Senate Local Government Committee members, at the request of Senator Lou Correa (Orange County), will convene a special hearing to pursue issues regarding transparency & accountability in local government and the challenges presented by the revelation in the City of Bell and elsewhere.
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Correa won’t sit still for Vietnamese Communists in Senate Chambers
by Chris Prevatt • • 4 Comments
I proudly represent central Orange County and Little Saigon, the home of the largest concentration of Vietnamese outside of the country of Vietnam. I personally have heard many accounts from my constituents of how many of them were held in re-education camps, some more than 20 years…â€
Message to Lucille- You Feeling Lucky?
by Claudio Gallegos • • 5 Comments
So Lucille Kring has decided to forego either a second consecutive term on the Anaheim City Council or a run for Anaheim Mayor in order to pursue a quixotic run against Lou Correa for State Senate. My question to Lucille is are you feeling lucky, because the odds are against you in so many ways, it’s not even funny. If Curt Pringle was any friend of yours, he would have told you not to do it. That is not very nice of him. What kind of a friend encourages you to be a sacrificial lamb. So let’s break down just how ugly of a loss this is going to be.
California Universal Health Care SB810 Passes: but without Senator Correa’s vote
by Dan Chmielewski • • 9 Comments
While we await National health care reform out of Washington, in California, Senate Bill 810, the California Universal Health Care Act, passed in the State today today on pretty much straight party line vote, with one notable exception. SB810 is…
Race To The Top Senate Bill is a Race To The Bottom For California Schools
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
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 enrollment and parent trigger.
Harvey Milk Day May 22nd
by Chris Prevatt • • 4 Comments
In an LA Times Blog story this afternoon it is reported that a bill introduced by Assemblyman Mark Leno and State Senator Sheia Kuehl was narrowly approved Tuesday morning in the Senate that would require the Governor to proclaim May…
