state Assemblywoman
State Assemblywoman representing the 22nd District, which includes San Jose, Mountain View, Santa Clara and Cupertino
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Sally Lieber
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FROM Sally Lieber
Which Way, L.A.?
Spanking Bill Raises Controversy Governor Schwarzenegger says he got smacked around a lot as a kid. Now his native Austria bans corporal punishment. This week in the California Assembly, Democrat Sally Lieber of Mountain View says she'll introduce a bill to ban parents from spanking their children, punishable by a fine and up to a year in jail. The newspaper that broke the story got 86 pages of letters plus e-mails. Is it a popular idea or not?
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