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Tearful Victory

Submitted by Jamie Court on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 17:11

I just talked to Bob Pack, who learned that the Governor has signed into law legislation requiring that doctors check an existing prescription database before prescribing narcotics to patients for the first time.
 
The new law would have prevented the deaths of his young children, Troy and Alana, who were run over on a roadside twelve years ago by an addict with multiple prescriptions who fell asleep at the wheel.  
 

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Drug Companies Against Prop 61 Repeat Rent-A-Vet Strategy

Submitted by Jamie Court on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 10:08

You have to have the deepest respect for the women and men who serve our nation and put their lives on the line for Americans. That’s why it’s particularly galling when a Sacramento lobbyist profits by making money from drug companies under their name.

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Self-Driving Cars, Drones, And The Western Grid: What They Have In Common

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 17:22

Self-driving cars. Grocery deliveries by drone. A humming “Western grid” providing the cheapest, cleanest power ever. Governor Jerry Brown invoked them all during a lunch break at a special symposium in Sacramento on the future of California’s electrical grid.

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Brown's Fingerprints on Corpses of Bills To Allow Superior Court Review of PRA Denials

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 13:15

The timing was breathtaking. On August 31, a state court ruled Governor Brown’s emails in a utility scandal could not be made public because the Superior Court had no jurisdiction. 

Late that night, as this year’s legislative session closed, Brown reneged on a summer agreement he made with lawmakers to create such court review in a sweeping package of Public Utility Commission reforms. 

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Why Did Campaign Watchdog Kill Campaign Disclosure?

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 12:13

AB 700, to improve disclosure in political ads and ferret out the true source of campaign funding, was killed in the legislature this week by a surprising foe: the Fair Political Practices Commission.

Consumer Watchdog submited a Public Records Act request to the FPPC today to try to get to the bottom of this mystery, asking for all communications into and out of the Commission on AB 700, and other key reform bills that were killed or watered down beyond efficacy this year.

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