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Newswise (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium is presented by the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. As foreclosures continue and prices remain flat, this gathering of industry leaders and professionals examines current insights into the real estate market's recovery and future. This year's sessions will include...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
... - it also marks a dramatic turnabout from the administration of his Democratic predecessor, Bill Lockyer, a staunch gun control advocate."Jerry Brown hasn't shown leadership in the legislative arena related to the issue of gun violence prevention ... and he hasn't sponsored or weighed in on any significant gun bills," Leftwich told The Chronicle's Carla Marinucci.Brown's pro-gun stand...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has delayed plans for issuing bonds to pay for the expansion of death row at San Quentin State Prison. Lockyer says he was responding to a last-minute objection from Assemblyman Jared Huffman and Sen. Mark Leno. The pair of Bay Area lawmakers argue the bond sale would be illegal until the courts decide whether Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had the authority...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has delayed plans for issuing bonds to pay for the expansion of death row at San Quentin State Prison. Lockyer says he was responding to a last-minute objection from Assemblyman Jared Huffman and Sen. Mark Leno. The pair of Bay... San Quentin State Prison - Mark Leno - Crime and Justice - Death Penalty - Death row
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Money & Company (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
California today pared back its last big tax-free bond sale of 2009, citing legal questions about funding for a prison project. Treasurer Bill Lockyer sold $743 million in lease revenue bonds for the state Public Works Board instead of the...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... agencies. The CalPERS board is expected to formally endorse the plan at its December meeting. The bill, he said, would be introduced in the Legislature by Assemblyman Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), chairman of the Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee."It is crystal clear, in fact, that we need stronger laws in California for placement agents to ensure full transparency...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... agents to register as lobbyists is being drafted by state Controller John Chiang and Treasurer Bill Lockyer, both CalPERS board members. On Monday, CalPERS' investment committee agreed to strengthen the May policy to conform to AB 1584, a placement agent law that passed last month. Among other things, the committee voted to impose a five-year ban on any investment firm or placement...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... When Brown was running for attorney general in 2006, he was critical of a lawsuit that then-AG Bill Lockyer had filed against automakers, accusing them of illegally selling cars that contribute to global warming. Brown, in a newspaper interview, suggested that the Lockyer suit was "speculative" rather than good law, and doubted whether a "causation" link...
