California marijuana penalties bill stalls in committee
Capitol briefs report Assembly leadership pushing a bill to lower criminal penalties for marijuana possession and derivatives but Senate Judiciary Committee rejected the measure. Sen Alfredi Long called it dead after a failed reconsideration vote. The measure would ease penalties from felony to a misdemeanor in certain cases.
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Connally to address state GOP convention in San Diego
AP dispatch notes John B. Connally, recent GOP convert, will speak at California Republicans state convention in San Diego. He is billed for the main banquet Saturday night as potential presidential candidate talk circulates among officials. Ronald Reagan may rival Connally for the presidential nomination, with both set to address the 2,000 delegates as the three day gathering wraps up.
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Gallifornia
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Equal Rights Bill Advances in Assembly Judiciary Panel
The measure SBS6 by Sen Mervyn Dymally D Los Angeles seeks equal ownership rights for wives in community property. It passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee and moves to the Assembly floor for a full vote as current law leans toward the husband in marriage dissolution cases.
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Assembly Judiciary Committee
Mervyn Dymally
Los Angeles
Assembly
All Awate USA
California drunken driving bill gains Senate approval
Senator George Deukmejian leads SB1298 through the Criminal Procedure Committee as it seeks to curb first offense drunken driving by reducing mandatory jail terms. The measure aims to deter repeat offenses by increasing penalties for second convictions while addressing court reluctance to impose longer terms.
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Tey
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Job safety bill sails to Senate floor in Sacramento
A 1 million bill to boost worker protection from on the job accidents and to crack down on careless air players advanced to the Senate floor. Sponsored by Assemblyman Jack R. Fen on the D Montebedo, it cleared Finance Committee on an 84 vote as the Reagan administration voiced support. The measure would align state safety rules with federal standards and allow felony charges against employers whose gross negligence causes a worker’s death.
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Sacramento
Senate
Jack R. Fenon D-Montebedo
Penal return bill advances in California Legislature
Sacramento reports Gov Reagan supports a prison subsidy program. A bill by Sen W Craig Biddle of Riverside, previously rejected, passed the Senate on 21-15 rules and moved to the Assembly for reconsideration after being granted permission to proceed.
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Bradley accused of breaking rules to push bill advance
In Sacramento senator Chirk L Bradley of San Leandro amid Livermore Amador Castro Valley area faces a charge from colleague Alan Short Stockton that Bradley used a one man rule as Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee chair to push AB2199. Short says the bill passed the committee with three of nine members present and one voting yes, violating quorum rules. Bradley denies any rule breaking and defends committee legality.
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Rsandove
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Castro Valley
Alan Shaw
Dstockton
Thisday
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Insurance and Financial Anstitutions Committee
Short
Senate
Glavk Bradley
Welfare aid cut threat grows as California stalls
A stalemate between the Reagan administration and California lawmakers risks cutting welfare payments for about 500 000 adults and dependents starting Jan 1. Proposals to maintain aid would cost up to 509 million dollars in state funds, while federal reforms shift program administration. Strong exchanges accuse each side of bad faith as adjournment approaches.
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Health and Welfare
Earl Brin Jr
California ballot clash over governor plan summary fight
California politics heats as Attorney General Eyelle J. Younger rejects Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown Jr. request to rewrite the ballot summary for the governor’s tag limit initiative. Brown accuses distortions, while printing of 17 million pamphlets proceeds amid legal questions and November election stakes.
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Edmund G. Brown Jr
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Reagan
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