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    Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  1. Chasm divides gun control and gun rights advocates

    SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other."
    SACRAMENTO — "Living in parallel universes," is how Senate leader Darrell Steinberg describes it. Gun control and gun rights advocates "talking past each other." Emanating from different cultures, incapable of agreeing on how to make us all...

    Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Tea Party Movement, Marty Block

    2. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. California lawmakers threaten to strip Scouts of tax exemption

    SACRAMENTO — Some California lawmakers seeking to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to abandon its ban on openly gay members are taking a novel approach: They are threatening to strip the organization of its state tax exemption. The proposal,...

    Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Ricardo Lara, Clubs and Associations, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Democrats urge Brown to consider alternative to water project

    SACRAMENTO -- A group of nearly two dozen Democrats is challenging Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build a massive water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
    SACRAMENTO -- A group of nearly two dozen Democrats is challenging Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build a massive water project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. On Thursday, 22 lawmakers from districts throughout the state released a letter...

    Tags: Conservation, Jerry Brown, Politics, Executive Branch, Ecosystems

    4. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. California Senate majority calls for federal action on gun control

    California may have the toughest gun laws in the country, but lax federal rules make the state vulnerable to people bringing assault rifles and other restricted weapons across the state line, according to a resolution signed  by 21 state senators.
    California may have the toughest gun laws in the country, but lax federal rules make the state vulnerable to people bringing assault rifles and other restricted weapons across the state line, according to a resolution signed  by 21 state senators. The...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Assault

    5. Jan 23, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. It's time to bring transparency to back-room legislating

    SACRAMENTO — Imagine a lawmaker being allowed to read a proposed law before voting on it. For that matter — and this seems like a stretch — try to envision the public being offered an opportunity to express its view on a bill before...

    Tags: Republican Party, Voting, U.S. Supreme Court, Kristin Olsen, Politics

    6. Jan 23, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Cal lawmakers propose 72-hour posting of bills before final votes

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    California lawmakers propose 72-hour posting of bills before final approval...
    7. Dec 9, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  7. Water bond needs slimming down

    SACRAMENTO — Barrels of excess water have been tumbling down the Sacramento River with nowhere to go except the San Francisco Bay and out to sea.
    SACRAMENTO — Barrels of excess water have been tumbling down the Sacramento River with nowhere to go except the San Francisco Bay and out to sea. To be precise, 58,000 cubic feet of water per second — think of one cubic foot as a...

    Tags: Darrell Steinberg, Conservation, Dianne Feinstein, Fran Pavley, Jerry Brown

    8. Jul 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. California Legislature votes to postpone water bond to 2014

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    Lawmakers delay water bond measure...
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