A PLUM: Why did Gov. Deukmejian assign...
A PLUM: Why did Gov. Deukmejian assign Orange County’s brand new senator to carry his mandatory earthquake insurance bill, one of the biggest bills of the session? . . . According to one Sacramento insider, it’s an effort to help Republican Frank Hill get a strong foothold in the upper chamber. . . . Hill, a four-term assemblyman before election to the Senate, is close to Deukmejian, and carrying the bill is bound to make points for Hill in his new district, which includes Whittier, site of the destructive 1987 quake.
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