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New Data: Jobs in Core Green Economy Show Greater Resilience than Jobs in Overall Economy at Height of Recession
Published Feb 8, 2012 - 9:51:14 AM
New data, released today in the 2012 Many Shades of Green: California's Shift to a Cleaner, More Productive Economy (www.next10.org), reveals that California's Core Green Economy showed greater resilience at the height of the recent recession, outperforming the overall economy by retaining a greater percentage of its workforce.
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Valentine's Day Beach Guide for Ocean Lovers
Published Feb 8, 2012 - 6:35:23 AM
Want to set an idyllic mood on Valentine's Day? Look no further than Heal the Bay's guide to the West Coast's most romantic beaches, a list released today that encompasses Southern and Northern California, as well as Oregon and Washington. These beaches offer serene views as well as shores worthy of a dreamy stroll. Best of all, they're also clean, with all beaches receiving "A" water-quality grades from Heal the Bay's Beach Report Card.
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Center for Investigative Reporting, The Bay Citizen Announce a Joint Memorandum of Understanding to Pursue Merger
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 5:02:41 PM
The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and the Bay Area News Project (BANP), which operates The Bay Citizen, announced today that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding to pursue a potential merger. The agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both nonprofit organizations.
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DFG Signals Intent to Sue Army Corps in Order to Protect Fish and Wildlife Around Levees
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 4:27:37 PM
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) today issued notice of its intent to sue the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). DFG notified the Corps that it failed to comply with the federal Endangered Species Act when it adopted a national policy requiring the removal of virtually all trees and shrubs on federal levees. The Corps developed its national levee vegetation removal policy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Perry v. Brown Case Summary (Prop.8)
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 2:22:37 PM
The panel majority affirmed the judgment of the district court and held that Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to eliminate the previously guaranteed right of same-sex couples to marry, violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The panel majority held that by using their initiative power to target a minority group and withdraw a right that it possessed, without a legitimate reason for doing so, the People of California violated the Equal Protection Clause.
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State Applauds Federal Appeals Court Ruling Against California's Proposition 8
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 1:53:07 PM
A federal appeals court made the right call today in striking down California's Proposition 8, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Humane Leaders Urge Calif. Governor to Spare Abandoned and Lost Pets
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 12:11:20 PM
National and local humane organizations are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to rescind his proposal to repeal a state requirement that municipal animal shelters hold stray dogs and cats for more than 72 hours before euthanizing them. In his budget proposal, the Governor has also called for eliminating the requirement for shelters to provide necessary and prompt veterinary care and would allow shelters to legally euthanize rabbits, reptiles and other animals immediately. These modest sheltering requirements – first enacted in 1998 as part of what is often referred to as the "Hayden Law" (named for the legislation's author, former state senator Tom Hayden) – have been suspended for the past three years, but the Governor is now proposing wholesale repeal.
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Boxer Statement on Federal Appeals Court Decision on Proposition 8
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 11:35:09 AM
This historic decision is a major step forward in the march toward equality for all Americans. It's a great day for the millions of Californians who deserve the same rights and recognition as every other family in our state.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Federal District Court Ruling That Proposition 8 is Unconstitutional
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 11:31:33 AM
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in Perry v. Brown upholding the historic August 2010 decision of the Federal District Court that found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. In an opinion authored by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, the Ninth Circuit concluded that Proposition 8 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Proposition 8 stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry.
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Proposition 8 Ruling
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:45:03 AM
"The court has rendered a powerful affirmation of the right of same-sex couples to marry. I applaud the wisdom and courage of this decision."
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Feinstein Statement on California's Prop. 8 Decision
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:37:48 AM
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), lead author of legislation to repeal DOMA (Respect for Marriage Act, S. 598), today praised the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to strike down California's Proposition 8, an initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California in 2008.
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Lieutenant Governor Newsom's Statement on Ninth Circuit's Proposition 8 Ruling
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:23:48 AM
Today's decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stands as a victory for the fundamental American principle that all people are equal, and deserve equal rights and treatment under the law. This is the biggest step that the American judicial system has taken to end the grievous discrimination against men and women in same-sex relationships and should be highly praised.
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Lambda Legal Salutes Historic Ninth Circuit Decision Declaring Prop 8 Unconstitutional
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:21:34 AM
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the historic August 2010 ruling by now-retired U.S. District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker finding Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
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AG Kamala D. Harris Applauds Landmark Decision Affirming the Right to Marry
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:20:34 AM
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today applauded a decision by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm the reinstatement of the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
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Courage Campaign statement: A hard-won VICTORY! Prop 8 is ruled unconstitutional!
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 10:19:16 AM
After three years of Prop 8 weaving its way through the federal and California court system, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld Judge Walker's August 2010 ruling that Prop 8 is unconstitutional. Marriage equality proponents throughout the state, including Courage Campaign members who worked valiantly to overturn Prop 8, cheered the historic decision.
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Appeals Court: Prop. 8 Unconstitutional
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 9:50:44 AM
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the Federal District Court's historic ruling that found Prop. 8 unconstitutional.
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Romney Announces New Member of Anti-Immigrant Task Force - Gov. Pete Wilson Joins Team
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 8:26:47 AM
In his apparently endless effort to write off Latino voters, Mitt Romney's campaign today unveiled the endorsement of former California Governor Pete Wilson (R). Wilson's endorsement joins that of Romney immigration advisor and Alabama/Arizona "papers, please" law architect Kris Kobach and leading congressional mass-deportation champion Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in an illustrious pantheon of anti-immigrant endorsers.
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Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 7:31:49 AM
Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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Big jolt to state economy with new tax on cigarettes
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 7:25:30 AM
A new UCSF analysis has found that a state ballot initiative to increase the cigarette tax would create about 12,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in new economic activity in California.
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Who Owns Your State's Members of Congress?
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 7:15:12 AM
MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that reveals money's influence on politics, has conducted an analysis of campaign contributions from companies and organizations to the sitting members of Congress from each state.
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Sacramento Beer & Chili Festival will serve as charity event to raise art program funds for children
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 6:30:54 AM
Local nonprofit focused on uplifting the art community Sacramento Artists Council, partnered with The Sacramento Press and Dad's Kitchen to kickoff the inaugural Sacramento Beer & Chili Festival. Toward the end of Beer Week (one of California's largest celebrations of fine ales and lagers) on March 3, the Sacramento Beer & Chili Festival will be a convergence of live music performances, competitive chili cook-off, beer tasting and food indulgence – all in the name of raising art program funds for children in the Sacramento area.
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San Leandro Murder-Suicide Highlights Need for Teen Dating Violence Prevention Resolution Introduced Today
Published Feb 7, 2012 - 5:57:19 AM
In the wake of the January 27th murder of 15-year-old Myrna Umanzor, the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (the Partnership) calls on state lawmakers to support the resolution introduced today by Assemblymember Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), designating February 2012 as Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. Police suspect Umanzor's fatal stabbing was at the hands of her 19-year-old boyfriend, who killed himself the next day.
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Secretary of State Releases List of Presidential Candidates for California Primary
Published Feb 6, 2012 - 6:24:06 PM
The last presidential primary, in February 2008, had 51 candidates on the generally recognized candidate list. This year, the candidate list has 24 names.
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U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals To Rule on Proposition 8
Published Feb 6, 2012 - 12:15:14 PM
Same-sex couples, friends, family and clergy will gather at the steps of the Ninth Circuit Federal Courthouse at 9:45 AM tomorrow to receive the Ninth Circuit's ruling on Proposition 8. The Court will release the ruling at 10:00 AM. Those gathered will then walk to the steps of San Francisco City Hall, where clergy will bless the unions of couples unable to marry because of Prop 8.
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Assemblyman renews fight against illegal school fees
Published Feb 6, 2012 - 8:26:21 AM
Bolstered by a recent court ruling, a Southern California assemblyman filed legislation last week that seeks to crack down on school districts that charge parents and students fees that violate state law.
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Dan Bacher: Commission rejects striped bass eradication proposal
Published Feb 6, 2012 - 6:31:56 AM
In a move celebrated by anglers and conservationists, the California Fish and Game Commission in Sacramento on Thursday, February 2 took final action to reject the Department of Fish and Game's controversial proposed changes to striped bass regulations.
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Poor, minority residents face most health risks with climate change
Published Feb 3, 2012 - 8:32:48 AM
Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties.
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AAA Offers Free Ride Home After Super Bowl
Published Feb 3, 2012 - 7:19:48 AM
Don't commit a party foul after the Super Bowl and wind up penalized with a trip to the hospital, or behind bars for drunk driving. If you've been drinking during the Super Bowl, AAA Northern California will take you and your car home for free.
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$1 Million Grant Will Fund First Real-Time Seafloor Earthquake Observatory at Cascadia Fault
Published Feb 3, 2012 - 6:20:10 AM
One of the most dangerous faults in North America is the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia fault – an offshore, subduction zone fault capable of producing a magnitude 9 earthquake that would damage Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, and Victoria, British Columbia, and generate a large tsunami. Yet there are currently no instruments installed offshore, directly above the fault, for measuring the strain that is currently building up along the fault.
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Ninth Circuit Decides Not To Release Proposition 8 Trial Tapes
Published Feb 2, 2012 - 10:58:47 AM
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision not to unseal the video record of the historic twelve-day public trial in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown). The Perry case is a federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, which stripped gay and lesbian Californians of the fundamental freedom to marry. In a landmark August 2010 ruling, Proposition 8 was found unconstitutional by the Federal District Court.
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