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California Senate acts to clarify legality of medical cannabis
Medical marijuana dispensaries that abide by security rules in California would not be subject to local or state prosecution for illegal sales under a measure approved Monday by the state Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)...
Tags: Health Treatments, Jim Nielsen, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Marijuana dispensary operators welcome Senate vote clarifying law
Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries are welcoming action Monday by state lawmakers that would block prosecutions for illegal drug sales by cooperatives and collectives under certain conditions. The state Senate on Monday approved legislation...
Tags: Health Treatments, Justice System, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Judges, Trials, Road Transportation
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Jerry Brown's plan could increase future school costs
SACRAMENTO -- Even as Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to chip away at the state’s debt, his budget plan will leave California on the hook for billions more in school funding down the line. The situation is the result of California’s complicated...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Regional Authority, Politics
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Julia Brownley, Labor Legislation, Henry A Waxman, MSNBC (tv network), Adam B. Schiff
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In new era, Brown has the clout to corral Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Dynamics have shifted dramatically in California's Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown returned two years ago—both fiscal and political dynamics. The two are intertwined. And Brown is the beneficiary. In short, because the state'...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Voting, Connie Conway, Elections, Regional Authority
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A return to the 'era of limits' in California
In a reminder of the boom years of the late 1990s, California's fiscal picture brightened in the first few months of 2013, leaving the state unexpectedly flush with cash. But when Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal...
Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Budgets and Budgeting, Personal Income, Politics
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Supreme Court, Health Insurance Cost, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Politics
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Healthcare puts Jerry Brown, Capitol Democrats on different sides
SACRAMENTO — With California's deficit wiped out and its economy starting to hum, this was to be a year when Gov. Jerry Brown was free of the budget logjams that have paralyzed the Capitol. But instead, the governor has a fight on his hands...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Budgets and Budgeting, Healthcare Policies, Politics, Government
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Senate leader criticizes Brown's school plan
SACRAMENTO -- Senate leader Darrell Steinberg says that, for all practical reasons, he should support Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to redistribute school funding. His hometown, Sacramento, would benefit. "I should be for it," he told reporters on Wednesday....
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch, Government, Jerry Brown
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Roger Dickinson, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Consumers, Consumer Goods Industries, Obesity
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California Gov. Jerry Brown unveils an 'ugly' prison plan
SACRAMENTO — Under threat of contempt of court, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a plan to ease prison crowding by releasing certain inmates early, sending others to county jails and relocating some to state fire camps — but added that he doesn't...
Tags: Wildlife, Connie Conway, Politics, Trials, Judges
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