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She also showed a willingness to rule for defendants over prosecutors and workers over employers.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Merc’s Howard Mintz added this context:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Former Chief Justice Ronald George, who spent many years on the court with Kennard, agreed with the assessment of legal scholars who’ve long described her as unpredictable and independent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She certainly did not have any specific agenda or particular dogma she adhered to,” George said. …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… Kennard was famous for interjecting questions during oral arguments before the Supreme Court, often turning them into lengthy speeches before pointing her finger at a lawyer and demanding an answer. 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They also make most of their money off stock market earnings and real estate sales, as opposed to a regular paycheck — thus the capital gains fluctuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134302299&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Brown’s plan is to prevent lawmakers from spending all of that tax revenue in the flush years. 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Republican Buck McKeon, whose district runs north of Los Angeles, is stepping aside after more than two decades in Congress. And Bay Area Democrat George Miller is calling it quits after 40 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within hours of Miller’s announcement, Contra Costa County state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier declared his intention to run for Miller’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a day for me to get started on replacing him, which has been a lifelong hope that I could do,” DeSaulnier says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His quick decision and one by two men already lined up to take McKeon’s seat underscored a truth about politics, what some call a “gender gap in political ambition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it really does exist,” says Cassandra Pye. “I think that men are just more ambitious in this realm than women are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pye is a Sacramento Republican who was political director for the California Chamber of Commerce for 12 years and then served in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘We are parents and caregivers, and some of us (have) aging parents that we take care of along with children. Those are things that men don’t have to consider I think in the same way.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Carol Kim,\u003cbr>\nSan Diego City Council candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“You know, you’ll say to a man ‘You oughta think about running for city council.’ And he’ll say, ‘Huh — think I should.’ ” Pye says. “Women, we have learned, No.1, don’t think they’re qualified for a host of reasons. And, No.2, don’t do it unless they’re asked.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two decades ago, a contentious confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas got the attention of women when Thomas accuser Anita Hill faced days of grilling from a Senate Judiciary Committee that was all male.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That launched what became known in 1992 as the Year of the Woman, a political groundswell that swept Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein into the U.S. Senate. But that tide is receding, at least in California. And it’s not just at the State Capitol. A recent survey by the public affairs firm Grassroots Lab found that among California’s mayors and city council members, three out of four are men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One group working to reverse that trend is Emerge California, a nonprofit that recruits, trains and helps Democratic women run for office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Emerge training event in San Francisco recently, Executive Director Kimberly Ellis expressed dismay that less than 30 percent of state legislators are women. She says increasing the numbers of elected women isn’t just about parity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are really interested in changing the tenor and culture of politics. But more importantly, we’re interested in changing the policy outcomes and the legislation,” Ellis says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She believes female politicians are reliable advocates for things like gun control, women’s health care or children’s issues. They’re also, she says, less likely to engage in winner-take-all politics and more likely to compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Emerge class member who’s eager to try is first-time candidate Carol Kim. The former schoolteacher is running for the San Diego City Council. She notes that women have to be especially good multitaskers to also run for office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are parents and caregivers and some of us (have) aging parents that we take care of along with children,” Kim notes. “Those are things that men don’t have to consider, I think, in the same way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another potential barrier, says former L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel, is money. Greuel waged an intense campaign for mayor of Los Angeles last year, losing in a runoff to City Councilman Eric Garcetti. Greuel raised millions for her race, but she says women generally face barriers to fundraising.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I had everything from, ‘What does her hair look like today? What is she wearing? Can she be a good mom and a good elected official? Can she get the job done?’ Those aren’t questions that are asked of the others.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Wendy Greuel,\u003cbr>\nFormer L.A. mayoral candidate\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I talked to a lot of men, I said, ‘How come you easily can raise X amount — 10,000, 20,000, and get people together to do that,’ ” Greuel remembers. “And they said, ‘Because men are used to the quid pro quo. I give you, you give me.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin can attest, the media cover male and female candidates differently. You might think that would have changed by now, but Greuel says not at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know as a candidate for mayor I had everything from, ‘What does her hair look like today? What is she wearing? Can she be a good mom and a good elected official? Can she get the job done? Is she tough enough?’ Those aren’t questions that are asked of the others,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gender gap in California politics is especially acute in the GOP. Of the 18 women in the state’s congressional delegation, not one is a Republican. The situation in Sacramento is similar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, Republicans nominated two women at the top of their ticket. But Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina were unique — two corporate CEOs making their first run for office. Both lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harmeet Dhillon, chair of the Republican Party in San Francisco, says now the party is actively developing a deeper bench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the party has learned — and what the party is doing — is we are running women for fire board, school board, supervisor, you know, city council, mayor, city attorney,” Dhillon says. “And those are the steppingstones to Assembly, Senate, Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to fielding credible candidates, Pye, who is now a Republican communications executive, says her party needs a new image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The brand, the party label itself is broken,” she says. “And it’s going to take a little time, I think, before you start to see women support candidates who are Republicans anyway. 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Cody Jacobs, a staff attorney with the gun control-focused Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, pointed out the measure also requires gun stores to post more warnings about proper gun storage in homes with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so we think that more gun owners seeing that this is the law — hey, you can’t put your gun in a place where your child might gain access to it — we think that will incentivize them to follow the law, and result in fewer accidents,” Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rifles will come under more scrutiny, too. Potential buyers will now need to pass a safety test before they buy long guns. Until now, those tests had only been required for handguns. The state will also start compiling a database of rifle and shotgun purchases. That development has many gun owners agitated, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/16/6003230/california-gun-owners-warily-eye.html\">as the Sacramento Bee reported earlier this month.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protections for undocumented immigrants\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s undocumented immigrants will face fewer deportation threats when 2014 begins, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning this week, local police will be barred from turning undocumented immigrants over to federal authorities, except under specific circumstances. But while the so-called TRUST Act got most of the attention in Sacramento this year, it’s not the only new law protecting undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors will be banned from threatening to report an undocumented employee, if the worker is raising legitimate complaints about unfair wages, hours or other workplace rights covered by California’s Labor Code. The state will be able to suspend or revoke a business’ license for reporting an undocumented immigrant simply out of retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new laws are part of a broader push to increase whistle-blower protections at private companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile new measure affecting undocumented immigrants is a law that allows them to apply for and receive driver’s licenses. It doesn’t actually kick in until 2015. But immigration advocates are urging the state to immediately stop impounding the cars of undocumented immigrants caught driving without licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Three or more parents\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two new laws affecting children generated plenty of “only in California” headlines when they passed this year. SB 274 allows the possibility for more than two adults to be named as the parents of a child. Like many new laws, this was a response to a specific circumstance.\u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/04/local/la-me-brown-bills-parents-20131005\"> As the Los Angeles Times explained when Brown signed the measure:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bill was partially a reaction to a 2011 court decision involving a lesbian couple that briefly ended their relationship, according to (Senator Mark) Leno’s office. One of the women was impregnated by a man before the women resumed their relationship. A fight broke out, putting one of the women in the hospital and the other in jail, but the daughter was sent to foster care because her biological father did not have parental rights.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The new law is meant to keep children falling into that sort of situation out of the foster care system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/08/jerry_brown_signs_law_that_allows_children_more_than_two_legal_parents_conservatives.html\">While a handful of socially conservative groups raised complaints\u003c/a> that the new law further erodes the traditional definition of a family, the measure didn’t stir up too much controversy. That wasn’t the case with a new law \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/12/transgender-students-rights-bill-on-governors-desk/\">allowing transgender students to self-identify their gender\u003c/a> in California schools, and use the facilities or play on the sports teams of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law is already the focus of a referendum campaign. Organizers say they’ve already gathered the signatures needed to put the repeal measure on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Big win for bobcats (and mountain lions. … and eventually condors)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2014 will bring a handful of new environmental protections, too. Chief among them: two laws granting increased protection to California’s bobcats and mountain lions. Beginning Wednesday, hunters will be banned from trapping bobcats near Joshua Tree National Park. 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That development has many gun owners agitated, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/16/6003230/california-gun-owners-warily-eye.html\">as the Sacramento Bee reported earlier this month.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protections for undocumented immigrants\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s undocumented immigrants will face fewer deportation threats when 2014 begins, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning this week, local police will be barred from turning undocumented immigrants over to federal authorities, except under specific circumstances. But while the so-called TRUST Act got most of the attention in Sacramento this year, it’s not the only new law protecting undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors will be banned from threatening to report an undocumented employee, if the worker is raising legitimate complaints about unfair wages, hours or other workplace rights covered by California’s Labor Code. 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Like many new laws, this was a response to a specific circumstance.\u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/04/local/la-me-brown-bills-parents-20131005\"> As the Los Angeles Times explained when Brown signed the measure:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bill was partially a reaction to a 2011 court decision involving a lesbian couple that briefly ended their relationship, according to (Senator Mark) Leno’s office. One of the women was impregnated by a man before the women resumed their relationship. 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When a shadowy Arizona group made that $11 million political contribution to defeat Gov. Brown’s tax-hike ballot measure Prop. 30 and to help defeat the anti-labor Prop. 32, Ravel threw the FPPC’s investigative powers into overdrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She went all the way to the state Supreme Court to find out who was the true source of the money. Days before the election the justices unanimously ordered the group \u003ca href=\"http://arl-national.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for Responsible Leadership\u003c/a> to reveal the source of its funds. (The group complied, but its disclosure only revealed two other organizations that had the money before it was funneled to California, leaving many questions unanswered.) Americans for Responsible Leadership and the Center to Protect Patients’ Rights, another group with links to conservative activists Charles and David Koch, will pay the $1 million fine. 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Palmer, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/10/5812014/california-will-not-pay-to-reopen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said yesterday\u003c/a> that because California’s own budget is balanced by such a thin margin, it can’t take on the added expense of paying for the parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Rogers, environment reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and managing editor of KQED Science, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24217251/government-shutdown-no-state-money-will-be-offered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provides the context\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California officials are concerned that their fragile state budget faces a major risk if Republicans in Congress default on the nation’s debts rather than extend the debt limit later this month. Such a default could send financial markets crashing, which would have a direct impact on California’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because California’s tax system is tilted so that the rich pay a large amount of state taxes. In 2011, the most recent year that complete data is tallied, the top 1 percent of households paid 41 percent of California personal income taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve got a very narrow band of taxpayers that contribute a large amount of state personal income taxes,” Palmer said. “And a lot of that money comes from capital gains and stock options.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>California’s decision not to pay to reopen the parks comes as Utah announced it will use state funds to reopen several attractions there. The National Park Service closed 401 parks nationwide and furloughed more than 20,000 employees as part of the shutdown that began Oct. 1. The service said it is losing $450,000 per day in revenue from entrance fees and other in-park expenditures, such as campground fees and boat rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->The Association of National Park Service Retirees \u003ca href=\"http://www.npsretirees.org/issues-in-depth/shutdown/243-day-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has been tracking\u003c/a> the financial impact of the park closures. The group estimates that nationwide, 7 million visitors were shut out of parks across the country in the first 10 days of the shutdown. The group says that’s cost $750 million in lost visitor spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park was No. 2 on the group’s list, after the Grand Canyon, for the number of visitors turned away so far, with about 107,000 people turned away. The group’s estimate of the economic impact at Yosemite is $10 million in lost visitor dollars and 5,600 total jobs threatened, including 4,600 non-National Park Service positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like someone just turned around the closed sign here in America,” said Jayne Miller, who is on a three-week road trip across the U.S. with her husband. The Australian tourists were hoping to take in the sights along Route 66 as they head from California to Washington. But they hit a wall when they got to Grand Canyon National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he had wired money from state taxpayers that will open Utah’s five national parks, including Zion, Bryce and Arches. He said he was inking a deal with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that provides $166,000 a day in funding for the five parks and other units of the national park system, starting Saturday. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112999\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/26/112986/gov-brown+signs-domestic-worker-bill/rs1395_brown20130110-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112999\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-112999 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/RS1395_brown20130110-scr-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown signed domestic worker bill. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown signed 26 new state laws. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another day, another 26 new state laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the total number of bills Gov. Jerry Brown signed Friday. Since Monday, Brown has signed 77 new laws and vetoed four measures. The rapid-fire pace will continue through Oct. 13: Brown still needs to approve or reject more than 400 bills lawmakers sent to him during the 2013 legislative session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the more far-reaching bills approved by Brown this week: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/12/californias-minimum-wage/\">a measure increasing California’s minimum wage to $10 an hour\u003c/a> by 2016, and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/26/112986/gov-brown+signs-domestic-worker-bill\">a bill mandating overtime pay\u003c/a> for domestic workers in private households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The domestic overtime bill is one of several measures that Brown vetoed in 2012 but approved this year. The same goes for a new law requiring passing drivers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/23/give-California-cyclists-3-feet-its-the-law/\">to give bicycles a 3-foot buffer zone\u003c/a>. Supporters of undocumented immigrants’ rights are hoping that trend will continue with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/10/california-legislature-passes-trust-act\">the so-called TRUST Act\u003c/a>, which would bar police from turning people over to immigration authorities unless they’ve been convicted of violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m calling the psychic hotline” for clues on whether Brown will sign it, sponsor Tom Ammiano told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s new laws also include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px\">Measures \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/warriors/ci_24032596/warriors-kings-arena-bills-await-fate-california-legislature\">clearing the way for new NBA arenas in San Francisco and Sacramento \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px\">Legislation creating \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/article/20130913/NEWS08/130919977/mattress-recycling-law-awaits-california-governors-signature\">a statewide recycling program for used mattresses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003cstrong>Mina Kim\u003c/strong> spoke with KQED’s Sacramento Bureau Chief \u003cstrong>Scott Detrow\u003c/strong> about some of the new rules going into effect in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\">\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F112840685&show_artwork=true&maxwidth=900\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://soundcloud.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>MINA KIM\u003c/strong>: Scott, some of the big ones this week were, of course, the minimum wage bill and the domestic workers bill.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SCOTT DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s right. California has an $8 minimum wage now, and the bill the Gov. Brown signed this week will increase that to $10 by 2016. That would give California the highest minimum wage in the country. And the domestic workers overtime bill will guarantee overtime pay for people who work more than nine hours per day, or 45 hours a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill similar to that was vetoed last year, but Brown supported this one. It is a bit limited, of course. Babysitters, for example, would not be included in these overtime hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: And it strips out meal and rest breaks, I understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: Some of the bills important to us regionally Brown signed today, like the mattress-recycling bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s right. That’s a bill that East Bay Senator Loni Hancock had been pushing for. This creates a process for recycling used mattresses. The concern is that people currently will just dump these mattresses in alleyways and vacant lots, and this is going to put in place a statewide mattress-recycling program. It will, of course, also increase the price of mattresses by a little bit, because the program will be funded by a new fee that goes on mattress purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another bill that Gov. Brown signed creates a three-foot buffer zone for drivers who are passing bicyclists. This is something that supporters have been trying to put in place for several years, and it’s another bill that Gov. Brown vetoed last year, but they made some changes and he supported it this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third bill that’s getting some attention allows people under the age of 18 essentially have a do-over on social media. If somebody under 18 wants to delete a specific social media post, companies will now have to comply. Critics say this is not the most effective bill in the world though. For one thing, many of these companies already do allow you to delete posts, and the bigger issue is that if I post something that’s embarrassing to myself and I want it deleted, I can have it deleted, but this does not control reposts or retweets from other people. So, this doesn’t really help you if you’re trying to rein in a viral post you wish you hadn’t put online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: And there were also two bills that related to basketball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s right. Bills that the governor signed lay the groundwork for the Golden State Warriors to move across the Bay to San Francisco, and also for the Sacramento Kings to build a brand-new arena in downtown Sacramento. The Kings bill was controversial when it was passed earlier this month because it creates exemptions from he statewide CEQA environmental quality act. This will basically streamline the process for the Kings to get a new arena in place, and of course this was a very key component in keeping the Kings in Sacramento, and not moving them to Seattle, which almost happened this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: And Scott, we’re only at the halfway mark before the Oct. 13 deadline. What are some of the hot-button bills in the stack of pending legislation?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: Sure. There are more than 400 bills that the governor needs to weigh in on either way. A lot of the notable bills that he has not said whether or not he will sign have to do with immigrants. The most high-profile is the TRUST Act by supporters, and it tells local police officers to not turn over undocumented immigrants to federal immigration authorities unless they have violent crimes on their record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other bills would let non-citizens sit on juries or practice law in California. Those are certainly some of the measures we’re keeping our eyes on as the governor’s office keeps sending out these updates – sometimes two or three a day – saying here are the bills we signed, and here are the bills we vetoed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: Most of these new laws will take effect in January of next year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s right. The bulk of them do go into effect on Jan. 1, but not all of them. The minimum wage bill – the first increase happens next July, and then it’ll go up to $10 in 2016. And the mattress-recycling program is another one that will take several years to phase in.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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California has an $8 minimum wage now, and the bill the Gov. Brown signed this week will increase that to $10 by 2016. That would give California the highest minimum wage in the country. And the domestic workers overtime bill will guarantee overtime pay for people who work more than nine hours per day, or 45 hours a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill similar to that was vetoed last year, but Brown supported this one. It is a bit limited, of course. Babysitters, for example, would not be included in these overtime hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: And it strips out meal and rest breaks, I understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KIM\u003c/strong>: Some of the bills important to us regionally Brown signed today, like the mattress-recycling bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DETROW\u003c/strong>: That’s right. That’s a bill that East Bay Senator Loni Hancock had been pushing for. 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"content": "\u003cp>by Frances Dinkelspiel, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Berkeleyside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102363\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102363\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/berkeleypatientsgroup13-720x375.jpg\" alt=\"Berkeley Patients Group opened its doors at 2366 San Pablo Avenue in December 2012. (Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley Patients Group opened its doors at 2366 San Pablo Ave. in December 2012. (Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city of Berkeley \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5gTlc72fiJSc1Z6anNjRWpRV28/edit?usp=sharing\">sued the federal government\u003c/a> on Wednesday in an attempt to stop its efforts to shut down Berkeley Patients Group, the city’s largest medical cannabis dispensary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit claims that the closure of BPG will materially harm the city because it will mean the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue. 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After being forced to close its previous dispensary at 2747 San Pablo Ave. because it was too close to schools, BPG scoured the city to find a location that complied with the law, said Luse. Haag, however, said she warned Droubi before BPG opened its doors that her office did not consider the location legal.Berkeley officials held a press conference in May to condemn Haag’s actions and continue to suggest she would be better off prosecuting more dangerous criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time for the federal government to wake up and stop these asset forfeiture actions,” Mayor Tom Bates said in a press release. “Berkeley Patients Group has complied with the rules and caused no problems in the City. The federal government should not use its scarce resources to harass local law-abiding businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Berkeley and BPG can fight Haag’s suit against Droubi because the forfeiture law “allows a process for other parties who have an interest in the property to file a claim,” according to Tamar Todd, an attorney for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.drugpolicy.org/\">Drug Policy Alliance,\u003c/a> which filed the lawsuit on Berkeley’s behalf. The organization, which advocates for fighting drug abuse through treatments rather than criminalization, is doing work for Berkeley pro bono. Berkeley residents are not paying for the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second time a city has stepped in to fight the closure of a medical cannabis dispensary. Oakland \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/19/federal-crackdown-on-medical-marijuana-oakland-fights-back-mendocino-county-still-deciding/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to intervene in a forfeiture case against Harborside Health Center\u003c/a>, but used a different legal tactic that was rejected by a U.S. Magistrate in February, said Todd. In that case, Oakland filed a separate lawsuit to try and stop the federal government’s actions rather than joining with Harborside and its landlord, she said. 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Moreover, they will lose Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-Sherman Oaks, in July, when he leaves to join the Los Angeles City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Democrats are unlikely to regain their supermajority until shortly before the Legislature adjourns in mid-September. Depending on the outcome and timing of special elections, they could lack their full two-thirds until early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an opportunity for the taxpayers to breathe a little bit easier for a couple of months,” said Assembly Minority Leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare. “I think it makes a tremendous difference, in as much as even if they get there eventually, for right now we’re able to hold them off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game of musical chairs merely postpones the inevitable, said Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re all Democratic seats. There’s no risk. It’s just a matter of when,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s election is to fill the seats vacated when Democratic Sens. Gloria Negrete McLeod of Chino and Juan Vargas of San Diego resigned to take seats in Congress, which they won last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Democrats also have a surprise vacancy created when Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Bakersfield, resigned last month to take a job with Chevron. The special election in the Central Valley’s 16th Senate District will be May 21, with a special runoff election on July 23 if no candidate wins a majority in the primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also could lose Sen. 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