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Committee Stalls Bill Requiring Vote On Delta Tunnels
Committee Stalls Bill Requiring Vote On Delta Tunnels
The ECOreport reposts OP-ED Committee Stalls Bill Requiring Vote On Delta Tunnels
Originally Posted on the Daily KOS
By Dan Bacher
A bill to force a public vote on Governor Jerry Brown’s controversial plan to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta through two massive underground tunnels stalled in committee on Friday, May 27.
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Eggman & Wolk Request Audit of Delta Tunnels
Eggman & Wolk Request Audit of Delta Tunnels
The ECOreport reposts two California legislators say there are too many unanswered questions, Eggman & Wolk request audit of Delta Tunnels
Originally Published on the Daily KOS
by Dan Bacher
As the economic, scientific and financial justifications for Governor Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels Plan continue to collapse, two Delta legislators on Monday, May 9 put yet another potential hurdle in the…
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California Official Admitting Delta Tunnels Plan Is Collapsing?
California Official Admitting Delta Tunnels Plan Is Collapsing?
The ECOreport reposts the story of John Laird’s testimony before a Senate Committee. Is this California Official Admitting Delta Tunnels Plan Is Collapsing?
Originally Published on the Fishsniffer, Daily KOS and Indybay.
by Dan Bacher
In the video from a recent hearing in the California Legislature, it appears that a Brown administration official is admitting that financial support for Governor…
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Governor Brown Signs Bill Banning Concealed Weapons From Schools
Governor Brown Signs Bill Banning Concealed Weapons From Schools
Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 707, a bill that bans the concealed carry of handguns at California colleges and schools. Senate Bill 707, by Sen. Lois Wolk, expands the prohibition on school and college grounds to include concealed weapons, while keeping the same rules in place for the 1,000-foot zone surrounding schools. Active and retire law enforcement officers are…
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43-34 Vote: California Assembly Passes End-Of-Life Bill
43-34 Vote: California Assembly Passes End-Of-Life Bill
SACRAMENTO – A bill to allow terminally-ill Californians to request a doctor’s prescription for medication to aid in dying passed a significant hurdle today with its successful passage from the Assembly floor. The bill, AB X2-15, is nearly identical to SB128, authored by State Senators Bill Monning (D-Carmel) and Lois Wolk (D-Davis), which stalled in an Assembly committee in July. Assemblymember…
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Assemblymember Dodd’s Gender Pay Equity Bill Passes Assembly
SACRAMENTO, CA – A gender pay equity bill authored by Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) was passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday with bipartisan support. The legislation would require companies that contract with the state to have policies in place to help ensure gender pay equity and to provide data on employee income by gender and race to the state. “We need to ensure people aren’t paid…
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Aid-in-Dying Legislation Passes out of the Senate in 23-14 Vote
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Today, the End of Life Option Act, authored by Senators Monning (D-Carmel) and Wolk (D-Davis), passed off the Senate Floor with a vote of 23-14. Senate Bill (SB) 128 will allow a mentally competent adult in the final stages of life due to a terminal disease to request aid-in-dying medication from a physician. “The passage of the Aid-in-Dying bill out of the Senate is a…
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Wolk introduces rail oil spill response bill
Wolk introduces rail oil spill response bill
Benicia’s representative in the state Senate has introduced a bill that would provide funding for adequate local emergency response to accidents and spills associated with trains carrying crude oil.
Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, said she wrote the measure because of the increase in crude oil rail shipments planned for Benicia and along the Capitol Corridor route.
That route takes trains through some…
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