Winners

Losers

Gavin Newson

The San Francisco mayor personally recovered the password to the city's network. He's also already started fundraising for a 2010 gubernatorial run.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Field Poll gives the governor an upside-down 40 to 46 percent approval rating.

Jerry McNerney

The incumbent Democrat from the 11th Congressional District beefed up his bipartisan bona fides this week by announcing a Republicans for McNerney steering committee made up of civil officials and other residents.

The legislature

The same poll shows that only 27 percent think the legislature is doing a good job.

Democrats

The Field Poll gives Democrats a giant lead over Republicans -- 48 to 28 percent -- in the generic Congressional question.

state employees

The governor is threatening to cut state worker's pay to the federal minimum wage until the state gets a budget passed.

Gays

One small step for Proposition 8. Laguna Beach became the first city in the state to oppose the ballot question that would make same-sex marriage illegal.

Jose Hernandez and Julie Ruelas

The San Fernando council members are the target of a resident recall effort.

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"At this point, the commission hasn't made any determination relative to wrongdoing or any individual's culpability in matters raised by the complaint."

-- Roman Porter, executive director of the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, on the commission's investigation of a complaint filed by Californians Against Hate against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in which the group contends the church did not report its non-monetary contributions to the campaign to pass Proposition 8

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