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JUNE 23, 2010 By KATY GRIMES An “Instructional tasting event” does not sound very inviting, but offer a free taste of wine, beer or scotch, and the customers will line up. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, wants to allow retail outlets
Read MoreUnder the Influence Of Bad Legislation
JUNE 21, 2010 Sounding like a prediction from George Orwell’s 1984, after July 1 the counties of Sacramento, Los Angeles, Tulare and Alameda will require first-time convicted drunk drivers to install ignition lock devices in their vehicles. We are supposed
Read MoreUnions halt green jobs
JUNE 21, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT The state’s Democratic legislators have an inordinate hostility to the free marketplace, as evidenced by their endless push for new business regulations and for higher taxes for corporations and wealthy Californians. Yet there is
Read MoreYee targets higher-ed non-profits
JUNE 21, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Lawmakers rarely take up CalWatchdog’s mission to shed light on waste, fraud, and abuse in government. But on June 16, the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee approved SB 330, sponsored by Senator Leland Yee, D-San
Read MoreDems damn dams
JUNE 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES With a win for PG&E but a loss for hydroelectric power plants in the state, the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications committee today killed part of a bill that would have added all hydroelectric
Read MoreAB32's echoes failed policy
JUNE 16, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Industrial policy is defined as government “policies that stimulate specific activities and promote structural change.” It’s intended to create businesses and jobs by government favoring one or more sectors of the economy through tax
Read MoreNava's paycheck protection hypocrisy
JUNE 15, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI If Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, has his way, the days of corporate-funded political campaigns like failed Propositions 16, backed by PG&E to halt competition from municipal utilities, and 17, sponsored by Mercury Insurance
Read MoreBill 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 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
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