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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The number of paroled sex offenders who are fugitives in California is 15 percent higher today than before Gov. Jerry Brown's sweeping law enforcement realignment law took effect 17 months ago, according to figures released Wednesday by the state corrections department.

The increase amounts to 360 more sex offenders whose whereabouts were unknown and who were not reporting to their parole officers last year.

By Howard Fine
Two state legislators have responded to the uproar over a state tax agency’s decision to retroactively take away a tax break for angel investors.

They introduced legislation on Tuesday to restore the tax break for those who previously used it and to prevent future retroactive tax increases.

State Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, announced Tuesday they will amend an existing bill, SB 209, to allow angel investors who took the state tax break over the past five years to keep it.

ENTREPRENEURS HIT WITH BILLS AFTER '93 LAW WAS TOSSED OUT
By Claudia Buck
Twenty years ago, state lawmakers passed a tax break aimed at helping California entrepreneurs launch their own businesses.

But last year, after a state court of appeal decided the small-business tax incentives were unconstitutional, the state Franchise Tax Board figured it had only one option: retroactively collect an estimated $120 million from hundreds of Californians who took advantage of the tax breaks.

By Christopher Cadelago
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers announced legislation Tuesday to relieve the thousands of small business owners and investors directed to retroactively pay the state four years of assessments totaling $120 million plus interest.