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June 2007: First on LBReport.com: Sen. Lowenthal Says He's "Negotiating" Over L.A. Councilmembers' Proposal Urging Port-Backed Changes In Container-Fee Bill...That Haven't Been Publicly Discussed by LB Councilmembers

June 2007: State Senator Alan Lowenthal's "Port Investment Bill" Passes Senate, Advances To Assembly

June 2007: State Senate -- With Support From Senator Oropeza -- Passes "U.S. Out of Iraq" Bill To Put Advisory Measure On Feb. '08 CA Presidential Primary Ballot Asking If Voters Favor Ending U.S. "Occupation of Iraq" With "Safe & Orderly Withdrawal Of U.S. Forces"

June 2007: Bill To Give Priority Bond Funding To Port-Related Infrastructure Projects With "Highest Benefits Compared To Costs" -- But Not To "Projects That Reduce Pollution" -- Passes With "Yes" Votes By LB Area Ass'ymembers Karnette and Richardson

May 2007: Cong. Candidate/State Sen. Oropeza Joins As Co-Author On Proposed Feb. 08 "Vote U.S. Out of Iraq" Advisory Ballot Measure

April 2007: Ass'ywoman Karnette Changes Witness-Intimidation Bill To Witness-Protection Bill, Would Boost Funding For State Program Aiding D.A. Witness Protection Efforts

April 2007: Priority Funding For Projects To Reduce Pollution Removed From Ass'y Bill Steering Money From Nov. 06 Infrastructure Bond; LB Ass'ywoman Karnette Doesn't Dissent And Votes "Yes"

April 2007: Westside Industrial Redevelopment Project Area Committee Approves Resolution Urging Council To Support State Legislation Enacting "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Mechanism

April 2007: Sen. Lowenthal Adds Verbiage To His "Port Investment" Bill Letting CA Transportation Comm'n Decide If LB/L.A. Ports Meet Their Self-Declared Clean Air "Goals"; PoLB May Seek Separate Amendment Facilitating Using Container Fees For Capacity-Expanding New Version Of Desmond Bridge

April 2007: Proposed State Law To Require Spaying/Neutering Of Dogs/Cats Puts LB In Forefront Again, Pitting Animal Advocates vs. LB/CA Convention Revenue

April 2007: AQMD Board Hears Concerns From Local Enviro Politeo Over Sen. Lowenthal's "Port Investment" Bill; AQMD Backs Bill With Modest Amendments, Remains Silent On Senator's Failure To Reintroduce "No Net Increase" In Pollution Bill

April 2007: With Video: State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata (D., Oakland) Will Introduce Legislation To Put Measure On Feb. 08 CA Presidential Primary Ballot Calling For Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Iraq

March 2007: LB Mayor Foster, Police Chief Batts Attend Sac'to Anti-Gang Confab With Gov. Schwarzenegger

March 2007: Perspective: Your Tax Dollars At Work: Read Response Of State Senator Alan Lowenthal's Office To Critical LBReport.com Editorial

SCAQMD Exec. Officer Wallerstein Calls Sen. Lowenthal's SB 974 "One Of The Most Important Clean Air Bills Proposed In Recent Years And With A Little Fine Tuning Will Provide Tremendous Public Health Benefits"

CA Air Resources Board Staff Quietly Seeks Fed'l EPA Waiver Until 2020 To Deliver Req'd Reductions In Health-Affecting PM2.5 Air Pollution Particulates; SCAQMD Executive Officer Blasts Move

March 2007: LB Police Officers Ass'n Backs Assemblywoman Karnette's Bill To Make Witness Intimidation Automatic Felony + Provide Add'l Four Year Prison Term If Done For Criminal Street Gang

March 2007: With Perspective: Sen. Lowenthal Proposes "Port Investment" Bill Funded By Container Fees, Substantively Differs From 06 Proposed Container Fee Measure...And Not Accompanied By No Net Increase Legislation

Feb. 2007: Environmental Committee Chair Reyes Uranga: We Weren't Briefed On Sen. Lowenthal Dropping "No Net Increase" In Port Pollution Bill

Feb. 2007: Sen. Lowenthal Doesn't Reintroduce His "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill; We Post Statement From Him

Feb. 2007: Assemblywoman Karnette Introduces Bill To Make Witness Intimidation Automatic Felony, Provides Add'l Four Year Prison Term If Done For Criminal Street Gang

Jan. 2007: "How Many Legislators Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?" -- State Lawmaker Plans Bill to Ban Incandescent Light Bulbs In CA By 2012

Jan. 2007: Governor Unveils Mandatory Health Insurance Plan

Dec. 2006: Gov. Schwarzenegger Fractures His Femur In Skiing Accident, Faces Surgery When Returns To L.A.

Dec. 2006: Assemblywoman Richardson Sworn In, Given High Visibility Post By Dem Ass'y Speaker, Introduces First Bill, No Longer Has City Council Powers/Prerogatives, City Att'y Says

Dec. 2006: Gov. Schwarzenegger Signals He'll Press For Election Redistricting Reform (Anti-Gerrymandering)

Sept. 2006: Gov. Schwarzenegger Vetoes SB 1356 (Lowenthal) Suicide Prevention Act, Instead Directs Two State Agencies To Coordinate Development Of Statewide Strategic Plan On Suicide Prevention

Sept. 2006: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Into Law Bill Sought By LBUSD, Carried By Ass'ywoman Karnette, Requiring Seriously Underperforming Students To Take Part In Supplemental Instruction Programs

Sept. 2006: Governor Signs Into Law Sen. Lowenthal's Bill Prohibiting Dog Tethering Lasting Over Three Hours

Sept. 2006: LB Chamber Cheers Gov. Schwarzenegger's Veto of Cargo Container Fee SB 927

Sept. 2006: Governor's Staffers Listen, Governor Spurns Advice of Downtown LB Associates In Vetoing Container Fee Bill

Sept. 2006: Add'l Reaction To Gov. Schwarzegger's Veto Of SB 927 (Container Fee At Ports of LB/LA For Clean Air Programs, Rail Cargo Projects, Port Security); LB Mayor Foster: "Veto Solves Nothing"; Coalition For Clean Air: "Governor Schwarzenegger Let California Down"

Sept. 2006: Gov. Schwarzegger Vetoes SB 927, Sen. Lowenthal's Container Fee That Would Have Funded Clean Air Programs, Rail Cargo Projects, Port Security At Ports of LB/LA; Sen. Lowenthal Says It's "Not The End Of The Fight, Only The Beginning"

Sept. 2006: LB Mayor Foster, Sen. Lowenthal, Councilwoman/AQMD Boardmember Reyes Uranga, L.A. Councilwoman Hahn & Multiple Clean Air Advocates Tell Gov, Schwarzenegger: Sign SB 927 (Container Fee For Clean Air, Rail Projects, Port Security)

Sept. 2006: Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Requiring Drivers To Use Hands-Free Cell Phone Devices Effective July 2008

Sept. 8, 2006: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two bills by Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza (D., Carson-LB). The Governor vetoed AB 2359, which would have required the CA Dept. of Health Services to develop an ionizing radiation awareness section on the department's website that includes a downloadable X-ray record card (similar to immunization cards to keep track of a patient's cumulative radiation exposure). AB 2359 veto message, click here. The Governor also vetoed AB 2555 that would have increased civil penalties for employers who violate existing gender equity pay laws, required employers of 50 or more employees to provide their employees with specified statements and required the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Agency to appoint a commission to study pay disparities and make a report to the Legislature. AB 2555 veto message, click here.

Sept. 2006: In Depth/Perspective: We Find Assemblymember Judy Chu (D., Monterey Park) At Local Labor Day Picnic And Ask Why Sen. Lowenthal's Port Anti-Pollution Bills (Including "No Net Increase") Were Blocked In Appropriations Committee She Chairs...And She Replies

Sept. 2006: In Depth/Perspective: YIYBYs ("Yes In Your Backyard"): State Legislature Passes (With Support From Sen. Lowenthal & Ass'ymembers Karnette & Oropeza) Bill Mandating Cities Find Areas & Zone For Share Of Region's Low Income Housing, Homeless Shelters, Transitional Housing

  • Makes City Hall Denial Harder, Includes Minimum Densities & Penalties/Lawsuit Exposure For Non-Compliance

    Sept. 2006: SCAQMD Boardmember/LB Councilmember Reyes Uranga Comments On Revised Container Fee Bill

    Aug. 31, 8:10 p.m : The state Senate has voted to concur in the "gut and amend" Assembly-passed version of the container fee bill (SB 927) by State Senator Lowenthal. 22 Senators voted "yes" (tally as read)...with 21 needed for passage. The action effectively sends the bill to Gov. Schwarzenegger.

    About an hour later, the Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to SB 1578 by Senator Lowenthal, forbidding the tethering, fastening, chaining or restraining a dog to a dog house, tree, fence, or other stationary objects (subject to certain exceptions). That bill also now heads to the Governor.

    On August 31, the state Senate took a third vote on Ass'ywoman Oropeza's diesel magnet sources bill (AB 1101) (which failed on a lopsided 9-21 vote Wednesday night). On today's final vote, AB 1101 failed on a 11-20 vote (tally as read).

    Aug. 2006: Sen. Lowenthal Denies Letting Assembly Dems Kill His "No Net Increase" Port Pollution Bill ("I Fought For It"), Says He's Now Focused On Container Fee Bill (Cleared Assembly Late Aug 30 Night); Compare Original Text With Amended Version, Hear Ass'y Floor Debate (We Post Audio)

    Aug. 2006: Stunner! Senate Dems Vote To Kill Oropeza's Diesel Magnet Sources Bill; We Post Tally

    Aug. 2006: Gov. Schwarzenegger Visits CSULB

    Aug. 2006: Assemblywoman [soon to be state Senator] Jenny Oropeza (Carson-LB) was one of only two Assembly Democrats to vote "no" in the real-time tally on AB 1381 (Nunez) to give L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa unprecedented shared authority in governing L.A. Unified School District. With a "Council of Mayors," Villaraigosa will have power to hire/fire L.A. Unified School District Sup't. Compton-area Democrat Mervyn Dymally also voted "no." LB Assemblywoman Betty Karnette (D., LB) voted "yes" on the measure, which passed with 42 "yes" votes (needed 41) on the floor. (A Sac'to area Republican added on later, making the total 43 "yes" votes). Governor Schwarzenegger has indicated he'll sign the measure, which will likely face a legal challenge.

    Aug. 2006: Major LB-Impacting Developments From Sacramento: Oropeza's Diesel Magnet Sources Bill Faces Senate Showdown; Lowenthal Lets Ass'y Dems Kill His "No Net Increase" Port Pollution Bill; Container Fee Measure Faces Assembly Vote; Mayor Foster & City Delegation in Sac'to...On Boeing & Enterprise Zone

    July 2006: UK PM Blair & CA Gov. Schwarzenegger Choose PoLB As Site For Signing Agreement To Reduce Greenhouse Gases Linked To Global Warming

    July 2006: Statewide Parcel Property Tax (For Schools) Qualifies For November Ballot, Clouding Possible LB Parcel Property Tax (Police/Fire/Libraries)

    June 2006: Port of LB Says It's Neutral On Sen. Lowenthal's "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill Despite Opposition To Bill By "CA Ass'n of Port Authorities"

    June 2006: Port of LB "Stealth Lobbying" Again Against City of LB Via "CA Ass'n of Port Authorities" Opposition To Sen. Lowenthal's "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill; SB 764 Passes Ass'y Transportation Committee & Advances

    June 2006: Schwarzenegger To Send CA Nat'l Guard Troops To Mexican Border To Assist Feds...But Terms Differ From Plan Laid Out By President Bush

    March 2006: State Senator Alan Lowenthal Authors Bill Inviting High-Density Housing With Taxpayer-Paid Infrastructure

    March 2006: Fed'l Court Overturns CA "Junk-Fax" Ban, Says Weaker Fed'l Law Trumps Tougher State Prohibition; Southbay Sen. Bowen Jeers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Cheers

    Feb. 2006: Schwarzenegger Names Randal Hernandez To Board of Governors for CA Community Colleges

    Jan. 2006: Reuters: Schwarzenegger Proposes Huge Spending in State of the State Address

    Dec. 2005: Governor's Office of Emergency Services Certifies Regional Urban Search & Rescue Force Within LB Fire Dept. and L.A. Fire & Rescue (Santa Fe Springs area)

    Dec. 2005: Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints ELB Realtor/Community Activist Helen Najar to Commission on Emergency Medical Services

    Dec. 2005: Full Text Of Governor Schwarzenegger's Statement of Decision Denying Clemency To Stanley Williams

    Nov. 2005: Gov. Schwarzenegger In LB Says Prop 76 Needed To Control Budget And Enable Infrastructure For Projects Including Port Growth & 710 Freeway

    Oct. 2005: CA Lawmakers Voted In 2003 For Industry-Backed Bill Exempting High-Polluting "Bunker Fuel" Burned By Ships in CA Ports From CA Sales Tax, Despite Estimated Multi-Million Dollar Annual Taxpayer Cost

    Oct. 2005: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Karnette's De-Fee'd Container/Port Security Bill

    Sept. 2005: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Gender Neutral Marriage Bill; We Post Veto Message

    Sept. 2005: Assembly Passes Bill Allowing Specially-Marked Drivers Licenses For Illegal Immigrants; Oropeza Votes Yes; Karnette Abstains; Lowenthal Supported In Senate; Bill Now Goes To Gov. Schwarzenegger

    Sept. 2005: CA Assembly Joins CA Senate In Narrowly Voting To Authorize Same-Sex Marriage, Sends Measure To Gov. Schwarzenegger; We Post His Statement In Response

    Sept. 2005: CA Senate Passes Gender-Neutral Marriage Bill; We Post LB-Area State Senator Alan Lowenthal's Floor Speech Verbatim

    Aug. 2005: State Senate Judiciary Committee Blocks Proposed Constitutional Amendment (SCA 15, McClintock) For Homeowner Protective Constitutional Amendment Re Eminent Domain; "League of CA Cities" Urges Measure's Defeat; Witnesses Support Measure & Blast Redevelopment; Committee Votes To Advance "Gut & Amend" Bill With Two-Year Moratorium On Some Eminent Domain While "Studying" Issue

    Aug. 2005: State Senator Lowenthal Halts Advance Of His Container Fee Bill For Clean Air, Security & Infrastructure -- Legislation Opposed By "Goods Movement" Interests -- Hoping To "Work Something Out" With Schwarzenegger Administration

    July 2005: Governor, Leg Dems & GOP Leadership Cheer, Sen. McClintock Jeers CA Budget

    June 2005: Gov. Schwarzenegger Calls Special Statewide Election For Nov. 8 On Multiple Hot Button Ballot Measures

    June 2005: City Mgt. Says Staff "Working Furiously" To Stop Sac'to "Raid" On LB Tidelands Oil Field Clean-Up Money; Mayor Involved As Letters, Phone Calls Fly

    June 2005: CA Senate Passes Bill That Could Take Millions From LB Now, More Later, In Tidelands Oil Revenue City Hall Expected To Cover Future Clean-Up Costs For Tidelands Oil Field; Sens. Lowenthal, Bowen & McClintock Oppose Bill To No Avail, Now Advances To Ass'y

    April 2005: Ass'ywoman Oropeza Declared Cancer Free, Girds For Battle Over Her Bill To Declare Ports, Airports, Rail Yards & Distribution Centers Diesel Magnet Sources

    April 2005: Sen. Alan Lowenthal's "No Net Increase In Air Pollution" Bill Advances

    April 2005: Gov. Schwarzenegger's Sat. Radio Address Re "Earth Day"...And Your Comments In Response

    Feb. 2005: Gov. Schwarzenegger Begins Weekly Radio Addresses: We Post Full Text Of His First One -- On Proposed Educational Reforms -- And We Invite Your Comments, Pro & Con

    Feb. 2005: CA's Top Election Official -- Sec'y of State Kevin Shelley -- Resigns

    Feb. 2005: Schwarzenegger Appoints LB Chamber Board Chair Bynum To Economic Strategy Panel

    Jan. 2005: Schwarzenegger OK's CA Execution; We Post Text Of His Clemency Decision

    Jan. 2005: Full Text Of Governor Schwarzenegger's "State of the State" Address

    Dec. 2004: Schwarzenegger's CalEPA and CPUC Appointees Likely To Face LB Issues

    Nov. 1. 2004: LB At Ground Zero In Kuykendall vs. Karnette Assembly Battle

    Sept. 2004: Governor Vetoes AB 2702, Killing Bill That Would Have Made It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots; LBReport.com Learns Councilman O'Donnell & LB City Staff Met w/ Gov's Staff in Mid-Sept. To Reiterate LB Opposition To Bill

    Sept. 2004: More Reaction to Governor Schwarzenegger's Veto Of AB 2042 ("No Increased Air Pollution With Port Growth"):

  • Statement by LB Area Chamber Pres/CEO Randy Gordon

    Sept. 2004: Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes AB 2042 ("No Increased Air Pollution With Port Growth")

  • We Post Full Text of Governor's Veto Message
  • Ass'yman Lowenthal Blasts Veto, Vows To Reintroduce Measure On This Issue In '05

    Sept. 2004: Following Council Directive, City Mgr. Transmits Letter To Gov. Schwarzenegger Stating City Support For AB 2042 ("No Increased Air Pollution With Port Growth") & Requesting That He Sign The Measure; We Post Text

    Sept. 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal, Councilwoman Reyes Uranga & Clean Air Advocates Hold San Pedro Press Event Urging Gov. Schwarzenegger To Sign AB 2042 ("No Net Increase in Port Pollution")

    Sept. 2004: LB Council Urges Gov. Schwarzenegger To Sign AB 2042 (No Increased Air Pollution w/ Port Growth), Puts Off Charter Amendment Changing How Port Is Run...For Now

    Aug. 2004: Schwarzenegger Pulled Into Showdown on Port Air Pollution: PoLB Exec. Dir. Wants Governor To Veto AB 2042 (No Increased Air Pollution w/ Port Growth) That Port of LB Opposes & City of LB Supports; LB Mayor O'Neill Says...

  • Bill's Author, Ass'yman Lowenthal Responds

    Aug. 2004: Assembly Passes AB 2702 Making It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots; Oropeza Votes "Yes"; Lowenthal Recorded As "Absent, Abstaining Or Not Voting" After Voting "Yes" In May; Karnette Voted "No" in Senate

    Aug. 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal's No Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill (AB 2042) Clears Final Legislative Vote, Now Heads To Gov. Schwarzenegger

    Aug. 2004: State Senate Votes 21-16 (Karnette: Yes) To Pass Assemblyman Lowenthal's No Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill (AB 2042); Bill Now Goes Back to Ass'y To Concur In Senate Amendments, Then To Gov. Schwarzenegger

    Aug. 2004: State Sen. Karnette Votes "No" & CA Senate Appropriations Committee Blocks AB 2702 (Bill Would Make It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots)

    Aug. 2004: Bill To Make It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots Breaks Out of Committee And Passes State Senate (Karnette Voting No)

    July 2004: Assemblywoman Oropeza Decries Diversion Of Prop 42 Road & Highway Funding in New CA Budget

    July 2004: LB City Mgt. Says State Budget Deal Isn't Everything Hoped For But Offers Most Significant Protection of Local Gov't Finances In Many Yrs.

    July 2004: Oropeza Calls Schwarzenegger "Girlie Men" Remark A "Slap At All Women"

    July 2004: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Medical Marijuana Changes

    July 2004: Mayor O'Neill, Other CA Mayors, Meet With Gov. Schwarzenegger re Budget

    June 2004: Ass'yman Lowenthal's "No Increased Port Pollution" Bill Gets Teeth; CA Senate Committee Writing Language To Implement Rules If Port Polluters Don't Reach Agreement By Bill's Deadline

    June 2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Mayor O'Neill To Advisory Panel On Increasing Gov't Efficiency & Reducing Costs

    Aug. 2004: LB City Hall Submits Letter Opposing AB 2702 (Bill Would Make It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots); LB State Senator Karnette's Sac'to Office Is Mum As Bill Approaches Committee Vote

    May 2004: Assembly Passes -- By One Vote Margin -- AB 2042 (Lowethal Zero Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill); To Gain Assembly Passage, Some Changes Agreed To As Bill Heads To CA Senate

    April 2004: Bill Co-Authored By Assemblywoman Oropeza To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee

    April 2004: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n "Taxpayers Report Card" For 2003 Gives "F" Grades To LB Assemblymembers Lowenthal & Oropeza & State Senator Karnette; We Post Their Responses & Details

    April 2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Comes to LB's Boeing Plant To Sign Workers Comp Reform Bill

    April 2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Requests Fed'l EPA Waiver On Gasoline Rules To Help With Price, Production...And Air Quality

    March 2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Appoints Former Gov. Deukmejian To Review Panel On Reforming CA's Youth & Adult Prisons

    Feb. 2004: Oropeza Named To Chair Ass'y Transportation Committee; Will Exit Budget Committee

    Jan. 2004: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Speaks:

  • No on Prop 55 School Bond
  • No On Prop 56 (Calls It Threat To Prop 13; Lets State Lawmakers Approve Budgets Incl. Tax Increases With Less Than 2/3 Approval of Legislature)
  • Yes On Props 57 & 58 (Paired Schwarzenegger-Legislature Deficit Financing Bond & Balanced Budget Measure)

    Jan. 2004: Mayor O'Neill Recommends and Gov. Schwarzenegger Names Randal Hernandez To Administration Post: He'll Be Part of Governor's Senior Staff As Appointments Secretary (Overseeing Dispensing Jobs By Gubernatorial Appointment)

  • Future Role on LB Planning Comm'n Uncertain As We Post

    Jan. 2004: Gov. Schwarzenegger Unveils His Proposed State Budget, Vows To "Take CA Out of the Poorhouse & Make It A Powerhouse"

  • LB City Mgt. and Mayor O'Neill Blast Proposal To Shift (More) Property Tax Revenue To Sac'to and Cut Redevelopment Funds; O'Neill Says Proposed Cuts Would Cost LB City Hall Approx. $5.5 Million & Require Eliminating "Critical Core Services And Possibly Sworn Public Safety Positions"
  • LBUSD Superintendent Steinhauser Credits Schwarzenegger With Protecting Education, Says District Will Watch How Legislature Responds
  • Ass'y Budget Committee Chair Oropeza Notes Legislature Gets The Last Word & May Make Changes
  • State Controller Warns CA Is 150 Days Away From Running Out of Money
  • Jan. 2004: Text of Governor Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address & Coverage by Reuters

    Jan. 2004: Reaction of LB School Superintendent Steinhauser To Governor Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address

    Dec. 2003: Assemblywoman Oropeza Criticizes Gov. Schwarzenegger Backfill Action For Bypassing Legislators, Says Governor Created the Problem & Must Show How He's Going to Pay For It

    Dec. 2003: Gov. Schwarzenegger Breaks VLF Gridlock, Bypasses Legislature, Backfills Local Gov't Citing Midyear Budget Powers

    Dec. 2003: Reuters: Fitch cuts CA's bond rating to BBB

    Dec. 2003: Reuters: Senate Passes & Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Compromise Budget Deal

    Dec. 2003: Assembly Budget Compromise & Democrat VLF Blockade:

  • Assembly Dems & Governor Cut 11th Hour Deal In Big Win For LB's Jenny Oropeza: Assembly Votes To Amend & Put Her Balanced Budget & Deficit Bond Measures on March 04 Statewide Ballot; Oropeza Delivers Rousing Assembly Floor Speech; Republicans Seething, Refuse to Call Her Measure a Spending Cap
  • Assembly Democrats Block Two VLF Bills -- Including One By Assemblyman Lowenthal -- To Backfill Local Gov't For Car Tax Reduction

    Dec. 2003: Reuters: CA Lawmakers Reject Schwarzenegger Budget Plan

    Dec. 2003: CA Senate Session Collapses In Gridlock; Senate Dems Refuse To Back Schwarzenegger Spending Cap & Bond Measure, Offering Their Own

  • Repubs Call Dem Spending Cap Full of Loopholes; Senate GOP Leader Brulte Threatens Initiative Ballot Measure To Enact Even Stricter Spending Cap

    Dec. 2003: Oropeza v. Schwarzenegger:

  • High Visibility, Hardball Duel As LB Ass'y Budget Committee Chair Authors & Wins Passage Of Alternative Spending Cap & Bond Financing Measure in Committee
  • Oropeza Leads Dems In Defeating Schwarzenegger Admin. Favored Versions of Spending Cap & Bond, Blocking Them

    Dec. 2003: Moody's Downgrades CA Bond Ratings

    Nov. 2003: LB Mayor O'Neill In Sac'to For Confab w/ Gov. Schwarzenegger & CA Big City Mayors:

  • O'Neill Says Gov. Assures Mayors of Backfill For Repealed Car Tax
  • Schwarzenegger "Genuinely Interested in Making CA Better," O'Neill Says

    Nov. 2003: In Full: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Inaugural Address As Delivered

    Nov. 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger Sworn-In As Governor; Signs Order Repealing "Car Tax"; Calls Special Leg. Session on Deficit & Workers Comp, Urges Repeal of SB 60 (Drivers License Bill)

    Nov. 2003: O'Neill, Colonna, Shannon & LB Chamber Prez Gordon Heading to Sac'to for Schwarzenegger Swearing-In

    Sept. 2003: Suit Filed Challenging Constitutionality Of CA Budget's Deficit Reduction Bonds

    Sept. 2003: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Blocks Sac'to Plan To Sell Public Employee Pension Bonds Without Voter Approval

    'Sept. 2003: Bill To Require Clean School Bathrooms Passes, Goes To Governor; Sen. McClintock Votes "No"

    Aug. 2003: Guest Opinion: Sacramento Bee Columnist Dan Weintraub: "Cozy State Pension Deal Costs Taxpayers Billions"

    Aug. 2003: Proposed CA Law To Require Clean School Bathrooms Advances

    Aug. 2003: Details of Sac'to Proposal For Local Income Tax:

  • Amended Version Would Let Counties -- Not Cities -- Impose Income Tax With Majority Voter Approval, Then Allocate Money To Cities Within County On Per Capita Basis
  • Assembly Author Calls It A "Local Optional Insurance Policy"

    Aug. 2003: Sac'to Quietly Revives Local Income Tax Bill; Amended Version Would Allow First-Ever County Income Tax -- With Majority Voter Approval -- For Public Safety Purposes With Monies Allocated To Cities

  • LB Council Votes 7-2 (Baker, Lowenthal dissenting) Against Sac'to Considering Local Income Tax;
  • Earlier Version of Bill Has Already Cleared Assembly With Support from Ass'ymembers Lowenthal & Oropeza

    July 2003: Sac'to Legislation Permitting Local Income Tax Neutered In Committee For Now But May Regain Potency Later

  • LB Firefighters Testify, Support AB 1690 Letting Local Voters Impose Local Income Tax For Public Safety Purposes
  • Committee Balks On Policy Grounds Voiced Mainly By Sen. Bowen (D., Redondo Beach-LB)
  • Committee Changes Legislation To "Intent" Bill -- Not Legally Binding; It May Regain Legal Teeth Later

    June 2003: Sacto & Your Money: Legislative Analyst's Office Says Dems' Budget Bill AB 1769 Means Black Ink Now But $10.2 Billion Deficit In FY 04-05 And More In Out Years

    June 2003: CA Roughly Triples Annual Vehicle License Fee: Read Governor's Dept. of Finance Memo Citing Reasons...And Blaming Legislature

    May 2003: Assemblymembers Lowenthal & Oropeza Vote For Bill Forbidding Driving While Using Phone Unless It's "Hands-Free"...Or Face Fine

    May 2003: Gov Davis Proposes Increasing Vehicle Reg. Fee, 1/2 Cent "Temporary" Sales Tax Hike In Revised Proposed Budget

    April 2003: LB Area Ass'ywoman Oropeza Votes To Advance Proposal To Change Prop 13's 2/3 Vote Req't To 55% For Local and Regional Transportation Planning, Projects & Mitigation Related To Impacts of Transportation Projects

    Mar. 2003:

  • Sacramento-Proposed Change to Prop 13 Would Allow Sales Tax Hikes On Majority (Not 2/3) Vote If It's For Transportation Projects & Services and "Smart Growth Planning"
  • CA Senate Constitutional Amendment Comm. OK's It On 3-2 Party Line Vote; In Feb. LB Sen. Betty Karnette Voted For It In Senate Trans. Comm.; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Calls Proposal "A Direct Assault on Prop. 13"

    Mar. 2003: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Releases Statement By 38 Prominent Economists re CA Budget Crisis: Spending Restraint, Not Taxes

    Feb. 2003: Gov Gray Davis Says He'll Veto Legislature-Passed Vehicle License Fee Hike, Says "There Will Still Be Resources, As Always, To Finance Local Services Incl. Police & Fire"; Assemblywoman Oropeza calls Gov's veto threat "a disappointment"

    Jan. 2003: Collision Course: Auto Club of So. Cal. Opposes Vehicle License Fee Hike Sought By LB City Hall...And Releases Figures Indicating What Some Drivers Would Pay

    Jan. 2003: Council Urges Sacramento To Trigger Higher Vehicle License Fees And Let City Hall Keep Its Current Cut; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Blasts Attempted "Car Tax" Hike, Vows Court Fight

    Jan. 2003:

  • Gov. Davis Asks Legislature To Increase Taxes (Incl. 1% Sales Tax Hike), Cut Programs & Enact "Realignment" Shifting Various Services To Local Gov't (funded by state revenue) To Bridge Multi-Billion Dollar Gap Between FY 03-04 Spending and Expected Revenue
  • Democrat Assembly Budget Committee Chair Oropeza Offers Tempered Support; Republican Leader Calls Proposed Tax Increases "Unnecessary And Irresponsible"; We Post Their Statements Verbatim

    Dec. 2002: Council Votes To Support Change In Prop 13's 2/3 Vote Req't, Wants Only 55% Vote To Raise Property Taxes For "Public Safety Bonds"

    Dec. 2002: Governor Davis Delivers Grim News: CA's Budget Gap Isn't $20-Something Billion Previously Estimated...It's Now $34.8 Billion

    Dec. 2002: LB area Assemblywoman Oropeza Calls For "Responsible Revenue Increases" To Help Balance CA Budget

    Lowenthal, Alan

    June 2007: First on LBReport.com: Sen. Lowenthal Says He's "Negotiating" Over L.A. Councilmembers' Proposal Urging Port-Backed Changes In Container-Fee Bill...That Haven't Been Publicly Discussed by LB Councilmembers

    June 2007: State Senator Alan Lowenthal's "Port Investment Bill" Passes Senate, Advances To Assembly

    June 2007: Bill To Give Priority Bond Funding To Port-Related Infrastructure Projects With "Highest Benefits Compared To Costs" -- But Not To "Projects That Reduce Pollution" -- Passes With "Yes" Votes By LB Area Ass'ymembers Karnette and Richardson

    April 2007: AQMD Board Hears Concerns From Local Enviro Politeo Over Sen. Lowenthal's "Port Investment" Bill; AQMD Backs Bill With Modest Amendments, Remains Silent On Senator's Failure To Reintroduce "No Net Increase" In Pollution Bill

    March 2007: Council Votes 8-0 To Prepare Resolution Endorsing Sen. Lowenthal's "Port Investment" Bill SB 974; Attaches No Conditions To City Hall Support But Will Send Letter To Senator Listing Local Concerns

    March 2007: LBReport Makes Freedom of Information Request For City, Port, SCAQMD & CARB Docs Re Sen. Lowenthal Abandoning "No Net Increase" In Air Pollution While Urging Container Fee For Port-Related Goods Movement Capacity

    March 2007: Perspective: Your Tax Dollars At Work: Read Response Of State Senator Alan Lowenthal's Office To Critical LBReport.com Editorial

    SCAQMD Exec. Officer Wallerstein Calls Sen. Lowenthal's SB 974 "One Of The Most Important Clean Air Bills Proposed In Recent Years And With A Little Fine Tuning Will Provide Tremendous Public Health Benefits"

    CA Air Resources Board Staff Quietly Seeks Fed'l EPA Waiver Until 2020 To Deliver Req'd Reductions In Health-Affecting PM2.5 Air Pollution Particulates; SCAQMD Executive Officer Blasts Move

    March 2007: With Perspective: Sen. Lowenthal Proposes "Port Investment" Bill Funded By Container Fees, Substantively Differs From 06 Proposed Container Fee Measure...And Not Accompanied By No Net Increase Legislation

    Feb. 2007: Environmental Committee Chair Reyes Uranga: We Weren't Briefed On Sen. Lowenthal Dropping "No Net Increase" In Port Pollution Bill

    Feb. 2007: Sen. Lowenthal Doesn't Reintroduce His "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill; We Post Statement From Him

    Sept. 2006: Governor Signs Into Law Sen. Lowenthal's Bill Prohibiting Dog Tethering Lasting Over Three Hours

    Sept. 2006: LB Chamber Cheers Gov. Schwarzenegger's Veto of Cargo Container Fee SB 927

    Sept. 2006: Governor's Staffers Listen, Governor Spurns Advice of Downtown LB Associates In Vetoing Container Fee Bill

    Sept. 2006: Add'l Reaction To Gov. Schwarzegger's Veto Of SB 927 (Container Fee At Ports of LB/LA For Clean Air Programs, Rail Cargo Projects, Port Security); LB Mayor Foster: "Veto Solves Nothing"; Coalition For Clean Air: "Governor Schwarzenegger Let California Down"

    Sept. 2006: Gov. Schwarzegger Vetoes SB 927, Sen. Lowenthal's Container Fee That Would Have Funded Clean Air Programs, Rail Cargo Projects, Port Security At Ports of LB/LA; Sen. Lowenthal Says It's "Not The End Of The Fight, Only The Beginning"

    Sept. 2006: LB Mayor Foster, Sen. Lowenthal, Councilwoman/AQMD Boardmember Reyes Uranga, L.A. Councilwoman Hahn & Multiple Clean Air Advocates Tell Gov, Schwarzenegger: Sign SB 927 (Container Fee For Clean Air, Rail Projects, Port Security)

    Sept. 2006: In Depth/Perspective: YIYBYs ("Yes In Your Backyard"): State Legislature Passes (With Support From Sen. Lowenthal & Ass'ymembers Karnette & Oropeza) Bill Mandating Cities Find Areas & Zone For Share Of Region's Low Income Housing, Homeless Shelters, Transitional Housing

  • Makes City Hall Denial Harder, Includes Minimum Densities & Penalties/Lawsuit Exposure For Non-Compliance

    Sept. 2006: SCAQMD Boardmember/LB Councilmember Reyes Uranga Comments On Revised Container Fee Bill

    Aug. 31, 8:10 p.m : The state Senate has voted to concur in the "gut and amend" Assembly-passed version of the container fee bill (SB 927) by State Senator Lowenthal. 22 Senators voted "yes" (tally as read)...with 21 needed for passage. The action effectively sends the bill to Gov. Schwarzenegger.

    About an hour later, the Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to SB 1578 by Senator Lowenthal, forbidding the tethering, fastening, chaining or restraining a dog to a dog house, tree, fence, or other stationary objects (subject to certain exceptions). That bill also now heads to the Governor.

    Aug. 2006: Sen. Lowenthal Denies Letting Assembly Dems Kill His "No Net Increase" Port Pollution Bill ("I Fought For It"), Says He's Now Focused On Container Fee Bill (Cleared Assembly Late Aug 30 Night); Compare Original Text With Amended Version, Hear Ass'y Floor Debate (We Post Audio)

    Aug. 2006: Stunner! Senate Dems Vote To Kill Oropeza's Diesel Magnet Sources Bill; We Post Tally

    Aug. 2006: Major LB-Impacting Developments From Sacramento: Oropeza's Diesel Magnet Sources Bill Faces Senate Showdown; Lowenthal Lets Ass'y Dems Kill His "No Net Increase" Port Pollution Bill; Container Fee Measure Faces Assembly Vote; Mayor Foster & City Delegation in Sac'to...On Boeing & Enterprise Zone

    Aug. 2006: Daily Breeze Gets The Story On Who's Blocking Lowenthal Port Bill(s) & Why; We Link To Their Report

    Aug 17: Senator Lowenthal's container fee bill (SB 760) and LB-L.A. port air pollution pollution baseline ("no net increase" SB 764) bill were placed on "hold" in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, which they must pass before going to the Assembly floor. Sen. Lowenthal's Chief of Staff tells us their office is working to pass both bills which have already passed the state Senate.

    Aug. 2006: Bill By State Sen. Lowenthal Would Prohibit Tethering, Chaining Or Restraining Dogs Subject To Certain Exceptions, Advances To Verge Of Final Passage

    June 2006: Port of LB Says It's Neutral On Sen. Lowenthal's "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill Despite Opposition To Bill By "CA Ass'n of Port Authorities"

    June 2006: Port of LB "Stealth Lobbying" Again Against City of LB Via "CA Ass'n of Port Authorities" Opposition To Sen. Lowenthal's "No Net Increase" In Port Air Pollution Bill; SB 764 Passes Ass'y Transportation Committee & Advances

    Aug. 2005: Sen. Lowenthal Withholds His "No Net Increase In Port Air Pollution" Bill; Focuses On Container Fee Talks

    Aug. 2005: State Senator Lowenthal Halts Advance Of His Container Fee Bill For Clean Air, Security & Infrastructure -- Legislation Opposed By "Goods Movement" Interests -- Hoping To "Work Something Out" With Schwarzenegger Administration

    April 2005: Sen. Alan Lowenthal's "No Net Increase In Air Pollution" Bill Advances

    Feb. 2005: State Senator Lowenthal Introduces Five Bills Re Harbor Air Quality -- "Harbor Area Air Quality Investment Initiative" -- Including Reintroduction of "No Net Increase" Bill Backed in '04 By Council, Opposed By PoLB & Vetoed By Governor

    Sept. 2004: Following Council Directive, City Mgr. Transmits Letter To Gov. Schwarzenegger Stating City Support For AB 2042 ("No Increased Air Pollution With Port Growth") & Requesting That He Sign The Measure; We Post Text

    Sept. 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal, Councilwoman Reyes Uranga & Clean Air Advocates Hold San Pedro Press Event Urging Gov. Schwarzenegger To Sign AB 2042 ("No Net Increase in Port Pollution")

    Sept. 2004: LB Council Urges Gov. Schwarzenegger To Sign AB 2042 (No Increased Air Pollution w/ Port Growth), Puts Off Charter Amendment Changing How Port Is Run...For Now

    Sept. 2004: Major Fallout From Port's Actions Opposing Clean Air Legislation That Council Voted To Support:

  • Councilmembers Reyes Uranga & Gabelich Seek Charter Amendment To Ensure Council, Not Port, Determines LB's Legislative Policies...And Seek City Mgr. Communication To Gov. Schwarzenegger Supporting AB 2042

    Aug. 2004: Schwarzenegger Pulled Into Showdown on Port Air Pollution: PoLB Exec. Dir. Wants Governor To Veto AB 2042 (No Increased Air Pollution w/ Port Growth) That Port of LB Opposes & City of LB Supports; LB Mayor O'Neill Says...

  • Bill's Author, Ass'yman Lowenthal Responds

    Aug. 2004: LB Harbor Comm'n OK's Project With British Petroleum To Begin "Cold Ironing" (Shoreside Electrical Power To Avoid Polluting Shipboard Engines At Berth) In Mid To Late 2006...Or Perhaps Sooner

    Aug. 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal's No Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill (AB 2042) Clears Final Legislative Vote, Now Heads To Gov. Schwarzenegger

    Aug. 2004: State Senate Votes 21-16 (Karnette: Yes) To Pass Assemblyman Lowenthal's No Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill (AB 2042); Bill Now Goes Back to Ass'y To Concur In Senate Amendments, Then To Gov. Schwarzenegger

    June 2004: Ass'yman Lowenthal's "No Increased Port Pollution" Bill Gets Teeth; CA Senate Committee Writing Language To Implement Rules If Port Polluters Don't Reach Agreement By Bill's Deadline

    May 2004: Assembly Passes -- By One Vote Margin -- AB 2042 (Lowethal Zero Net Increase in Port Air Pollution Bill); To Gain Assembly Passage, Some Changes Agreed To As Bill Heads To CA Senate

    May 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal Amends Parts of AB 2042 Re Zero Net Increase in Port Air Pollution

  • LB Harbor Commission Still Votes 5-0 To Oppose Bill Based On Old Text
  • LB Councilmembers Scheduled To Take Position Tuesday Nite

    May 2004: LB Port & LB Council On Collision Course -- Again -- This Time Over Assemblyman Lowenthal's AB 2042 For Zero Net Increase In Port Air Pollution

    Feb. 2004: Assemblyman Lowenthal Introduces Bill To Require Zero Net Increase In Air Pollution From Future Growth At Ports of LB and LA; Another Bill Would Create "Maritime Port Strategic Master Plan Task Force"

    Dec. 2003: LB Ass'ywoman Oropeza Voted "No" & Ass'yman Lowenthal Didn't Vote On Dec. 11 Assembly Motions To Discuss VLF Backfill Bills -- Including Lowenthal's Bill

    June 2003: Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal On Port Of LB Impacts...And Councilman Val Lerch's Fundamental Question On Growth

    June 2003: CA Assembly -- With Lowenthal & Oropeza Voting Yes -- OK's Bill Authorizing Any City Or County Forming A "Public Safety Finance Agency" To Impose Local Income Tax With Majority Voter Approval

    June 2003: CA Assembly -- With Lowenthal & Oropeza -- Votes To Defer High School Exam Graduation Reqt. For Two Yrs...and More

    May 2003: Assemblymembers Lowenthal & Oropeza Vote For Bill Forbidding Driving While Using Phone Unless It's "Hands-Free"...Or Face Fine

    Nov. 2000: Lowenthal Campaign Cops Claim ("Supported Hiring 200 New Police Officers") Analyzed

    Aug. 2000: What Lowenthal Petroleum Coke Dust Bill Does & Doesn't Do

    Richardson, Laura

    Assemblywoman Richardson Sworn In, Given High Visibility Post By Dem Ass'y Speaker, Introduces First Bill, No Longer Has City Council Powers/Prerogatives, City Att'y Says

    Oropeza, Jenny

    May 2007: Cong. Candidate/State Sen. Oropeza Joins As Co-Author On Proposed Feb. 08 "Vote U.S. Out of Iraq" Advisory Ballot Measure

    Sept. 8, 2006: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed two bills by Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza (D., Carson-LB). The Governor vetoed AB 2359, which would have required the CA Dept. of Health Services to develop an ionizing radiation awareness section on the department's website that includes a downloadable X-ray record card (similar to immunization cards to keep track of a patient's cumulative radiation exposure). AB 2359 veto message, click here. The Governor also vetoed AB 2555 that would have increased civil penalties for employers who violate existing gender equity pay laws, required employers of 50 or more employees to provide their employees with specified statements and required the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Agency to appoint a commission to study pay disparities and make a report to the Legislature. AB 2555 veto message, click here.

    On August 31, the state Senate took a third vote on Ass'ywoman Oropeza's diesel magnet sources bill (AB 1101) (which failed on a lopsided 9-21 vote Wednesday night). On today's final vote, AB 1101 failed on a 11-20 vote (tally as read).

    Aug. 2006: Assemblywoman [soon to be state Senator] Jenny Oropeza (Carson-LB) was one of only two Assembly Democrats to vote "no" in the real-time tally on AB 1381 (Nunez) to give L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa unprecedented shared authority in governing L.A. Unified School District. With a "Council of Mayors," Villaraigosa will have power to hire/fire L.A. Unified School District Sup't. Compton-area Democrat Mervyn Dymally also voted "no." LB Assemblywoman Betty Karnette (D., LB) voted "yes" on the measure, which passed with 42 "yes" votes (needed 41) on the floor. (A Sac'to area Republican added on later, making the total 43 "yes" votes). Governor Schwarzenegger has indicated he'll sign the measure, which will likely face a legal challenge.

    Aug. 2006: Major LB-Impacting Developments From Sacramento: Oropeza's Diesel Magnet Sources Bill Faces Senate Showdown; Lowenthal Lets Ass'y Dems Kill His "No Net Increase" Port Pollution Bill; Container Fee Measure Faces Assembly Vote; Mayor Foster & City Delegation in Sac'to...On Boeing & Enterprise Zone

    Feb. 2006: Assembly Passes "Diesel Magnet Sources" Anti-Pollution Bill After Assemblywoman Oropeza Agrees To Take Amendments As Legislation Moves To Senate

    April 2005: Ass'ywoman Oropeza Declared Cancer Free, Girds For Battle Over Her Bill To Declare Ports, Airports, Rail Yards & Distribution Centers Diesel Magnet Sources

    April 2005: Hearing Postponed On Ass'ywoman Oropeza's Bill To Declare Ports, Airports, Rail Yards & Distribution Centers Diesel Magnet Sources

    Dec. 2004: Ass'ywoman Oropeza Has Successful Surgery To Remove Cancerous Growth From Liver; Doctors Find No Evidence Of Disease Now & Oropeza Doesn't Expect Routine Preventive Chemo To Interfere w/ Legislative Work

    Feb. 2004: Assemblywoman Oropeza Seeks Gas Tax Increase: Five Cents Per Gallon More

    Feb. 2004: Oropeza Joins As Co-Author Of Same-Sex Marriage License Bill

    Feb. 2004: Oropeza Named To Chair Ass'y Transportation Committee; Will Exit Budget Committee

    Jan. 2004: Assemblywoman Oropeza Backing Income Tax Rate Hike On CA's Highest Earning Individuals

    Dec. 2003: LB Ass'ywoman Oropeza Voted "No" & Ass'yman Lowenthal Didn't Vote On Dec. 11 Assembly Motions To Discuss VLF Backfill Bills -- Including Lowenthal's Bill

    Dec. 2003: Assemblywoman Oropeza Criticizes Gov. Schwarzenegger Backfill Action For Bypassing Legislators, Says Governor Created the Problem & Must Show How He's Going to Pay For It

    Dec. 2003: Oropeza v. Schwarzenegger:

  • High Visibility, Hardball Duel As LB Ass'y Budget Committee Chair Authors & Wins Passage Of Alternative Spending Cap & Bond Financing Measure in Committee
  • Oropeza Leads Dems In Defeating Schwarzenegger Admin. Favored Versions of Spending Cap & Bond, Blocking Them

    Nov. 2003: Oropeza Bows Out Of Assembly Speaker Bid

    Sept. 2003: Madam Assembly Speaker? Jenny Oropeza's Office Confirms She's Seeking Post

    July 2003: Ass'y Budget Chair Oropeza's Higher-Ed Bombshell: Legislature's Deficit Merits Review Of UC/CSU Funding To Consider Alternatives Including Requiring Students To Repay State Over Their Working Lifetime

    June 2003: CA Assembly -- With Lowenthal & Oropeza Voting Yes -- OK's Bill Authorizing Any City Or County Forming A "Public Safety Finance Agency" To Impose Local Income Tax With Majority Voter Approval

    June 2003: CA Assembly -- With Lowenthal & Oropeza -- Votes To Defer High School Exam Graduation Reqt. For Two Yrs...and More

    April 2003: LB Area Ass'ywoman Oropeza Votes To Advance Proposal To Change Prop 13's 2/3 Vote Req't To 55% For Local and Regional Transportation Planning, Projects & Mitigation Related To Impacts of Transportation Projects

    Feb. 2002: Assemblywoman Oropeza Appointed to Chair Powerful Assembly Budget Committee

    Jan. 2001: Oropeza Named To New Assembly Committee To Delve Energy Crisis

    Karnette, Betty

    April 2007: Ass'ywoman Karnette Changes Witness-Intimidation Bill To Witness-Protection Bill, Would Boost Funding For State Program Aiding D.A. Witness Protection Efforts

    March 2007: LB Police Officers Ass'n Backs Assemblywoman Karnette's Bill To Make Witness Intimidation Automatic Felony + Provide Add'l Four Year Prison Term If Done For Criminal Street Gang

    Feb. 2007: Assemblywoman Karnette Introduces Bill To Make Witness Intimidation Automatic Felony, Provides Add'l Four Year Prison Term If Done For Criminal Street Gang

    Sept. 2006: Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Into Law Bill Sought By LBUSD, Carried By Ass'ywoman Karnette, Requiring Seriously Underperforming Students To Take Part In Supplemental Instruction Programs

    Oct. 2005: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Karnette's De-Fee'd Container/Port Security Bill

    Aug. 2004: State Sen. Karnette Votes "No" & CA Senate Appropriations Committee Blocks AB 2702 (Bill Would Make It Harder For Cities To Stop Second Units on Single Residential Lots)

    July 2003: State Bd. of Ed. Votes To Delay High School Exit Exam Req't Until June 2006

  • Sen. Karnette Votes In Committee For Bill That Puts Delay In Law, And Cancels STAR Testing in Grade 2, And Reports On "Alternatives" To These Tests, And Repeals Certificated Staff Performance Incentive Rewards Pgm, And Repeals Governor's Performance Award Program
  • LBUSD Has Option Of Continuing CAHSEE Test, But...

    May 2003: LB Sen. Karnette Votes For Bill Mandating 100% Salary As Pension For Gov't Public Safety Employees; Measure Is Opposed By LB & Signal Hill City Halls And Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

    Gov. Davis Recall

    Oct. 2003: Mayor O’Neill, Named to Schwarzenegger’s Transition Committee, Says She’s Impressed By Its Inclusion Of "People You Would Not Have Assumed Would Be On The List If You Had A Certain Way Of Thinking & Wanted It Reinforced"

    Oct. 2003: Gov-Elect Schwarzenegger Names LB Mayor O'Neill To His Transition Committee; We Post Full List...Plus Reaction From Mayor O'Neill & More

    Oct. 2003: President Bush Congratulates Gov-Elect Schwarzenegger

    Oct. 2003: Reaction To Schwarzenegger Victory From Vice Mayor Frank Colonna, Who Welcomed Crowd At Sept. CSULB Rally For Schwarzenegger

    Oct. 2003: Election Results From Secretary of State's Office in Sacramento

    Sept. 2003: Reuters: Schwarzenegger, McClintock, Camejo, Huffington & Bustamante Collide In Debate

    Sept. 2003: We Post Verbatim Recall Opinion Of 11-Judge Appeals Panel OK'ing Oct 7 Election; ACLU Won't Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court

    Sept. 2003: Via Reuters: CA Court Orders Bustamante To Return Certain Donations

    Sept. 2003: Three CA Environmental Groups Endorse "No on Recall, Yes on Bustamante"

    Sept. 2003: McClintock @ LB Pro-Recall Rally Says He's In The Race To The Finish...And If His Momentum Continues "In Another Week It Will Be A Two-Person Race"

    Sept. 2003: Reuters: Huffington Quits CA Recall Race, Will Try To Defeat Recall & Schwarzenegger

    Sept. 2003: Reuters: CA GOP Leaders Back Schwarzenegger

    Sept. 2003: We Post Transcript & Sound Clips Of CA Senate Debate & Vote On Motion Demanding Apology From Gov. Davis For "Shouldn't Be Gov. Unless Can Pronounce Name of State" Remark: See Recorded Vote

    Sept. 2003: Federal Appeals Court Blocks CA Recall; We Post Court Opinion; Further Appeals Expected

    Sept. 2003: Schwarzenegger @ CSULB Egged But Unstopped, Blasts Davis & Bustamante As "Twin Terminators Of Sacramento"; Vice Mayor Colonna Says, "We're Here To Help Arnold Become Next Governor"

    Sept. 2003: Lt. Gov Bustamante Attends Wilmington Labor Day Rally Assisted By LB Councilwoman Laura Richardson Who Sports T-Shirt: "Team Bustamante, For a Better California"

    Aug. 2003: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association PAC Endorses Schwarzenegger; Read His Statement

    Aug. 2003: He Qualifies! ELB Satellite Project Mgr. Michael Jackson Will Be On Gov. Recall Ballot...But 100 Yr. Old Mathilde Karel Spak's Name Isn't On Final List Of Candidates Certified by Sec'y of State; 135 Names Will Be On Ballot

    Aug. 2003: Reuters: Bill Simon Drops Out Of CA Governor Recall Race

    Aug. 2003: State Sen. McClintock Vows To Stay In Gov. Recall Race, We Post His Statement On Withdrawl of Bill Simon

    Aug. 2003: Reuters: Schwarzenegger Reveals Fiscal Policies in News Conf; Fed'l Judge Denies ACLU Legal Move To Delay Recall

    Aug. 2003: Reuters: Davis Accuses Republicans Of Power Grab in Recall

    Aug. 2003: 100-Yr Old LB Woman Is Running For Governor In Recall, Fumes At Politicians' Perks, Pensions & Spending

    July 2003: Statement Of Dissenting State Senator Tom McClintock (R., Thousand Oaks) On State Budget Deal; Also Statements of Assembly Budget Chair Jenny Oropeza (D., LB-Carson) & Assembly Republican Caucus

    July 2003: Lt. Gov. Bustamante Calls Oct. 7 Election For Davis Recall & To Name Replacement

    July 2003: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Ass'n Sues To Overturn VLF "Car Tax" Hike

    Aug. 2003: Bustamante: "If You Support My Work as Chairman Of The State Lands Comm'n To Protect Our Coast & Rivers...Vote 'No' On The Recall & 'Yes' On Bustamante."

    Aug. 2003: Reuters: CA Labor Federation Leaders Say "No on Recall, Yes on Bustamante"

    July 2003: Lt. Gov. Bustamante Calls Oct. 7 Election For Davis Recall & To Name Replacement

    July 2003: Gov. Davis Recall Certified, 1.6+ Million Signatures Received, 1.3+ Million Valid; Recall Election Must Be Held In 60-80 Days

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