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Green Party Candidate Excluded from California Governor's Debate

While governor hopefuls Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman debated on Tuesday night in San Rafael, the Green Party candidate for governor was being arrested outside the hall. Police charged Laura Wells with trespassing after she tried to get into the debate that she was not allowed to participate in. Ref. Source 7

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Radio ad warns of petition drives, draws critics

The radio ad sounds unsettling, warning of the dangers of signing political petitions. It's sponsored by "Californians Against Identity Theft," but some think it's a political tactic at a time when several signature campaigns are seeking to limit public employee pensions or ban labor-friendly pacts known as "project labor agreements" on public works projects Ref. Source 9

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Minorities to get bigger voice in supervisorial districts

San Diego County plans to create a supervisorial district where the majority of the population is made up of ethnic minorities, abandoning its original redistricting plan after civil rights lawyers threatened legal action. Ref. Source 7

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Gov. Signs bill letting minors seek HPV vaccinations without parental consent

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that gives children 12 or older the right to obtain preventive treatment for sexually transmitted diseases without parental consent, including an HPV immunization for cervical cancer. Ref. Source 5

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Occupy San Diego movement marches on

More than a week into the Occupy San Diego movement, nearly 1,000 demonstrators participated in a march and rally Saturday to protest corporate greed. Ref. Source 7

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California Refuses to Accept Obama's Banking Sellout:

There is no three-strikes law for crooked bankers, not even a law for a fifth strike, as The New York Times reported in the case of Citigroup, cited last month in a $1 billion fraud case. Ref. Source 8

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California Officials Turn Up The Heat On Secretive 'Dark Money' Groups:

California officials have widened an investigation into the source of $11 million that was mysteriously funnelled by a few nonprofit groups in 2012 to sway two ballot measures in the state. Ref. Source 4

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State politicians get 5.3 percent boost

SACRAMENTO — State politicians were granted 5.3 percent raises on Wednesday, now that California government is enjoying an infusion of cash from November's voter-approved Proposition 30 tax increases. The pay hikes were ... Ref. CNN