, not parading around as the Speaker’s legal spokesperson. This is an unprecedented misuse of government resources.

I ran against Robert in 2018. His brother Rick was deeply involved in that campaign. A rogue Republican pushed out 3 Democrats, I was one of them, who was later convicted of voter fraud. The rumor was Rick worked with local Republican operatives to get Neil Kitchens on the ballot, to party line push the 3 of us out in the jungle primary. I was a Monterey County Farm Bureau director and couldn't even get the California Farm Bureau Federation to hold off endorsement until after the primary. Turns out Rick was on the payroll for California Farm Bureau Federation at that time. Before the primary, and after meeting with me in Sacramento, the CFB endorsed Robert and cut him a $2,000 check. It was preordained for Robert to get that seat. Neil Kitchens was insurance. I wish Cynthia Moreno luck in nailing @CASpeakerRivas. This story reads so much like he and Rick actually are. It's likely true and I hope she nails them both. Power mongering fakes, both Robert and Rick.

time for another op-ed, @MattRexroad

They’re now known as the RICO brothers

@CaucusRedux what happened to ur girl

Wonder how Assembly Dems members feel about $40,000 of their caucus dues paying consultant who won’t return a reporter’s call (and can’t spell “communications” correctly).

An apropos time to mention Elizabeth Ashford, CA Speaker Robert Rivas’ campaign spokesperson, has yet to comment on the misleading CADEM ads they pushed over the weekend.

What is GFC-turned-Rivas “spokesperson” @eashford getting paid $20,000 a month for if they won’t speak to a reporter?

We knew Rob Rivas was a big soccer fan. We just didn’t know he enjoyed scoring own goals so much.

At what point do people start to say out loud, "The Speaker of the Assembly really has no idea what he is doing."

How’s the Rick Rivas speakership going for y’all?

What does he have to hide?

the dum-dum is pretty on the nose