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California Senate acts to clarify legality of medical cannabis
Medical marijuana dispensaries that abide by security rules in California would not be subject to local or state prosecution for illegal sales under a measure approved Monday by the state Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento)...
Tags: Ted Lieu, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Treatments, Jim Nielsen
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Marijuana dispensary operators welcome Senate vote clarifying law
Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries are welcoming action Monday by state lawmakers that would block prosecutions for illegal drug sales by cooperatives and collectives under certain conditions. The state Senate on Monday approved legislation...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Health Treatments
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace
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In new era, Brown has the clout to corral Legislature
SACRAMENTO — Dynamics have shifted dramatically in California's Capitol since Gov. Jerry Brown returned two years ago—both fiscal and political dynamics. The two are intertwined. And Brown is the beneficiary. In short, because the state'...
Tags: Connie Conway, Republican Party, Voting, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Jerry Brown
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Senate leader criticizes Brown's school plan
SACRAMENTO -- Senate leader Darrell Steinberg says that, for all practical reasons, he should support Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to redistribute school funding. His hometown, Sacramento, would benefit. "I should be for it," he told reporters on Wednesday....
Tags: Government, Jerry Brown, Politics, Regional Authority
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A return to the 'era of limits' in California
In a reminder of the boom years of the late 1990s, California's fiscal picture brightened in the first few months of 2013, leaving the state unexpectedly flush with cash. But when Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised budget proposal Tuesday for fiscal...
Tags: Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Personal Income, Budgets and Budgeting, Government
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Lawmakers test Brown's no-tax resolve with calls to hike levies
SACRAMENTO — Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon. "We just got a...
Tags: Weight, Bob Huff, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Jerry Brown's plan could increase future school costs
SACRAMENTO -- Even as Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to chip away at the state’s debt, his budget plan will leave California on the hook for billions more in school funding down the line. The situation is the result of California’s complicated...
Tags: Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Jerry Brown
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California Senate leader proposes mental health program expansions
State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) on Tuesday proposed a plan to significantly increase mental health services in California with the goal of reducing the number of people ending up in prison, jail and emergency rooms. Steinberg said...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Mental Health, Health
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Brown's prison plan faces hard questions in Legislature
Gov. Jerry Brown's "ugly" proposal to federal judges to partially ease prison crowding by leasing empty jail beds in the state drew dismay from advocates on both sides of the criminal justice debate and a forecast of "dubious prospects" from a legislative...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Bob Huff, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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