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California State Assembly

Hate Speech, Islam and Israel

David Moshman | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Islam, First Amendment, President Barack Obama, Free Speech, United Nations, Hate Speech, Israel, California State Assembly, Hostile Environment, Politics News
David Moshman

Free speech is indeed a universal value, but the urge to restrict objectionable speech is equally universal. We can have as much freedom for ourselves as we're willing to have for each other.

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Immigration Showdown in California: Governor Brown and His TRUST Issues

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 11.25.2012 | Politics
Read More: Oakland, Trust Act, Secure Communities, Palo Alto, Governor Brown, DREAM Act, California State Assembly, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Jerry Brown, Immigration, Governor Jerry Brown, Politics News
Rep. Mike Honda

We must fix our nation's broken immigration system in ways that make sense for our economy and safety and respects the dignity of all immigrant communities.

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California State Assembly Seeks to Stifle Debate on Israel

Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.30.2012 | College
Read More: Anti-Semitism, California State University, University of California, Bds Movement, Bds, Israeli Occupation, Israel, Academic Freedom, California State Legislature, California State Assembly, California, College News
Stephen Zunes

The California State Assembly has just passed a bipartisan resolution by voice vote which constitutes a serious attack on academic freedom and the rights of students and faculty to raise awareness about human rights abuses by U.S.-backed governments.

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Assembly Bill 5: A Giant Step Back for Teacher Evaluation in Los Angeles

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 10.20.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: No Child Left Behind, Assembly Bill 5, California State Assembly, Los Angeles Teachers, Teacher Evaluations, Lausd, Education Reform, California Assembly Bill 5, Los Angeles News
Ama Nyamekye

The lightning speed at which our infamously slow state legislature is trying to pass a statewide teacher evaluation framework can only mean one thing -- lawmakers don't want anyone to understand what's really in there.

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Elise Foley

California Lawmakers Move Forward With Fight Against Immigration Enforcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Trust Act, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Scomm, Jerry Brown, Secure Communities, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, California State Assembly, California State Senate, California Immigration, Tom Ammiano, Politics News

Opponents of the controversial immigration enforcement program Secure Communities won a small but significant victory on Tuesday when a California Sta...

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California Assembly's Choice: Statewide Guidance for Medical Cannabis or Continued Costly Chaos

Steph Sherer | Posted 07.24.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: ab2312, Medical Marijuana, California, California State Assembly, Americans for Safe Access, Los Angeles News
Steph Sherer

For the health and comfort of ill patients, for the sanity of local bureaucrats, and to reduce the costs of legal uncertainty to city and state government, California needs sensible, statewide regulation of medical marijuana.

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State Assembly Extends Tax Breaks For Filming

AP | ADAM WEINTRAUB | Posted 08.01.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, California Film and Television Tax Credit Program, LA News, Tax Credit for Films, AB 1069, Tax Cuts, LA Events, Tax Breaks, California State Assembly, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tax Credit, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state Assembly voted Tuesday to extend incentives for California's entertainment industry for five more years, approvin...

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Open Letter to Governor Jerry Brown: On Budget Cuts and the Lanterman Act

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Graduation, Lanterman Act, Developmental Disabilities, Chantal Sicile-Kira, Governor Jerry Brown, Budget Cuts, Jeremy Sicile-Kira, Asperger's Syndrome, Commencement Speech, California State Assembly, The Chariot, The California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism, MiraCosta College, Autism, California Budget Crisis, California State Senate, Ada, Idea, American With Disabilities Act, Students With Disabilities, Torrey Pines High School, Dsps, Politics News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

What is the point of a Lanterman Act -- which is civil rights legislation for those with developmental disabilities -- if there are no monies to enact and protect these civil rights?

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Surprised Political Legend

Wendy Block | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Public Schools, Women, Bill Clinton, Gerrymandering, Green Jobs, California, Grassroots, Progressives, California State Assembly, Democrats, Los Angeles, Oil Companies, Texas, Politics, Insurance, Saudi Arabia, Elections 2010, Chamber of Commerce, Teachers, Republicans, Los Angeles News
Wendy Block

An irrepressible visionary housed in a levelheaded package, Ferial Masry is the progressively Democratic candidate for her 2/3 white, majority Republican district.

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California Assembly Modifies Law Seeking To Cure Gays

AP | CATHY BUSSEWITZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Homosexuality Laws, California State Assembly, California Sexual Deviance Law, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers have voted to modify a decades-old law that classifies gays as sexual deviants and calls for research ...

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Resolution Honoring Boy Scouts FAILS In California Assembly

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Martin Garrick, Mike Feuer, Assembly Judiciary Committee, Curt Hagman, California State Assembly, Boy Scouts, Boy Scout Discrimination, Boy Scouts of America, California Boy Scout Resolution, Los Angeles News

The Assembly is often divided on many of the big issues of the day -- taxes, gay marriage, the Boy Scouts... That's right, the Boy Scouts of America g...

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California Candidates Aim To Tap Anti-Sacramento Anger

Sacramento Bee | Jack Chang | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Meg Whitman, Sacramento, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California State Assembly, California State Government, Jerry Brown, Los Angeles News

With a record low number of Californians 13 percent giving the Legislature their approval in the latest Field Poll, next year's elections promise to ...

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California Assembly Passes Education Reform Bills

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Obama Administration, Education, Education Reform, California, California State Assembly, Grants, Los Angeles News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly on Tuesday passed two landmark education-reform bills that will give parents and state officials br...

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Animal Anti-Cruelty Legislation Awaits Governor's Action

Pedro Nava | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Cats, Animal Rights, Animal Abusers, World Animal Federation, Governor Schwarzenegger, Animal Cruelty Legislation California, Governor California, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Dogs, Humane Society, Assemblyman Pedro Navo, California State Assembly, Pedro Nava, Politics News
Pedro Nava

There is an uncontroverted link between animal abuse and domestic violence, elder abuse, and child abuse. Animal abusers have little respect for human life.

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California Picks First Openly Gay Assembly Speaker

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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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COP 15: Cities, States, Grassroots Transform Nopenhagen to Hopenhagen

Nancy Skinner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: California State Assembly, Copenhagen 2009, Green News
Nancy Skinner

This is the 11th international negotiation I've attended. For the first time every major emitting country came to the table with commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Ex-Assemblyman Allegedly Runs Over Parking Lot Attendant

latimes.com | Bettina Boxall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Walter Karabian, California State Assembly, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles attorney Walter Karabian, a former majority leader of the state Assembly, was arrested Saturday afternoon after he allegedly ran over a pa...

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Assemblyman Apologizes For Comments About Spanking Lobbyists

Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Orange County, Mike Duvall Comments, Lobbyists, Gop, Mike Duvall, California State Assembly, Lobbyblog, Business News

California state assemblyman Michael Duvall has issued an apology for having a lewd and lascivious conversation that was picked up by a hot mic during...

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Two Parades. Two Coasts. One Hope.

Karen Bass | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: African-American, Civil Rights Movement, Obama's Inauguration, California, Elizabeth Alexander, Obama Inauguration, Martin Luther King Jr., Parades, Barack Obama Inauguration, ?€œI Have a Dream? Speech, California State Assembly, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin, Obama Inauguration Aretha Franklin, Politics, Eyes on the Prize, Dreams, Kingdom Day Parade, Martin Luther King, San Francisco Chronicle, Martin Luther King Day, Pride, African-Americans, African Americans, Politics News
Karen Bass

Just as Martin Luther King's dream could not have endured if it was his alone, President Obama's hope and promise can't endure if we don't help shoulder the burden.

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