I'm attempting to blog over a questionable wireless connection from the summit on the California constitutional convention summit today in Sacramento.(Full disclosure: New America is among the sponsors). It's a full house, standing room only in the basement ballroom of the Sheraton.

A quick bit of news: Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, a candidate for governor next year, came out strongly in favor of major changes in the legislature, including eliminating one of the two houses and increasing the number of lawmakers (by more than double).

Also, the Bay Area Council, the business-backed policy organization that's been pushing the idea of a convention, disclosed results of a poll on the idea of a convention. The news: only 3 percent of those surveyed had heard "quite a bit" about the idea. When people were read a description (that didn't include much criticism of the idea and emphasized that voters would get to sign off on whatever a convention recommends), the idea of a convention had modest support.