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So Much For Holding Polluters Responsible In California

| Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Video, Warren-Furutani, California Pollution, AB 1207, California Pollution Bill, California Assembly, Green News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Corey G. Johnson Under pressure from construction, architect and other industry groups...

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'The Public Is Fed Up With Wealthy Donors Who Manipulate Elections'

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: California DISCLOSE Act, Campaign Finance Reform, California Clean Money Campaign, Campain Contributions, Disclosure, Super PACs, Julia Brownley, California Poltics, California Assembly, Citizens United, California Corruption, San Francisco News

A bill that would have given California voters more insight into the funding of political advertisements in the post-Citizens United era of unlimited ...

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New Law Will Increase Access to Healthy California Foods

John A. Perez | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: California Assembly, Food Deserts, California Agriculture, California Public Health, California Health Food Access, Health Food, American Food Deserts, California Food Deserts, Los Angeles News
John A. Perez

California's nutritional shortcomings extend beyond that of trans fat and caloric challenges, and into the disturbing realm of simple access to affordable, healthy food options.

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Time for Sunshine in Sacramento

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Debt, California, Economic Crisis, Sacramento, Reform, Bipartisan, Budget Crisis, Gridlock, Los Angeles, California Legislature, Unemployment, Open Records Act, Open Government, Sunshine Laws, California Assembly, Los Angeles Times, Initiative, Tea Party, Portantino, Los Angeles News
Hoyt Hilsman

Would you believe that, after the recent scandals in California around illegal compensation and government secrecy, the California legislature is keeping the budgets of legislators and legislative committees secret?

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After Giffords Shooting, CA Assembly To Begin Arming Guards Full Time

AP | By DON THOMPSON | Posted 06.06.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The recent shooting of an Arizona congresswoman and threats against several California state lawmakers have prompted officials w...

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In a Perfect World: A Law to Cure Paralysis -- Paid for by Those Who May Cause It!

Don C. Reed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Wieckowski, Spinal Cord Injury, California Assembly, Medical Costs, Tax, Paralysis, Los Angeles News
Don C. Reed

Car impact is the number one cause of spinal cord injury paralysis. Those whose heedless actions can inflict agony on others should be part of the answer: helping repair what their recklessness may cause.

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Bipartisan Seating at the State of the Union? Why Stop There?

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legislative Networks, Social Networks, Tuscon Shooting, California Assembly, Seth Masket, Third Way, State of the Union, Civility, Mark Udall, Politics News
Bradley W. Bloch

It's hard to caricature someone you've broken bread with. This brings us to Third Way's proposal: intermix the parties during the State of the Union address.

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On Boy Scouts Question, CA Chooses Equality

Geoff Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Equality California, Assemblymember Feuer, Discrimination, California Assembly, Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America, Geoff Kors, Politics News
Geoff Kors

Our youth, regardless of their sexual orientation, need to see positive images of LGBT people. They need to learn that LGBT people deserve, just like anyone else, to live lives free of prejudice.

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We All Have a Responsibility to Speak Out on Arizona

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Bass

What Arizona politicians have done is unconscionable -- and unconstitutional -- and it may not be neighborly to point that out, but it certainly is the American way.

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Earth Day 2010: Progress Towards a Green California

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AB 32, California-Assembly, Environmental Protection Agency, California, Los Angeles-California, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Earth Day, Green News, Environment, Democrats, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Karen Bass

In the California Legislature we remain committed to implementing and advancing AB 32, our landmark global warming bill, which rolls back greenhouse gas emissions in California to 1990 levels by 2020.

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Safety Net Most Critical in Economic Crisis

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Bass

There are some emerging, if still fragile, signs that the worst of the Great Recession is behind us: the closing of the Dow above 11,000, revenues in ...

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Gov 1.0 and Powerful Happenings

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan W. Silberberg

We need more "Camp Karen" types of activities in all of our civic spaces. In bringing dignity back to politics, we all grow as a people.

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This Foster Care Month Sees Hope Ahead

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Bass

May is National Foster Care Month and for California's 65,000 foster children and those who advocate on their behalf, it's a month to raise awareness ...

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The Time to March for California's Future Is Now

Marty Hittelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California-Assembly, California Budget, Sacramento, California Federation of Teachers, Education Reform, Grover Norquist, California Budget Crisis, California Legislature, Los Angeles News
Marty Hittelman

Most Californians are paying a fair share while the rich and powerful continue to receive more tax loopholes every year. We must reverse this trend.

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43 Years Later, State Gov. Looks To Overturn Mandated Search For Homosexuality Cure

Sacramento Bee | Steve Wiegand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California-Assembly, Cure for Homosexuality, California Gay Marriage, Assembly Bill 2199, Homosexuality Cure, Ab 2199, Los Angeles News

Assembly Bill 2199, is just one of hundreds of bills given birth this week by lawmakers scurrying to meet a Friday deadline for introducing legislatio...

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This Legislator Will Be Voting No on Sen. Abel Maldonado's Confirmation

Pedro Nava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pedro Nava

I will be voting no to confirm Sen. Abel Maldonado to the second highest constitutional office in California, a heartbeat from the Governor, that of Lieutenant Governor.

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Perfect Storm 2010?

Robert Hertzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California-Assembly, Ballot Initiatives, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Unions, Los Angeles News
Robert Hertzberg

A sour economy, political gridlock and year upon year of sagging budget revenues are threatening to combine into a perfect initiative storm that could hit California next November.

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California Picks First Openly Gay Assembly Speaker

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California-Assembly, John-Perez, Sacramento, John Perez, California State Assembly, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly has picked its first openly gay speaker. Assembly Democrats on Thursday unanimously backed John Pere...

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If Governor Schwarzenegger Had Taken Yes for an Answer - No IOUs

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Bass

Small businesses, students, seniors, and taxpayers will all start receiving IOUS. This shameful day didn't have to arrive. In fact, Governor Schwarzenegger had several opportunities to prevent it.

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Those Pesky Ballot Propositions - Is This Any Way to Run a Country?

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

Deciding whether to 'increase the "rainy day" budget stabilization fund' in a state with the seventh largest economy in the world like California, requires a little more, uh, attention.

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