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  • California leg roundup: beer, erectile dysfunction and the FPPC

    05/04/2006 9:40:50 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 542+ views
    Capitol Weekly ^ | 5/4/06 | Shane Goldmacher
    As the weather heats up in Sacramento, so does the legislating. This month dozens of bills are moving from committees to the floor, across the rotunda and back again. This week Capitol Weekly is taking a look at some of the less-noticed measures up for consideration. And we start with everyone's favorites: sex, drugs and alcohol. Newly elected Assembly Republican leader George Plescia, R-San Diego, is pushing a measure to take popular erectile-dysfunction (ED) drugs like Viagra off the list of medications covered by state's Medi-Cal laws. The bill, A.B. 2885, would make it so Medi-Cal can only cover those...
  • Bill would require textbooks to mention gays' contributions (More sewage from Kal)

    04/30/2006 6:20:56 PM PDT · by LouAvul · 25 replies · 564+ views
    modbee ^ | 4/30/06 | steve lawrence
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - State Sen. Sheila Kuehl says a key aspect of history is missing from school textbooks - the contributions that homosexuals have made to California and the nation. Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, has introduced a bill that would fill that void by requiring textbooks and other social science materials to discuss contributions that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people have made to the state and nation's economy, politics and society. The bill also would prohibit textbooks from criticizing people because of their sexual orientation. Current law sets that standard for discussions of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender...