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Chinese firm to open bus factory in Lancaster
SHENZHEN, China — Gov. Jerry Brown, visiting the headquarters of an electric car and bus manufacturer here, announced Tuesday that the company would open a factory in Lancaster, the first Chinese-owned vehicle plant on American soil. The firm,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Government, Companies and Corporations, Labor Legislation
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Trip with Gov. Brown lets L.A. executive reconnect with China
SHENZHEN, China — The dozens of business officials who accompanied Gov. Jerry Brown to China this week included many with existing business in the country, some who hoped the governor's presence could help open new doors for them and others who...Tags: Government, Trips and Vacations, China Earthquake (2010), China, Politics
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Boston bombers are 'monsters,' L.A. City Council president says
Los Angeles authorities said Tuesday they planned more vigilant security for the foreseeable future in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings. The violence sparked outrage by some Los Angeles leaders. L.A. Council President Herb Wesson called out...
Tags: Lee Baca, Los Angeles International Airport, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Police Department, Sports
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A big day in a big month for California taxes
SACRAMENTO -- California is primed for a strong month for tax revenue after the Legislature's top budget advisor said Tuesday was among the biggest days for tax collection in state history. The state raked in $2.7 billion in income taxes Tuesday,...
Tags: Personal Income, Taxation, Politics
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Quentin Kopp, no longer on board this bullet train
There's a short piece of Bay Area freeway, Interstate 380, named for Quentin Kopp, which is ironic considering that he's beaten the drum for public transit — specifically bullet trains — for years. But then again, he's always been a...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Amtrak, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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California Democrats blast efforts to overhaul schools
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats on Sunday condemned efforts led by members of their own party to overhaul the nation's schools, arguing that groups such as StudentsFirst and Democrats for Education Reform are fronts for Republicans and corporate...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Local Government, Students, Republican Party, Career and Workplace
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Still too many prisoners in California
It may come as a disappointment to Gov. Jerry Brown — but it certainly should not come as a surprise — that a panel of federal judges rejected his request that they return control of California's still-overcrowded prison system to the state....
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Punishment, Safety of Citizens, Anthony Kennedy, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jerry Brown says CEQA reform unlikely this year
HONG KONG -- Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that winning a major overhaul of California’s environmental laws was unlikely this year as he focuses on transforming the state’s public school funding, developing a plan to deal with its...
Tags: Justice System, Government, China, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Crowding out justice in prisons
Re "Brown vows fight over prisons," April 13 Federal courts have found the overcrowding and inmate healthcare in California's prisons intolerable, even though Gov. Jerry Brown says officials are "doing the best job possible." Maybe they're both right...
Tags: Government, Punishment, Safety of Citizens, Prisons, Politics
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Gov. Jerry Brown says goodbye to China delegation
GUANGZHOU, China -- Gov. Jerry Brown bid adieu to dozens of government and business officials who crossed the Pacific to travel with him around China this week. One last time, this group assembled in an opulent five-star hotel – this time the...
Tags: Government, Trips and Vacations, China, Guangzhou (China), Politics
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Though Brown touts progress, China's environmental issues persist
GUANGZHOU, China -- It’s easy to feel good traveling through China with Gov. Jerry Brown this week. Multimillion-dollar business deals between Chinese and California companies have been announced, and cooperation on environmental policy is...
Tags: Government, Environmental Pollution, Trips and Vacations, Environmental Issues, Guangzhou (China)
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Brown wants China aboard California's high-speed rail project
SHANGHAI — Gov. Jerry Brown's trade mission to China this week is intersecting with one of the most controversial issues of his governorship: California's $68-billion bullet train. The governor has staked part of his legacy on the rail network,...
Tags: Amtrak, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Shanghai (China), Railway Transportation
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