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Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say
Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and that if the situation gets worse, society has a "moral responsibility to address the problem," according to new national public...
Tags: Population and Census, Endangered Species, Elections, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Support for California water bond falls, poll finds
Judging by a new statewide poll, California lawmakers were smart to pull an $11.1-billion water bond off last fall’s ballot. The Legislature has twice postponed the bond measure’s day at the polls, worried that it would go down to defeat...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Politics
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'Crunch time' poll: Parents don't recognize kids are overweight
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Many American parents can't see that their kids are overweight, according to a poll released Monday. According to the survey, which was conducted by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health,...Tags: Family, Health and Safety at School, Elections, Weight, Overweight
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Clint Eastwood backs gay marriage in Supreme Court brief
L.A. NOWClint Eastwood and several other prominent California Republicans have signed a court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to back gay marriage. The move comes as the Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to strike down California's... -
Election waste in Los Angeles
Next month, Los Angeles voters will go to the polls in a first round of balloting to elect a new mayor and other city officials. The election is taking place just four months after the presidential balloting, which means that Angelenos have been caught in...
Tags: Voting, Elections, Local Elections, Politics, Government
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Influential Democrat urges Obama to release drone opinions
WASHINGTON - President Obama should stop “bobbing and weaving” and let Congress and the public see the classified legal opinions that govern the targeted killing of terrorism suspects overseas, former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta ...
Tags: George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Politics, U.S. Congress
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'Record majority' in California backs same-sex marriage, poll finds
L.A. NOWAs state officials make their case for gay marriage, a new Field Poll showed record support in California for same sex unions. "By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 32%), California voters approve of allowing same-sex couples to marry," according...... -
L.A. tax-hike vote patterns tell a tale of two realities
Nearly every week, 70-year-old Barb Johnson hears word of a nearby robbery or car break-in in Vermont Knolls, her neighborhood of modest bungalows just west of the Harbor Freeway in South Los Angeles. So it was alarming, she says, to learn this week...
Tags: Jan Perry, Social Issues, Elections, Politics, Government
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LAPD chief expects severe cuts after voters reject tax hike
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck expressed disappointment Wednesday at voters’ rejection of Proposition A's tax hike proposal and believes it will result in cuts at the LAPD.... -
L.A. mayor's race: Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle
L.A. NOWCouncilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel solidified their leads in the race for mayor of Los Angeles with just under a quarter of the precincts reporting Tuesday night.... -
Garcetti campaign expects union to endorse Greuel
L.A. NOWA spokesman for L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti said he believes one of the city’s most powerful public employee unions on Wednesday will be endorsing his rival, City Controller Wendy Greuel.... -
California voters say soda can make you fat
This post has been updated. See note below.Nearly 70% of California voters say taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is a good idea if the money goes to school nutrition and physical activity programs, according to a Field Poll released Thursday. That figure declines if the question is just whether...Tags: Social Issues, Diabetes, Elections, Food and Drug Administration, Obesity
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