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CalWatchdog Morning Read – November 17

All eyes on SoCal state Senate race More details of personal spending from SD congressman’s campaign account Trouble for Pelosi? State senator wants total ban of sex offenders in schools Small Sierra town defaults on pension contributions Good morning! TGIT.

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Women poised for modest gains in legislative races

Women make up more than half of California’s population, but only about one-fourth of the Legislature.  And in November, that’s unlikely to change too much, according to a CalWatchdog analysis. While an October surprise, outside factor or just particularly good

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Environmentalists’ clout may be waning in CA Legislature

California environmentalists have long been one of the most powerful forces in the Legislature. But in 2015, the centerpiece of the green agenda — a provision in a broader measure that would have mandated a 50 percent reduction in gasoline

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Will CA voters scrap daylight savings time?

The time has come to do away with daylight savings in California, according to Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose. Chu’s bill to ask state voters if California should become the third state to opt out of changing the clocks once

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Green targeting of dissident CA Dem off to bad start

Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown, a moderate African-American Democrat from San Bernardino seeking her third term, has brushed back the first challenge to her re-election by Eloise Reyes, a Colton attorney strongly backed by environmental groups. Brown easily won her local party

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