Carla Marinucci to Politico from SF Chronicle

We now know who the key player will be when Politico launches its California Playbook sometime soon. It will be Carla Marinucci, the longtime political writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. The news was broken this morning in Politico's national Playbook, Mike Allen's popular morning newsletter. Lede item:

Good Thursday morning. Politico poaches Carla Marinucci of the San Francisco Chronicle, the gold standard of California statewide political coverage, to launch a California Playbook. So within weeks, we'll have Playbook siblings in Brussels, New York, Florida, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois and California.

She is taking congratulations on Twitter.

Thanks so much, Governor. You know it it's true: Covering CA politics can be an action adventure flick every day! https://t.co/clMXcIBYtQ

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) September 24, 2015