California Senate votes to repeal bingo ban
The California Senate on a 27 to 11 vote approved a constitutional amendment to allow bingo for charitable purposes. Assemblyman Leroy Greene said 1,900 places use bingo. Sen. George Moscone disputed the figure, while Sen. Dennis Carpenter argued bingo remains gambling and banned. The measure goes to voters next year for ratification.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
California
Leroy Greene
Greene
George Moscone
San Francisco
Moscone
Dennis Carpenter
Newport Beach
Tax relief bill for elderly renters dies in committee
A proposed measure by Sen. David Roberts would have provided up to 250 payments to renters aged 62 and older with incomes under 10 000. The Ways and Means Committee killed the bill citing general fund concerns and an average payment of 150 totaling as much as 45 million dollars. Assemblyman Bob Wilson’s AB 16 awaits action in the same committee.
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Sacramento
Assembly Committee
Brown
David Roberts
No Means
Tains
Berman
State Department of Finance
Roberti
Bob Wilson
D-La Mesa
Bill to raise truck weight limits on California highways
The measure to increase the maximum weight per axle from 18 000 to 20 000 pounds passed the Senate 21 to 9 and heads to the governor. Supporters say federal trials support the standards while opponents warn of risks to drivers and road maintenance funding.
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Sacramento
California
Gov.town
Assembly
Gman
Leon Ralph
D-South Gate
George Zenovich
Fresno
Senate
Brown aide eyes doctors' pay cut in mental retardation program
Gov Brown aims to cap doctor salaries in 20 regional centers serving 25 500 developmentally disabled in a $45 million annual contract program. Health official Richard Soderberg says top salaries may drop by up to 5 000, with higher non MD chiefs limited to 34 535.
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Sacramento
Brown
John Ehrlich
Golden Gate Regional Center
San Francisco
Bill to regulate MD practice fails
California Assembly rejects a bill to create a seven member state medical standards board to regulate practice and malpractice. Supporters say it would curb insurance costs and improve quality control, while opponents call codification impractical and potentially legalistic for physicians. The vote was 27 to 40, four votes short of passage. Goggin intends to seek reconsideration next week.
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Sacramento
California
Assembly
Terry Goggin
San Bernardino
California Medical Association
Bob McLennan
R-Downey
McLennan
Frank Lanterman
R-La Canada
Howard Berman
Beverly Hills
Sion
Berman
Goggin
Meade ends bid to override Brown veto on aid
Meade, D-Berkeley, halted plans to override Gov. Brown's veto of 30 million in emergency school aid after failing to gather sufficient support. The Assembly vote followed a Senate move overturning the veto, with Democratic and Republican lawmakers split on the measure.
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Sacramento
UPD
Brown
Meade
Senate
Assembly
Bill Allows Replacing Damaged Liquor At No Cost
Sacramento lawmakers approved a measure to let distributors replace liquor damaged by quakes centered near Oroville without charge. The bill by Eugene Chappie would apply for six months and now goes to the Senate after a 60 to 2 Assembly vote.
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UPI
Oroville
The
Assembly
Eer
Eugene Chappie
Roseville
Senate
Ehrlich Says Salaries Justified to Attract Talent
Ehrlich asserted there is no embarrassment over current salaries and expressed a goal to provide competitive pay to attract qualified staff. He emphasized the need to retain skilled personnel amid budgeting constraints.
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