title: Governing California: Politics, Government, And Public Policy in the Golden State
author: Gerald C. Lubenow
description: Gerald C. Lubenow spent many years with Newsweek as a correspondent and later as bureau chief in San Fransico and London. He is a former director of publications and director of the Center on Politics at the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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  Chapter 1
  
  It was called "the Buddy Holly rule."
  
  It applied to the President of the United States and the Vice-President. It
  was strictly observed by sports teams. Rock bands adhered to it religiously,
  as did corporate officers.
  
  It was inflexible, unbreakable policy wherever it applied. And it applied to
  every business and political situation. And, on occasion, social situations.
  
  It should have applied to the Governor of California and his lieutenant
  governor.
  
  Technically, it did. They were, under no circumstance, to fly on the same
  plane, travel in the same vehicle, or even ride the same elevator. That was
  unshakable policy.
  
  Unfortunately, unshakable policy applied only to political trips, arranged for
  by political aides and handlers.
  
  This was social.
  
  The governor of California didn't know that his lieutenant governor was going
  to attend the concert at Los A