Congress Introduces Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009Congress Introduces Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009 This week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Adam Schiff introduced the Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill is numbered S 2772 for the Senate and HR 4080 for the House. The complete text of the legislation can be found at http://thomas.loc.gov.
The day after the county in a report on the Station Fire called for a "vastly different approach" in the way the U.S. Forest Service fights fires, the agency announced it will reconsider its policies. Area politicians supported taking legislative action to enact the recommendations. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, lauded the report for bringing up questions about the way the Forest Service...
I wrote earlier about the list of 69 Democrats who had expressed opposition to the health care bill at some point. Well, digging through the roll call vote records, I've compiled a list of people who appear to have gone back on their earlier statements. They are... Marion Berry (AR) Leonard Boswell (IA) Dennis Cardoza (CA) Chris Carney (PA) Gerry Connolly (VA) Jim Cooper (TN) Jim Costa (CA) Jerry Costello...
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HOPE Program would reduce recidivism through closely-monitored probations paired with strict consequences for violators. WASHINGTON, DC ... Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Ted Poe (R-TX) introduced legislation that will create a new program to fight drug use and crime. The Honest Opportunity ...... more
BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS Note: In Virginia we have Glenn Nye in the 2nd Congressional District. Glenn Nye, III (VA-02)DC Phone: 202-225-4215 202-225-4215 Fax: 202-225-4218 Dennis Cardoza (CA-18)***DC Phone: 202-225-6131 202-225-6131 Fax: 202-225-0819 Mike Thompson (CA-01)***DC Phone: 202-225-3311 202-225-3311 Fax: 202-225-4335 Jim Costa (CA-20)***DC Phone: 202-225-3341 202-225-3341 Fax: 202-225-9308 Adam...
The House Judiciary today passed Jerry Nadler’s bill reining in state secrets abuse by a vote of 18-12, with Adam Schiff as the sole Democrat voting against the bill. One thing Nadler has added to his bill since it was first introduced are measures to prevent the government from refusing to give plaintiff lawyers clearance [...]
[author and premiere investigative blogger Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel) is live blogging the House Judiciary Committee hearings on renewal of the Patriot Act. Today's hearing begins at 7:00 a.m. Alaska time. Her live blogging can be found here, at EMPTYWHEEL . [Here's emptywheel's summary of Wednesday's hearing:] A quick overview of Wednesday’s doings in House Judiciary Committee’s mark-up...
Photo by nicadlr /LAist Featured Photos On December 8th, voters in L.A.'s Council District 2 (from Sherman Oaks to the Northeast Valley) will hit the polls to elect a new councilmember. The Mayor Sam blog digs into the latest filings for the two candidates, finding some notable patterns for each. Chris Essel has a lot of special interest money coming her way. Donors include developer Rick Caruso (The...
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Washington, D.C. ... Congressman Adam Schiff introduced a Resolution last week in the House of Representatives honoring William Bratton for his career in public service as Chief of Police of the cities of Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. On August 5th, Chief Bratton announced he would step down as L...... more
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Washington, D.C. ... Congressman Adam Schiff announced last week that the cities of Burbank and Glendale will each receive $20 million to help build energy-efficient smart grids. Burbank and Glendale received two of only 100 such grants in the country, provided by the American Reinvestment and Recove...... more
One of the most important transportation projects in California, aside from my beloved high speed rail project of course, is the Subway to the Sea. A long-planned effort to build passenger rail to Santa Monica via the Wilshire corridor, it has become a primary goal of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Few areas in North America are as congested as LA's Westside, and a subway through this region would...
An article in the Los Angeles Times explains yet another reason why a health care bill without a public option will be counter-productive. Why it will, in all probability, kill people. We all know that private insurance death panels sometimes deny expensive treatments, and because of the way some of the current bills are being written, they may end up with an even greater incentive to do so. By requiring...
I'm heading up to Los Angeles a little later to cover a "teach-in" sponsored by the neo-communist ANSWER Coalition: " WHY WE MUST END THE WAR NOW! " I'm sure some folks have long asked why I spend so much time on these people - why dovote so much energy to what many consider to be an extremist fringe? Well, frankly, as I've shown here repeatedly, the views of the ANSWER cadres aren't...
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