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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 ArticleSouth Carolina Lawmakers Propose Bill To Ban Saggy Pants In Public
CBS Local — Lawmakers in South Carolina have proposed a bill to police an interesting target: your pants. A bi-partisan effort is looking to fine anyone wearing sagging pants in public. Both Democrats...
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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