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Calif. Lawmakers Attempt to Delay $11B Water Bond
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California lawmakers are expected to begin the multistep process of removing an $11.1 billion water bond from the November ballot at the urging of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger....
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Saving Child Development Centers
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) _ Concerned Oakland school officials and parents will be making their way up to Sacramento this week as they try to convince lawmakers to help them keep preschools open for the...
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Whitman Criticizes Schwarzenegger for Budget Delay
FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) _ Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Wednesday laid blame for California’s budget impasse squarely on the shoulders of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative...
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Lawmakers Pass California Budget After Record Delay
SACRAMENTO (AP) – California lawmakers finally sent a financially shaky budget to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger early Friday, putting the state on track to start paying long-overdue bills but likely...
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California Controller Aims To Prevent Local Corruption
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – As the criminal case proceeds against officials from the Southern California city of Bell, the state controller is calling for new safeguards to prevent local corruption. State...
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Controller Says No Paychecks For California Lawmakers Until Budget Balanced
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – State Controller John Chiang said Thursday he will withhold lawmakers’ pay starting June 16 unless they have passed a balanced budget by then. Chiang said he was acting under...
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California Lawmakers Speculate Next Move Following Brown’s Budget Veto
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Thanks to Governor Brown’s unexpected veto on Thursday, California still does not have a budget and state lawmakers are scratching their heads about what to do next. The...
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Fremont Lawmaker Authors Bill On Child Death Reporting
FREMONT (KCBS) – A Fremont assemblyman has co-authored a bill to make it a felony for parents to not promptly report the death or disappearance of their child. More than a dozen states are now...
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California Lawmakers’ Budget Records Offer Incomplete Spending Picture
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Budget records released this month by the Assembly should have provided a detailed look at the spending by California lawmakers. Instead, the documents offer an incomplete and at...
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California Lawmakers Hope To Use Millions In Stimulus Before Deadline
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money remains unspent in California, but before that cash goes back to Washington, some state lawmakers want to make sure it gets spent....
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End To Lawmaker Perk Could Cost California More In Long Run
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – California lawmakers are going to lose a big perk this week: their state-funded cars. However, the change could actually cost taxpayers more in the long run. Until now, the state...
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Bay Area Lawmakers Return To DC For Votes On Jobless Benefits, Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON (KCBS) – The Bay Area congressional delegation was heading back to the nation’s capitol Monday to vote on a measure to extend a middle class tax cut. “It’s somewhere between $1,000 and...
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California Lawmakers Set Budget Vote As Deadline Looms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS SF/AP) _ California lawmakers have scheduled a Friday budget vote on their plan to balance a $15.7 billion deficit as they run up against a constitutional deadline and risk...
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Feinstein, Democrats Seek Tougher Gun Laws Following Colorado Massacre
WASHINGTON (KCBS) – Senator Dianne Feinstein joined several other Democrats on Tuesday to call for new gun control laws in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater. “Why do you...
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Melissa Griffin: Lawmakers Back To Work; Santa Clara Stadium Fight Begins
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – With legislative recess over, our lawmakers are back in Sacramento to complete the business for the year, and that includes legislation addressing a recent issue over the 49ers...
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Phil Matier: Public Sector Retirees At Center Of Pension Reform Debate
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) – The state legislature is expected to vote on Friday on public employee pension reform, with much of the debate again focusing on the perception that many public sector retirees are...
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California Lawmakers Get Cars Fixed On Taxpayer Dime Before Purchase
SACRAMENTO — At least a dozen California lawmakers repaired or upgraded their state-provided vehicles at taxpayers’ expense in the final weeks before the one-of-its-kind perk was ending, then later...
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California Lawmakers Set Sights On ‘Swatting’ Ban
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California lawmakers are taking aim at the practice of “swatting,” which has sent police on fake emergency calls to the homes of Tom Cruise and other stars. The bill announced...
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‘House Of Cards’ Wants MD. To Boost Tax Credits
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (CBS SF/AP) – Los Gatos-based Netflix’ political drama series “House of Cards” is demanding millions of dollars more in tax credits from Maryland, or it will go elsewhere. The Washington...
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San Francisco Women Participate In Month-Long Hunger Strike To Push For...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A couple dozen women in San Francisco’s Mission District participating in a national month-long hunger strike began fasting Thursday to push lawmakers to act on comprehensive...
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Phil Matier: California Legislators Are Highest Paid In Nation
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A new report by Pew Charitable Trusts shows that California legislators make over $90,000 a year, which is $6,000 more than Pennsylvania lawmakers who rate as the second highest...
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Panel Approves 2 Percent Pay Raise For California Lawmakers, Officials
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A citizens’ commission has approved 2 percent cost-of-living salary increases for lawmakers and statewide officials, including the governor and attorney general. The increase approved...
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California Plans To Vote On New Water Bond Measure For November Election
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Pressed by a deadline and California’s severe drought, state lawmakers are scheduled to vote Wednesday on a measure that would swap out an existing water bond on the November...
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Richard Dreyfuss Honored By California Lawmakers For Promoting Civics Education
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss told California lawmakers he hopes the American public will once again view politics as a noble calling. The 66-year-old actor best known for “Jaws”...
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Penny Pitching Tradition Chips Away At Historical Sculpture In Sacramento
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) — Let the finger-pointing begin — lawmakers and lobbyists honoring a tradition at California’s Capitol may have made a million dollar mistake. The custom of throwing pennies in...
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SF Archbishop Answers Disapproving Letter From Lawmakers After Clarifying...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — The archbishop of San Francisco sent a letter to California lawmakers on Thursday asking them to respect his right to hire people who uphold Catholic teachings. Archbishop...
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California Democrats Push Gov. Brown To Demand Water Conservation From...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California’s Democratic state senators are pushing Gov. Jerry Brown to speed up water spending in the face of a relentless drought. In a joint letter, they are calling on the...
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California Lawmakers Demand Change To EDD Practice Of Putting Social Security...
SACRAMENTO (KPIX 5) — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are demanding the Employment Development Department make changes immediately following a KPIX 5 report that revealed the state is printing...
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California Rebates For Hybrid, Electric Cars Restricted After Plan Criticized...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — State lawmakers and air quality officials are restricting rebates on hybrid and electric cars because they have been claimed by hundreds of Californians who make $500,000 or more....
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Protesters Rally As Calif. Lawmakers Consider Bills To Regulate Videos Of...
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — California lawmakers are considering bills to regulate videos of police activities and law enforcement’s acquisition of surplus military equipment as hundreds of Black Lives...
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Prop. 50 Would Dock Pay For Suspended Lawmakers
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California voters will decide in June whether to allow state lawmakers to revoke their colleagues’ pay following the Legislature’s 2014 ethics crisis that saw three senators put...
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Sonoma County Lawmakers Consider Marijuana Grow And Tax Ordinances
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) — Dozens of people attended a Sonoma County Board of Supervisors’ hearing Tuesday on a medical cannabis land use ordinance that regulates cultivation of pot in residential,...
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San Jose Lawmakers Agree To Immediately Enact New Tenant Protections
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — There was a major victory for San Jose renters Tuesday. The San Jose City Council agreed to immediately enact tenant protections that have been the subject of recent rallies. The...
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Democratic California Lawmakers Vow To Help DACA Recipients
SACRAMENTO (AP) – California Democrats are slamming President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program protecting immigrants illegally brought into the country as children. More than 30 lawmakers are...
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California Lawmakers Eye Loopholes Around Fed Tax Deduction Limits
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — Democrats in Sacramento are exploring ways to help Californians save money by creating a loophole around deduction limits that are part of the new federal tax law. The recently...
View ArticleLawmakers To Introduce Bill That Would Make Puerto Rico 51st U.S. State
WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation Thursday that would admit Puerto Rico into the union as the 51st state without a referendum on the island’s...
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