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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; California Senate</title>
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		<title>DeSaulnier to host budget town hall in Concord</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/25/desaulnier-to-host-budget-town-hall-in-concord/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/25/desaulnier-to-host-budget-town-hall-in-concord/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concord]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, will host a budget town hall on Feb. 2, where residents may share their concerns and offer ideas for improving statement government operations. The free event will be held from 7-9 p.m. at Concord City Council Chambers, 1950 Parkside Drive, Concord. For information, call 925-942-6082.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown squashes DeSaulnier&#8217;s initiative reform bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Initiative petitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california initiative reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signature gatherers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier,  D-Concord, is displeased with Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s veto of a bill that would have forced the paid signature gatherers in front of local grocery and discount stores to disclose the fact to the public. Senate Bill 448 would have required individuals who are paid to circulate an initiative, referendum, or recall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature posts members&#8217; spending</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/legislature-posts-members-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Bonilla]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bowing to political pressure, the California Legislature has released its members&#8217; office spending numbers, according to the Los Angeles Times. Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010  Assembly spending Dec. 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011 Senate spending Dec. 1, 2009, through Nov. 30, 2010 But the man who started this debate, Assemblyman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate votes to close smoking loopholes</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/senate-votes-to-close-smoking-loopholes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/02/senate-votes-to-close-smoking-loopholes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation to close loopholes in California&#8217;s groundbreaking anti-smoking laws has passed the Senate on a 25-14 vote. Senate Bill 575 by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, strips from the law most of the earlier exemptions that permitted smoking in some work environments of certain sizes including hotel lobbies, bars, taverns, banquet rooms, employee break rooms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier talks on budgets and dead governors</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/01/desaulnier-talks-on-budgets-and-dead-governors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/01/desaulnier-talks-on-budgets-and-dead-governors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, delivered his annual keynote speech at the luncheon meeting today of the Contra Costa Council. Watch the full video below. The senator spoke on a broad range of subjects. For the first time in his career, he even used Power Point presentation in an effort to focus his often rambling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier visits CCT editorial board</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/01/06/desaulnier-visits-cct-editorial-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/01/06/desaulnier-visits-cct-editorial-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the true politics addicts out there, I have posted below an hour-long video of state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier&#8217;s Tuesday visit to the Contra Costa Times&#8217; editorial board. I sat in on the session and recorded it. DeSaulnier, D-Concord, talks about the state budget and his desire to avoid the &#8220;Big Five&#8221; last-minute negotiations, his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov signs half of Contra Costa lawmakers&#8217; bills</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/12/governor-signs-half-of-contra-costa-lawmakers-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/12/governor-signs-half-of-contra-costa-lawmakers-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conta Costa representatives in the state Legislature posted mixed results in this weekend&#8217;s billapalooza, an avalanche of nearly 700 bills released after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger decided late Sunday that sufficient progress had been made on water talks. State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier&#8217;s &#8220;There Ought to Be a Law&#8221; initiative produced a bill that requires workers in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Bay legislators dubious about state water deal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/09/east-bay-legislators-dubious-about-state-water-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/09/east-bay-legislators-dubious-about-state-water-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[california water policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Torlakson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I talked with three Contra Costa state lawmakers via telephone this morning about their views on the Big Five water talks under way in Sacramento today. I did not hear much optimism about a the chances of a deal by tonight&#8217;s deadline. Sen. Mark DeSaulnier and assemblymembers Joan Buchanan and Tom Torlakson view the closed-door [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier heads to Spain on legislative junket</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/25/desaulnier-heads-to-spain-on-legislative-junket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/25/desaulnier-heads-to-spain-on-legislative-junket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboy Libertarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislative junkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Dorinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=8459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, is going to Spain to study its national water system. Per the Los Angeles Times today, the Legislature postponed its special session on prisons and water until Oct. 13 in order to accommodate DeSaulnier&#8217;s and other lawmakers&#8217; overseas exodus: &#8220;Seven state senators are heading overseas this week, some having left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier appointed chairman of reform panel</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/03/desaulnier-appointed-chairman-of-reform-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/03/desaulnier-appointed-chairman-of-reform-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 CD10 special election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[10th Congressional District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark DeSaulnier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, who lost Tuesday&#8217;s special 10th Congressional District special election, has been appointed co-chair of a joint Senate-Assembly committee on reform. The committee will look at ways to make government and the legislative process more efficient. It looks as though DeSaulnier is moving on after what had to be a disappointing loss. [...]]]></description>
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