CalWatchdog Morning Read – July 14
by CalWatchdog Staff | July 14, 2016 9:56 am
Sitting state senator passes- Fresno PD releases body-cam footage of shooting of unarmed teen
- Congressional candidate accused of sexual harrassment
- Sending CAGOP to national convention costly and cumbersome
- New lawsuit over delta smelt
Sad news today: State Sen. Sharon Runner has died.
The Lancaster Republican has battled health issues for sometime, having survived a double lung transplant in recent years. She announced earlier this year that she would not run for re-election.
“Sharon Runner’s life was one of service,” California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte told The Sacramento Bee. “Whether it was establishing a Christian day school to help educate children, serving first in the California State Assembly and then in the California State Senate, or fighting for initiatives to protect families in California – Sharon was committed to the people of her community and our great state.”
- After shooting an unarmed teenager last month, Fresno PD took a rare step Wednesday by releasing body camera footage of the incident. The Los Angeles Times[2] has more.
- Newly uncovered court documents allege Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones — a Republican who is challenging Rep. Ami Bera, R-Elk Grove, for his seat in Congress — made unwanted sexual advances toward a subordinate. The Sacramento Bee[3] has more.
- Sending a 550-person delegation to Ohio for the Republican National Convention is neither easy nor cheap, reports Capital Public Radio[4].
- “Last week, a coalition of California Central Valley water districts sued[5] the Bureau of Reclamation in the latest installment of the litigation wars over the delta smelt. The new lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Fresno[6], and coming on the heels of the Governor Brown administration’s announcement to release an additional annual 200,000 acre-feet of water for the smelt, challenges the Bureau’s recent issuance of an environmental impact statement purportedly assessing the effects that the smelt-inspired water cutbacks have had on the San Joaquin Valley,” writes the Pacific Legal Foundation[7].
Legislature:
- Gone ’til August
Gov. Brown:
- On vacation
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- The Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article89561267.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
- Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fresno-police-shooting-video-20160713-snap-story.html
- The Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article89480237.html
- Capital Public Radio: http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/07/13/neither-easy-nor-cheap-to-send-california-delegates-to-rnc/
- sued: https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2016/07/12/suit-challenges-delta-pumping-restrictions
- The new lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Fresno: http://blog.pacificlegal.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/New-Delta-Lawsuit.pdf
- Pacific Legal Foundation: http://blog.pacificlegal.org/new-delta-smelt-lawsuit-filed/
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