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BPA bill fails to garner enough votes for passage
"Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, said he thought legislators didn't have the training to make conclusions about toxic substances and should defer to the Green Chemistry Council once it has formed. Logic Bomb!
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Ban the Bag or Bag the Ban?
"........Now that they have "carved out" segments of the population that may not be able to afford the added paper bag tax, is that not an acknowledgment that this policy proposal will, indeed, cost all consumers more at the checkout line? Can't they at least put a cap on the bag fee/tax so the grocery stores only recover costs (of the paper bag)- the very costs they want to soak me with?"
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Ban the Bag or Bag the Ban?
"The paper ones (bags) leave a heavier footprint, cause the destruction of trees and result in three times the greenhouse emissions of plastic bags.----So this bill would shift negative environmental impacts and allow my grocery store to charge and pocket any fee above 5-cents per bag. Ahhh, I would love it too- if I was one of the big grocers behind the bill. Silly me, I thought this was a movement towards environmental sustainability. Fool me once....."
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Tax loophole sunshine bill goes to governor
"Headline with an agenda? If the Legislature approved something in a bipartisian fashion, how is that a "loophole." By this logic, the home mortgage interest deduction and the dependent deduction would be loopholes? Come on Sac Bee!"
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California Democrats' tax foolishness
"While populist, a pretty simplistic look at things....there is general agreement that an even greater reliance on top earners for more tax revenue would only exacerbate the state's groundhog in the form of hyper-volatile revenues. That does not help stabilize the budget or critical government services in any way."
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Nicole Who?
Calitics/Calitics weblog - Sept. 2, 11:15 amThe Fresno Bee provides some more details on the report that former "Democrat" Nicole Parra, former Assemblymember who fell out with Speaker Karen Bass and the rest of the Democratic caucus after voting against the budget in 2008, is going ...
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In this article: Karen Bass, Sam Blakeslee, Field Poll, Carly Fiorina, Danny Gilmore, Carla Marinucci, Nicole Parra, PPIC, Meg Whitman,
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Psssttt, Carly Supports Prop 23, Opposes AB 32
Calitics/Calitics weblog - Sept. 2, 12:58 pmAt the debate last night, moderator and KTVU political editor Randy Shandobil got frustrated with Fiorina's evasive answers on Prop 23. Apparently the other reporters at the post-debate press conference were getting pretty frustrated with the ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Field Poll, Carly Fiorina, Brian Leubitz, PPIC, Bills: AB 32,
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What We Have Built: A System By, For, and Of the Lobbyists
Calitics/Calitics weblog - Sept. 2, 9:42 amJim Sanders has some interesting thoughts, many of which have passed between my two ears over the last couple of weeks with the closing of the legislative sessions. Specifically, there have been a few instances of crass political maneuvering ...
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In this article: Julia Brownley, Field Poll, Dan Jacobson, Legislature, Brian Leubitz, PPIC, Tim Shestek, Bills: AB 1998,
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How Blakeslee has voted so far
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Sept. 2, 11:23 pmBy Bob Cuddy -- Sam Blakeslee won election to the state Senate just over two weeks ago, on Aug. 17. He has had no time to rest, with the Legislature furiously taking up legislation to send to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — or not.Blakeslee replaced ...
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In this article: Sam Blakeslee, John Laird, Legislature, Abel Maldonado, Jack O'Connell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leland Yee, Bills: SB 220, AB 3010,
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A Much-Discussed Silence
New York Times/The Caucus (weblog) - Sept. 2, 9:51 pmComment Send to friend
Brown's office reconsidering motion seeking to send Lisker back to prison
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 9:50 pmAfter serving 26 years for his mother's killing, Bruce Lisker was freed last year after his conviction was overturned. The state sought this week to have him returned to prison on procedural grounds.A spokesman for California Atty. General Jerry ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Jerry Brown, Carly Fiorina,
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GOP gov candidate Whitman dismissed from jury duty
San Francisco Chronicle - Sept. 2, 9:46 pmRepublican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has been dismissed as a potential juror in a child molestation trail expected to last a month. Campaign spokeswoman Sarah Pompei says the former eBay CEO was released after spending most of Thursday at ...
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In this article: Jerry Brown, Sarah Pompei, Meg Whitman,
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BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts
New York Times - Sept. 2, 9:10 pmThe company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts.
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In this article: George Miller, Nancy Pelosi, Daniel Weiss,
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Police identify woman in basement babies case
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 8:52 pmL.A. police say Janet Mann Barrie, a nurse, owned the trunk in which the remains of two babies were found in MacArthur Park. The next step, officials say, is determining to whom the children belonged.She poses for the camera in front of a boxy Dodge ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina,
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The Bay Citizen: As Mayor, Brown Remade Oakland's Downtown and Himself
New York Times - Sept. 2, 8:13 pmAs mayor of Oakland for eight years, Jerry Brown earned a reputation as a can-do leader who pushed through major projects.
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In this article: Jerry Brown, Ignacio De La Fuente,
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Border activist's littering conviction is overturned
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmDaniel Millis had been charged for leaving gallon bottles of water for illegal border crossers in a U.S. desert wildlife preserve.A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the littering conviction of an Arizona activist who left gallon-size ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush, Carly Fiorina,
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Tax-fraud conviction voided because judge didn't stop trial to let defendant go to son's deathbed
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmA federal appeals court says the jurist also prejudiced the jury by not telling panelists Garth Kloehn was absent the last day of trial because his son had died.A federal judge's refusal to halt a businessman's tax-fraud trial so he could be at his ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, George W. Bush, Carly Fiorina, Stephen Reinhardt,
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Differing views given of suspect in strangling of Santa Monica model
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmProsecutors describe Kelly Soo Park as a fraud artist capable of 'taking care of business.' The defense describes her as a law-abiding mortgage broker and churchgoer who cares for an ailing mother.Prosecutors have characterized the woman accused of ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina,
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L.A. doctor arrested for allegedly prescribing painkillers to homeless people who didn't need them
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmAuthorities believe the people were recruited and paid for Vicodin prescriptions that were turned over to drug dealers who sold them by the pill at a huge mark-up. Dr. Zhiwei Lin is to be arraigned Friday.A Los Angeles physician was arrested ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina,
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Court papers identify Pasadena officers who shot and killed parolee
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmPapers in a wrongful-death suit name Charles Glen Reep and Michael Alvarado as the policemen who fatally shot Leroy Barnes Jr. in 2009 during a traffic stop. A union had fought release of the names.Two Pasadena police officers, whose names were kept ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina,
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Marine mammal enthusiasts getting a show from blue whales
Los Angeles Times/California - Sept. 2, 7:47 pmUnusually large numbers of the gigantic creatures off the Southern California coast are a boon for charter boat operators. A biologist believes the cetaceans are following vast clouds of krill.Unusually large numbers of blue whales dining off the ...
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In this article: Barbara Boxer, Carly Fiorina,
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National Briefing | West: California: Court Won't Force Appeal
New York Times - Sept. 2, 7:32 pmA court has refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a ruling that overturned the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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In this article: Proposition 8, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
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Editorial: Prop. 20: Yes Prop. 27: No way
Ventura County Star/Editorials and Opinion - Sept. 2, 7:30 pmComment Send to friend
Meg Whitman dismissed as juror in child-molestation case
Contra Costa Times - Sept. 2, 7:27 pmCalled as a potential juror in Redwood City, the GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman she told attorneys she would serve if selected but acknowledged this is "not a good time for me to give 100 percent. Whitman was among 30 potential jurors ...
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In this article: Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman,
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Builders, environmentalists split on decision on emissions reductions
Ventura County Star - Sept. 2, 7:22 pmThe Southern California Association of Governments voted to recommended lower emission target reductions to the California Air Resources Board on Thursday. The vote pleased building industry officials but did not find similar support from ...
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In this article: Air Resources Board, Glen Becerra, Bills: SB 375,
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LAUSD to negotiate with teachers on evaluations
Torrance Daily Breeze - Sept. 2, 7:03 pmAmid growing community pressure and media attention, the Los Angeles Unified board Thursday launched negotiations with local unions to overhaul teacher evaluations and include the use of student test data.
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In this article: Ramon Cortines, A.J. Duffy,
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What were they smoking?
Ventura County Star/Sacramento Bureau Chief Timm Herdt's weblog - Sept. 2, 7:00 pmPolitical campaigns sometimes go to extraordinary lengths to try to spin facts to suit their objectives, but a statement issued this afternoon by the folks opposed to Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize marijuana, is so contorted that one can ...
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In this article: Proposition 19,
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Wary of tea party, GOP attacks Senate candidate (AP)
Yahoo - Sept. 2, 7:00 pmAP - Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and ...
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In this article: Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, Jeff Green, Tom Ross, Meg Whitman,
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