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2002 Legislative Weekly Archive
Dec. 13
Tax conference online | Appointees to new commission on budget? | Tax & Corp Counsel legislation | Davis suspends transfer of gas tax to transportation fund
Dec. 6
Work comp deductible | MIC at risk? | UCLA economic forecast | Boomerang environmental bills | Energy transmission siting authority
Nov. 27
Old Senate, New Assembly | Producer responsibility and e-waste | CA not alone in budget crisis
Nov. 22
Ergonomics "working group" | Leg Analyst reports additional deficit | CMTA urges reforms to help high tech
Nov. 14
Environmental conference | CPUC lifts surcharge restriction | Proposed budget proccess | CMTA promotes manufacturing at poverty hearing
Nov. 8
2.7 cent direct access fee | Industrial stormwater permit | Employment investigative reports | Hot 2003 legislative topics
Nov. 1
Ergonomics to be reviewed | Jones predicts 58 percent voter turnout | CMTA Urges Attention to Budget Crisis After Elections
Oct. 24
Exit fee decision postponed | "Be a manager, go to jail" bill signed | CMTA board votes to oppose prop 50 | CMTA promotes manufacturing at poverty hearing
Oct. 17
Sick leave bill signed | Economic development hearing | Exit fee decision near
Oct. 9
Last Minute environmental vetoes | Demand response group focus on large users | LAO report | Ergonomics bill
Oct. 4
Generators respond to CPUC report
Sept. 27
Paid family leave bill signed by Governor | Governor signs key energy bill | Exit fees proceeding
Sept. 13
Pseudo safety bill | Gov. signs summary judgment bill | Gov. signs renewable portfolio standards bill | Prop 50 - water bond bait & switch?
Sept. 6
Paid Family Medical Leave | Aggregation Bills Put Customer Generation at Risk | Environmental Legislation
Aug. 30
Workers' Comp Bill Ignores Employers | Assembly Committee Slaps Businesses | Assembly Rush To Judgment | Aggregation Bills Approved | New Life for SB 1444 | State Budget Stalemate Continues | Manufacturing Facts | Talking Points
Aug. 23
Aug. 16
Plaintiff's Attorneys' Push | "Polluter Pays" or Budget Backfill? | Ergonomic Petition | Renewable Portfolio Standard | Manufacturing Jobs Decline | Poll Shows Simon Down
Aug. 9
Energy Conference a Success | Legislature in a 4-Week Sprint | Finance Says "Cut Spending" | Expanding Coastal Commission Authority | Employers and Soc Security #'s | Exit Fees
Aug. 2
Revised Work Comp Evaluation | Burton Wants a Study on Government Finance | Power Facility Postponement | Three Bills Top Environmental List
July 26
CMTA Energy Conference | Davis Vows to Fight FERC | Budget and Kathleen Connell | More Unemployment Insurance Costs
July 19
Budget Stalemate
July 12
New Alcohol Taxes | Land Use Veto Authority | Peevey Grilled by Senate | Simon/Davis
July 3
Senate Passes Budget | Personal Income Tax Increase Out | Joannessen Ostracized | Greenhouse Emissions Bill Passes | Undocumented Workers Bill Advances | Edison's Proposed HPC | Bay Area Failing on Affordable Housing
June 26
Anti-Trust Measure Fails | Renewable Direct Access Bill Not Dead yet | E-Waste Bill Stripped | State Contract Bill Defeated | Rising Health Care Costs
June 21
Gov. Wants Larger Budget Reserve | Conference Committee Hits Snag | More Penalties for Safety Violations | Low level Radioactive Waste Disposal | Renewable power gains momentum | Manufacturing employment continues to slide | CMTA Service Corp. awarded $500,000
June 14
Budget Chasm | 'Conformity' Taxes | Penalties for Safety Violations | Environmental Justice Bill | Power Authority's New Program | New Term Limits Proposal | CMTA's Insurance Program
June 7
Family Paid Leave | Exit Fees -- 2.6 cents vs .7 cents | Moderate Dems Come through on Environmental Bills | Restricting Corporate Competitiveness
May 31
Economic Recovery & Sales Tax Reduction | Accounting Bill Fails | Industrial Welfare Commission | Unemployment & Manufacturing Jobs | School Accountability | Lynch & Brownell Join Lineup of CMTA Conference Speakers
May 24
More Bad News for Employers & Employees | The Tax Man Cometh | So-called Chemical Cleanup Bill Stalled | Edison's 'Historical Procuement Charge' | Lakers/Kings
May 10
Pension Conformity | Sen Peace Brings back 'Split-Roll' | Chemical Use Reduction Bill | Asm Wright Getting Utilities Back on Track | Background Investigation Bill | Immigration Bill
May 2
125,000 Manufacturing Jobs | Soda Tax Fizzles | CARB, Pavley and Keely | Renewable Direct Access
Apr. 26
Accounting Bill | Pension Conformity | Health Care Mandates Held | Insurers Tax on Work Comp | Greenhouse Emissions Bill | Generator 'Market Power' Bill
Apr. 19
AB 1890 Provisions | Teachers Collective Bargaining | Net Operating Loss | Asbestos Litigation | Chemical Security Act
Apr. 12
Exit Fees| Air Quality Suit to be Dropped | TMDL Bill Signed | Pension Conformity | Vocational Rehabilitation Bill Derailed
Apr. 5
Indoor Pollution | Fair Judicial Access for Tax Disputes | Vocational Rehab | 8.7 Billion in Transportation Projects | CPUC's Duque May be Forced Out
Mar. 28
Generator Inspection Bill Set for Mon. Vote | Pension Conformity Bill Amended | CEQA Expansion Bill | Reminder - No State Funds for Anti-Union Activity
Mar. 22
CPUC Votes to Continue Direct Access | Retroactive Unemployment Insurance | Bay Area Smog
Mar. 15
Lockyer Sues | Generators Face Inspection Bill | More Unemployment Insurance | Environmental Justice | Wesson Completes Chair Appointments
Mar. 8
Peevey Apppointed to CPUC | Anti-Terror or Anti-Business? | DWR Exit Fees Analysis | Work Comp Worrying Employers
Mar. 1
Bilas Quits | Energy Coma | Environmental Bills | Work Comp Wake-Up Call | Work Grant for Boeing Workers
Feb. 22
Prop 65 and Lockyer | Direct Access Decision Delay | Electricity Supply Forecast | Power Authority Approves Investment Plan | Davis Signs Work Comp | State Budget Picture | Dutra to Lead Moderates
Feb. 15
Direct Access Exit Fees | Retro UI Passes First Committee | Romero Targets Business Environmental Practices | More Unemployment Numbers
Feb. 8
Retroactive Direct Access | Work Comp on Governor's Desk | Wesson Names Leadership | E-Waste Legislation | Online Privacy | Two CMTA Ballot Positions
Feb. 1
Direct Access | Electricity Rate Agreement | Natural Gas Rate Stabilization | Stealth Workers' Compensation | Environmental Legislation | Tax Conformity
Jan. 25
Work Comp Bill Exceeds Advertised Estimate | CMTA Members Earn Environmental Honors | Alternative Protective Orders/Confidential Settlements Legislation Killed | Energy Resource Investment Plan | Build-up of Energy Agencies
Jan. 18
New Work Comp Bill | Retroactive Unemployment Insurance | Environmentally Preferable Purchasing | Energy Issues Not Moving at the Speed of Light | Letter to AG on 3000 Prop 65 Claims
Jan. 11
CMTA to Undertake Study | New IWC Commissioner | Too Many Energy Agencies? | Prop 65 and Lawsuit Landslide | Privacy Legislation Reform | Lon Hatamiya and E-Commerce
Jan. 4
Workers' Comp Initiatives | 2001 Environmental Bills Still Loom | Fate of 2 Power Generation Bills | LAO Recommends Tax Increases | Restructuring State's Debt | Manufacturing Job Losses Continue
2001
Dec. 14
Work-Sharing Campaign | Trade Promotion Authority
Dec. 5
CPUC Opposition to PG&E Plan | Enron and PG&E Impacts | Cal-OSHA Investigation | Assemblywoman Pavley and Emissions Leg
Nov. 29
Direct Access | Freeman Interested in Re-negotiating Long Term Contracts | -Burton Outraged
Nov. 21
Employers Score Victory on Pay During Shutdowns | DTSC & Mercury | New Department of Finance Numbers | Natural Gas Costs Going Down
Nov. 15
Plenty of Energy, Little Trust | Energy Efficiency Funding | Retroactive UI Benefits | CARB & Environmental Justice | Waste Board Adopts Strategic Plan | State of the Economy Hearing | Davis Slashes Budget
Nov. 7
Energy Policies Revisited | Remember the Interruptible Program | Economy & Tech Sector | 'English-Only' Rule
Nov. 3
Bay Area Investment Venture Investment Falls | CMTA Gets Veto on Bill Restricting Sick Leave
Oct.26
Economy Continues to Slide | Direct Access | Employers & Temporary Plant Shutdowns | Waste Board Delays Adoption of Controversial Strategic Plan| Intellectual Property
Oct. 22
DWR Contracts & Bonds | Power Authority & Financing | Labor Bills Signed | Davis Vetoes CMTA-backed bills | Waste Board not helping State's economy
Oct. 5
SCE Settlement | CARB's Contribution to Economic Downturn | Unemployment Insurance Signed | Task Force on Economic Impacts of Terrorism | Space Station "Launch Vehicle" Infrastructure | Opinion Changing on Term Limits
Sept. 28
3rd Extraordinary Session | Natural Gas Forecasting | Tax & Intellectual Property | Mandatory Coverage for Drug & Alcohol Abuse | Work Comp Premium Increase
Sept. 20
Energy highlights | Benefits increase | Finance report | Standy Charges | EOB/ISO/CPUC | Felony exercise of market power | Natural gas supplies | Stormwater monitoring | Prop. 65 reform | CARB admin. reform | Wastewater recycling | -Air pollution mitigation funding
September 6
Electrical Restructuring | Natural Gas Fees | Eminent Domain | Strict Liability | Illegal Electricity Practices | Trial de Novo Protective Orders | Career & Technical Education | Educational Facilities Bond | Workers' Compensation | Unemployment Insurance | Stormwater | Safe Drinking Water | Environmental Forecast
August 24
Work Comp Amendments Baffle Business Comm | Direct Access | Nat Gas Exit Fees | Trial de Novo | Lockyer & Prop 65 Reform | Gas Tax & Actual Trans. Funding
August 17
How Business Friendly is our State? | Business Litigation | Gender Discrimination | 20/20 Energy Rebate
August 9
Backup Generators | Work Comp Bill | Commercial Legal Rights for Manufacturers
July 26
Budget Items | SCE Bailout Update | Penalties on Generators | Refunds & Trans Lines | Exit Fees & Gas Users | Gas Initiative Cleared | OSHA & Ergonomics | Don't Forget the Environmental Bills
July 20:
SCE Bailout | FERC Refunds | Ratepayer Advocate Authority | Initiative Process Preferred | SB 11 Not Yet Amended | Prop 65 Reform
July 13:
Friday the 13th Surprise | More or Less Energy | Unemployment Insurance Bill One Step Closer | Stormwater Bill Put Over | Technical Education Funding | Economy Update
July 5
DWR Wants $ to Flow their Way | Lockyer & Grand Jury | More Windfall Profits Tax | Liability for Electrical Non-Generation | Streamlining Pipeline Permits | Energy Oversight Board | Fishing Limits | Ergonomics
June 29
Direct Access Efforts | Sigh of Relief on AB 60 Interpretation
June 21
Another Nail in the Coffin | Equitable Blackouts | Eminent Domain | Felony Fuel Shortages | MIC is Saved! | Meritless Lawsuits | Sierra Club and Trial Lawyers | Environmental Justice | Labor Commission Interpreting AB 60
June 7
Summer Energy Reliability | Hertzberg Forces Trial Lawyer Bill | Radiation Safety Act Likely a Two-Year Bill | ETP Loses $46.7 Million in Funds
June 1
More Bills Driving Away Power Generation | The Fate of Fiscal Environmental Bills
May 18
CPUC Blows It | Davis Tightens Budget | 2nd Special Session | MIC Stays in the "May Revise" | ETP Funds Shifted Away in Budget | Groundwater Monitoring Program | Leonard Drops "Split Roll"
May 10
Rate Increase Proposed Decision | Trial Lawyers and Steinberg | Medical Confidentiality | Pavley and the Environment
May 3
Energy Crunch Time | Tax Guise | State Run Health Plan | Legislating Land Use
April 26
Timing is Everything | UI Insurance and Blackouts | Economy and Rate Increases | Binding Arbitration | Workers Comp Bail Out
April 19
Direct Access | Drug Free Workplace in Jeopardy | Innocent Defendants Hostage | DWR
April 12
QF's | Employee Off Duty behavior | Environmental Justice | Bond Requirements in Class Action Suits
April 5
Confidential Settlements | Opt-Out Decision | Health Care Mandates | UCLA Study | Chromium-6
March 29
CPUC & Rate Increases | Sick Leave | California Based Companies Looking for Leg Up
March 22
Urgent Energy Issues | Split Roll & Bill Leonard | New Ideas for Recycling | Employer Retaliation | Dot-Coms Looking Grim
March 15
Energy Bills Keep Piling Up | The State of State's Economy | Corporate Liability and Bonding | Another Work Comp hearing | Spot Bills for TMDL Leg
March 7
Kwalwasser to ETP | Emergency Generators | Ergonomics Debated in Washington DC | Reforming Property Tax Assessment Appeals | Rational Water Quality Regulation
March 1
Flood of Environmental Leg | Backup & Dist. Gen. | No Evidence........No Problem | Displaced Janitors
February 22
LA Issues Warning on Budget | Curtailment Programs | Workers' Comp Hearings | "Erin Brokovich Factor" | Regulation Roadblock
February 15
Energy Synopsis | USEPA & Diesel Generators | MIC Update | Appointment Criteria for State Boards | State Economy
February 8
Extraordinary Session | Trial Lawyers | Electronic Confidentiality | Housing Crisis | Brownfields
January 31
Gov's Energy Team | DWP Checkbook | New Tax Leg | Unemployment Insurance | Advanced Disposal Fees
January 25
Interruptible Woes | New Energy Advisors | Energy & Tax Issues Converge | New Independent Contractors
January 11
Good News on Tax Front | Will Industry Pick Up Energy Tab? | Corporate Confidentiality | Costal Commission Undaunted | US and Southland Economy Expected to Cool