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Curren D. Price, Jr.

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    May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. California Senate acts on pay phone rates, drug sales

    SACRAMENTO -- The state Senate acted Monday on bills aimed at protecting pay phone users against high charges and reducing robberies of pharmacies.
    SACRAMENTO -- The state Senate acted Monday on bills aimed at protecting pay phone users against high charges and reducing robberies of pharmacies. The Senate approved SB 50, which requires California pay phones to have signs warning those using...

    Tags: Theft, Sex Crimes, Politics, Drugs and Medicines, Elections

    2. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms

    The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.
    The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct. The board, meeting in...

    Tags: Richard S. Gordon, Prescription Drugs, General Practitioners, Bill Lockyer, Trials

    3. Apr 26, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Legislature should pull plug on inept Medical Board of California

    The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery.
    The time has come to put the Medical Board of California out of its misery. The board oversees the licensing of doctors and their discipline for misdeeds or incompetence. It also has jurisdiction over doctor-owned surgical clinics. Long ago the board...

    Tags: Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Layoffs and Downsizing

    4. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Medical Board of California could lose investigative powers

    The Medical Board of California would be stripped of its power to investigate physician misconduct under a sweeping reform plan by legislators who say the agency has struggled to hold problem doctors accountable.
    The Medical Board of California would be stripped of its power to investigate physician misconduct under a sweeping reform plan by legislators who say the agency has struggled to hold problem doctors accountable. The medical board has come under fire...

    Tags: Medical Research, Richard S. Gordon, Prescription Drugs, General Practitioners, Bill Lockyer

    5. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. California panel advances bills targeting prescription drug abuse

    A broad package of bills aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths won approval from a key state Senate committee Monday.
    A broad package of bills aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths won approval from a key state Senate committee Monday. The bills, including a measure that would require coroners to report prescription-involved deaths to the...

    Tags: Medical Research, Politics, Pharmaceuticals, General Practitioners, Prescription Drugs

    6. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Legislators threaten to kill state medical board

    In an unusual display of concern, lawmakers overseeing the Medical Board of California have threatened to dissolve the agency unless it "shows significant progress" in protecting patients from dangerous doctors. In a letter, state Sen. Curren Price (D-...

    Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Richard S. Gordon, Prescription Drugs, Orange County Register

    7. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Termed-out Fuentes stays on Assembly payroll while running for council

    <em><strong></strong>The headline on this post has been changed from the original, as explained below.</em>
    The headline on this post has been changed from the original, as explained below. Voters in northeast Los Angeles picked former state Assemblyman Felipe J. Fuentes III (D-Sylmar) in March to represent them on the City Council, but that job won't begin...

    Tags: Politics, Elections, John A. Perez, Local Elections, Alex Padilla

    8. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Ganging up on Bob Blumenfield

    Six candidates are running for Los Angeles&rsquo; <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-dennis-zine-election-west-valley-cd3-20130122,0,4493824.story">3rd Council District seat</a>; five showed up to a forum last Tuesday hosted by the Woodland Hills Property Owners Assn. They shook hands, embraced, in a couple cases offered each other pecks on the cheek. Who was missing?
    Six candidates are running for Los Angeles’ 3rd Council District seat; five showed up to a forum last Tuesday hosted by the Woodland Hills Property Owners Assn. They shook hands, embraced, in a couple cases offered each other pecks on the cheek. Who...

    Tags: Politics, NPR, Barbra Streisand, Radio, Howard Lawrence Berman

    9. Sep 27, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Sen. Curren Price latest state lawmaker to seek L.A. council seat

    L.A. NOW
    State Sen. Curren D. Price Jr. filed papers to seek the Los Angeles City Council seat occupied by Councilwoman Jan Perry, who is running for mayor. Price becomes the second Sacramento lawmaker to pursue that post and the sixth to run for office in the...
    10. Nov 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Tighter oversight of prescription drug deaths sought

    The chairman of a state Senate committee that oversees the Medical Board of California said Monday that he would introduce a bill requiring coroners to report all prescription drug deaths to the agency &mdash; a move aimed at helping authorities identify doctors whose prescribing practices may be harming patients.
    The chairman of a state Senate committee that oversees the Medical Board of California said Monday that he would introduce a bill requiring coroners to report all prescription drug deaths to the agency — a move aimed at helping authorities...

    Tags: General Practitioners, Prescription Drugs

    11. Dec 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Former San Marino mayor launches Assembly race

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    Matthew Lin, a surgeon and a former mayor of San Marino, has announced he’s seeking the 49th District seat that will be vacated by termed-out Assemblyman Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park)...
    12. Nov 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Candidates line up more endorsements

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    Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro), who is running against two other Democratic elected officials in the newly drawn 44th Congressional District, added more names to her endorsements list. On Friday, Hahn’s campaign released a list of nearly 60...
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