Legislative News
- December 16, 2008
- CPF President Helps Elect Next U.S. President
The votes were finally counted on Monday, and Barack Obama has won California by a vote of 55 to 0. And the man doing the counting was a familiar face to California's first responders. Participating in a ritual dating to the founding of the Republic, California's Electoral College was convened December 15th at the State Capitol in Sacramento. CPF President Lou Paulson was chosen by Senator Barbara Boxer to serve as one of the 55 electors.
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- September 29, 2008
- Governor Signs Bills to Strengthen Emergency Response
The Governor signed legislation to boost California's wildfire prevention and firefighting capabilities, including measures that update existing fuel management laws, promote healthier forests and make it easier to access firefighting equipment and private donations.
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- September 17, 2008
- Legislature Approves Budget Deal
California’s longest budget stalemate in history came to an end yesterday, when the Legislature approved a state spending plan in the early hours of the morning and sent it to the Governor.
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- September 5, 2008
- CPF State Budget Briefing
For the first time ever, the second year of the regular two-year legislative session recessed August 31st with the passage of roughly 1,000 bills … the 2008-09 State Budget bill, however, was not one of those bills. As of this writing, California faces the 67th day in what has turned out to be the longest state budget impasse in our state’s history.
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