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Back to homepageCitizen groups, not press, most vulnerable to change in public records law
June 21, 2013 By John Hrabe Just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, one of the state’s leading Second Amendment groups sent out an urgent alert to its members. “FIRE MISSION: OPPOSE SB 71 Sec. 4 NOW!!,” the email from
Read MoreLeg analyses understate fiscal costs of gun control bills
June 18, 2013 By John Hrabe From social issues to business regulations, Sacramento is considered a national leader in progressive politics. “Conservative” might be the last adjective used to describe the California Legislature — except when it comes to estimating
Read MoreSen. Hernandez authors bills to benefit his optometry business
June 17, 2013 By John Hrabe When he isn’t in Sacramento, state Sen. Ed Hernandez is busy treating patients at his five-star rated optometry practice, Hernandez Optometry, in La Puente. The nearby picture is of him on the front page
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Charles Calderon ‘head and shoulders’ above brother Ron caught in scandal
Editor’s Note: This is Part One of a series on the Calderon family. June 13, 2013 By John Hrabe It wasn’t quite the Academy Awards. But the 60 or so people assembled last Saturday afternoon at the Whittier Center Theatre
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Five CA GOP state senators back $2 billion tax increase
June 10, 2013 By John Hrabe With a Democratic supermajority, Republican votes no longer are needed to increase taxes in the California Senate. Yet in a strange development, five GOP senators backed a tax increase anyway. SB 11 is a $2.3 billion
Read MoreTwo more legislators ID’d who went on lobbyist-organized Cuba junket
May 2, 2013 By John Hrabe Two more state legislators that participated in a spring break trip to Cuba with an influential Sacramento lobbyist have been identified. Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, and Assembly member Holly Mitchell, D-Los
Read MoreSec State Bowen tweets why she failed to disclose campaign data online
May 1, 2013 By John Hrabe Last week, two nonpartisan organizations interested in government transparency had a seemingly simple request for California Secretary of State Debra Bowen: share the state’s campaign finance database in a single, accessible file. The request
Read MoreShawnda Westly sparks CA Democratic Party victories
Editor’s Note: This is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One is here. April 23, 2013 By John Hrabe In addition to her victorious campaign strategies in 2012, California Democrat Party officials recognize Democratic Party Executive Director Shawnda Westly’s
Read MoreCA Dems’ mega weapon: Shawnda Westly
Editor’s Note: This is Part One of a two-part series. Part two is here. April 22, 2013 By John Hrabe The second night of the 2013 state convention earlier this month, California Democrats shared the downtown convention center with two
Read MoreAssembly GOP members break no-tax pledge
April 17, 2013 By John Hrabe The Assembly Republican Caucus, though small in number, has retained limited power in Sacramento by maintaining a united caucus on one issue: taxes. Not anymore. A multi-billion-dollar tax extension quickly working its way through
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