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Mark Leno responds to Public Records Act hubbub
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Political Blotter weblog - June 18, 9:51 amThe story that Tom Peele and I wrote late Friday afternoon about a budget trailer bill essentially letting local governments opt out of their obligations under the Public Records Act – which many say guts the law – drew a lot of righteous ...
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In this article: Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
Mark Leno
Immigration Reform is Important to California
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 18, 7:40 amIn a letter sent yesterday to members of Congress, I joined with more than 20 local chamber of commerce executives from throughout California urging action on national immigration reform. Four significant issues critical to our citizens and ...
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In this article: Allan Zaremberg
RATINGS CHANGE: California's 31st District
Roll Call/Opinion - June 18, 9:10 amIt may look as if Democrats are seeking a creative new way to fumble away California's 31st District, but they aren't in as bad a shape as it might seem.
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In this article: Pete Aguilar,
Joe Baca,
Barack Obama
Oakland Tribune editorial: State lawmakers must restore California Public Records Act
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Opinion - June 18, 1:27 pmLegislature and Gov. Jerry Brown made unconscionable changes to the disclosure law last week by slipping language into one of 15 state budget bills.
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In this article: Luis A. Alejo,
Tom Ammiano,
James T. Beall,
Susan Bonilla,
Rob Bonta,
Jerry Brown,
Joan Buchanan,
Nora Campos,
Anthony Cannella,
Ellen Corbett,
Mark DeSaulnier,
Noreen Evans,
Paul Fong,
Jim Frazier,
Loni Hancock,
Jerry Hill,
Legislature,
Mark Leno,
Marc Levine,
Kevin Mullin,
Bill Quirk,
Nancy Skinner,
state budget,
Mark Stone,
Susan Talamantes Eggman,
Bob Wieckowski,
Lois Wolk,
Mariko Yamada,
Leland YeeBills: AB 76,
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Sacramento Bee - June 19, 12:02 am
A proposal to ease restrictions on "big-box" superstores in the city of Sacramento moved forward Tuesday and is now headed for what will likely be a politically charged debate before the City Council. So-called big box stores such as ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Steve Cohn,
Jay Schenirer,
Allen WarrenBills: AB 667,
Sacramento Bee - June 19, 12:00 am
California water officials are moving to store large piles of rock and sand in key locations throughout the Delta, including Brannan Island state park, as part of a broader effort to improve flood response. A fisherman tries his luck Tuesday ...
»ReadIn this article: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,
water,
Bill Wells
Bakersfield Californian - June 18, 10:30 pm
I'm tired of Sacramento playing chicken with the public's right to access its own government. Gov. Jerry Brown is about to sign Assembly Bill 76, the budget trailer bill, which includes language that will make parts of the Public Records Act ...
»ReadIn this article: Robert Blumenfield,
Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
water,
Leland YeeBills: AB 76,
Healthy Cal - June 18, 10:19 pm
The exploding number of older adults in the United States – over 8,000 people turn 65 each day according to the U.S. Census Bureau – means Baby Boomers are staring into a terrifying abyss as a faltering economy wreaks havoc with retirement funds ...
»ReadIn this article: CalPERS,
Nettie Hoge,
Nancy Pelosi,
SEIU
Stockton Record - June 18, 9:17 pm
STOCKTON - San Joaquin County Superintendent of Schools Mick Founts has announced he will seek re-election in 2014.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
renewable energy
Press Enterprise/Politics blog - June 18, 8:51 pm
Baca, Owings, Stewart notices of recall action invalidated on election code technicality
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Los Angeles Times/California - June 18, 8:49 pm
The City Council votes 11 to 1 for the ordinance, which would go into effect in 2014. Shoppers can bring reusable bags or pay stores 10 cents per paper bag.Attention Los Angeles shoppers: The plastic bag is disappearing from more than just the ...
»ReadIn this article: Eric Garcetti,
Paul Krekorian,
Legislature,
Alex Padilla,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
water
Ventura County Star - June 18, 8:15 pm
The state's top oil regulator told lawmakers Tuesday that Californians have nothing to fear about an oil production stimulation practice known as acidization
»ReadIn this article: Paul Deiro,
Mark Nechodom,
Fran Pavley,
water,
Rock D. Zierman
Los Angeles Times/California - June 18, 8:07 pm
Gov. Brown is ready to sign a budget that would allow local officials to opt out of some provisions of the Public Records Act as a way to save money, drawing protests from California newspapers. SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is poised to sign ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Gray Davis,
Legislature,
Mark Leno,
state budget,
Leland Yee,
Anthony York
Torrance Daily Breeze - June 18, 7:54 pm
The Los Angeles Unified school board passed a $6.2 billion budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday, the first time in five years that deep cuts and gut-wrenching layoffs haven't been part of the financial plan.
»ReadIn this article: Tamar Galatzan,
Monica Garcia
Fresno Bee - June 18, 7:20 pm
The California Public Records Act took a big hit when Democrats like Valley Assembly Members Henry T. Perea and Rudy Salas approved a bill that included hidden language to restrict the public right to get information, local Republican leaders said ...
»ReadIn this article: Tom Berryhill,
Frank Bigelow,
Jerry Brown,
Anthony Cannella,
Connie Conway,
Jean Fuller,
Daniel R. Logue,
Jim Patterson,
Henry Perea,
Rudy Salas,
Leland YeeBills: AB 76,
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas) - June 18, 6:54 pm
June 18, 1815 literally was Napoleon Bonaparte’s Waterloo. His last ditch effort to defeat the British and the Prussians, after losing to the British and being exiled on the island of Elba, became his final defeat. After a three-day battle near ...
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San Diego Union-Tribune - June 18, 6:43 pm
Mayor vetoed a builder’s request until the company gave $100,000 to the city.
»ReadIn this article: Bob Filner,
Jan Goldsmith
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 18, 6:31 pm
Bond will expand libraries, build a firehouse and pave roads throughout San Diego
»ReadIn this article: Bob Filner,
Jan Goldsmith,
Sherri Lightner
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas) - June 18, 6:13 pm
Apparently, pork really is the other white meat. At least when it comes to legislative fundraisers. Sen. Ricardo Lara, a Los Angeles Democrat, just hosted "Pig-Roast-a-Palooza on June 18. On July 2, the legislative Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, ...
»ReadIn this article: Ricardo Lara,
Kristin Olsen
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 18, 6:10 pm
Mayor Bob Filner updated plans for the 2015 Centennial Celebration in Balboa Park
»ReadIn this article: Adam Burke,
Bob Filner,
Jerry Sanders,
water
Fresno Bee - June 18, 6:02 pm
Fresno County supervisors agreed Tuesday to tap a group of business and community leaders to help the county rebound from the stubborn economic downturn of the last several years. Read comments
»ReadIn this article: Darius Assemi,
Henry Perea
Ventura County Star - June 18, 5:50 pm
Assemblyman Jeff Gorell walked out of his meetings with members of California's congressional delegation on Tuesday sensing that lawmakers would like to see some type of comprehensive immigration reform.
»ReadIn this article: Anthony Cannella,
Paul Cook,
Jim Costa,
Jeff Denham,
Jeff Gorell,
Doug LaMalfa,
Kevin McCarthy,
Howard P. Mckeon,
David G. Valadao,
Juan Vargas,
Allan Zaremberg
Torrance Daily Breeze - June 18, 5:43 pm
After more than a decade of debate and watching other cities around the nation take action, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday joined the movement to ban single-use plastic bags in markets.
»ReadIn this article: Paul Koretz,
Alex Padilla,
Bernard Parks,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
water
NBC Los Angeles/Prop Zero - June 18, 5:42 pm
It looks like the world is going to have to wait a bit longer for Rod Blagojevich's version of why he deserves a new trial. The former Illinois governor was convicted in 2011 of 17 counts of corruption...Photo Credit: AP
»ReadIn this article: Barack Obama
Sacramento Bee/The Buzz - June 18, 5:33 pm
California's Capitol is full of hard-drinking, skirt-chasing, and corrupt hypocrites - or so Dianne Harman, the wife of a former state senator, would have readers of her new novel, Tea Party Teddy, believe. Green and white balloons are ...
»ReadIn this article: CalPERS,
Derek Cressman,
Dianne Harman,
Legislature,
Marie Waldron,
water
Press Enterprise/Opinion - June 18, 4:54 pm
The state should not hold decisions about local governance hostage to a misguided policy decision from two years ago
»ReadIn this article: Bill Emmerson,
Bill Emmerson,
Legislature,
Richard D. RothBills: SB 56,
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 4:45 pm
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is talking about running for governor - again.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
CalPERS,
Antonio Villaraigosa,
water
Bakersfield Californian - June 18, 4:39 pm
Local business advocacy groups came together in a rare joint news conference Tuesday to declare their opposition to a state bill that would penalize large employers whose workers enroll in Medi-Cal. Kern County business and political leaders called ...
»ReadIn this article: David Couch,
Jimmy Gomez,
Zack ScrivnerBills: AB 880,
Los Angeles Times - June 18, 4:37 pm
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation to enact stringent restrictions on abortion Tuesday, acting on an issue championed by social conservatives in the Republican majority and inviting a possible new challenge to ...
»ReadIn this article: Michael Finnegan,
Legislature,
Zoe Lofgren
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 4:06 pm
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to allow the hiring of hundreds of call center employees in Rancho Cordova and elsewhere to assist in selling medical insurance through the state's new health care exchange.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Ken CooleyBills: SB 509,
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 18, 4:00 pm
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved a ban on plastic grocery bags, with a final vote scheduled for next week.
»ReadIn this article: Jose Huizar,
Legislature,
Bernard Parks,
Bill Rosendahl
The Politico - June 18, 3:54 pm
"I'm more concerned, I can say that," Rep. Buck McKeon says.
»ReadIn this article: John F. Kerry,
Howard P. Mckeon,
Nancy Pelosi
San Diego Union-Tribune - June 18, 3:53 pm
The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women.
»ReadIn this article: James O. Abrams,
Barack Obama,
Nancy Pelosi
Torrance Daily Breeze/Opinion - June 18, 3:42 pm
For millions of California homeowners, Saturday was a day that will live in infamy. Without a single public hearing, the California Assembly passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 8 (ACA 8), the most egregious attack on Proposition 13 ever to ...
»ReadIn this article: Proposition 13,
Jon Coupal,
Legislature,
John A. PerezBills: ACA 8,
California's Capitol (Greg Lucas) - June 18, 3:23 pm
KPBS San Diego public broadcasting/News radio (MP3) podcast - June 18, 2:50 pm
Several provisions in a bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature would wipe out many protections for domestic violence abuse victims, said Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully in a written statement.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Bonnie Dumanis,
Legislature,
Jan ScullyBills: AB 76,
KPBS San Diego public broadcasting/News radio (MP3) podcast - June 18, 2:40 pm
As we head into the summer months, electricity grid managers remind consumers to conserve power.
»ReadIn this article: California Independent System Operator,
Stephanie McCorkle
San Francisco Chronicle/Politics Blog - June 18, 2:36 pm
Uberlawyer David Bois said Tuesday a loss on Prop 8 in the Supreme Court this month won’t be the end of the fight he and Ted Olson are waging for marriage equality. “We will bring lawsuits in other states” to force the 38 that ban same-sex ...
»ReadIn this article: Dianne Feinstein,
Proposition 8
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 2:21 pm
The chairman of California's Citizens Compensation Commission has concluded personally that data supports full restoration of cuts made to state elected officials' salaries the past four years - but he hasn't decided whether to vote that way ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Derek Cressman,
Legislature,
Charles Murray,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Wilma Wallace,
Dan Walters
The Liberal OC (blog) - June 18, 2:10 pm
Irvine Democratic Club Starts Up on Sunday The Democratic Party of Orange County is helping to organize a new Irvine Democratic Club to organize and get an early start on building a strong base of new voters, recruit new candidates and ...
»ReadIn this article: Dan Chmielewski,
Steven Choi
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 2:05 pm
In the decades after the Civil War, the nation's first black Army regiments guarded Yosemite and Sequoia national parks against poaching and timber thefts, a role that in hindsight made them some of the United States' first park rangers.
»ReadIn this article: Barbara Boxer,
Dianne Feinstein,
Jackie Speier
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 2:01 pm
California dairy processors are still trying to squeeze a better deal from a big farm bill up for House debate this week.
»ReadIn this article: Jim Costa,
Jeff Denham,
Tom McClintock,
Proposition 2
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 1:52 pm
Gov. Jerry Brown did his best fundraising of the year last week, collecting in two days about what he raised in the previous three months. Gov. Jerry Brown celebrates the budget deal with Democratic legislative leaders Darrell Steinberg, left, ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Derek Cressman,
Brian W. Maas,
Darrell Steinberg
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 1:34 pm
State workers convicted of possessing or transmitting child pornography would have to pay an extra $2,000 fine if they used work computers to commit the crime, under terms of a bill breezing through the Legislature. Read The State Worker blog.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
CalPERS,
CalSTRS,
Derek Cressman,
Brian W. Jones,
Brian W. Jones,
Legislature,
SEIU,
Marie Waldron,
Dan WaltersBills: AB 20,
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Opinion - June 18, 1:27 pm
Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown made unconscionable changes to the disclosure law last week by slipping language into one of 15 state budget bills.
»ReadIn this article: Luis A. Alejo,
Tom Ammiano,
James T. Beall,
Susan Bonilla,
Rob Bonta,
Jerry Brown,
Joan Buchanan,
Nora Campos,
Anthony Cannella,
Ellen Corbett,
Mark DeSaulnier,
Noreen Evans,
Paul Fong,
Jim Frazier,
Loni Hancock,
Jerry Hill,
Legislature,
Mark Leno,
Marc Levine,
Kevin Mullin,
Bill Quirk,
Nancy Skinner,
state budget,
Mark Stone,
Susan Talamantes Eggman,
Bob Wieckowski,
Lois Wolk,
Mariko Yamada,
Leland YeeBills: AB 76,
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - June 18, 1:20 pm
Plastic grocery bags would become a thing of the past in Los Angeles under an ordinance tentatively approved today by the City Council, which will cast a final vote next week that would make the city the largest in the nation to enact such a ban.
»ReadIn this article: Paul Koretz,
Paul Krekorian,
Alex Padilla,
Bernard Parks
Los Angeles Times/Environment - June 18, 1:17 pm
Daniel Sperling, a UC Davis civil engineering professor and international transportation expert, has won the Blue Planet Prize .
»ReadIn this article: Air Resources Board,
Daniel Sperling
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Political Blotter weblog - June 18, 1:13 pm
A veteran good-government activist declared his candidacy for California secretary of state today in Sacramento. Derek Cressman, a Democrat, said he’s seeking the office “to make elections count for Californians. “We need real leadership to ...
»ReadIn this article: Elaine Alquist,
Debra Bowen,
Derek Cressman,
Mike Davis,
Mervin Leon Evans,
Cathleen Galgiani,
Mark Leno,
Alex Padilla,
Parke Skelton,
Leland Yee
Modesto Bee - June 18, 12:53 pm
About 300 people turned out this morning for the grand opening of the Blue Diamond Growers almond processing plant in Turlock, a welcome boost for the job market.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Karen Ross
Merced Sun-Star - June 18, 12:49 pm
About 300 people turned out this morning for the grand opening of the Blue Diamond Growers almond processing plant in Turlock, a welcome boost for the job market.Click to Continue »
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Karen Ross
Voice of OC - June 18, 12:31 pm
State residents are being urged to call Gov. Jerry Brown and ask him to veto sections of two bills that would gut the law.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Terry Francke,
Donna Frye,
LegislatureBills: AB 76,
SB 71,
Voice of OC - June 18, 12:09 pm
The former mayor and current lobbyist has applied for a commission that will make recommendations on how the city should be governed.
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Curt Pringle
L.A. Daily News/Opinion - June 18, 12:08 pm
If you've been following the news out of Sacramento recently, you would think the state's financial troubles are all over.
»ReadIn this article: Proposition 13,
Legislature,
Mike Morrell
KPBS San Diego public broadcasting/News radio (MP3) podcast - June 18, 11:53 am
Less than a month since Carl DeMaio announced his intentions to run for the congressional seat currently held by Scott Peters, an exclusive 10News scientific poll shows that it could be another close race.
»ReadIn this article: Carl DeMaio,
Scott Peters
San Jose Mercury News - June 18, 11:35 am
San Jose city officials approved a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Major League Baseball's antitrust exemption, arguing that assigning the city to the San Francisco Giants who are refusing to allow the Oakland A's to build a downtown ballpark is ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
redevelopment agencies,
Chuck Reed
Time Magazine/Swampland, Ana Marie Cox's blog - June 18, 11:24 am
(WASHINGTON) — A key committee in the Republican-led House moved Tuesday toward approving a tough enforcement-focused immigration bill, over objections from Democrats and disruptions from protesters shouting 'Shame, shame, shame!' Meanwhile in the ...
»ReadIn this article: Steve Jobs,
Zoe Lofgren,
Barack Obama
KPBS San Diego public broadcasting/These Days morning talk show with Don Fudge - June 18, 11:15 am
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has taken the first step to streamline the county's adoption process.
»ReadIn this article: Nathan Fletcher,
Dave Roberts
San Jose Mercury News - June 18, 11:08 am
Organizers of Netroots Nation, the annual convention of liberal online political activists starting Thursday in San Jose, say Silicon Valley represents both the past and the future of their movement.
»ReadIn this article: Michael Honda,
Ro Khanna,
Nancy Pelosi
CalWatchdog - June 18, 11:00 am
June 18, 2013 By Chris Reed The bullying behavior that has characterized Bob Filner his entire political career has taken on a new and uglier tone since the 20-year Democratic congressman was elected mayor of San Diego in November. He's ostracized ...
»ReadIn this article: Bob Filner,
Jan Goldsmith,
Chris Reed
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 10:56 am
Pledging to curb the political influence of big-money donors and update California's voting infrastructure, activist and former Common Cause vice president Derek Cressman announced today his candidacy for California secretary of state. Read ...
»ReadIn this article: Derek Cressman,
Alex Padilla,
Leland Yee
CalWatchdog - June 18, 10:20 am
June 18, 2013 By John Hrabe From social issues to business regulations, Sacramento is considered a national leader in progressive politics. “Conservative” might be the last adjective used to describe the California Legislature — except when it ...
»ReadIn this article: Board of Equalization,
Rob Bonta,
Roger Dickinson,
Legislature,
Mark Leno,
Anthony RendonBills: AB 187,
AB 711,
SB 475,
National Public Radio/All Things Considered - June 18, 10:00 am
After months of speculation, West's latest album reveals itself as a trim, 10-song, 40-minute effort that's heavy on electronic and industrial influences. It's also another piece of the puzzle to one of pop music's most compelling — and ...
»ReadIn this article: Steve Jobs,
Will Smith
Bay Area News Group - East Bay/Political Blotter weblog - June 18, 9:51 am
The story that Tom Peele and I wrote late Friday afternoon about a budget trailer bill essentially letting local governments opt out of their obligations under the Public Records Act – which many say guts the law – drew a lot of righteous ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
Mark Leno
Roll Call/Opinion - June 18, 9:10 am
It may look as if Democrats are seeking a creative new way to fumble away California's 31st District, but they aren't in as bad a shape as it might seem.
»ReadIn this article: Pete Aguilar,
Joe Baca,
Barack Obama
Roll Call/Opinion - June 18, 9:10 am
Last year, Rep. Brian P. Bilbray lost re-election in California's redrawn 52nd District, but GOP strategists are upbeat about their chances of taking it back just two years later.
»ReadIn this article: Carl DeMaio,
Barack Obama,
Scott Peters
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 8:11 am
UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling, one of the nation's most influential transportation thinkers and policymakers, is the recipient of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, sometime called the Nobel Prize for environmental science. UC Davis professor ...
»ReadIn this article: Air Resources Board,
biofuels,
global warming,
renewable energy,
Daniel Sperling
Sacramento Bee - June 18, 7:57 am
A planning document intended to resolve decades of water conflict in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta was instead greeted by a flood of lawsuits on Monday. More than 25 million people and 3 million acres of farmland depend on water from the San ...
»ReadIn this article: Jerry Brown,
Legislature,
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,
Dan Walters,
water
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 18, 7:40 am
In a letter sent yesterday to members of Congress, I joined with more than 20 local chamber of commerce executives from throughout California urging action on national immigration reform. Four significant issues critical to our citizens and ...
»ReadIn this article: Allan Zaremberg
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 18, 7:35 am
The only thing worse than the budget trailer bill SB 71, a rather naked attempt to gut the California Public Records Act, are the disingenuous defenses of the bill being offered by the administration, legislative Democrats, and local governments. We ...
»ReadIn this article: LegislatureBills: SB 71,
The Politico - June 18, 7:35 am
The House is slated to vote on the decisive measure Tuesday evening.
»ReadIn this article: Zoe Lofgren,
Barack Obama,
Nancy Pelosi
Fox & Hounds Daily - June 18, 7:30 am
Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal published an interview conducted by editorial writer Allysia Finley with Andy Puzder, president of CKE Restaurants, headquartered in California. CKE operates Carl’s Jr. restaurants and other ...
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Fox & Hounds Daily - June 18, 7:24 am
Nanny state politics has ruled California for many years. If it moves, the California legislature wants to tax it, regulate it, or mandate it. Schools have also been under the thumb of teachers union bureaucracies and with that comes behavior that ...
»ReadIn this article: Legislature,
water
Business Journal/Sacramento - June 18, 7:15 am
A coalition of farmers, fishing interests and environmental groups have filed suit to stop the state’s plan to build a pair of tunnels for water conveyance around the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. In the suit, the group said the $54.1 ...
»ReadIn this article: Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla,
Jerry Brown,
water
Voice of OC - June 18, 6:46 am
The health plan took delivery of a $90,391 cashiers check, but the sender refused to say who donated the money.
»ReadIn this article: Patricia Bates,
William Campbell,
Robert Stern
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