Brown signs off on Calif. prison cell phone ban

Release Date ‎Oct 7, 2011‎ in CBS News

 
   

California Begins Moving Prison Inmates

New York Times - Jennifer Medina - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
The California Institution for Men in Chino was so crowded in 2007 that some inmates were being housed in a makeshift dormitory in the prison gym. By JENNIFER MEDINA LOS ANGELES â€" Facing an unprecedented order from the Supreme Court to decrease its ...

Governor Brown Signs Second Half of California Dream Act

Fox News - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
| AP AP California Gov. Jerry Brown, right, signs AB 130 Dream Act bill on the back of Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, left, at the Mather Luther King Library at the Los Angeles City College Monday, July 25, 2011, in Los Angeles. ...

California guv signs Dream Act

Salt Lake Tribune - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
Sacramento, Calif. • Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Saturday allowing undocumented immigrant college students access to public financial aid, marking California's relatively liberal ground in a bitter row over immigration nationwide. ...

California Dream Act Signed By Jerry Brown: Second Bill Passes

Huffington Post - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 131, the second bill of the two-part California Dream Act, allowing undocumented immigrant students to apply for state-funded financial aid for college. In July, Brown signed AB 130, making funding from ...

DREAM Act In California Signed Into Law; Undocumented Immigrant Students Will ...

Huffington Post - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Undocumented immigrant students in California will be able to receive state-funded financial aid in 2013 to attend college under a new law signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law allows top students who are on a path to ...

California passes Dream Act for immigrant students

Inquirer.net - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
LOS ANGELES â€" California governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act into law Saturday, making illegal immigrants eligible for state money to attend American universities and colleges, his office said. Under the act, illegal immigrants who ...

Calif. OKs student aid for illegal immigrants

CBS News - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
SACRAMENTO, California - Illegal immigrants can now apply for state-funded scholarships and aid at state universities in California after Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he has signed the second half of a legislative package targeting such ...

California allows college aid to illegal immigrants

Reuters - Lucy Nicholson, Dan Whitcomb - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before by state legislators in Los Angeles, California June 16, 2011. By Greg Lucas SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signs second part of Dream Act

San Jose Mercury News - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
SACRAMENTO -- Providing one of the most significant victories to the Latino electorate in a generation, Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill allowing undocumented students to apply for financial aid to state universities and community colleges. ...

California Governor Signs Dream Act

Wall Street Journal - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
By VAUHINI VARA California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday finished signing the California Dream Act, under which California students who are undocumented immigrants will qualify for state-funded financial aid for college. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signs Dream Act for state's illegal immigrants

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
Declaring the need to expand educational opportunity, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he has signed legislation making illegal immigrants eligible to receive state financial aid to attend California universities and community colleges. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed California Dream Act, legislator says

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
The lawmaker who authored the California Dream Act said Saturday that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the bill allowing Illegal immigrants attending California universities to receive state financial aid. Brown's office declined comment, ...

California governor signs ban on shark fin trade

BusinessWeek - Judy Lin - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
California's governor announced Friday that he signed a bill banning the sale, trade and possession of shark fins to protect the world's dwindling shark population. Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB376 over objections that the fins are used in a ...

Brown signs bills ensuring maternity coverage

BusinessWeek - Sheila V Kumar - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
Thousands of women in California of childbearing age are now guaranteed maternity care after Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday he signed a pair of bills designed to close a loophole that denies women maternity services. Brown said the bills ensure ...

Brown aims to make Calif. more business friendly

BusinessWeek - Judy Lin - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday that he has signed a pair of bills designed to make California's regulatory environment friendlier to businesses. The Democratic governor signed SB617, which requires state agencies to evaluate new ...

A new fight to help sharks keep their fins

Jamaica Observer - Keeble McFarlane - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
FOOD, as we all know, is that vital ingredient of life - the fuel which powers our bodies and the building material which causes the body to grow and to repair it as it gets damaged or worn out. But human beings have elevated certain foods from that ...

Brown law signing flurry includes shark fin ban

Los Angeles Times - Anthony York - ‎Oct 8, 2011‎
The governor OKs 57 bills, including the shark fin measure, boosts to natural gas pipeline safety and a ballot initiative change. He vetoes bids on motorists passing bicyclists and microchipping pets. Gov. Jerry Brown talks with his legislative affairs ...

California: Governor Signs Ban on Shark Fins

New York Times - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
By AP Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he had signed a bill banning the sale, trade or possession of shark fins. The measure, approved by the Legislature, had split Asian-American lawmakers, with some saying it was needed to protect endangered ...

Daylong celebration of century of referenda

San Francisco Chronicle - Wyatt Buchanan - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Monday marks a big birthday for one of the oldest of California's political mainstays - and no, it's not Gov. Jerry Brown or US Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The initiative, referendum and recall processes were all approved in a special election by state ...

California groups work on tax proposals for 2012 ballot

Los Angeles Times - Anthony York - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Gov. Jerry Brown has remained silent on what taxes he'll put before voters next year, but community activists, labor unions and others are trying to come up with their own plans to fill budget holes. By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times Amid Gov. ...

Calif. Gov Signs Ban on Shark Fin Trade

TIME - Judy Lin - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) â€" California's governor announced Friday that he signed a bill banning the sale, trade and possession of shark fins to protect the world's dwindling shark population. Gov. ...

Calif. to move all initiatives to November ballots

San Francisco Chronicle - Judy Lin - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving all statewide initiatives and referendums to November general election ballots. In doing so, he also postpones a scheduled vote next June vote on a rainy day fund. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill banning shark fins in California

San Jose Mercury News - Steven Harmon - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Sharks fins on sale at Pacific Seafood Trading Company in Chinatown, San Francisco on Thursday, August 18, 2011. (LiPo Ching/Mercury News) SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill that bans the sale and possession of ...

Calif. to move all initiatives to November ballots

San Jose Mercury News - Judy Lin - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
SACRAMENTO, Calif.â€"Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday he had signed a bill moving all statewide initiatives and referendums to November general election ballots, a change that also postpones a June vote on California's rainy day fund. ...

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bicycle safety bill, saying it is unsafe

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday vetoed legislation that would have required motorists to give bicyclists at least three feet of room while passing, or slow down â€" citing concern that it could cause more car accidents. Brown worried about requiring motorists ...

California bans shark fins; DC should too

San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
States have often been called the great incubators of public policy. Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that banned the sale of shark fins in California. California now joins Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and Guam in banning the sale of shark ...

Law fights regulation with regulation

Reuters - Lucy Nicholson, Steve Gorman - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
California Governor Jerry Brown speaks after vetoing the budget passed the day before by state legislators in Los Angeles, California June 16, 2011. By Greg Lucas SACRAMENTO, Calif (Reuters) - In an odd twist, California business groups applauded ...

Save the Sharks: the 21st century marine mantra

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Some fine end-of-the-week news as Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that bans the possession and sale of shark fins. The governor, who often wields a witty and even sharp pen to deliver his signing and veto messages, played it straight this time, ...

California governor signs ban on shark fin trade

CBS News - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. â€" California's governor has signed a bill banning the sale, trade or possession of shark fins, joining several other states in trying to protect the dwindling shark population. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he signed ...

Sale of shark fins outlawed by Gov. Jerry Brown

Los Angeles Times - ‎Oct 7, 2011‎
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill that outlaws the sale and possession of shark fins in California, despite protests from some Chinese American leaders that it deprived their community of an ingredient for a traditional soup. ...

 

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