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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Don Perata</title>
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		<title>Don Perata&#8217;s daughter-in-law dead at 38</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/13/don-peratas-daughter-in-law-dead-at-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death of former state Senate President Don Perata’s daughter-in-law, found in her swimming pool Saturday morning, is under investigation by Napa Police. Family members found Catherine Perata, 38, dead shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday. Catherine Perata and her husband, Nick, 40, in 2009 founded a wine country tour company, Perata Luxury Tours &#38; Car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don Perata endorses Eric Swalwell for Congress</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/don-perata-endorses-eric-swalwell-for-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/08/14/don-perata-endorses-eric-swalwell-for-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=20657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, today announced he’s endorsing Dublin councilman and Alameda County prosecutor Eric Swalwell in his campaign to unseat Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont. “It is time for new energy and true leadership from the next Representative in Congress for the 15th District, and Eric Swalwell is the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ong, like Perata, proves too hot to handle</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/17/ong-like-perata-proves-too-hot-to-handle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/17/ong-like-perata-proves-too-hot-to-handle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:16:31 +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=19844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My household yesterday received the latest of many, many mailers from the campaign of Jennifer Ong, an optometrist from Hayward who&#8217;s running for the 20th Assembly District seat. But this one was a little different, a little more&#8230; substantial&#8230; (click to enlarge) Thanks, Mrs. Ong. I must say, this gave me a mild case of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don Perata &amp; friends paid by Prop. 29 campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/23/don-perata-friends-paid-by-prop-29-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former state Senate President Pro Tem and 2010 Oakland mayoral candidate Don Perata, who helped conceive, introduce and raise money for the tobacco-tax ballot measure on this June’s ballot, has a lot of friends who are making money from the campaign, new reports show. Perata’s “Hope 2012” ballot-measure committee began raising money for what’s now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UC Regents endorse Perata&#8217;s tobacco tax measure</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/16/uc-regents-endorse-peratas-tobacco-tax-measure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/16/uc-regents-endorse-peratas-tobacco-tax-measure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Regents of the University of California have endorsed the tobacco-tax-for-cancer-research ballot measure co-chaired by former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, perhaps seeing a windfall of research dollars in their future. In a public hearing Wednesday, Perata – a 2010 Oakland mayoral candidate who now lives in Orinda – had told the Regents’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco tax proponents gird for battle</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/08/tobacco-tax-proponents-gird-for-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/03/08/tobacco-tax-proponents-gird-for-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=15361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the budget battle reaches fever pitch in Sacramento, the fate of a tobacco tax to fund cancer research hangs in the balance. As of now, the ballot measure shepherded by former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata and backed by the American Heart Association, American Lung Association and American Cancer Society is scheduled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longtime Perata aide to work for Gov. Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/24/longtime-perata-aide-to-work-for-gov-brown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/24/longtime-perata-aide-to-work-for-gov-brown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=14904</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A longtime aide to former state Senate President Pro Tem and 2010 Oakland mayoral candidate Don Perata has been named to an important post in Gov. Jerry Brown’s office. Gareth Elliott, 40, of Sacramento, will serve as Brown’s legislative affairs secretary, the governor’s office announced today. The legislative affairs secretary is a lynchpin of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Don Perata&#8217;s mayoral election defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/11/inside-don-peratas-mayoral-election-defeat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/11/inside-don-peratas-mayoral-election-defeat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata – who entered Oakland’s mayoral race with big-time name recognition and fundraising prowess, and who outspent all his rivals enormously – lost the race to City Councilmember Jean Quan. He conceded this morning. This was Oakland’s first foray into ranked-choice voting, and there were 10 candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FPPC: No problem with Perata&#8217;s campaign loan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/09/fppc-no-problem-with-peratas-campaign-loan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/09/fppc-no-problem-with-peratas-campaign-loan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no evidence that Don Perata violated the state’s campaign finance laws when he loaned money from his company to his Oakland mayoral campaign, the state’s political watchdog agency says. California’s Fair Political Practices Commission notified the former state Senate President Pro Tem in an Oct. 14 letter that it had “initiated an investigation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perata launches first TV ad of mayoral campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/20/perata-launches-first-tv-ad-of-mayoral-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/09/20/perata-launches-first-tv-ad-of-mayoral-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata over the weekend launched the first television ad of the Oakland mayoral campaign: Perata campaign spokesman Rhys Williams wouldn’t discuss the ad buy’s size: “We don&#8217;t disclose strategy to other campaigns – directly or via press – but it will be on air enough for all Oaklanders [...]]]></description>
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