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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Fiona Ma</title>
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		<title>New chairmanships for Bay Area lawmakers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/09/new-chairmanships-for-bay-area-lawmakers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/09/new-chairmanships-for-bay-area-lawmakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Wieckowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Perez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nora Campos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Gordon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chair]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chairwoman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jared Huffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Employees Retirement and Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some Assembly members from the Bay Area were given influential committee chairs as Speaker John Perez reshuffled his leadership yesterday. Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, takes over as chair of the Education Committee, on which she has served since her election to the Assembly in 2008; earlier, she’d served on the San Ramon Valley school board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better budget more time for your booze buys</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/10/better-budget-more-time-for-your-booze-buys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/10/better-budget-more-time-for-your-booze-buys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AB 183]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calfornia Grocers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Police Chiefs Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Professional Firefighters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh & Easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MADD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Against Drunk Driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scanners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self checkout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFCW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Food and Commercial Workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California will no longer allow alcohol sales through self-checkouts, under a bill signed into law late Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown. AB 183 by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, requires that alcohol sales be a face-to-face transaction in which a clerk checks a person’s ID and can check for sobriety. Ma cited a a 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry words as Democrats move budget forward</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/15/angry-words-as-democrats-move-budget-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/15/angry-words-as-democrats-move-budget-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Harman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Berryhill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lots of tough words are flying back and forth across the aisle as the Legislature has sent a Democratic party-line budget to Gov. Jerry Brown. From state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro: “Today Democrats have passed a balanced budget and respected the state constitutional deadline and voters’ wishes. While this was the responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative battle over self-checkout alcohol sales</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/03/legislative-battle-over-self-checkout-alcohol-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/03/legislative-battle-over-self-checkout-alcohol-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Grocers Association]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hector De La Torre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Against Drunk Driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self checkout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tesco]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your quick trip to the supermarket for a six-pack of brews or a bottle of vino might take a bit longer if the state Senate approves a bill that would bar retailers from letting customers buy alcohol through self-service checkouts. AB 183 by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, is based on the argument that self-checkout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers urge you to &#8216;eat local&#8217; on Sundays</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/22/lawmakers-urge-you-to-eat-local-on-sundays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/22/lawmakers-urge-you-to-eat-local-on-sundays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACR 42]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy California grown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathleen Galgiani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eat local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livingston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacramento]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some California lawmakers want you to light a fire under the state’s economy by “eating local.” Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco; Assembly Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Cathleen Galgiani, D-Livingston; and Foster Farms marketing director Ira Brill will be joined by other state lawmakers and agricultural leaders at a news conference tomorrow morning on the State Capitol’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiona Ma invites you to a super colon</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/10/fiona-ma-invites-you-to-a-super-colon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/10/fiona-ma-invites-you-to-a-super-colon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACR 23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assemblywoman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Colorectal Cancer Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colorectal cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacramento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Capitol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strides for Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nope, not a typo. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, sent out a news release this afternoon announcing she’ll co-host a &#8220;super colon&#8221; on the State Capitol’s North Lawn from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to raise awareness on colorectal cancer (and not – I repeat, NOT – as commentary on the state budget process). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More from local lawmakers on Brown&#8217;s budget</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/11/more-from-local-lawmakers-on-browns-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/11/more-from-local-lawmakers-on-browns-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Hayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Skinner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state budget]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[revenues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=14781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the day speaking with Bay Area lawmakers about Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal, and as always, there was a lot more than could fit into the story filed for the print editions. “Democrats elected Jerry Brown and part of why we elected him is because of his leadership, the fact that he’s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers ride out-of-district money wave</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/18/lawmakers-ride-out-of-district-money-wave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/05/18/lawmakers-ride-out-of-district-money-wave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Torrico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elaine Alquist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Corbett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Coto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Simitian]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=11742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California lawmakers over the past three years raised 79 percent of campaign funds from outside their districts, according to a new study by the data-crunching wizards at Berekeley-based nonpartisan nonprofit MAPLight.org. MAPLight.org (that’s “MAP” as in “Money In Politics”) found California legislators serving as of Aug. 31, 2009 – 79 Assembly members and 40 Senators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dems highlight budget cuts&#8217; impact</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/04/dems-highlight-budget-cuts-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/04/dems-highlight-budget-cuts-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Their caucus having kowtowed to the Republican minority and Gov. Schwarzenegger on much of the budget agreement, Bay Area Legislative Democrats are keeping a busy schedule of complaining about the agreement’s impacts. Assembly Select Committee on Schools and Community chairman Tom Torlakson, D-Antioch, and Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, are holding a hearing this morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Paid sick days a public-health bonanza</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/30/report-paid-sick-days-a-public-health-bonanza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/30/report-paid-sick-days-a-public-health-bonanza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alberto Torrico]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[paid sick days]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rajiv Bhatia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study makes a compelling case for a pending bill that would require all California employers to provide their workers with paid sick days, researchers say. The report – produced by Human Impact Partners (an Oakland-based nonprofit project of the Tides Center) and the San Francisco Department of Public Health – says the proposed [...]]]></description>
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