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Dream Act opponents readying battle

Written on 22 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 33 comments

Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature on the California Dream Act barely had time to dry before opponents of the new law started gathering voter’s autographs to overturn it. Earlier this month Brown inked a long-embattled law allowing illegal immigrants to get... (Continue reading)

Brown caves to police, vetoes bill to restrict searches of cellphones

Written on 12 Oct, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Jerry Brown, as you may have heard, has vetoed SB 914, a bill sponsored by the First Amendment Coalition that would have required police to get a warrant before searching through cellphones or other digital devices... (Continue reading)

Cops’ cell phone searches still OK

Written on 12 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

California law enforcement agencies can continue to search the digital contents of cell phones taken from arrested persons after Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto of a legislative attempt to require warrants for such actions. [SanFranciscoChronicle] The torpedoed bill’s author, state Sen.... (Continue reading)

Grants to illegal immigrant students could cost California $14.5 million

Written on 9 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

The California Dream Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Saturday, could cost the state $14.5 million a year in state grants to illegal immigrants. [LATimes] The California Department of Finance estimates 2,500 additional universities and community colleges students... (Continue reading)

Brown signs, unions smile

Written on 8 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

  Labor unions look to be the big winner in the aftermath of Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing Friday of a Democratic bill limiting next year’s initiatives and referendums to the November 2012 ballot. Democrats’ voter turnout is expected to be higher than... (Continue reading)

Brown kills Blakeslee parks bill

Written on 5 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A proposal by Sen. Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo) to allow cities or counties to operate state parks threatened with closure was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown Tuesday. Brown then inked into law a Democratic plan allowing nonprofit organizations to... (Continue reading)

Sentencing law takes effect Monday

Written on 2 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Starting Monday, felons sentenced in California for non-violent and non-sexual crimes will be sent to their local county jails instead of state prisons to serve time. Drug dealers, burglars and other felons sentenced in San Luis Obispo Superior Court will... (Continue reading)

Urging Gov. Brown to sign SB 914

Written on 22 Sep, 2011 in Featured, Opinion | 14 comments

OPINION By PETER SCHEER Sitting on Governor Brown’s desk right now is SB 914, a First Amendment Coalition-sponsored bill that would restrict warrantless police searches of citizens’ cellphones. I am writing to ask you to join us in urging the... (Continue reading)

Union status for farm workers?

Written on 22 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 45 comments

Farm workers will find it easier to unionize under provisions of a bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. [SF Chronicle] Also awaiting the governor’s approval is a proposed law that would ban the practice of openly carrying unloaded handguns in... (Continue reading)

John Laird will not run for state Senate

Written on 14 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 79 comments

John Laird announced today that he will not run for the State Senate in 2012. “This was not an easy decision to make,” Laird said in a press release. “Serving the Central Coast in the State Assembly was one of... (Continue reading)