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Public safety panel votes to increase penalties for paroled sex offenders who remove GPS monitors

April 30, 2013
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Recent data confirms rise in violations

SACRAMENTO – A key public-safety panel of lawmakers today approved increasing penalties for convicted sex offenders who cut off their ankle-mounted GPS monitors.

Lawmakers joined by small business owners calling for action on state’s retroactive tax

April 29, 2013

Capitol press conference set for Tuesday, April 30, at 10 a.m.
                                                                   

Greater investments in environmental safeguards, as pushed by Sen. Lieu, OK’d by Senate panel

April 26, 2013
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Environmental-protection measure by Sen. Ted W. Lieu moves forward

SACRAMEN TO – The California Secretary of Natural Resources would have more tools to fight greenhouse gas emissions under a Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill approved this week by the Senate’s Natural Resources Committee.

Plan mandating improvements to school safety preparedness passes first policy committee

April 25, 2013
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Sen. Ted W. Lieu reintroduced bill in aftermath of school shooting

SACRAMENTO – In response to parental concerns about how well schools are prepared for emergencies like shootings, a key California Senate policy panel late Wednesday approved a Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill to require schools to better prepare for the worst by having established emergency-response plans.

Senate policy panel OKs greater protections for children who use ‘trampoline parks’

April 24, 2013

Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill addresses alarming trend in injuries
SACRAMENTO – Children who use ‘trampoline parks’ would be provided greater protections from injuries under a Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill that today received its first OK from a key policy committee.

Senate approves job-training plan to help prepare workers for jobs that are needed

April 22, 2013

Sen. Ted W. Lieu program would require annual reviews of skill shortages

SACRAMENTO – With the goal of preparing today’s workers for skilled, well-paying jobs that are in demand, the California Senate today approved a Sen. Ted W. Lieu bill that would improve ways to provide resources and training to better prepare workers.

Senate OKs message to Obama, Congress to act now on limiting disturbing helicopters

April 18, 2013
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Noisy ‘choppers’ generate quiet push

SACRAMENTO – Noisy helicopters buzzing Southland residents 24/7 may be a thing of the past if the Federal Aviation Administration enacts helicopter regulations supported today by the California Senate.
 
On a bipartisan, 26-9 vote, lawmakers passed a resolution by Sen. Ted W. Lieu urging President Obama and Congress to adopt the Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act.

Author of landmark ban on sexual-orientation ‘therapy’ for children issues statement after today's court hearing

April 17, 2013
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Court argments heard today

SAN FRANCISCO – Sen. Ted W. Lieu, who last October won a landmark victory that made California the first state to end medical practices that attempted to change a minor’s sexual orientation, issued the following statement after today’s oral arguments by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

LOS ANGELES GREEN ACADEMY: Free workshop Friday, May 3, 2013

April 15, 2013

GUEST PRESS RELEASE:

Friday, May 3rd, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

University of Phoenix - Gardena Learning Center
1515 W. 190th Street, Gardena, CA, 90248
(Lunch will be provided)
 
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Plans to protect patients from unexpected costs and deceptive marketing pass initial exam

April 10, 2013

Consumer-protection measures would save health costs
SACRAMENTO – Two measures that would separately help protect consumers of health care from unexpected costs and misleading health coverage passed their initial Senate policy reviews today after presentations by Sen. Ted W. Lieu of Torrance.

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