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		<title>Three new chairs for Mark DeSauliner</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restoring California's Middle Class]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, announced today that the Senate Rules Committee has approved the creation of three new select committees that he&#8217;ll chair: the Select Committee on Excellence and Innovation in State Government; the Select Committee on Restoring California’s Middle Class; and the Select Committee on Small Business and the Underground Economy. In his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature source of most costly ballot measures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[senate select committee on improving state government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislators love to complain about how the ballot initiative process costs the state money and ties their hands on the budget. But a new analysis from the nonprofit Center for Governmental Studies revealed today in Oakland shows that of the $11.85 billion worth of ballot measures voters approved between 1988 and 2009, 83 percent were [...]]]></description>
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