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Other economists had predicted that these could push the nation into a second recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrangement cooked up in the Senate and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday limited the federal income tax increases to individuals earning more than $400,000 a year, and couples earning more than $450,000.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it allowed a 2-percent payroll tax cut to expire, and that will affect most working people. For example, individuals earning $50,000 a year will have to pay $1,000 more per year in the form of a Social Security tax, David Wessel, an economics editor for The Wall Street Journal said on Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also leaves the tax code a mess, with multiple loopholes for businesses. 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(Tawanda Kanhema/\u003ca href=\"http://richmondconfidential.org/\">Richmond Confidential\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/PhotoWeek121012solarcar.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78187\" title=\"PhotoWeek121012solarcar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/PhotoWeek121012solarcar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engineering and computer science student from UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team drove Impulse, the solar powered vehicle designed and built at the Richmond Field Station over the John T Knox Freeway Saturday. 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(Janice Rombeck/\u003ca href=\"http://www.neighborwebsj.com/\">NeighborWebSJ\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/PhotoWeek121012HomelessEssa.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78190\" title=\"PhotoWeek121012HomelessEssa\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/PhotoWeek121012HomelessEssa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>A man sleeps behind a parking lot in Berkeley. 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But there is a broad difference of opinion about whether the plan, which handed California's 58 counties responsibility for the incarceration and oversight of thousands of criminals, has made communities safer or reduced the number of criminals who re-offend, and there is no statewide data on those outcomes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21669796/oakland-dance-music-show-prompts-flood-noise-complaints\">Oakland dance music show prompts flood of noise complaints to police\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A late-night musical event at the Oakland Coliseum flooded police phones with hundreds of noise complaints from Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro Saturday night and Sunday morning, prompting stadium officials to issue an apology Sunday evening. The \"Beyond Wonderland\" event, a dance music festival featuring extensive light shows, theatrical performers and carnival rides, was held in the Coliseum complex's south parking lot. The show -- produced by electronic dance music promoters Insomniac Events -- was billed to run from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21668441/californians-favor-change-three-strikes-law-but-not\">Californians favor change of three-strikes law but not death penalty\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California voters support easing the state's tough three-strikes sentencing law by more than 3 to 1 but are reluctant to abolish the death penalty, according to a University of Southern California Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The poll results come as voters ponder two ballot measures that, if approved, would make the most sweeping changes to the state's criminal justice system in decades. Support for an initiative that aims to replace capital punishment with life in prison without parole is trailing 38 percent to 51 percent, the poll found. But that gap narrows to a statistical dead heat when voters learn that Proposition 34 also requires convicted killers to work while in prison, directs their earnings to their victims and earmarks $100 million for police to solve murders and rapes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/elections/ci_21668375/superrich-stay-put-high-tax-states-like-california\"> Superrich stay put in high-tax states like California\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some of us might love to hate 'em, but we need millionaires in California -- or we'd lose tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue that pays for things like education and public safety. So should we be freaking out that rich people will flee the Golden State if we vote to hike their taxes by passing either Proposition 30 or 38 in November? Maybe not. An analysis by this newspaper of IRS tax-return data shows that states that charge high income taxes -- from California to New York to New Jersey -- are home to the highest number of rich people per capita. And two-thirds of the states that don't charge any income taxes actually have fewer numbers of millionaire residents per capita, the analysis shows.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21663190/bay-area-burmese-community-gives-aung-san-suu\">Bay Area Burmese community gives Aung San Suu Kyi a rock-star welcome in San Francisco\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a gathering tinged with both a global sense of gravity and emotional intimacy, the Bay Area's Burmese refugee community gave freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi a rock-star welcome Saturday, greeting the Nobel Peace Prize-winner with the warm embrace of a family reunited after being split asunder by history and fate. On her first visit here in more than four decades, the longtime democracy activist who after 15 years of house arrest was elected this past spring to the Myanmar parliament was visibly moved by the adoring crowd of 5,000 who joined her in a town hall-style gathering at the University of San Francisco. And the crowd was clearly moved by her.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21662064/at-68-oracles-flamboyant-multibillionaire-ceo-larry-ellison\">At 68, Oracle's flamboyant, multibillionaire CEO Larry Ellison still going strong\u003c/a> (SJ Mercury News)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rising from a college dropout who was derided as a failure by his adopted dad to the world's sixth richest man, Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison has earned the right to retire after shepherding his company for 35 years into one of the biggest tech enterprises on Earth. Ellison, who just turned 68 and is among the planet's most recognizable billionaires, has plenty besides work to keep himself busy, including his fast cars, jets, yacht racing and a newly purchased Hawaiian island. But given his ambitious goals for the corporation -- and the tough competition it faces -- industry observers say he's unlikely to call it quits.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-oven-is-cookin-3908730.php\">Bay Area oven is cookin'\u003c/a> (SF Chronicle)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sunday was hot, forecasters said. Monday will be even hotter - the warmest day since June 16. \"Monday will be the hottest day in this warm stretch,\" said Steve Anderson, a forecaster with the National Weather Service. \"This will be day two of the heat, which usually comes in three-day spells.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_21654701/san-rafael-officials-consider-strict-smoking-rules?IADID=Search-www.marinij.com-www.marinij.com\">San Rafael officials to consider strict smoking rules\u003c/a> (Marin Independent Journal)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the latest effort to reduce secondhand smoke in Marin, officials in San Rafael on Monday will consider the county's most strict anti-smoking ordinance to date. The ordinance would ban smoking from all apartments and condominiums, in addition to many outdoor spaces such as parks, bus stops and restaurant patios. 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But there is a broad difference of opinion about whether the plan, which handed California's 58 counties responsibility for the incarceration and oversight of thousands of criminals, has made communities safer or reduced the number of criminals who re-offend, and there is no statewide data on those outcomes.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21669796/oakland-dance-music-show-prompts-flood-noise-complaints\">Oakland dance music show prompts flood of noise complaints to police\u003c/a> (Oakland Tribune)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A late-night musical event at the Oakland Coliseum flooded police phones with hundreds of noise complaints from Oakland, Alameda and San Leandro Saturday night and Sunday morning, prompting stadium officials to issue an apology Sunday evening. The \"Beyond Wonderland\" event, a dance music festival featuring extensive light shows, theatrical performers and carnival rides, was held in the Coliseum complex's south parking lot. The show -- produced by electronic dance music promoters Insomniac Events -- was billed to run from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_21668441/californians-favor-change-three-strikes-law-but-not\">Californians favor change of three-strikes law but not death penalty\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California voters support easing the state's tough three-strikes sentencing law by more than 3 to 1 but are reluctant to abolish the death penalty, according to a University of Southern California Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. 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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. Most of the people that I talk to … know me already, they know what I do, so I really don’t have to explain who I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement, Karen Hanretty, vice president of public affairs for the American Beverage Association, said: “ABA is and will continue supporting the growing community coalition that includes Teamsters and approximately 145 businesses against the proposed beverage tax in Richmond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives with public relations firm Goddard Gunster, which represents the American Beverage Association, did not return calls for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chuck Finnie, a vice president of the San Francisco public relations firm Barnes Mosher Whitehurst Lauter & Partners, confirmed in an interview that his firm is working for the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes and rented the office across from the Richmond city hall on behalf of the coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are stakeholders nationwide who care about what happens in Richmond,” including soft drink makers, bottlers, distributors, retailers and local union workers, Finnie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barnes Mosher partner Sam Lauter is registered as an American Beverage Association lobbyist in San Francisco. 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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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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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_67333\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 254px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/smoker-300x280.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67333\" title=\"smoker-300x280\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/06/smoker-300x280.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"238\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Dr. Jauss/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/lowdown/2012/05/18/prop-29-should-smoking-in-california-be-more-expensive/\">Proposition 29\u003c/a>, the $1.00 per pack cigarette tax is currently losing by about 63,000 votes out of approximately 3,853,000 cast. That’s a 1.6 percent margin. You can check out the latest vote tally at the \u003ca href=\"http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/\">Secretary of State’s ballot measure results page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite some media reports that the results are final, the election is still too close to call. A spokesperson for the California Secretary of State’s Office says counties have 28 days from the election to turn in unprocessed and vote-by-mail ballots. The Secretary of State won’t turn in an official “statement of vote” until 38 days after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Hannah Dreier of AP notes below, “there typically are many late-arriving ballots from early and absentee voting not counted until after election day. 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. He said an estimated 200,000 ballots remain to be counted.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Full AP story:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A California initiative to raise the tax on tobacco products was losing early Wednesday but the vote was still too close to call because hundreds of thousands of ballots potentially remained uncounted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day after Election Day, Proposition 29 was losing by just over 1 percent, or about 64,000 votes out of more than 3.8 million counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, even with all precincts reporting, there typically are many late-arriving ballots from early and absentee voting not counted until after election day. 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. A $50 million opposition ad campaign was led by Big Tobacco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, a statewide poll suggested the Proposition 29 would pass with two-thirds approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation reminded some of a 2006 California cigarette tax measure that was leading by wide margins until tobacco companies spent $66 million to defeat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attempt to hike taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products grew into a national fight last month with tobacco companies pouring in millions to quash the effort and celebrities including the New York City Mayor urging voters to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As returns came in, both camps said they expected a close race but remained confident they would emerge the winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expected that as voters took a look at the measure, they would recognize the serious flaws, and as well intentioned as the measure is, they would realize it’s not right for California,” Beth Miller, spokeswoman for the No on 29 campaign said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tobacco taxes have been proven to reduce smoking. 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. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $500,000 to the campaign to help offset the industry donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Majorities in the Democratic-leaning counties along the Northern California coast favored the tax, while majorities in most other regions others opposed it. Voters on both sides expressed strong convictions as they cast their ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we should aggressively discourage smoking _ make it less convenient, make it more expensive,” said Susan Hyman of Long Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In nearby Glendale, Craig Jerpseth, a 43 year-old nurse, was equally certain about voting the measure down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope we don’t get any more taxes. That’s pretty much it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A slew of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, opposed the measure while proclaiming their reluctance to side with tobacco companies. They argued that the revenue should go to the state, which Gov. 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Two years ago, Stanford University unveiled the nation's largest space dedicated to stem cell research — 200,000 square feet that can hold 550 researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no cures yet in the pipeline and CIRM has shifted focus, channeling money to projects with the most promise of yielding near-term results. Most of the money early on was funneled toward learning the basics and recruiting scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One researcher lured to California was Paul Knoepfler, a stem cell and cancer expert who was deciding between positions at University of California, Davis and an East Coast school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was getting more interested in embryonic stem cells and I knew California would be a more friendly climate for that,\" said Knoepfler, whose work focuses on why some embryonic stem cells trigger tumor growths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knoepfler favors another bond measure to keep CIRM afloat, but recognizes the average Californian may disagree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists have prized embryonic stem cells since their discovery over a decade ago because of their potential to transform into any cell of the body. If researchers could harness these flexible cells, they might create replacement tissues to treat diabetes, spinal cord injury and other debilitating conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all the medical promise that embryonic stem cells hold, the payoff will take years and it's not surprising that there are still no treatments on the market. Their use has been debated because human embryos from fertility clinic leftovers have to be destroyed to harvest the cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Prop 71 was approved, there were limits on federal spending to a small number of cell lines made before 2001. The restrictions, enacted by the Bush administration, were lifted eight years later by President Barack Obama in 2009 — a move that expanded the number of stem cell lines available for government funding. 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