The LA Times rounds up the weight-loss efforts of California lawmakers. The Distinguished Senator from Cucamonga lost 100lbs through surgery.
* Assemblyman Rod Pacheco (R-Riverside) has dropped 101 on a doctor-supervised program that requires him to eat what he ruefully calls "pseudo food."
* Sen. Martha Escutia (D-Whittier) is down 25 pounds with the help of a personal trainer and a determination to just say no to the mounds of sweets in the Senate lounge.