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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; As Sacramento prepares to inaugurate Governor-elect Jerry Brown next month, much of the focus has been on the state’s looming budget deficit and how the legislature and Brown plan to bridge that gap.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; For years now, Californians have been told that we must choose between cutting public services and public service employees or budget armageddon.</p>

<p><strong>New America Media</strong></p>
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<p><strong>California</strong><strong> Progress Report</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Would Jerry Brown, the one-time Jesuit seminarian, rather be right than be elected?</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sweeping changes to the State’s Medicaid program – called “Medi-Cal” – is the focus of two identical bills before the Assembly Health Committee (SB 208) and Senate Health Committee (AB 342). The Schwarzenegger Administration proposal submitted to the federal government earlier this month will have a major impact on hundreds of thousands of children and adults with disabilities, mental health needs, the blind, seniors, and persons without health insurance.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Para las elecciones de Noviembre, veremos muchos cambios en la retórica política de los diversos candidatos al gobierno federal, estatal y municipal.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; A aquellos que utilizaron la estrategia antiemigrante durante las elecciones primarias no simplemente les fue mal, sino que su mensaje radical y racista contagió a los candidatos moderados y, por ende, alteraron la consigna electoral.</p>

<p><strong>Assemblymember, 78</strong><strong>th</strong><strong>&nbsp;District</strong></p>
<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp; Memorial Day is a time to celebrate and remember the servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives to defend our values. As we reflect on their acts of sacrifice and heroism, we are also reminded of what these brave Americans experience while deployed overseas fighting for our freedom.</p>