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CA Attorney General Should Not Depend On PUC To Watchdog Utilities

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 15:36

We're sure that California's new Attorney General Xavier Becerra wouldn't want to endanger California's coastline or its residents. The Google Earth photo on the right shows the resting place for millions of tons of nuclear waste from the flawed and shuttered San Onofre nuclear power station. The honeycombs are ready for waste casks not meant to last more than a few decades.

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Can Medical Board Oversight of Dangerous Doctors Be Reformed?

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Mon, 02/27/2017 - 09:42
Four years ago, state lawmakers delivered a scathing indictment of the Medical Board of California for failing in its primary mission: patient protection. Physician oversight remains broken four years after that legislative “sunset review” committee threatened to shut down the Medical Board if it did not improve patient protection. Consumer Watchdog testifies at the sunset review hearing today and will call for the Board to be disbanded if it cannot improve. 
 

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Jerry Brown Sees The Forest But Keeps Missing The Trees

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Fri, 02/24/2017 - 15:37

When Jerry Brown came out with his $100 billion wish list of key projects on February 7 in response to Trump’s call for a $1 trillion investment in national infrastructure, his bullet train came before any flood control projects. Of the five flood control projects listed, none had to do with the Oroville Dam. 

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Nurses Engage On Next Health Care Revolution

Submitted by Jamie Court on Fri, 02/24/2017 - 08:09

The California Nurses Association has been at the forefront of every major change in health care in California over the last three decades – – be it HMO patients' rights or safe staffing levels for patients in California hospitals.  Now the nurses see our health care future clearly again.

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Popular Backlash Builds Against Jerry Brown’s Browning Of California

Submitted by Liza Tucker on Mon, 02/13/2017 - 14:01

Big Oil and Gas may have a tight grip on California, but a popular backlash against the industry and its corrupt relationships in the halls of power could lead to the prying off of its fingers one by one.

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