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Lowenthal’s ‘homeless hate crime bill’ sent to governor

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Politics

A divided Assembly on Tuesday sent the governor a bill by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal that would let homeless crime victims use hate-crime statutes to seek justice from their attackers in civil court.
The so-called “homeless hate crime bill” was approved on a 50-26 vote, along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.

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Obama, Congress enact Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act

August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Employment, News, Politics

President Obama signed a bill Tuesday that is expected to save 300,000 jobs nationwide, including 161,000 teaching jobs, as well as preserve nearly $2 billion in federal assistance for Medi-Cal for six months.

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Brown subpoenas City of Bell for records on excessive public official salaries

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · News, Politics

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. subpoenaed hundreds of employment, salary, and contract records from the City of Bell and its top officials as part of an investigation to determine whether civil or criminal action should be taken against city leaders whose secretive salaries in one case rose to almost $800,000 a year.

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Reyes-Uranga speaks to Wrigley group as councilwoman for last time

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics

By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Tonia Reyes-Uranga spoke one last time as 7th District City Councilwoman at the Wrigley Association monthly meeting at Veterans Park last Monday. Before Reyes-Uranga spoke, Annie Greenfeld, former Wrigley Association president, praised her for all she had done for the Wrigley District during the last eight years. “When we needed help the [...]

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DeLong temporarily removes agenda item that would reduce number of monthly Long Beach Council meetings

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Politics

By Steven Piper
Editorial Intern
An agenda item that would have proposed reducing Long Beach’s City Council meetings from three times to two times a month was removed by 3rd District Councilmember Gary DeLong before last Tuesday’s 5pm council meeting, according to an email sent out by Long Beach City Clerk Larry Herrera on Tuesday afternoon.
“I pulled [...]

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