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Lawmakers ignore state’s lead role in immigrant intimidation
March 7, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — At a Capitol hearing Wednesday, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, charged that California employers frequently threaten immigrant workers with deportation and abuse. The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee hearing took place after a press
Read MoreWhy not a $100 minimum wage?
March 7, 2013 By John Seiler The Daily Kos liberal Web site is running a $10.10 national minimum wage campaign: “To the 113th Congress: “The minimum wage needs to keep up with the times, but today, it’s fallen behind, leaving
Read MoreProp. 39 tax-hike $ also may indirectly boost teacher pay
March 7, 2013 By Chris Reed It’s not just money from Proposition 30’s sales-tax and income-tax hikes that is being used to provide for teacher pay raises and to allow continuation of “step” pay policies that give teachers raises most
Read MoreSenate committee advances bills on rape, sentencing
March 7, 2013 By Dave Roberts California state laws from the past occasionally crop up and need to be amended. That happened last week when the Senate Public Safety Committee unanimously approved SB 59, which is designed to close a loophole that allows
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Video: GROW Elect advances grassroots Latino GOP action
March 6, 2013 By John Seiler The two major themes of last weekend’s GOP convention were more grassroots organizing and more involvement by Latinos and other growing constituencies. Even those who not Republicans should welcome steps to make the party
Read MoreHuff, Conway skipped ballot verification for legislative junkets
March 6, 2013 By John Hrabe Nero may have fiddled as Rome burned. At least he was in the city when it happened. The same can’t be said for the leaders of the California Senate and Assembly Republican caucuses, who
Read MoreCA Dems seek to export gun crackdown
March 6, 2013 By Dave Roberts California’s Democratic politicians, not content to have enacted some of the nation’s strictest restrictions on their citizens’ right to keep and bear arms, now want to do the same to the rest of the
Read MoreInside state government ineptitude
March 6, 2013 By Katy Grimes The State of California has a serious backlog of new business filings, so says Secretary of State Debra Bowen. “Secretary of State Debra Bowen is concerned about the backlog, said spokeswoman Shannan Velayas, and intends to
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Video: CA GOP Latinos at Convention eager to boost party
March 6, 2013 By Mark Stefanos Latinos had a significant presence at the March California Republican Convention in Sacramento, including a large showing by startup group GROW Elect—a Latino Republican candidate recruitment PAC. Devastating losses in the 2012 election cycle
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Train agency ‘raids’ CalPERS for exec talent: Oy vey!
March 6, 2013 By Chris Reed When the press release came out Monday that the California High-Speed Rail Authority had recruited a top executive away from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, a Tweet from former Los Angeles Times journo
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