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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Joe Simitian</title>
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		<title>Simitian: &#8216;Hands-free&#8217; law is saving lives</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/05/simitian-hands-free-law-is-saving-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Joe Simitian is declaring victory now that a new study shows a steep dropoff in distracted-driving deaths since his hands-free phone law took effect for California drivers. The analysis, conducted by UC-Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center and released by the state Office of Traffic Safety, examined state crash records two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New law cracks down on &#8216;robotripping&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/12/20/new-law-cracks-down-on-robotripping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California on New Year’s Day becomes the first state to bar the sale of over-the-counter cold and cough medications containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to minors. Senate Bill 514 by state Senator Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, requires store clerks to check ID so no one under 18 buys these medications, which cause a potentially life-threatening high when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Use red-light cameras for safety, not cash</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/27/study-use-red-light-cameras-for-safety-not-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outsourcing traffic enforcement to red-light and speed camera vendors can spell trouble for municipalities, according to a new report from a consumer watchdog group. The report by the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) finds that about half the states have enabled use of automated traffic cameras, letting local governments contract with private companies to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown vetoes bill to beef up hands-free law</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/07/brown-vetoes-bill-to-beef-up-hands-free-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/07/brown-vetoes-bill-to-beef-up-hands-free-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a Bay Area lawmaker’s bill to beef up the law against handling cell phones while driving. SB 28 by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, would’ve increased fines for motorists who use cell phones without a hands-free device or who text while driving; subsequent violations would’ve been made punishable by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-light camera regulation bill moves forward</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/16/red-light-camera-regulation-bill-moves-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 22:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill to regulate “red-light cameras” – including provisions to make it easier to challenge unjustified traffic tickets – passed the state Senate today on a unanimous 36-0 vote; it now goes to the Assembly. SB 29 by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, would require that camera locations be chosen on safety considerations, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New bills on booze, child care, energy, bullies</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/12/06/new-bills-on-booze-child-care-energy-bullies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/12/06/new-bills-on-booze-child-care-energy-bullies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like the swallows to San Juan Capistrano, state lawmakers flocked back to Sacramento today, some to be sworn into their new terms, some to introduce bills, some perhaps just to keep their seats warm. Among the Bay Area delegation’s legislative priorities: sangria, child care, party buses, public utilities, human trafficking, renewable energy and bullying (in [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Steinberg names state Senate committee chairs</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/12/02/steinberg-names-state-senate-committee-chairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/12/02/steinberg-names-state-senate-committee-chairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento – how weird not to be writing “Don Perata!” – rolled out his committee chair appointments today: Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego: Appropriations Committee Ron Calderon, D-Montebello: Banking &#038; Finance Committee Denise Ducheny, D-San Diego: Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Gloria Negrete-McLeod, D-Chino: Business, Professions &#038; Economic Development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad driving isn&#8217;t a civil liberty</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/01/bad-driving-isnt-a-civil-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/01/bad-driving-isnt-a-civil-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like FlashReport.org, the news and commentary roundup maintained by Jon Fleischman, a vice chairman of the California Republican Party; I don&#8217;t always agree, but it&#8217;s a well-organized roundup of news and opinion, and I check it most days. Yet I think he went off the rails today in his diatribe against the law that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Don giveth and the Don taketh away</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/25/the-don-giveth-and-the-don-taketh-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/25/the-don-giveth-and-the-don-taketh-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our MediaNews bureau in Sacramento offered this notable tidbit over the weekend: It looks like Sen. Joe Simitian&#8216;s trip to the doghouse will be short. Last week, the Palo Alto Democrat was stripped of his prestigious chairmanship of the Senate environment committee. The discipline was meted out by Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, [...]]]></description>
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