News Archive

• UCSC commencement speakers bow out, citing union battle 06/10/2008 | Mercury News
  
• Forum: Paid Sick Leave, AB 2716 05/30/2008 | KQED Public Radio
  
• Assembly Passes First in Nation Bill to Provide Paid Sick Days to Working Californians 05/29/2008 | California Progress Report
  
• Calif. Assembly Votes to Limit Lead in Children's Products 05/29/2008 | Associated Press
  
• Calif. Assembly bill requires paid sick days 05/28/2008 | Associated Press
  
• Locksmith Scam Bill Passes State Assembly in Sacramento 05/22/2008 | ABC 7 News
  
• Fiona Ma: It's Now or Never 05/19/2008 | California High Speed Rail Blog
  
• Free blood test for widespread hepatitis B 05/17/2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Killers Among Us: San Francisco - help us make it hep B free now 05/12/2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Working moms speak out about sick days 05/11/2008 | KABC
  
• ACE train updates designed to draw valley support for high-speed rail 05/07/2008 | The Modesto Bee
  
• Plastics Set Off Alarm 05/06/2008 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Ma Discusses Calif. High-speed Rail 05/01/2008 | Asian Week
  
• California High-Speed Rail 04/22/2008 | Clean Fleet Report
  
• Rigidity of surplus-property funds spending may loosen 04/19/2008 | The Examiner
  
• California Suspends Day Care Licenses, Linking Its Action to Sex Offenders 04/18/2008 | New York Times
  
• Lawmakers vow crackdown on sex offenders near day care 04/18/2008 | Sacramento Bee
  
• Lawmakers say Calif. needs tighter scrutiny of sex offenders 04/17/2008 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Should California require small businesses to offer sick days? 04/17/2008 | Sacramento Bee
  
• Bill requiring paid sick leave in Calif. passes committee 04/09/2008 | KESQ.com
  
• Paid sick leave best for workers, employers 04/08/2008 | The Monterey County Herald
  
• Sick leave bill to get California Assembly hearing 04/07/2008 | Associated Press
  
• Rail System Speeds Closer to a Reality 04/03/2008 | San Francisco Examiner
  
• 5th annual Strides for Life auction raises nearly $120,000 03/31/2008 | San Mateo County Times
  
• HSR at the Democratic Convention 03/30/2008 | California High Speed Rail Blog
  
• Cadaver provenance 03/26/2008 | Los Angeles Times
  
• From the mouths of babes: Ban phthalates in kids' toys 03/21/2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Bill seeks to modify high-speed rail bond on California ballot 02/28/2008 | Associated Press
  
• Paid Sick Leave Bill Introduced at State Level 02/28/2008 | BeyondChron
  
• Paid Sick Time Proposed For All California Workers 02/27/2008 | CBS 5
  
• California employers would be forced to offer sick time under proposed bill 02/26/2008 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Promoter Insists "Bodies Revealed" are Donated 02/19/2008 | News 10
  
• Campaign’s Success Brings New Challenges 02/13/2008 | Asian Week
  
• Legislative Scorecards are Out 02/11/2008 | 
  
• Ma: "Time has come" for woman speaker 02/08/2008 | The Sacramento Bee
  
• Cameras may focus on Illegal right turns 01/28/2008 | The Examiner
  
• 'Painful' year ahead 01/25/2008 | Woodland Daily Democrat
  
• Cadaver exhibit: Who said OK? 01/25/2008 | Los Angeles Times
  
• Database of domestic abusers proposed 01/17/2008 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Bill Proposes Database of Offenders to Aid Dating 01/16/2008 | New York Times
  
• Exhibits of Corpses Under Fire 01/16/2008 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Schwarzenegger Wants Guarantess of Support for High-Speed Rail 01/16/2008 | Associated Press
  
• Wary Daters May Get Help 01/15/2008 | Sacramento Bee
  
• Cameras to nab illegal parkers in S.F. bus lanes 01/04/2008 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• SF Lawmaker Targets Lead in Children's Products 11/23/2007 | KCBS
  
• Following Up: Safer Toys for U.S. Children 11/05/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• No Child's Play: Calif. first state to ban chemical often found in toys 10/28/2007 | AsianWeek
  
• Ban Signals Awakening 10/22/2007 | Contra Costa Times
  
• A nationwide toxic toy ban likely to follow state lead 10/16/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• California Bans Chemical Found in Toys 10/15/2007 | Associated Press
  
• Schwarzenegger signs bill banning toxic chemical in toys 10/14/2007 | 
  
• Editorial: Schwarzenegger should sign toxic-toys bill 10/01/2007 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Muni may start catching double parkers on film 09/13/2007 | The Examiner
  
• Bill Allowing Domestic Partners to Choose Family Name Passes Senate 09/07/2007 | Equality California
  
• Calif. bill would ban chemical in toddlers' toys 09/06/2007 | USA Today
  
• Gay rights groups pursue legislation 09/05/2007 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• Measure banning compound in toys advances 09/05/2007 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• State Senate passes measure to curb, ban toxic materials in 'tots' toys 09/05/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Fiona Ma Pushes To Ban Toxic Chemical Found In Toys 09/04/2007 | KGO-TV
  
• Assemblywoman Ma wants City College bond spending audited 08/24/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Ma Calls On Bush to Take Lead Out Of Toys 08/24/2007 | AsianWeek
  
• Lawmakers urge Schwarzenegger to spare money for high-speed rail 08/22/2007 | San Jose Mercury News
  
• SF Lawmaker Pushes for Lead Ban in Children's Products 08/17/2007 | KCBS News
  
• S.F. lawmaker demands ban on lead in toys 08/16/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Bill would end double standard on name changes 05/31/2007 | San Francisco Chronicle
  
• Bay Area Lawmaker Aboard French Record-Fast Train 04/03/2007 | Associated Press
  
• Editorial: The Chronicle Recommends Ma for state Assembly 05/21/2006 | San Francisco Chronicle