Morning Buzz: Wednesday 5.20.09

• Election aftermath LAT, NYT, WSJ, Bee, CalBuzz
• Arguably the end of an era in California politics – the Schwarzenegger era. Anthony York/Capitol Weekly
• Carmen Trutanich's victory margin over Jack Weiss for City Attorney held at 55.7% to 44.2%. Registrar | Trutanich says he defeated "the most powerful political machine in the nation," led by Mayor Villaraigosa. Sausage Factory
• Paul Koretz leads David Vahedi in CD5 by just 335 votes with 100% of precincts counted. Registrar
• Judy Chu's margin over Gil Cedillo in the race for Congress held at 31.9% to 23.3% Registrar
• The hottest place to be last night may have been the Sheraton Universal, where "No on 1A" crowd celebrated near an adult industry party. Carla Marinucci/SF Chronicle
• More elections, not fewer, argues Joe Mathews. LAT Op-Ed
• The Obama administration backed off its threat to withhold billions of dollars in stimulus money from California. LAT
• L.A. County courts will close one day a month starting in July. LAT
• State supreme court justice Carlos R. Moreno of Los Angeles is a long shot to be Obama's choice for the U.S. high court, but he's a moderate "admired on the political left and right." NYT
• SAG National Executive Director David White says of the deal guild members are voting on this week "within the context of negotiations [lasting] over a year and an economy changed radically since 2008, it’s a fantastic deal.” Digital Media Law
• Lawrence Roberts, investigations editor at the Washington Post since 2004, is leaving the paper to head Huffington Post's new Investigative Fund. Editor & Publisher
• LA Weekly has eight finalists for Association of Alternative Newsweeklies awards, Pasadena Weekly has one and OC Weekly has one, with some categories yet to be announced. AAN
• Author, freelancer and former LAT staff writer Scott Martelle is now blogging.
• Heal the Bay is posting its annual beach report card at 10:30 a.m. HTB

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