California has the largest contingent of LGBT delegates from any state at 76. That is more than double the number from the nearest delegation, New York, at 36. Steven Kerrigan, the openly bay CEO of the convention addressed the LGBT…
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AT&T, Private Business Lobbying Dwarfs Union Lobbying Efforts – LA Times
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We’re a couple of days late commenting on this story from Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, but when I saw it I immediately thought of the OC Register’s editorial writer Brian Calle who laments the $6 million the California Teacher’s Association…
OC Labor Federation to Honor Speaker Pérez
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At their 10th annual Solidarity Awards dinner, the OC Labor Federation will honor Assembly Speaker John Pérez and other worthy recipients. The dinner is on May 22, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. From today’s press release: Orange County Labor…
Lorri Galloway announces key union endorsement
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Got this press release today from the Lorri Galloway campaign for her Fourth District BoS race: The Orange County Labor Federation has Endorsed Lorri Galloway for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 4th District. Anaheim, Ca, February 28, 2010 The…
Assembly Speaker-Elect John Perez Endorses Galloway for Fourth District Supervisor
by Dan Chmielewski • • 3 Comments
Breaking news: Lorri Galloway gets significant endorsement for Fourth District supervisor’s race. California Assembly Speaker Elect, John Perez, endorses Anaheim Councilmember Lorri Galloway for Orange County Supervisor. Anaheim, Ca, February 18, 2010 – Assembly speaker elect, John Perez, has endorsed…
Assemblyman John Pérez on Arnold’s Illegal Vetos
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SACRAMENTO – In this Democratic weekly address, Assemblymember John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), Chair of Assembly Democratic Caucus, calls the line-item vetoes Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made to budget solution bills passed by the legislature last week illegal. Pérez says “according…
Assembly Speaker on Budget Vote
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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…
