Campaign Finance: YES ON 29 - CALIFORNIANS FOR A CURE, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY CALIFORNIA DIVISION, INC., AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION & CANCER RESEARCH DOCTORS Election Cycle:2011 through 2012Historical View Information:(Due to the amount of data, these pages may take some time to load.) General Information Contributions Received Contributions Made Expenditures Made Late and $5000+ Contributions Received Late Contributions Made Late Independent Expenditures Electronic FilingsIn addition to filing regularly required campaign disclosure statements, candidates, officeholders, ballot measure committees, political parties, PACs, and major donors may file late contribution reports and other special filings. These usually occur in the 90 days preceding Election Day. Contributions and independent expenditures of $1,000 or more are disclosed within 24 hours of the time ...
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Gov. Jerry Brown has tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as federal prosecutors pursue record-high damages in court. The Democratic governor also has asked lawmakers to impose a 1 percent lumber tax to fund forestry oversight while reducing industry costs. And he wants to reduce the frequency with which California reviews tree-cutting plans for environmental impacts. Brown has pitched the ideas as ways to help the state's timber industry provide jobs in the wake of a construction downturn and fierce competition with lumber producers from the Pacific Northwest. He also highlights $30 million in new lumber tax funding for environmental reviews that have gone ... Continue reading →
