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Friday, May 24, 2013 Residency questioned on panel that sets governor's pay John Stites is among a small group of people who will decide next month how much California's governor and lawmakers should be paid. Even though he lives primarily in Nevada. more...Friday, May 24, 2013 Assembly panel puts hold on condom, bullet tax bills SACRAMENTO -- A state Assembly panel on Friday shelved 144 bills that would have cost the state $2.8 billion, including measures to require condoms for adult film actors and to put a 10% tax on bullet sales. more...Friday, May 24, 2013 California Senate OKs protections for kids of police, public officials The state Senate approved legislation Friday that would make it a crime to harass or secretly photograph the children of police officers, judges and other public officials because of their occupation. more...Friday, May 24, 2013 California lawmakers push alternative clean energy plan SACRAMENTO -- California lawmakers are pushing an alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to use new revenue generated by Proposition 39, which changed the corporate tax code when voters approved it in November. more...Friday, May 24, 2013 California state lawmaker proposes new journalist protections Alarmed by the recent federal seizure of Associated Press phone records, a California lawmaker has proposed new protections for the records of reporters and editors in this state. more...Thursday, May 23, 2013 California Senate panel hits the brakes on oil, soda taxes Bills proposing new taxes on oil and soda in California were shelved for the year by a state Senate panel on Thursday, but the measures' authors say they plan to pursue approval of them in January. more...Thursday, May 23, 2013 Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting Gov. Jerry Brown's administration disputes complaints that the governor's vocal legal challenges to orders to improve prison conditions has brought progress to a halt. more...Thursday, May 23, 2013 Skelton: Lawmakers should restore dental care Democrats and special interests have a long wish list of government programs they want to spend more on now that California's budget crisis has faded. They hope to use the latest report from the nonpartisan legislative analyst, who forecast more tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown has predicted, as... more...Thursday, May 23, 2013 Lawmaker has solution to low voter turnout in Los Angeles A state lawmaker has a possible answer to the dismal voter turnout in Los Angeles city elections. more...Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Court receiver says Brown ignores prison conditions In a report Wednesday to federal judges, the official overseeing prison medical care said Gov. Jerry Brown's public opposition to crowding reductions, and his corrections officials' refusal to move inmates at risk of a deadly disease, show California is unready to run its own prisons. more...
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