CalWatchdog Morning Read – July 5

by CalWatchdog Staff | July 5, 2016 8:20 am

• Hernandez stripped of committee assignments
• Older Latinos key to defeating legal pot?
• Will Brown keep his promises on Prop. 30?
• Spike in violent crime
• Condoms in porn measure hurts industry, says actress.
• Rep. Rohrabacher: Let’s give Putin a chance

Good morning!

Speaker Anthony Rendon on Friday finally took action against a lawmaker accused of domestic violence by removing him from his committee assignments, which included a committee chairmanship.

The Paramount Democrat’s move follows a court order early Friday for Assemblyman Roger Hernández to stay away from his wife for three years from whom he is getting divorced, as well as a particularly harsh editorial by the Sacramento Bee that same day.

CalWatchdog[1] has more.

In other news: 

• LA Weekly[2] looks at how older Latinos may defeat this cycle’s movement to legalize pot. 
• Will Jerry Brown keep his promise that Prop. 30 — a temporary tax increase on top earnings — would be merely a stopgap measure? The Los Angeles Times[3] has more.
• “California violent crime increased 10 percent last year, the first rise since 2012,” reports The Sacramento Bee[4].
• A porn actress speaks out about the upcoming ballot measure that would require condoms in porn (among other things), calling the measure “a trojan horse.” The Voice of San Diego[5] has more. 
• One California congressman is calling for better relations between the United States and Russia and its president, Vladamir Putin. The San Jose Mercury News[6] has more.  

Assembly:

• Gone ’til August 1.

Senate:

• Gone ’til August 1.

Gov. Brown:

• On vacation.

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