Compromise on California property tax bill stalls over aid plan
In Sacramento the joint committee failed to agree on adding 100 million dollars in homeowner and renter relief and an income tax bracket to finance it. Senator Nicholas Petris blocked moves to bolster aid, citing potential future deficits. Gov Brown warned the package remains costly and must be trimmed.
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Sacramento
Wagday
Nicholas Petris
Oakland
Petris
Gov. Brown
Brown
California banks clash over Sumitomo branch purchase
A coalition of minority and consumer groups asked California banking officials to block Sumitomo Bank of California’s plan to acquire 19 Bank of California branches, including two in Long Beach, unless discriminatory employment practices are addressed. The groups seek a one year moratorium on expansion and a blue ribbon state investigation. Sumitomo announced a $19 million purchase of 19 branches, with operations to continue under Bank of California until regulatory approval.
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California
Sumitomo
Sumitomo Bank Lit
Japan
Sumitomo Bank
Bank of California
Long Beach
W. Ocean Blvd
Redondo Ave
California counties hit by drought shortages and losses
The state reports 186 water systems across 86 counties face or may face shortages with 22 counties showing no major drought issues. Amador Pioneer District enforces a 62 percent mandatory cutback, while Marin Municipal Water District has a 57 percent reduction. Agricultural losses are projected near 800 million dollars, with net farm income down about 17 percent. The livestock sector faces about 500 million in losses and key crops include grapes walnuts almonds pears and vegetables.
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Amador County
Pioneer Community Services District
Marin Municipal Water District
Marin County
Alpine
del Norte
Fresno
Glenn
Imperial
Inyo
Kings
Lassen
Merced
Modoc
Orange
Riverside
San Benito
Santa Barbara
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Stanislaus
Tehama
Ventura
Yolo
California
Consumers lose round against milk price bill
In Sacramento the Senate committee voted 6-1 to pass Assemblyman Barry Keene’s proposal to rewrite California’s six decade old milk stabilization law despite consumer protests that it would raise milk prices. The bill advances to the Senate Finance Committee.
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Sacramento
Senate
California
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
Senate Finance Committee
Inmate Fight Erupts at Folsom Prison Yard
authorities say Black and white inmates clashed in the maximum security section of Folsom Prison for the third time in three weeks. A guard fired buckshot filled beanbags to break up the fight, associate warden Stewart Potter reported. Six whites attacked seven blacks in the exercise yard of the security housing unit shortly after noon.
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Folsom (Ap
Folsom Prison
Stewart Potter
Potter
Feminists hail revised court rape ruling in California
The California Court of Appeal deleted passages deemed objectionable from a July decision that suggested a hitchhiking woman tacitly consents to sex with a male driver. The court still reversed a rape conviction of Clifford Alan T Hunt.
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Aclu Women's Rights Project
California Women Lawyers
Women Lawyers
Los Angeles
Clifford Alan T Hunt
Federal grant aids Los Angeles utility bill relief
The Los Angeles Community Action Agency announces an $828,343 federal grant to aid residents unable to pay utility bills. Applications run until August 31 and funds will be paid directly to utility companies. Grant funding cites rising energy costs and last winter's severe weather as reasons.
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Los Angeles
Imprisoned Harrises remain in legal limbo
Patricia Hearst's former companions William and Emily Harris, convicted in 1976 for involvement with the SLA, stay in prison but with legal delays. Their kidnapping trial has been stayed while the California Supreme Court considers appointing specific defense counsel. Their separation persists. they exchange letters but have not seen each other in eight months.
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Patricia Hearst
William
Emily Harris
Newtons lawyer claims frame ups and bugging in case
Huey Newtons attorney Otis accuses government agents of staging gun battles planting witnesses and burglarizing homes to frame the Black Panther leader. He says mail openings harassing calls and covert surveillance show a conspiracy to discredit and perhaps kill Newton ahead of a September 14 preliminary hearing on murder and assault charges.
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Huey Newton
Sheldon Otis
Newton
Otis
Oakland Municipal Court
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