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SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/CALWATCH.Dog: Stricter seafood labeling sought for restaurants

May 03, 2012

By Susanne Rust

If you’re in LA or Orange counties, odds are you’re not eating the fish you thought you were. 

A report released last week by the environmental advocacy group Oceana showed that 55 percent of the seafood it tested in the two counties was mislabeled. Nearly 120 samples were collected from seafood restaurants, grocery stores, sushi bars and restaurant chains.

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CBS-TV 5 SAN FRANCISCO: California Moving Closer To Ban On Sexual Orientation Therapy For Minors

May 02, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— A key State Senate committee approved a bill Monday that would ban what’s known as “reparative” or “sexual orientation change” therapy for minors.

State Senator Ted Lieu (D-CA), who authored the bill – SB1172 – said there are therapists engaging in what he calls the deceptive and harmful practice of telling parents they can “cure” their kids of being gay. Now the state of California is a step closer to outlawing the so-called psychotherapy.

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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Hey, sport: It's not a sport

May 01, 2012

When speaking of hunting ("Hundreds weigh in on bill to ban use of dogs," April 25), please put quotation marks around the word "sport."

My Apple dictionary defines sport as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."

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IN TED's WORDS: Why I introduced SB 1172, Sex Change-Orientation Therapy

May 01, 2012

To listen to high-quality audio of Sen. Lieu explaining why he's carrying SB 1172, click on the link below.

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VENTURA COUNTY STAR EDITORIAL Putting a leash on cruel methods used by hunters

April 28, 2012

A decades-long effort has again surfaced to ban the use of dogs while hunting bears and bobcats in California.

In the 1990s, two attempts to end the practice failed to advance out of the committee stage in the Legislature. This time, despite a spirited protest Tuesday by hundreds of hunters, Senate Bill 1221 cleared the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water on a 5-3 vote.

One of those voting in favor was state Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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TORRANCE DAILY BREEZE: State Senate Health Committee approves Lieu's seafood labeling bill

April 27, 2012

By Art Marroquin Staff Writerdailybreeze.com
The state Senate's Health Committee this week approved a seafood labeling bill proposed by state Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Redondo Beach.

If signed into law, Senate Bill 1486 would require retail-food outlets with 19 or more outlets to identify the specific type of seafood being sold, where it was caught and whether it was farm-raised or wild.

Violators would face civil fines of up to $2,500. Lieu's measure now faces fiscal review.

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