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The State Legislature Takes Aim at Election Campaign Reform
For three decades, California cities and counties have enacted their own limits on political campaign contributions. Now, Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento have joined together to stop that practice. Also today, William Bratton gets a second term as Chief of the LAPD. On Reporter’s Notebook, damage control at the Smithsonian Institution.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenFor three decades, California cities and counties have enacted their own limits on political campaign contributions. Now, Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento have joined together to stop that practice. Also today, William Bratton gets a second term as Chief of the LAPD. On Reporter’s Notebook, damage control at the Smithsonian Institution.
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3 storiesChief Bratton To Serve Second Term
William Bratton will have five more years as Chief of the LAPD. His reappointment to a second term came on a unanimous vote today from Mayor Villaraigosa’s Police Commission. Bratton was first appointed by former Mayor Jim Hahn .
Read the story8 minIs the L.A. Ethics Commission on the Skids?
Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento are moving a bill that would gut the laws that limit campaign contributions in Los Angeles and other cities.
Read the story9 minScandal and Resignations at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institutions run nineteen museums along with the Washington Zoo, but behind the scenes all has not been well. In March, Lawrence Small resigned as Secretary of the Smithsonian, a job he held for seven years.
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