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CA Attorney General Eases Conditions for Newest Buyer of Struggling Hospitals

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 15:55
In the end, it appears that Attorney General Kamala Harris eased up on certain conditions regarding the sale of a financially struggling Catholic hospital system compared to a previous buyer. 
 

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Capitol Watchdog: Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 12/07/2015 - 08:48

Mergers, civic engagement and campaign finance are on the schedule for this week. In addition, the Independent Review Panel for the Department of Toxic Substances Control will be having two meetings on reform. Wednesday's meeting may be especially contentious, considering environmental groups will be laying out internal problems with the DTSC that need to be fixed. 

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CA Lawmakers Should Approve All Mail Ballot System Next Session

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 10:16
If California lawmakers truly want to change our woeful voter participation, and listen to their constituents, they will quickly adopt Sen. Ben Allen's push for a statewide mail ballot system in the next legislative session. 
 

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Capitol Watchdog: Meetings to Watch

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 12/02/2015 - 11:04

The push for climate change reform is not only happening in Paris. The nurses union is planning a major rally in Downtown Los Angeles on Thursday to call for a global solution to the crisis. Next week, both the Department of Managed Healthcare be holding a public meeting on the proposed merger between health insurers Centene and Health Net. 

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Political Money Watchdog Wants More Transparency, Less Vague Payments

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Wed, 12/02/2015 - 10:13
At the end of California's last legislative's session, a mailer landed in thousands of mailboxes slamming an historic climate change proposal that would have slashed petroleum use in cars and trucks in half by 2030. It was sent by a grassrootsie-sounding group called the California Drivers Alliance. But in reality, it was just Big Oil's mouthpiece, Western States Petroleum Association. 
 

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