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State lawmakers react to Brown’s inaugural speech
From state Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose: “This may have been Gov. Brown’s best State of the State address. He laid out a long-term vision for California’s future. As chairman of the Senate transportation...
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Senate candidate Rocky Chávez coming to East Bay
2016 U.S. Senate candidate Assemblyman Rocky Chávez, R-Oceanside, will be at a campaign event Monday in the East Bay – but not for his campaign. Chávez will be the “VIP guest” at a fundraiser this...
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Dublin Republican’s BART strike bill still alive
An East Bay lawmaker’s ban to limit BART labor strikes surprisingly wasn’t killed outright Wednesday by Assembly Democrats. The Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee heard...
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AD16: Sbranti won’t run, joins Swalwell’s staff
Former Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, a Democrat who lost November’s 16th Assembly District race to Republican Catharine Baker, won’t challenge Baker in 2016, he said Wednesday. Instead, he’s ending his...
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Catharine Baker returns tobacco industry money
The Bay Area’s only Republican lawmaker won praise Friday for returning a campaign contribution from the tobacco industry. Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-Dublin, gave back a $4,200 contribution from...
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BART strike bill is dead, but another is coming
Assembly Democrats on Wednesday killed an East Bay lawmaker’s bill that would’ve essentially banned strikes by BART workers, like the ones that threw Bay Area commutes into chaos in 2013 – but another...
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