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Watchdog Expands Rules On Spending Disclosure

Watchdog Expands Rules On Spending Disclosure

<strong>Politicians Will Have To Itemize In-State Trips Paid With Donor Funds</strong><br/> <br/> SACRAMENTO, CA -- California politicians will no longer be allowed to use campaign contributions to pay for golf, lavish hotels and expensive...
Governor’s Trips Must Be Disclosed

Governor’s Trips Must Be Disclosed

SACRAMENTO, CA -- Some of the most influential business leaders who've underwritten Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's trips abroad will now have to do so more openly under a rule adopted Monday by the state's political ethics watchdog agency. <p>...</p>
Stem cell loan policy OK’d

Stem cell loan policy OK’d

The stem cell agency's Biotech Loan Task Force approved a draft loan policy at its <a href="http://www.cirm.ca.gov/meetings/2008/05-06-08.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting last week</a> and sent it on to the stem cell board's finance committee for...
Controller: Stem Cell Agency Passes Audit

Controller: Stem Cell Agency Passes Audit

State Controller John Chiang said an audit of the state's stem cell grant program found its conflict-of-interest policies, grant administration, administrative expenses and expenditures conform with the voter-approved ballot measure that created...
Foot in mouth disease

Foot in mouth disease

<p> Here's what the Capitol Alert reported <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/012384.html">outgoing Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez said at his last press conference</a> yesterday. </p> ...
Stem Cell Grants Being Doled Out

Stem Cell Grants Being Doled Out

<strong>UCLA, USC and UC Irvine are among the research centers getting $227 million to build laboratories.</strong><br/> <br/> California's voter-created stem cell institute is expected to award $227 million in grants today to seed a laboratory...