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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Joan Buchanan</title>
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		<title>New laws signed on prostitution, child car seats</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/27/new-laws-signed-on-prostitution-child-car-seats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown signed several bills by Bay Area lawmakers today, including one that lets juveniles convicted of prostitution seal their records without proving they’ve been rehabilitated, and another that aims to boost infant car-seat safety. AB 2040, by Assemblyman Sandré Swanson, D-Oakland, “provides that an adult who was previously adjudicated to be a ward [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jared Huffman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Allen]]></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>Help is on the way for Mt. Diablo&#8217;s beacon</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/17/help-is-on-the-way-for-mt-diablos-beacon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/17/help-is-on-the-way-for-mt-diablos-beacon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Buchanan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed into law an East Bay Assemblywoman’s bill to fix the Eye of Diablo, the beacon atop Mt. Diablo in Mt. Diablo State Park. AB 1916 by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, authorizes the state Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an operating agreement with the nonprofit Save Mount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scandal can&#8217;t slow Assembly fundraising</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/28/scandal-cant-slow-assembly-fundraising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/02/28/scandal-cant-slow-assembly-fundraising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Assembly election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even a key supporter’s scandal can’t slow the hustle and bustle of a contested campaign. Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer – now in rehabilitation for undisclosed addictions after a former lover allegedly attacked her in a Newark motel room early this month – and her husband, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, had been scheduled to hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials crow over State Route 4 Bypass</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/18/officials-crow-over-state-route-4-bypass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/18/officials-crow-over-state-route-4-bypass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A flock of federal, state and local officials took a victory lap out in Brentwood this morning at the site of the State Route 4 Bypass project, which they said will create hundreds of jobs, reduce traffic congestion and improve driver safety. The project recently received $25 million in funding from the California Transportation Commission, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the East Bay&#8217;s veterans of the year</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/22/meet-the-east-bays-veterans-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/22/meet-the-east-bays-veterans-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Wieckowski]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of the East Bay’s Assembly members named a Veteran of the Year this week, to be recognized at the Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee’s annual luncheon today in Sacramento. Read all about these inspirational vets, after the jump… In the 11th District, Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, picked Nathan Johnson of Concord. Johnson served in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buchanan named to Delta Protection Commission</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/04/buchanan-named-to-delta-protection-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/04/buchanan-named-to-delta-protection-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 23:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Assembly Speaker John Perez has named Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, to serve as an ex-officio member of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Protection Commission, which protects, maintains and enhances the Delta’s environment, Buchanan announced. “Recognizing and enhancing the unique cultural, recreational and agricultural resources of the Delta benefits all Californians,” she said in her news release. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buchanan v. Wilson: The final AD15 numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/31/buchanan-v-wilson-the-final-ad15-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/31/buchanan-v-wilson-the-final-ad15-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the numbers came in too late for inclusion in my roundup for tomorrow’s paper, but campaign finance reports filed today show the East Bay’s only hotly contested general election for a state legislative seat was quite costly. Incumbent Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, raised $3.275 million and spent $3.266 million in 2009-10 to fend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.Bay lawmakers react to Jerry Brown&#8217;s SOTS</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/31/e-bay-lawmakers-react-to-jerry-browns-sots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/31/e-bay-lawmakers-react-to-jerry-browns-sots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=14997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some East Bay lawmakers are sounding off on the State of the State address that Gov. Jerry Brown delivered earlier this evening. Guess what: They liked it. From state Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro: “This governor is being honest with the Legislature and the voters. We can no longer pretend the state can [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Hill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Hayashi]]></category>
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		<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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