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Bill would ban junk food from vending machines at state offices
Proposed legislation to remove junk food and sugar-loaded drinks from vending machines at California state office buildings and on government property is intensifying debate about when the battle against obesity becomes a gateway to "nanny state" tactics....
Tags: Weight, Overweight, Holly J. Mitchell, Nutrition, Career and Workplace
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Rich liberal donors throw weight behind Obama agenda
WASHINGTON — An influential network of some of the country's wealthiest liberal political donors is steering resources to an advocacy group backing President Obama's agenda and to organizations working to pass immigration reform, providing a surge...Tags: Jerry Brown, Organizing for Action, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Environmental Issues, Executive Branch
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Letters: California wasn't late on gay marriage
Re "California, late to the altar," Editorial, April 26 Your editorial regarding the role of California in the race to recognize same-sex marriage omits what I believe to be the biggest catalyst of the changes taking place in the country. In 2004,...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Family, Collective Contract, Same-Sex Marriage, Career and Workplace
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Artichoke, avocado deputized as official California produce. Celebrate with 21 recipes!
Did you know California has its own state vegetable and fruit? Well, it does now. Apparently, while Gov. Jerry Brown was on a weeklong trade mission to China, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom used his acting authority to deputize the artichoke and avocado,...Tags: Jerry Brown, Executive Branch, Google+, Politics, Government
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Newsom busy; artichokes, avocados elevated in Jerry Brown's absence
SACRAMENTO -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who served as acting governor while Gov. Jerry Brown was off on a week-long trade mission to China, used his newfound authority to deputize the artichoke and avocado as California’s official vegetable and fruit,...Tags: Interior Policy, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch, Lobbying, Regional Authority
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Sweeping earthquake safety rules imposed in San Francisco
Some of the most extensive damage and loss of life from recent earthquakes in California have occurred in apartment houses where dwellings sit on top of a ground-level parking garage or a storefront. The shaking undermines the bottom floor, causing the...
Tags: Justice System, Natural Disasters, Rental Service, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Legislators seek to put off harbor fund
Two legislators have asked the California State Lands Commission to put off deciding whether to allow the city of Newport Beach to establish a special harbor fund. The officials want the state to hold off until they can further investigate how that...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Allan R. Mansoor, Trials, Accounting and Auditing
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Boston bombers are 'monsters,' L.A. City Council president says
Los Angeles authorities said Tuesday they planned more vigilant security for the foreseeable future in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The violence sparked outrage by some Los Angeles leaders. L.A. Council President Herb Wesson called out...Tags: San Diego Padres, Zack Greinke, Herb Wesson, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Police Department
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California Democrats blast efforts to overhaul schools
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday condemned efforts led by members of their own party to overhaul the nation's schools, arguing that groups such as StudentsFirst and Democrats for Education Reform are fronts for Republicans and corporate...
Tags: Tom Torlakson, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage
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Boston explosions prompt tighter security across L.A.
From Los Angeles International Airport to Dodger Stadium, L.A. officials said they will be on heightened alert because of the Boston explosions. LAX officials said they are increasing patrols, beefing up checkpoints and using more bomb-sniffing dogs....Tags: Zack Greinke, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles International Airport, Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Police Department
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Wide search expected in hunt for next UC president
With no obvious inside candidate to be the next president of the University of California system, experts predict a wide search that will concentrate on similar university systems elsewhere but could also stretch beyond academia. Whoever replaces Mark...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Teachers, University of California, Berkeley, Bill Clinton
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UC expected to launch wide search for new president
Mark Yudof likes to point out that he was the first real outsider in more than a century chosen to run the sprawling University of California system. And he often jokes that, as a result of his leadership, it is likely to take a hundred years more...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Teachers, University of California, Berkeley, Bill Clinton
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