Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Beverly Hills Municipal League sponsors a candidate forum for 50th Assembly district candidates.
Candidates competing for a seat in the newly redrawn 50th California Assembly District met Wednesday at Beverly Hills City Hall, offering varied views on ways to mitigate traffic congestion, improve education and reduce unemployment. Betsy Butler, who currently represents the 53rd Assembly District, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, Torie Osborn, a community organizer, nonprofit executive and former adviser to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Brad Torgan, an attorney and the lone Republican in the race, met at a candidate forum sponsored by the Beverly Hills Municipal League. The candidates took written queries from the audience. Many of the questions revolved around improving transportation options and the economy. To improve …
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Monday, January 30, 2012
If approved by the Assembly, the California Disclose Act would require that the largest campaign donors be disclosed in TV, radio, Web and printed political ads.
Public interest groups are urging citizens to back a bill up for a vote Tuesday in the California Assembly that would require the disclosure of large donors to political ads seen by voters across the state. Under AB 1148, also known as the California Disclose Act, the three largest donors to political advertising on TV and radio as well as those in mailers and Web sites would need to be named. "This would be a huge win for democracy in California, allowing citizens to give proper weight to the different messages they hear and make informed decisions at the ballot box," said MapLight, a nonprofit that tracks the influence of money in politics, in an email message to supporters. Other organizations that have registered their support of the …
Monday, October 10, 2011
The deadline passes for Gov. Jerry Brown to sign bills into law. Here's a list of what Assemblymember Betsy Butler, D-Marina del Rey, did (and didn't) get done this term.
You can tell a lot from a legislator's bills. They reflect a representative's priorities, and, hopefully, the priorities of his or her district. Below is a list of the bills Assemblymember Betsy Butler, D-Marina del Rey, introduced this year*. Bills signed into law: AB 1319 – Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act, signed Oct. 4. California law will now prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of baby bottles and sippy cups that contain more than 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) of BPA. AB 1319 provides children from every community access to safe, non-toxic baby products and significantly decreases their exposure to a chemical that has been linked to a host of health problems, including early puberty, breast and prostate cancer, infertility…
graciela huth
8:04 am on Friday, February 10, 2012
We are in 2012. Whoever needs to sell his/her soul to the devil to get funds to support his/her candidacy is out of touch with the times. Any candidate has enough exposure in the Media with the debates. Then he/she can use the web to reach the general public. Let us bring back the political campaign into perspective. Let us use all those millions and millions of dollars thrown to the garbage by … more ›