Which Way, L.A.?
Global Warming and California Politics
In California, Governor Schwarzenegger and Democrats reach a deal to cut emissions, but d oes universal healthcare have a chance?
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenCalifornia will lead the nation against global warming--or will it.Governor Schwarzenegger's deal with the Democrats is big news all over country, even though there's nothing new until 2011. Is it a real step forward or political symbolism?Also universal healthcare for all californians.
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2 storiesCalifornia Global Warming Solutions Act
Today's New York Times and Wall Street Journal are treating California's new greenhouse-gas bill as big, national news. The measure mandates that the gases said to cause global warming be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. That's a bigger cut than the Kyoto Treaty rejected by President Bush.
Read the story14 minUniversal Healthcare Bill Faces Likely Veto
Democrats in both the Assembly and Senate got big majorities in favor of Senate Bill 840 , a measure pushed for years by Santa Monica Democrat Sheila Kuehl that would replace insurance companies with a plan for the state to pay healthcare costs for all Californians.
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