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2011 AB 32, (Lara) Office of Small Business Advocate: entrepreneurship.
2011 AB 43, (Monning) AB 43, (Monning) Medi-Cal: eligibility.
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2011 SB 20, (Padilla) Food facilities: menu labeling.
2011 SB 36, (Simitian) County Health Initiative Matching Fund.
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CALIFORNIA NEWS CLIPS
BUSINESS
Poll shows strong support for Jerry Brown's tax hike proposal
Staff Reporter for LA Times - George Skelton – January 26, 2012

Voters overwhelmingly back funding for education and raising levies on the wealthy. 'We're in a good place,' governor's strategist says. Gov. [...]

EDUCATION
State asks judge to toss illegal school fees case
Corey G. Johnson for California Watch - Watch Blog – January 25, 2012

Corey G. Johnson DNY59/istockphoto.com. [...]

ENVIRONMENT
Car emissions may fuel desert forest fires
Tia Ghose for California Watch - Watch Blog – January 26, 2012

Tia Ghose Rennett Stowe/Flickr. [...]

HEALTH
State Senate hits stalemate on universal healthcare for California
Staff Reporter for PolitiCal – January 26, 2012
State lawmakers deadlocked Thursday over a controversial measure that would provide universal healthcare in California. In a vote in which some Democrats did not participate, the measure received only 19 of the 21 votes needed for passage in the Senate, but it was put over for another possible vote next week.
POLITICS
Disclosure of corporate campaign spending sought in Calif. bill
Chase Davis for California Watch - Watch Blog – January 26, 2012

Chase Davis Kativ/istockphoto.com. [...]

PUBLIC SAFETY
California attorney general says DNA backlog is gone
Staff Reporter for PolitiCal – January 25, 2012
The California Department of Justice will be able to analyze routine DNA evidence in only 30 days, up to four times faster than before, Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris announced Wednesday.
LEGISLATION
State Senate hits stalemate on universal healthcare for California
Staff Reporter for PolitiCal – January 26, 2012
State lawmakers deadlocked Thursday over a controversial measure that would provide universal healthcare in California. In a vote in which some Democrats did not participate, the measure received only 19 of the 21 votes needed for passage in the Senate, but it was put over for another possible vote next week.
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Introducing LegisWeb's Eye on the Capitol

Change is in the wind. On whichever side of the aisle you may find yourself, the mandate to improve things is all but impossible to ignore.

Know anyone in California that thinks our healthcare system is working as it should? Even if they did think it was perfect, what are the chances they'd risk the wrath of the rest of us by claiming it was working just fine?

Who do you know that thinks our schools are doing great right about now? Certainly not anybody who has a child, grandchild, or even a friend with a kid enrolled in one of our embattled schools today.

Anybody willing to make a case that our environmental laws are everything they should be? Or that Californian companies have been experiencing business as anything close to "usual" for the past few years?

Finally California's economy has been going these past few years? Everything's smooth sailing so let's just "stay the course?" If there's anyone among us that might still think so, you can bet they aren't up for re-election anytime soon.

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