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Back to homepageBill outlaws drug label fine print
JUNE 15, 2010 By KATY GRIMES Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, announced new legislation today that refutes recent decisions made by the state Board of Pharmacy, citing medication errors as the need. In 2007, Corbett authored SB472 authorizing the Board of
Read MoreEx-felons as care providers
JUNE 15, 2010 By TROY ANDERSON Not long after the Sacramento County Grand Jury described In-Home Supportive Services as an “employment program for ex-felons,” prosecutors learned a number of IHSS providers taking care of aged, blind and disabled people were
Read MoreMore dumb bills
John Seiler: Once again, tomorrow the Legislature will miss its June 15 deadline for passing a balanced budget — or any kind of budget. Instead, our Masters are messing again with the initiative process with dumb new bills. Sen. Mark
Read MoreFPPC investigates ‘No on 17’
JUNE 14, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Proposition 17 may have been defeated at the polls, but that doesn’t mean the work is over for the campaign that successfully fought the measure on June 8. The Fair Political Practices Commission has
Read MoreWoohoo! CDCR is blogging!
Anthony Pignataro: Please don’t all rush there at once because we don’t want to jam up anyone’s servers, but I just wanted to tell you that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has a new website: www.cdcr.ca.gov. The
Read MoreGOP 'manifesto' trumps unions
JUNE 14, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT A political candidate can take on the public-employee unions in a nasty street rumble and emerge bloodied but victorious. That’s the message from Tuesday’s election to fill a board of supervisors seat in Orange
Read MoreBill to ban employer FICO use
JUNE 11, 2010 By KATY GRIMES “Should employers be banned from using information found in consumer credit reports to help make employment decisions?” was the key question in the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations on Wednesday. In what
Read MoreBill targets underground economy
JUNE 10, 2010 By KATY GRIMES A bi-partisan bill is moving through the Legislature that proposes to punish an employer with a stiff penalty if it does not pay minimum wage. The proposed penalty increases the current damages to two
Read MoreRail plan will crush land owners
JUNE 10, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO Jim Erickson is in a tough spot. If the proposed California High Speed Rail Route A-1 goes through Madera County, it will bisect his ranch. But if Route A-2 gets built, it will slice
Read MoreGOP split weakens party
Steven Greenhut: My old friend and OC political activist and blogger Larry Gilbert offers his thoughts on the Republican Party after the election: The GOP– At War With Itself By Larry Gilbert While recently looking for documents in our garage
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