California politician, voted out, collects unemployment
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| Politicians voted out of office in California can collect unemployment. In fact, it has happened. A city of Rosemead councilman might be the first to have cashed in on this outrageous loophole. Now the deeply unpopular California state legislature is rushing to pass a law to prevent it -- before voters rise up against them and vote them out too! |
Weed Wars: Californians consume 16 million ounces of Pot
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| According to a recent state Board of Equalization report prepared for the Legislature, it's 16 million ounces a year. That's a little less than one-half an ounce for each resident in California, in case you're counting every man, woman and child. |
US state senator voted against gay rights admits 'I am gay'
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| A conservative US state senator who voted against gay rights measures during his 14 years in state legislature has admitted he is gay.Senator Roy Ashburn said yesterday in an interview with KERN radio in California, where he sits on the state legislature: "I am gay... those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long." |
California Considers Tracking Animal Abusers Like Sex Offend
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| "The California state Legislature is considering a new proposal to establish a registry of names -- similar to widely used sex offender databases -- to track and make public the identities of people convicted of felony animal abuse." |
San Diego students march to Gov. Schwarzenegger's office
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| Making another attempt to have their voices heard by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the State Legislature, students at San Diego State University, City College and UC San Diego joined thousands of California collegians in expressing their anger once again. |
Who Runs the University of California
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| This past July, following the California State Legislature's decision to strip $813 million from the University of California's Fiscal Year 2009-10 budget, the UC's 26-member Board of Regents voted to declare “a state of financial emergency.” Such a “state of emergency,” the university's official by-laws state, should accompany an “imminent and sub |
New studies show value of medical cannabis
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| With the results of a medical study summarized by a new report delivered to the California state legislature, the California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) claims it has established scientific proof that inhaled cannabis holds medical value at or above the level of conventional prescription medicines used for a variety of ailments. |
Editorial: Don't blame state budget woes on welfare recipie
Thursday 11th of March 2010 02:32:30 AM
Posted by admin / Under California State Legislature
| It's shameful for California leaders to pin the blame for the state's budget woes on poor people, whose numbers have swelled because of unemployment during the recession. As the Legislature crafts next year's budget, its response to recent criticism of welfare programs will make a statement about our values. |



