California seeks 80 square miles including two Nevada casinos
Governor Brown backs a boundary dispute resolution to claim an 80 square mile strip from Lake Tahoe to the Oregon line. The measure would defend California's borders and exempt two Nevada casinos from state gambling laws. A companion bill aims to shield the casinos from California anti gambling statutes.
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
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Nevada
Mike Cullen D. Y
Caliifornia
Younger
U.S. Supreme Court
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California
Lake Tahoe
Oregon
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Sacramento area state contract awarded to local firm
A San Luis Obispo firm won a $10.35 state contract to complete gaps in a freeway project. The Department of Transportation said the bid was the low offer among nine bids up to $13 million, with work to begin in about a month. Two other freeway segments in San Joaquin County and from Lodi to the Sacramento County line remain under construction.
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Transit grants totaling 2.2 million offered by state
California officials announced 2.2 million in grants for public transportation through the Department of Transportation. Eligible public agencies, nonprofit corporations and private operators may apply to fund rural service, test new bus routes, and improve operating methods. Legislation from 1976 by Sen James Mills, Democrat of San Diego, authorized the funds.
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Tele Pepartmentt of Transportation
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James Mills
San Diego
Elderly Injury Bill Clears Senate Hurdle in California
In Sacramento the Senate approved a bill requiring mandatory prison sentences for those convicted of violent crimes causing serious injury to the elderly or disabled. The measure would deny probation to offenders such as attackers or robbers who injure a 60 year old or older person, or who injure the blind, paraplegic, or quadriplegic. The bill faces Assembly action after Senate passage. A separate item notes the Senate approved a constitutional amendment tax break for homeowners installing solar and other power devices, passing 2 to 2 on amendments to SCA15.
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Senate
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Assembly
Alfred Alquist
Dsan Jose
Clash over school finance plans in California Senate
The Senate Education Committee voted 8 to 1 to strike the administration backed AB476 language and insert Sen. Rodda's rival measure, while the Assembly backed Greens' spending plan awaiting Finance Committee action. The dispute centers on financing equity between rich and poor districts and parental control versus a Serrano v. Priest guided equalization approach.
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Education Committee
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Radkin
State Supreme Court
Public DMV records used by crooks in California
California law enforcement agencies report that information from Department of Motor Vehicles records aided burglaries grand theft and embezzlement. Six of sixteen departments said public records were sold and used in crimes over the past five years with embezzlement grand theft auto theft and residential robbery noted. The DMV handles over 600 000 requests annually and charges for access.
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