California weighs 500 million cost for auto air rules
California’s State Air Resources Board staff said cleaning sulfur from unleaded gasoline would cost refiners about 500 million dollars over nine years and raise gas prices one to three cents a gallon. The plan targets sulfuric emissions from catalytic converters on 1975 and newer cars and tightens a 1977 standard for evaporative emissions.
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California
State Air Resources Board
ARB
Tom Quinn
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Quinn
Robert Sawyer
Man innocent of one count in baby case
Ronald Silverton was acquitted of a misdemeanor charge of offering money to a child's mother to gain adoption consent. He was found guilty on another misdemeanor for advertising without a license. The jury plans to resume deliberations on 12 remaining counts, including six felonies, against the 42 year old former Los Angeles County crime commissioner.
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Ronald Silverton
Los Angeles
Silverton
Waters Defends FPPC Role Amid Lobbyist Tie Row
Carol Waters angrily rejected calls to resign from the Fair Political Practices Commission saying opponents smear the panel with a sneaky hit and run. She argued her husband Daniel Waters is a Los Angeles lobbyist for the Central City Association, but the group operates only in LA and does not lobby state agencies. Local lobbyists fall outside Prop 9 oversight.
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Sacramento
Carol Arth Waters
People’s Lobby
State's Fair Political Practices Commission
Commission
Waters
Daniel Waters
Los Angeles
Central City Association
California Assembly votes strong for malpractice insurance pool
The California Assembly approved a two year state pool plan for malpractice coverage by a 68 to 2 vote, urging quick Senate action. Author Alister McAlister warned of a growing crisis with doctors losing coverage if not enacted, noting Argonaut Insurance may cut or limit policies starting May first.
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Sacramento
California Assembly
California
Assembly
Senate
Alister McAlister
San Jose
McAlister
Argonaut Insurance
Dedrick Confirmed as California Resources Secretary
The California Senate rejected personal attacks and overwhelmingly approved Clair Dedrick as the first woman secretary of resources. The final vote was 28 to 3 with three other Brown cabinet secretaries—Mario Obledo Donald Burns and Rose Bird—also approved unanimously.
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UPI
Senate
Clair Dedrick
California
Brown
Dedrick
Randolph Collier
Sierra Club
Collier
North Coast
Health and Welfare
Mario Obledo
Business and Transportation
Donald E. Burns
Agriculture and Services
Rose Elizabeth Bird
Peter H. Behr
R-Tiburon
Norman B. Livermore Jr
High schools may set designated smoking areas
Sacramento UPI The Assembly reluctantly passed a measure allowing high schools to designate smoking areas on campus to reduce suspensions. The bill, backed by Sen. Arlen Gregorio, passed 41 to 35 after an initial 31 vote. Critics warned of increased marijuana use, while supporters said it rights for non smokers and protects restrooms.
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Sacramento
UPI
Brown
Robert McLennan
R-Downey
Arlen Gregorio
McLennan
Gregorio
Dixon Arnett
Redwood City
Assembly
Slight 3.6 Quake Strikes Berkeley Area
A 3.6 magnitude quake rattled the East Bay along the Hayward fault at 6 41 p m five miles northwest of Berkeley but caused no damage. University seismographic station officials said the shaker was generally felt and such quakes occur about every six months in the area.
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Berkeley
UPI
East Bay
Hayward
University of California Seismographic Station
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