Archives

This is the archive area for November 1997.

To read the issue in which you're interested, click on its date.

  • Volume 1, Number 17: November 3, 1997
      Two of the Capitol's most powerful special interests, the trial lawyers and the insurers, are holding intense, secret negotiations to craft compromises on two issues that both sides have identified as their top priorities -- tort reform and low-cost automobile insurance.

  • Volume 1, Number 18: November 10, 1997
      One of the worst kept secrets in the Capitol -- it still hasn't been announced officially -- is that President Clinton plans to come to the Sacramento area this weekend.

  • Volume 1, Number 19: November 17, 1997
      Simmering just below the surface in the California Capitol is one of those high-stakes special-interest battles that delight reporters and political junkies as much as they infuriate political reformers.

  • Volume 1, Number 20: November 24, 1997
      There are three durable names in California politics: Johnson, as in Hiram; Warren, as in Earl, and Brown as in Pat and Jerry.