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San Francisco Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Allow Infused Liquor Creation
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A San Francisco lawmaker is proposing a law to put the fruit back in booze. Democrat Mark Leno planned to introduce a bill in the state Senate Monday permitting creation of liquors...
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Bay Area Lawmaker Seeks More Privacy Protections For Consumers
PALO ALTO (KCBS) – California consumers could soon be afforded more privacy protection. Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has authored a bill that would strengthen notification requirements. KCBS’ Mike...
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Phil Matier: Poll Gauges Voters’ Thoughts About Brown’s Performance
SACRAMENTO (AP/KCBS) – A new Field Poll finds that California voters have a favorable impression of Governor Jerry Brown after his first months in office, even though roughly two-thirds are pessimistic...
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Free Ride Ends For California Lawmakers
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) – The free ride is over for California legislators. With the state in a budget crisis, a government panel voted Thursday to end the decades-old practice of providing...
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California Lawmakers Keeping Schedules Private
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Who gets direct access to California lawmakers and how they spend their day when not at official public events remains a secret known only to legislative staff, the lawmakers...
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Bill Lets California Landlords Ban Smoking In Units
SACRAMENTO (CBS /AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that would let landlords ban smoking on their properties, including inside rental units. Sen. Alex Padilla said there is no prohibition on...
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California State Senate Rejects Social Network Privacy Bill
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California senators rejected a bill Friday designed to increase privacy on social networking sites, persuaded by objections from some of the burgeoning industry’s biggest...
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Phil Matier: Bill To Limit Gifts To California Lawmakers Dies
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – A state Senate committee has killed a bill that would have prohibited lawmakers from receiving free spa treatments, sports tickets and rounds of golf. Sen. Sam Blakeslee focused...
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Calif. State Senate Adds ‘Sexting’ To School Infractions
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — So-called “sexting” would be added to the list of infractions that school officials can cite to expel students under a bill passed by the state Senate. Senators on Tuesday...
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California Lawmakers Defeat Internet Privacy Bill
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — California lawmakers on Thursday rejected an Internet privacy bill for a second time after heavy lobbying from Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites that objected...
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California Bill To Abolish Death Penalty Moves Forward
SACRAMENTO (KCBS/AP) – A bill that would abolish the death penalty in California has advanced after its first legislative hearing. The Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 5-2 on Thursday in favor of...
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State Lawmaker Pushes For Transparency On Spending
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) — The California State Assembly and Senate have made their staff and office budgets public but some critics, including Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, are calling the...
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Phil Matier: Questions Raised About Transit Agency’s SF Real Estate Deal
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF) – The chairman of the state Senate’s Transportation and Housing Committee wants more information to be released about the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s recent purchase of...
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GOP Urges High Court To Dump New California Voter Maps
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Republicans are urging the California Supreme Court to dump newly drawn state Senate districts planned for this year’s election. Sacramento lawyer Charles Bell told the court...
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California Proposal Would Create Fines For Calling, Texting On A Bike
Take Our Poll SACRAMENTO (CBS 5) – Lawmakers are considering a fine to prevent distracted cycling on California streets. A bill up for debate in the California Senate Transportation Committee would...
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Judge Rules State Controller Can’t Block Lawmakers’ Pay Over Budget Impasse
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – A judge has affirmed an earlier ruling that the state controller does not have authority to withhold lawmakers’ pay when the Legislature fails to pass a balanced budget on time....
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Proposition 28 Seeks To Modify Lawmakers’ Term Limits
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Two decades after approving term limits to force entrenched state lawmakers from office, California voters are being given a chance to change the law with an initiative its...
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California Senate Votes To Ban Gay ‘Conversion’ Therapy
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) - The state Senate has approved what supporters say would be the nation’s first ban on a form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight. The bill would prohibit what is...
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Poll Shows California Voters Support Tobacco Tax, Term Limits Measures
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – California voters appear ready to approve two statewide initiatives on the June 5 ballot, Proposition 28 to shorten legislator term limits and Proposition 29 to increase...
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California State Senate Rejects Lower Penalty For Drug Possession
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — State senators have rejected a bid to make California the 14th state to end felony penalties for those convicted of possessing small amounts of drugs for personal use. Sen. Mark...
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