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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Attorney General</title>
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		<title>DAs meet with Kamala Harris on gun enforcement</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/17/das-meet-with-kamala-harris-on-gun-enforcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bay Area was heavily represented as California Attorney General Kamala Harris convened a group of county district attorneys Friday in Los Angeles to seek ways to reduce gun violence through enforcement of existing laws and prevention efforts. Among the 11 DAs present were Nancy O’Malley of Alameda County, Jeff Rosen of Santa Clara County, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California sues big bank over debt collections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued JPMorgan Chase &#38; Co. today, claiming the bank used fraudulent and unlawful debt-collection practices about 100,000 Californians. The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court claims Chase engaged in widespread, illegal robo-signing, among other unlawful practices, to commit debt-collection abuses against credit-card borrowers over at least three years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State took 2,000 guns from illegal owners in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/18/state-took-2000-guns-from-illegal-owners-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California may have a sizeable leg up on other states in taking guns away from mentally ill people who are barred by law from owning them. State Attorney General Kamala Harris said Tuesday that more than 2,000 firearms were seized in 2012 from people in California who were legally barred from possessing them, including mentally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AG Kamala Harris says give, but give wisely</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/ag-kamala-harris-says-give-but-give-wisely/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/11/29/ag-kamala-harris-says-give-but-give-wisely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial fundraisers in California raised $338.5 million in 2011, but only just over half of that actually went to charitable organizations, according to a report released today by state Attorney General Kamala Harris. So in this season of giving, ask a lot of questions about how and who to give to. “This report gives Californians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers boycott contempt vote on Holder</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/06/28/lawmakers-boycott-contempt-vote-on-holder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Woolsey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama presidency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House voted 255-67 today to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for allegedly stonewalling over documents relating to the probe of the Fast and Furious “gunwalking” operation on the U.S.-Mexico border. But more than 100 Democrats left the House floor to boycott the vote, including several Bay Area lawmakers: Barbara [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kamala Harris touts pact for online-dating safety</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/20/kamala-harris-touts-pact-for-online-dating-safety/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online daters, take heart – California Attorney General Kamala Harris has your backs. Harris announced Tuesday that three of the nation’s leading online dating providers agreed to issue a joint statement of business principles to help protect people seeking their soul mates from instead falling victim to identity theft, financial scams and sexual predators. Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For-profit medical pot? No prob, law&#8217;s author says</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/28/for-profit-medical-pot-no-prob-laws-author-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/28/for-profit-medical-pot-no-prob-laws-author-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former South Bay lawmaker who authored the state&#8217;s medical marijuana framework says state officials have misunderstood, or perhaps twisted for their own ends, a crucial section of that law dealing with whether dispensaries can operate on a for-profit basis. It’s been the state’s contention for years that for-profit dispensaries aren’t allowed. But former state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier seeks criminal probe of Caltrans</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/29/desaulnier-seeks-criminal-probe-of-caltrans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/29/desaulnier-seeks-criminal-probe-of-caltrans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An East Bay lawmaker asked Attorney General Kamala Harris today to open an criminal investigation into accusations of falsified inspections of the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge now under construction. State Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, wants Harris to probe Caltrans’ Foundation Inspection Branch, which was the targeted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kamala Harris reacts to feds&#8217; marijuana blitz</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/21/kamala-harris-reacts-to-feds-marijuana-blitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Attorney General Kamala Harris has now issued a brief statement about the recently announced federal crackdown on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries: &#8220;Californians overwhelmingly support the compassionate use of medical marijuana for the ill. We should all be troubled, however, by the proliferation of gangs and criminal enterprises that seek to exploit this law by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATF: No guns for medical marijuana users</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/07/atf-no-guns-for-medical-marijuana-users/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/07/atf-no-guns-for-medical-marijuana-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost lost in the hubbub of this week’s IRS and Justice Department crackdowns on California’s medical marijuana dispensaries was another revelation of federal action: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is telling gun sellers it’s illegal for medical marijuana patients to own firearms. The Sept. 21 letter from ATF Assistant Director Arthur Herbert [...]]]></description>
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