Politics
Last year, a bill sponsored by state Sen.
March 31, 2000
California
Backed by state Resources Secretary Gordon K. Van Vleck, Assemblyman Byron D.
March 3, 1989
A bill designating the banana slug the official state mollusk was narrowly passed by the Assembly.
March 22, 1988
The fires raging across California sparked a squabble at the state Capitol on Thursday as Assembly Democrats battled Republican Gov.
Sept. 4, 1987
World & Nation
The Legislature has passed and sent to Gov.
Sept. 11, 1986
California is tightening up on smog this year with more vigor and grit than the state has seen since the 1960s.
Aug. 31, 1988
A 1974 state law requires political committees to report late infusions of big money into the campaign of a candidate or ballot issue.
Sept. 3, 1999
Environmentalists scored a big victory Thursday when the state Senate voted overwhelmingly to add wine cooler bottles to California’s beverage container recycling law.
April 15, 1988
Powerful interests from Gov.
March 21, 1996
Speculators using two arcane provisions of state law have been able to drive up the price of land targeted for preservation by threatening to develop the land.
Oct. 2, 2001