Senate rolls back Brown plan to create new environmental agency
SACRAMENTO UPD The California Senate on Friday voted 21 to 4 to reject Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to reorganize environmental oversight into a single new agency. Democratic Sen Alfred Alquist labeled it a bad plan that would proliferate bureaucracy, arguing it would centralize executive power and duplicate current duties. The plan would have moved air and water pollution control into a proposed Department of Air Quality and merged waste and water boards under a new umbrella, with A. Thomas Quinn as secretary nominee. The plan’s defeat leaves existing Resources Agency intact. Brown offered no comment.
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Brown to cut criminal justice planning staff
Gov. Brown urged shrinking the Office of Criminal Justice Planning from 229 to about 10 or 12, calling it a pret palace. He blasted bureaucracy and said streamlining could save 3 to 3.5 million dollars while directing federal crime funds to local governments.
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Hopes dim for bargaining bill in California Assembly
In Sacramento the Assembly Ways and Means Committee failed to rush passage of a major collective bargaining bill for 1.5 million public employees. With a Friday deadline, the measure could not take effect until 1977 if approved later. Supporters vow to seek procedural options or a special session by Gov. Brown to revive the compromise.
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Bill to shift state official pay raises to Personnel Board
Sacramento bill would remove lawmakers from deciding own salaries and set annual pay for governor and other statewide officers by the Personnel Board after voter approval. The measure limits reductions during terms, allows raises, and would take effect next June 1 if approved. Governor Brown would not sign.
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Malpractice bill passed amid doctor opposition in California
In Sacramento the Assembly approved a Democratic backed medical malpractice insurance bill amid strong opposition from physicians. Doctors warn it remains inadequate to curb skyrocketing premiums, with CMA and anesthesiologists calling for stronger reform and a broader special session to press changes.
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