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		<title>Reactions to Jerry Brown&#8217;s May budget revision</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/14/reactions-to-jerry-browns-may-budget-revision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles: “The Governor’s May Budget Revision is another key milestone in our effort to pass a balanced on-time budget by June 15th. We appreciate the Governor’s commitment to maintaining the fiscal stability that has come from an improving economy, legislative Democrats making tough but necessary budget cuts, voters approving [...]]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Don Perata]]></category>
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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>Oakland developer named to state medical board</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/08/oakland-developer-named-to-state-medical-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phil Tagami]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=23087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A prominent Oakland developer and political mover and shaker was appointed to the embattled California Medical Board on Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Phil Tagami, 47, of Oakland, has served in various positions at the California Capital and Investment Group since 1992, including president and CEO. He’s been responsible for leading the redevelopments of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda&#8217;s endorsers &amp; Khanna&#8217;s &#8216;digital advocates&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/hondas-endorsers-khannas-digital-advocates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/hondas-endorsers-khannas-digital-advocates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2014 primary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle for the 17th Congressional District continues as Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, rolls out a new batch of endorsements and Democratic challenger Ro Khanna fires up his digital grassroots. Honda on Tuesday announced the endorsements of state Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, Assembly Speaker John Perez, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yee will offer bill to ban 3-D printable guns</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/07/yee-will-offer-bill-to-ban-3-d-printable-guns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though a federal bill to criminalize the 3-D printing of guns or certain gun components is pending in Congress, at least one California lawmaker wants to get in on the action, too. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, said he’ll introduce legislation to prohibit use of 3-D printers to create untraceable firearms. “While I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Jerry Brown signs law to fund gun seizures</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/gov-jerry-brown-signs-law-to-fund-gun-seizures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/01/gov-jerry-brown-signs-law-to-fund-gun-seizures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a Bay Area senator’s bill to use $24 million from gun background-check fees to boost a program that takes handguns and assault weapons away from those who aren’t legally allowed to have them. This is the first gun-policy bill to make it to Brown’s desk this year. SB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A gun-policy bill on which both parties agree</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/30/a-gun-policy-bill-on-which-both-parties-agree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently there’s at least one gun-policy bill in Sacramento on which both sides of the aisle can agree. The state Senate Public Safety Committee today approved SB 644, by Sen. Anthony Cannella, R-Modesto, which would increase penalties for felons caught in possession of firearms. It’s already illegal in California for convicted felons to possess firearms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark DeSaulnier named &#8216;Regionalist of the Year&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/29/mark-desaulnier-named-regionalist-of-the-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bay Area Council, a public policy group consisting of the region’s 275 largest employers, has named state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier as its inaugural “Regionalist of the Year.” The council called DeSaulnier, D-Concord, a champion of regional cooperation and solutions on issues of transportation, healthcare, economic, housing, land-use planning and environmental protection, among others. “Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil severance tax measure to start circulating</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/25/oil-severance-tax-measure-to-start-circulating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed ballot measure to enact an oil severance tax, with most of the revenue spent on education, has received its official title and summary and is about to start circulating for petition signatures. Conceived by UC-Berkeley students, the California Modernization and Economic Development Act places a 9.5 percent tax on oil and gas extracted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April 30 hearing on bills to speed death penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/23/april-30-hearing-on-bills-to-speed-death-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/23/april-30-hearing-on-bills-to-speed-death-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot from having successfully opposed last year’s ballot measure to abolish California’s death penalty, prosecutors now are pushing legislation to put condemned inmates to death faster. The two bills by state Sen. Joel Anderson, R-El Cajon, and sponsored by the California District Attorneys Association, will be heard next Tuesday, April 30 by the state Senate [...]]]></description>
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