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# Schwarzenegger takes office sporting Prada grey
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/schwarzenegger-takes-office-sporting-prada-grey/
- Published: 2003-11-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:14:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*E-MAIL, from page 1 A play by play via e-mail*

*By Daily Press staff*

In an e-mail titled “Information on swearing-in attire for Governor Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver,” the Schwarzenegger flacks on Monday signaled the dawning of a new era in Sacramento.

Sent to reporters and editors across the globe, the e-mail read simply, “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be wearing a grey Prada suit. Maria Shriver will be wearing a grey Valentino skirt suit with a cream shell.”

It was one of 11 e-mails sent to members of the press before, during and after the widely watched swearing-in of Gov. Schwarzenegger. Another e-mail covered what happened as Schwarzenegger walked down a capitol hallway before being sworn in, an event that was off limits for all but one member of the press who later distributed the news.

“Christopher Schwarzenegger, 6, was the first immediate family member to appear and his father came immediately behind him, took hold of his hand and reminded the youngster to ‘smile’ for the pool cameras who were waiting on the stairs as the family and others walked past. Maria was to Arnold’s left, also holding his hand and the other children walked along side her.

677,“Nothing was said, no questions were asked and that’s the extent of the hallway walk pool report,” the bulletin reported.

The new governor took office and, as promised, immediately repealed the controversial car tax, according to a prepared statement.

“Thank you, thank you,” Schwarzenegger said as he cut the tax, according to a press release. “Make-up please — just joking. Very important to know, a friend of mine asked me before I left Los Angeles, he said, ‘Are you going to miss the action in the movies?’ I said, ‘No I am going to have enough action up in Sacramento.’ Well this is action, not just dialogue, this is action.”

Flacks had their hands full as Schwarzenegger also called for extra sessions of the legislature to address worker compensation, budget reform and a bill concerning drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants.

Finally, Schwarzenegger put a 180-day freeze on all proposed state regulations and called for a 90-day review of any regulation adopted, amended or repealed in the past five years to, according to a statement, “determine if they are necessary, clear, consistent and are not unnecessarily burdensome or cause undue harm to California’s economy.”

Then the new governor went to lunch with legislators in the Capitol rotunda. A pool report distributed by the Schwarzenegger press office said, “The mood in the room was very lighthearted, as Schwarzenegger moved about, shaking hands and chatting with guests.”

— John Wood

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 18, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111803.pdf?ref=smdp.com)