Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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		GOODBYE GOP: MALDONADO RE-REGISTERS DECLINE-TO-STATE -- TO CAUCUS WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS!
		
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		PEOPLE, NOT GOVERNMENT, CREATE PROSPERITY
		
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		SDUT: No fooling: State sales tax rises by a penny today
		
 - VentStar: No joke: Sales tax increases today
 - LADN: California sales tax to rise by 1 percent today
 - OCReg: Attention shoppers: Your taxes are going up
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		SFChron: Calif.'s budget fix falls heavily on taxpayers
		
 
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		FRBlog: Cesar Chavez and the EFCA
		
 - FRBlog: Tax Hiking Senator Takes Shot At Poizner
 - FRBlog: Poizner responds to Maldonado
 - SacBee: Maldonado blasts Poizner for opposing ballot measures
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		CalBuzz: Garamendi Fired By His Political Consultant
		
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		SacBee: Ex-HP chief Fiorina 'seriously considering' challenging Boxer
		
 - CCTimes: State budget visions underscore 'pessimistic' mood
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		IVDB: Gas station owners await decision on emissions, grant money
		
 - LAT: Gas station owners rebel against pollution rules
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		IVDB: Lawmaker to return Buddhist donations
		
 - OCReg: Smokers, beginning today, face big tax hike on tobacco
 - SacBee: Once again, a plan to sell San Quentin site is sidelined
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		SacBee: House panel considers ways to cope with California drought
		
 - SacBee: Sierra wilderness advocate receives an 85,000-acre honor
 - FresBee: Congressmen want more water for California farmers
 - BakCal: Pistachio recall could hurt local industry
 - LADN: Pistachio company says raw nuts may be bacteria source
 - SDUT: Public is warned not to consume pistachios
 
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The Golden Pen
SDUT: AB 32 a far bigger threat than gas pump rule - 
	
	
	
			
		OCReg: They're coming for your flat screen
		
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		SacBee: Former speaker returns in reformer role
		
 - SFChron: Report: S.F. deficit $750 million in 2011
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		SFChron: Foie Gras Plucked From Plumpjack Menus
		
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		OakTrib: Perata will run for Oakland mayor
		
 - OakTrib: Wolff, Dellums to talk baseball
 - SJMerc: Baseball officials announce committee to study A's stadium quest
 - SJMerc: Stanford accepts only 7.6 percent of would-be freshmen
 - SJMerc: San Jose commission to recommend pay freezes for city's elected leaders
 - StockRec: Plan for deep cuts moves ahead
 - StockRec: McNerney introduces trio of green-energy bills
 - CCTimes: Energy efficiency, 'green' jobs targeted in bills
 - FresBee: Gottschalks starts to close up shop
 - FresBee: City Council OKs $700,000 for plan to help Fresno homeless
 - BakCal: Stimulus money to be divided among cities, county
 - BakCal: County budget still faces challenges
 - BakCal: Politics makes unreasonable bedfellow in union negotiations
 - VentStar: New area code, calling protocol coming to 818 telephone users
 - LAT: L.A. County probation officials define billing moratorium
 - SanGabTrib: Local tax revenues drop dramatically
 - LAT: Hiring freeze takes cops off the streets
 - LAT: Tax increases stack high in Pico Rivera
 - LAT: Union sues former executive for $1.1 million
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		LAT: Judge refuses to toss Carona's witness tampering conviction
		
 - O.C. independents join GOP in opposing auto bailout
 - OCReg: Judge rejects Carona's move to toss conviction
 - LADN: Judge stands by conviction of ex-O.C. sheriff
 - DesSun: Gottschalks going out of business
 - RivPE: Chain's closing is tale of two icons
 - SDUT: UCSD e-mail mistakenly sent to denied applicants
 - LAT: UC San Diego admissions gaffe dashes students' hopes -- again
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		SDUT: Mayor now collecting full salary, pension
		
 
