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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Mark DeSaulnier</title>
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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>Bay Area-based gun control bills advance</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/17/bay-area-based-gun-control-bills-advance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a bipartisan deal on increased background checks for gun sales appears to be headed for defeat in the U.S. Senate, some state lawmakers from the Bay Area are celebrating their own progress on gun-control measures yesterday in Sacramento. The state Senate Public Safety Committee advanced a slew of gun bills on a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Bay lawmaker offers two gun control bills</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/22/east-bay-lawmaker-offers-two-gun-control-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California handguns would have to have owner-authorized safety mechanisms such as biometric readers, and stolen firearms would have to be reported within two days, under new bills from an East Bay lawmaker. “Senseless violence occurs far too often when guns fall into the wrong hands,” state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, said in a news release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reax to Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s &#8216;State of the State&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento: “We enter 2013 surrounded by the most positive atmosphere in several years, and the Governor’s State of the State address points us toward the great potential that lies ahead for California. With bold action, the Legislature worked with Governor Brown to weather the storm of fiscal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What they&#8217;re saying about the governor&#8217;s budget</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/01/10/what-theyre-saying-about-the-governors-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles: “This is a proposal that clearly shows California has turned the corner. The Governor’s budget is sober, restrained and forward thinking, and I believe it’s a solid foundation for the budget process. I am looking forward to thorough and insightful public hearings as we work with the Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown vetoes fines for failing to report gun thefts</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/28/brown-vetoes-fines-for-failing-to-report-gun-thefts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides extending the state’s “open carry” ban to long guns, Gov. Jerry Brown signed or vetoed several other firearms bills today as well. Brown vetoed SB 1366 by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, which would’ve made it an infraction – or, on the third offense, a misdemeanor &#8211; to fail to report to police the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New law ends broken-parking-meter confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/09/new-law-ends-broken-parking-meter-confusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law an East Bay legislator’s bill that would make it a bit harder for cities or counties to ticket you for parking at a broken meter. SB 1388 by state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, lets drivers park for up to the posted time limit in any parking space served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Counsel: MTA&#8217;s new HQ isn&#8217;t kosher</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/07/legislative-counsel-mtas-new-hq-isnt-kosher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/05/07/legislative-counsel-mtas-new-hq-isnt-kosher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California Legislative Counsel has determined that Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s purchase of a proposed office building in San Francisco, “was not authorized by law,” state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, said today. “This legal opinion by the respected Legislative Counsel is clear and unequivocal that MTC has overstepped its authority,” DeSaulnier, who chairs the Senate Transportation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeSaulnier seeks criminal probe of Caltrans</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/29/desaulnier-seeks-criminal-probe-of-caltrans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An East Bay lawmaker asked Attorney General Kamala Harris today to open an criminal investigation into accusations of falsified inspections of the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge now under construction. State Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, wants Harris to probe Caltrans’ Foundation Inspection Branch, which was the targeted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate to probe Bay Bridge claims</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/17/state-senate-to-probe-bay-bridge-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/17/state-senate-to-probe-bay-bridge-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senate Transportation and Housing Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, will hold a public hearing at the State Capitol next Tuesday to take testimony from Caltrans officials on the agency’s quality assurance practices for bridge construction inspection. The hearing follows up on the Sacramento Bee’s investigative report on falsified inspections of the new span of [...]]]></description>
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