Bill to End Insurance Home Office Tax Deduction Gains Senate Committee
Senate panel approves SB146 to repeal the home office deduction used by insurance firms for state tax relief. The measure would curb a $20 to $23 million annual loss while a separate oil depletion allowance repeal awaits April 9 committee action.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Senate
Revenue and Taxation Committee
David A. Roberts
Los Angeles
George Deukmejian
Long Beach
Roberts
Bill Lockyer
D-San Leandro
Fluoridation Debate Splits California Legislators
In Sacramento debate rages over a SB211 plan to fluoridate nearly all state drinking water at an estimated cost of 31 million dollars. Senator Beilenson backs the measure as a strong dental health measure, while critics from UC Davis challenge its scientific basis.
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Sacramento
UPI
Senate
Health and Welfare Committee
Anthony Beilenson
Bielenson
Hubert Arnold
University of California At Davis
Arnold
Gerald Vale
University of Southern California
Harold Hodge
Tornadoes Hit Southern States Amid Flood Alerts
Weather system spurred multiple tornadoes across North Carolina Virginia and Alabama causing damaged buildings and evacuated residents. No injuries reported. At Norfolk Naval Base two tornado threats were likely heavy storms winds shattered windows and damaged vehicles as rivers rose elsewhere in Virginia and Alabama saw river spillover and dam spillways opened.
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United Press International
Southland
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Dixie
National Weather Service
Norfolk
Toano
Alamance County
Franklinton
Tuscaloosa
Haleyville
California Tax Reform Proposal Targets Wealthier Earners
Assemblyman Daniel Boatwright, with Gov. Brown and Democratic leaders, proposes AB1206 to raise taxes on high earners by cutting the preference income exclusion from 30 000 to 4 000 for single filers and to 8 000 for married couples. Farm losses over 15 000 become a minimum tax item while SB540 by Sen. Dunlap seeks broader tax changes and rebates for low earners.
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Sacramento
UPI
Daniel Boatwright
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Boatwright
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
Brown
Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
Senate
James Mills
John Dunlap
D-Napa
USC discriminates against women faculty in back pay ruling
The Labor Department says USC must pay 17 women professors $70,000 total in back pay after a years long probe into pay gaps for the same teaching and research duties. USC disputes the findings citing compliance.
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Los Angeles
UPI
University of Southern California
Labor Department
Charles Striegel
USC
John Hubbard
Hubbard
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
University
Rebuilt New Machine
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David Gaitan
McCarthy Urges Decent Salary for California Legislators
California lawmaker McCarthy from San Francisco advocates replacing credit cards leases cars and tax free expenses with a decent salary for legislators arguing their huge duties justify pay. He backs a citizens commission to set the pay level while preserving pension benefits. Current pay is 21,120 dollars annually plus 30 dollar per day session allowances and state cars with broad gasoline and phone card use.
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Sacramento
UPI
Assembly
Leo T. McCarthy
Citizens’ Commission
Probe of Bee to continue in California Supreme Court ruling
The California Supreme Court allowed Fresno County Judge Denver Peckinpah to continue investigating how the Fresno Bee obtained a sealed grand jury transcript. The court rejected arguments by Bee reporters Joe Rosato William Patterson and editor George Gruner claiming shield protection from source disclosure. The inquiry began after copies of the transcript tied to bribery and conspiracy charges against Councilman Marc Stefano surfaced.
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San Francisco
UPI
California Supreme Court
Fresno County
Fresno Bee
State High Court
Bee
Joe Rosato
William Patterson
George Gruner
California
Fesno County
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