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Back to homepageSteinberg pondering run for Sacto DA
April 22, 2013 By Katy Grimes The current buzz around the Capitol City is Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, will run for Sacramento District Attorney in 2014. Steinberg, 53, has worked as an Employee Rights Attorney for the California
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POW!!! California $127 billion in the red
April 19, 2013 By Katy Grimes Holy understatement Batman! California is more than $127 billion in the red! The California State Auditor recently released a report detailing California’s “net worth” as a state. California is $127.2 billion upside down. Holy helplessness Batman!
Read MoreCA gun control laws would not make us safer
April 18, 2013 By Katy Grimes While the state of California has been letting thousands of criminals out of prison since 2009 under Gov. Jerry Brown’s realignment law, California lawmakers are simultaneously proposing dozens of new gun control laws. Looked
Read MoreCARB lawsuit could end cap and trade
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes Ding dong! Could CARB be dead? The Pacific Legal Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday against the California Air Resources Board challenging California’s cap and trade regulation. The cap and trade program was created by
Read MoreAmmo tax would cost more than the ammo
April 17, 2013 By Katy Grimes The recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is the motivation behind the overwhelming number of gun-control measures moving rapidly through the state Legislature. One of these bills, AB 760,
Read MoreSales tax holiday bill killed in leg committee
April 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez has been leading the cause aggressively for a few weeks to give California taxpayers a sales tax holiday, every tax day. Under Assembly Bill 718 by Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, taxpayers would enjoy
Read MoreHearing finds state development centers still rife with abuse
April 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes The Senate Health and Human Services Subcommittee No. 3 conducted a hearing last week and discussed the current status of the the Department of Developmental Services and its controversial developmental centers. At the hearing, the
Read MoreSacramento subsidy could win Kings
April 11, 2013 By Katy Grimes Sacramento could become known as the little government town that could. As Sacramento officials fight to prevent the Sacramento Kings basketball team from being lost to Seattle, the public subsidy the officials are offering
Read MoreBill targets business on air quality issues
April 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes Lawmakers are notorious for responding to tragedies and accidents with often unnecessary legislation. It’s a Kodak moment none seem to be able to resist, especially over environmental issues. It happened again Wednesday in the
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