Thursday, February 9, 2012
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		WHY I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
		
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		SacBee: Group suspends California public pension reform ballot effort
		
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		CCTimes: Assembly bill helps UC and CSU students from middle-income families
		
 - VCS:Assembly speaker unveils plan to cut college fees for middle class
 - SacBee:LAO sees problems with Jerry Brown's higher education plan
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		SFChron: Short sales can mean bonuses for some homeowners
		
 
- SCS:Brown allows parole for murderers at greater rate
 - FresBee: Brown OKs parole for murderers at greater rate
 - OCReg: O.C. clergy worry about Prop. 8 ruling, while gays wait to marry
 - LAT: Prop. 8 supporters ponder next move
 - LAT: Divided court rejects Proposition 8
 - VOC: Tensions Remain High in Anaheim Over Hotel Subsidy
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		The Hill:Some in GOP want return to earmarks
		
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		SJMerc: California and other states negotiate $25 billion deal for homeowners
		
 - The Hill:New York, California expected to sign off on $37 billion foreclosure settlement
 - FresBee: Transportation secretary discusses high-speed rail during Fresno visit
 - SacBee: The Buzz: California Alliance for Jobs runs radio ads touting high-speed rail
 - BakCal: Transportation Secretary LaHood talks high-speed rail in Fresno visit
 - SacBee: Some California unions drop furlough cases; two soldier on
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		RivPE: POLITICAL EMPIRE 2012: Who will Democrats endorse?
		
 - VCS:Democratic U.S. House hopefuls face off in Oxnard
 - OCReg: Councilman Edgar shifts sights from D.C. to Sacramento
 - CalWatch: Counties ready to handle state's juvenile offenders, study says
 - SFChron: Toothless Oakland invites Occupy trouble
 - SFChron: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan sees hope amid chaos
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		CalWatchdog: NEW: California Energy Crash Coming
		
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: Why Has Oil and Gas Boom Skipped CA?
 - CalWatch: Assembly drops bill that would have helped hold polluters responsible
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		BakCal: Governor's office signals support for transitional kindergarten
		
 - CalWatch: Future of transitional kindergarten uncertain
 - RivPE: CONGRESS: Transit funding dust-up complicates transportation bill
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		Boxer asks NRC to check safety at San Onofre
		
 - DesSun:Rep. Mary Bono Mack honored for drug prevention programs
 - OCReg: 11 O.C. people give big to SuperPACs
 - SacBee: California Fish and Game to sue Army Corps over levee tree ban
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		NCTimes: REGION: Judge tosses case seeking rights for orca whales at SeaWorld
		
 - SDUT: PETA's whale slavery suit tossed
 - CalWatch: Calif. cement plant has high mercury emission levels
 - The Hill:Mitt Romney ventures into conservative lion's den at CPAC
 - SFChron: Bay Area Catholic clerics join contraception fray
 - Politico: Some Catholic Dems bail on Obama
 - The Hill:Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule
 
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The Golden Pen
		OCReg: Editorial: O.C. coastal cities sack freedom
		
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		SacBee: Viewpoints: 9th Circuit's narrow ruling on Prop. 8 is based on fiction
		
 - SDUT: Cynical or not, Alvarez's plan falls short
 - SacBee: Head to Head: Does California go overboard in requiring students to be tested?
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		OCReg: Janjan & Turner: Obamacare will usurp control of medicine
		
 - FresBee: EDITORIAL: Apple should provide safe working conditions
 - SacBee: Editorial: Ruling against Prop. 8 could be hard to overturn
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		LAT: Time for a truce on tax-hike initiatives
		
 - CalBuzz: Hank Plante on Prop 8: The Arc of History is Clear
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		SacBee: Sacramento council vote shows arena plan is no slam dunk
		
 - SacBee: Budget burnout blamed for apathy over Sacramento City Unified's approval of school budget cuts
 - CCTimes: Bank of America says it will cut 450 jobs in Concord
 - ModBee: Campus probation concerns addressed at MJC
 - FresBee: EDITORIAL: Dropout task force must represent entire community
 - ModBee: Modesto mayor-elect says no big changes right away
 - FresBee: Fresno Unified avoids layoffs in 2012-13 budget
 - VCS:Judge temporarily blocks private contract to run Simi library
 - VCS:County pension board picks new chief, ending yearlong search
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		LADN: L.A. City Council signs off on raising water bills to pay for work required by feds
		
 - LAT: Former L.A. County appraiser is focus of inquiry
 - LAT: East Los Angeles cityhood plan again rebuffed
 - LADN: Students, faculty rally to protest possible adult ed cuts
 - LAT: L.A. Unified faces hefty costs from Miramonte School scandal
 - LADN: State cuts $8.5M to L.A. County for services like sex offender registry
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		OCReg: $20 million Honda Center expansion begins
		
 - VOC: Firefighters Break Ranks in Santa Ana Over Outsourcing
 - OCReg: New housing agency's chairman vows to end it
 - OCReg: Westminster's $10.5 million deficit prompts layoff notices
 - RivPE: RIVERSIDE: List of potential mayoral candidates gets bigger
 - RivPE: SAN BERNARDINO: 2 votes separate city clerk candidates
 - SBSun: $100,000 contribution not a bribe from Colonies, says Postmus
 - SBSun: Airport officials seek to wrest control of SBIA facilities from controversial businessman
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		SDUT: Will Sempra customers pay $463M for fire costs?
		
 - SDUT: Roberts points to county's building boom
 - SDUT: Filner's quiet campaign has people talking
 - SDUT: How would you like a $3,600 water bill?
 
