Politics
Assemblymember Block Sends Governor Legislation to Increase Transparency when CSU Campuses Change Admissions Policies
Following through on his commitment to shine a greater light on the process when California State University (CSU) local campuses change their admissions policies, Assemblymember Marty Block (AD-78) has sent AB 2402 to the Governor for his signature. Overwhelmingly approved by the Legislature, this legislation requires the CSU to follow specified public notice criteria... »
Statewide Plastic Bag Ban Fails – Coastkeeper Looks to Local Cities
SAN DIEGO, September 1, 2010- During the final hours of the state’s legislative session, California State Senators voted 14 – 21 to reject AB 1998, a statewide bill that would have banned single-use plastic bags. The bill was intended to help shift the public to reusable bags by prohibiting grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores... »
Supreme Court Denies Alioto-Pier Petition, Conclusively Affirming Voter-approved Board Term Limits
High Court’s rejection lets stand last week’s unanimous appellate court decision vindicating City Attorney’s 2008 opinion on ‘rounding up rule’ SAN FRANCISCO (Sept 1, 2010)—The California Supreme Court today denied without comment Sup. Michela Alioto-Pier’s petition for review and stay of a unanimous appellate court ruling that last week restored the legal effect of the... »
NBJC’s “OUT on the Hill” Black LGBT Leadership Summit (Sept. 15-18)
September 1, 2010. Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people will gather in the nation’s capitol for the National Black Justice Coalition’s (NBJC) OUT on the Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit, a convening of top African American LGBT thought leaders, faith leaders, philanthropists and activists who are organizing to empower their communities while... »
Sen. Kehoe’s Bill Would Put the Brakes on Copper Brake Pads
SAN DIEGO – Sen. Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) today announced that her bill to eliminate the use of copper in brake pads sold and installed in California passenger vehicles and trucks after 2025 has passed the Legislature. Scientific research has identified copper as a significant water pollutant and a threat to aquatic life, particularly salmon... »
Senator Roland W. Burris Statement on President Obama’s Remarks at Fort Bliss
Senator Roland W. Burris issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama’s speech on the end of combat phase in Iraq: “Tonight, President Obama spoke to the nation about the end of the combat phase in Iraq. I join President Obama, my fellow Senators and my colleagues on the Senate Armed Services... »
Courage Campaign Blasts Effort to Force Governor and Attorney General to Defend Prop. 8
Jacobs calls Conservative Groups’ lawsuit “the height of hypocrisy…frivolous and desperate” LOS ANGELES — Earlier today, the conservative Pacific Justice Institute petitioned California’s 3rd District Court of Appeals to force Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a Federal District Court ruling that declared California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Proponents of the... »
Equality California Condemns Lawsuit to Force Governor, AG to Defend Prop. 8
San Francisco – The Pacific Justice Institute, a conservative legal organization, has petitioned the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento to force Governor Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend Proposition 8. Both have publicly stated that they will not appeal Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling that deemed the discriminatory marriage ban unconstitutional. In... »
Brown Announces Arrests of Violent Gang Members Who Took Orders from Imprisoned Gang Leaders
Calls for Action to End Cell Phone Communication from Prison OAKLAND – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today a major takedown of key members of the Nuestra Familia gang who commit murders and other violent crimes “orchestrated in prison” by gang leaders using cell phones. As part of an operation code-named “Street Sweeper,” a... »
Brown to Discuss Nuestra Familia Prison Gang Bust
OAKLAND – At news conferences today in Oakland and Visalia, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and his chief of law enforcement will announce a crippling blow to Nuestra Familia, a notorious prison gang that directs street crime from Pelican Bay State Prison. Brown will also discuss strategies to quash the flow of information and... »
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