Posts Tagged ‘ California State Assembly ’

What Happens After Jose Solorio?

February 24, 2010
By Claudio Gallegos
What Happens After Jose Solorio?

Last Thursday at Angel's Stadium, I ran into our esteemed Assemblyman Jose Solorio. I noticed he was collecting signatures to run for his third and final term in the Assembly. Has it been that long already that he is at his final term? WOW, time does fly. So I thought to myself, what happens...
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Race To The Top Senate Bill is a Race To The Bottom For California Schools

January 5, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Race To The Top Senate Bill is a Race To The Bottom For California Schools

The California Teacher's Association is now opposing the Race To The Top bills currently in the Assembly. The CTA-opposed SBX5 4 (Romero) has been split into two bills, SBX5 1 and SBX5 4. The amended version of SBX5 4 contains two of the most objectionable ideas developed in this special session on education: open...
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OC Labor Leader John A. Perez in Speakership Fight

December 7, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
OC Labor Leader John A. Perez in Speakership Fight

Perez has strong labor connections in Orange County because of his work as an organizer and Political Director for UFCW 324 based in Buena Park. Perez was honored in January 2009 by the Democratic Party of Orange County with the Samuel Gompers Award.
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Quirk Withdraws from A.D. #72 Race, Urges Supporters to MacMurray

September 28, 2009
By Deborah White
Quirk Withdraws from A.D. #72 Race, Urges Supporters to MacMurray

  TheLiberalOC.com was disappointed late today to hear from Democrat Sharon Quirk that she is withdrawing from the special election to fill the state Assembly District #72 seat vacated when Republican Mike Duvall was forced to resign over a lurid sexual scandal. Quirk, former Mayor and now Fullerton Councilwoman, is an education powerhouse in Orange County...
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Why Fleischman Turned on Duvall

September 11, 2009
By Chris Prevatt
Why Fleischman Turned on Duvall

In a nutshell it looks like the California GOP Vice-Chair Jon Fleischman is up to his eyeballs in the “Open Mike” Duvall sex talk scandal.  Back in 2007 Fleischman’s wife Maureen worked for Mike Duvall on his Assembly staff.  Sources tell us she was let go for having an attitude problem. We are hearing it was something...
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California Budget Update

June 6, 2009
By Chris Prevatt

SACRAMENTO - In this week’s Democratic weekly radio address, Assemblymembers Bob Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills) and Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) say swift action to close California’s budget deficit also needs to include appropriate action to ensure that California doesn’t throw away eligibility for billions of dollars in federal funding or turn itself into the...
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Assembly Speaker on Budget Vote

February 13, 2009
By Chris Prevatt

SACRAMENTO - In this week’s Democratic address, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) sees spending cuts and new revenues as necessary components of a budget that will help California end a cash crisis that has already impacted employment and state payments to taxpayers. She calls the compromise needed to close California’s $42 billion budget deficit...
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