Lovingood outspent Valles nearly 7-to-1 weeks before election

By Shea Johnson, Staff Writer
Posted:      June 29, 2016 at 3:46 PM
Updated:   June 29, 2016 at 5:14 PM

San Bernardino County 1st District Supervisor Robert Lovingood outspent Angela Valles by more than $140,000 in the weeks leading up to the June 7 statewide primary, and maintains a significant war chest over his opponent in this November’s general election, campaign finance records show.

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Tony Saavedra / Staff Writer
Published: June 30, 2016
Updated: July 1, 2016 – 7:38 a.m.

The American Civil Liberties Union is threatening to sue the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the latest salvo in the group’s onging investigation into the county’s use of jailhouse informants.

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Capitol Alert
By David Siders
dsiders@sacbee.com
June 30, 2016 – 3:47 PM

• Secretary of State’s Office announces that constitutional amendment qualified by random sample
• Supreme Court gave the measure the go-ahead earlier this month
• Constitutional amendment would make some nonviolent felons eligible for early release

Gov. Jerry Brown’s constitutional amendment to make some nonviolent felons eligible for early parole qualified for the November ballot on Thursday – the statutory deadline – after a harried signature-gathering effort and intervention from the California Supreme Court.

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Jazmine Ulloa
Patrick McGreevy
June 30, 2016 – 2:25 P.M.

Spurred by outrage over recent mass shootings, California lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a sweeping package of gun control bills, including a ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines, background checks for those buying ammunition and new restrictions on homemade firearms.

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Gasoline prices are displayed at a California service station in May 2015. (Associated Press)

Ivan Penn
July 1, 2016

State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris has issued subpoenas to oil refiners as part of an investigation into unusually high gasoline prices in California during the last year.

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