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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Students and welfare recipients will feel in the pinch in the new budget that Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers announced on Thursday after a week of negotiation, according to news reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2012/06/california-budget-agreement-welfare-education-courts.html\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>One of the biggest barriers to a deal was disagreement between Brown and legislative Democrats over how to change the state’s welfare system. The agreement creates a 24-month time limit for unemployed recipients of CalWorks grants to find work. Those grant recipients currently have 48 months before they are at risk of losing cash assistance.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Among other cuts reported by the LA Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An 8.7% reduction in subsidies for child care, and a suspension in cost-of-living adjustments for child-care costs until mid-2015.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A merger of the Healthy Families Program for low-income children into Medi-Cal.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reductions in the Cal Grants program for college students, starting in the 2013-2014 school year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Not everyone loses, though. The newspaper said the budget includes a categorical block grant for charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the background, as sketched out by the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Although Democrats passed the main budget bill on a majority vote last week, the governor pressed for deeper cuts to welfare and other social services amid a projected $15.7 billion shortfall. Brown has until Wednesday to sign or veto the main bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature passed a $92 billion budget Friday but several companion bills must still pass before the state’s spending plan can take effect. Many deal with some of the most contentious issues, including aid to the poor. The whole package hinges on voters approving an initiative in November to raise taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In passing the main budget bill, lawmakers met the minimum requirement to keep their paychecks flowing under a voter-approved measure that blocks lawmakers’ pay if a budget is late.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>by Christina Jewett, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/governor-calls-state-agency-get-out/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he directed a state agency to change a decades-old legal provision that, in essence, forces furniture makers to pump pounds of hazardous chemicals into couches and other furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/BayCitizenLogo.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68299\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/BayCitizenLogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>Mounting research \u003ca href=\"http://media.apps.chicagotribune.com/flames/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and news reports\u003c/a> have shown that fire-retardant chemicals are linked to health risks and that the industry that sells them has gone to great lengths to see that they are infused in furniture foam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s \u003ca href=\"http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:wl/ze7pzanwmhlzgt/10nggl68nst5q4c/daid/10ngmaugp28kagv?_c=d%7Cze7pzanwmhlzgt%7C10ngmaugp28kagv&_ce=1340045392.ea99e7f4a2fb765628a93f206d6c6eb7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">order is a nod\u003c/a> to evolving furniture-safety science that shows that fire prevention can be achieved without the use of chemicals that are connected to cancer and reproductive harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Toxic flame retardants are found in everything from high chairs to couches and a growing body of evidence suggests that these chemicals harm human health and the environment,” Brown said in a statement. “We must find better ways to meet fire safety standards by reducing and eliminating – wherever possible – dangerous chemicals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s order calls on the state’s consumer safety bureau to reduce chemicals used to ensure product safety. Fire safety authorities say there are ways to regulate the weave of fabrics and construction of products to reduce fire risk while limiting chemical use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newfound resolve to limit the chemicals will \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/97475785/tb-117-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mark a reversal\u003c/a> for several state agencies. State consumer product and environmental agencies have opposed several of state Sen. 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He said they can take up to a year to take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Jannsen, senior scientist for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/\">Natural Resources Defense Council\u003c/a>, applauded the governor’s announcement. She said a mounting body of research has shown high levels of flame-fighting chemicals in Californians’ blood and linked them to reproductive and learning challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately the signal is that we’ll be able to have couches that meet modern manufacturing and flammability standards without contaminating our homes and our bodies with toxic chemicals,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jannsen said a couch she bought in 2007 was infused with chlorinated Tris, a chemical that last year was\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/flame-retardant-added-states-list-cancer-causing-chemicals-13065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added to the state’s\u003c/a> list of cancer-causing substances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Tris was outlawed, PBDEs, chemicals that have been linked to lower IQs in children, were banned from couches by 2003 state legislation. “We’ve replaced one bad chemical with another, again and again and again,” Jannsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew McGuire, policy director of Green Science Policy Institute, said Brown’s announcement is a major victory in what’s been a lengthy battle for environmentalists. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by William Harless, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/taxes/story/beverage-lobbyist-funds-community-soda/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/05/BayCitizenLogo1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-66899\">\u003c/a>RICHMOND – A powerful Washington, D.C., trade organization that represents PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other major beverage companies is helping fund a Richmond group that is fighting a November ballot measure to raise taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages, interviews and records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Richmond resident, Rosa Lara, is going door to door identifying herself as an organizer with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and collecting signatures on a petition. Although Lara doesn’t mention it unless specifically asked, her group is supported by the American Beverage Association, the industry’s main trade organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Lara presented the Richmond City Council with a petition that she said included 900 signatures against the sweetened-beverage tax. Holding up a pile of papers, she also told the council that 100 businesses had signed up to oppose the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We only have one grocery store. What’s going to happen to us? We’re going to have to walk,” Lara told the council. “We don’t have the resources to go out of the city. I’ve lived here my whole life – I haven’t seen changes. We need to make a change for the community. This isn’t the way.” \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara, who also presented her case to the council in Spanish, said she represented the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, but did not note the beverage association was helping fund her petition drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_67888\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/fimoculous/114450483/sizes/m/in/photostream/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/soda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"soda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67888\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rex Sorgatz/Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city council subsequently voted to place the soda tax on the November ballot. The measure would raise an estimated $2 million to $8 million, which advocates want to fund obesity programs, school fruit and vegetable gardens, and playing fields. The tax would apply to soft drinks and other beverages with added sugar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lara said she does not mention the American Beverage Association funding when she is collecting signatures. But if asked, Lara said she will acknowledge that she’s a paid community organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I tell them is I live in the community,” she said. “I’ve lived here my whole life. I tell them I’m with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, and I’m a community organizer. 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The office was vacant when Lara approached Boozé to ask who its landlord was, according to Boozé.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The councilman said he was unaware that either the American Beverage Association or Barnes Mosher had any involvement in the anti-tax effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Ritterman, the cardiologist-turned-council member spearheading the fight for the sweetened-beverage tax, said he, too, was unaware that the American Beverage Association had entered the local fray, but he said he is not surprised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it says that there’s intense interest from people outside of Richmond, primarily the beverage industry, to defeat the measure and that they’re willing to commit significant resources to do that,” said Ritterman, who hopes the tax will encourage children to reduce their consumption of sugary drinks and cut rates of obesity, diabetes and other illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Richmond, 52 percent of schoolchildren are overweight or obese, according to Contra Costa County Health Services statistics. 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The measure would raise an estimated $2 million to $8 million, which advocates want to fund obesity programs, school fruit and vegetable gardens, and playing fields. The tax would apply to soft drinks and other beverages with added sugar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Lara said she does not mention the American Beverage Association funding when she is collecting signatures. But if asked, Lara said she will acknowledge that she’s a paid community organizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I tell them is I live in the community,” she said. “I’ve lived here my whole life. I tell them I’m with the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, and I’m a community organizer. 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Finnie declined to say which organization initially retained the firm but said public campaign finance disclosures due this month will indicate who is funding the coalition and where its money is going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Richmond City Council meeting, Lara also did not mention her association with the beverage lobbying group, though the petition listed it as a funder and member of the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes. Last week, the coalition filed documents with the Richmond city clerk indicating it is sponsored by the American Beverage Association, though as of Monday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.norichmondbeveragetax.com/news/\">coalition’s website\u003c/a> did not mention the group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The website’s domain is registered under Goddard Claussen Public Affairs in Washington. The beverage association hired the same public relations company, now known as Goddard Gunster, when former New York Gov. 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These ballots typically comprise up to 20 percent of all votes, meaning potentially hundreds of thousands of votes were still to be counted statewide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:50 a.m.\u003c/strong> From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/06/BA8T1OTODR.DTL&tsp=1\">Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ricardo Quinto, a spokesman for the Yes on 29 campaign, said proponents were not conceding defeat. 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These ballots typically comprise up to 20 percent of all votes, meaning potentially hundreds of thousands of votes were still to be counted statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could be days or longer before a winner is declared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cycling legend Lance Armstrong backed the measure to impose an additional $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes to fund cancer research. 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But opponents said the initiative would create an unaccountable bureaucracy in charge of doling out the tax revenue, which is expected to start at $735 million a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An extra tax in the nation’s most populous state also could mean major losses for tobacco companies, and Proposition 29 supporters said industry heavyweights were inventing arguments to obscure their true motive _ safeguarding profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the public health message has gotten through the smoke screen of the tobacco companies’ nearly $50 million misinformation campaign,” Jim Knox of the American Cancer Society said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armstrong and a coalition of anti-smoking groups raised about $18 million to bolster the measure. 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For cases related to traumatic brain injury, a signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the inspector general found 57 percent of claims were mishandled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The errors in processing claims often led to delays and payments that were either too large or too small, the inspector general found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each individual veteran has to go up against this error-ridden institution,” said Amy Fairweather, policy director at Swords to Plowshares, a San Francisco veteran services nonprofit. “The bottom line is poverty, untreated mental illness and obviously we see suicides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers cited by the inspector general paint a starker picture than \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/veterans/story/va-staff-errors-delay-veterans-benefits/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VA officials have previously acknowledged\u003c/a>. 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