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Bailout Watch #73 – Aug 31, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #73 - Aug 31, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Aug 31, 2001Consumer Watchdog
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Why Is The Assembly Bailout So Bad?
SB 78xx: ïForces virtually all businesses, including small businesses & family farms (approximately 180,000 Southern California businesses), to pay a $4.1 billion…
Aug 31, 2001
Energy
Calif Assembly Committee Passes Elec Profits Tax Bill 5-2
Dow Jones Newswires A Senate bill that would place a windfall-profits tax on electricity sales in California passed the Assembly Revenue and…
Aug 31, 2001Bailout Watchdogs Watch the Dogs
Citizens Film "Lobbyist Pit" As California state Assembly Members prepare to try and shove a multi-billion dollar bailout of SoCal Edison down…
Aug 31, 2001Assembly Poised to Vote on Edison Bailout Legislation No One Has Seen
Lawmakers "Walk the Plank" for Edison, Big Business In a repeat of the legislative circus that brought California deregulation in 1996, state…
Aug 31, 2001Judge to Hear Call for Dismissal of Collusive Lawsuit Against Santa Monica’s Popular Conflict of Interest Law
Oaks Project Intervenes to Shine the Light on The Truth in City of Santa Monica's Collusive Lawsuit At a status conference yesterday,…
Aug 31, 2001
Insurance
Bailout Watch Carols – Aug 30, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch Carols - Aug 30, 2001 Christmas in August…
Aug 30, 2001
Insurance
Bailout Watch #72 – Aug 30, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #72 - Aug 30, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Aug 30, 2001
Energy
Calif GOP Member Helps SoCal Ed Rescue Through Committee
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Vowing for months that California Assembly Republicans wouldn't support legislation to rescue utility Southern California Edison from the brink…
Aug 30, 2001
Energy
Assembly panel OKs Edison rescue plan
The bill won't require the utility to transfer Sierra land to a state trust.Sacramento Bee A $2.9 billion rescue plan to save…
Aug 30, 2001
Energy
Assembly committee approves Edison deal
The Associated Press A key Assembly committee approved a $2.9 billion proposal to rescue financially ailing Southern California Edison on Wednesday, following…
Aug 30, 2001
Energy
Assembly OKs bailout plan for Edison
Consumer advocates say costly bailout would be a disasterSan Francisco Chronicle In a battle that pitted the yellow armbands against the dark…
Aug 30, 2001Politicians Should Be Held Accountable for Bailout Vote, Say Consumer Advocates
Consumer advocates said "politicians betrayed the public" by voting for a bailout of Edison, in a key committee Wednesday night. The legislation…
Aug 30, 2001Judge to Hear Call for Dismissal of Collusive Lawsuit Against Santa Monica’s Popular Conflict of Interest Law
Oaks Project Intervenes to Shine the Light on The Truth in City of Santa Monica's Collusive Lawsuit At a status conference yesterday,…
Aug 30, 2001
Energy
Bailout Watch #71 – Aug 29, 2001
BAILOUT WATCH: Keeping an eye on the energy industry and the politicians Bailout Watch #71 - Aug 29, 2001 SPECIAL SACRAMENTO WAR…
Aug 29, 2001
Energy
Edison bailout plan is oddest piece of legislation in recent memory
The Sacramento Bee Senate Bill 78XX may be the most unusual legislation to hit the Capitol in decades, in terms of both…
Aug 29, 2001
Energy
Calif. legislators continue debate on SoCalEd deal
Megawatt Daily A California Assembly committee yesterday continued hearings on a controversial bill to rescue Southern California Edison from the threat of…
Aug 29, 2001State power buys likely will remain shrouded in secrecy
The Associated Press It took months of legal pressure from Republican lawmakers and news organizations to force California officials to reveal just…
Aug 29, 2001