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By Brian Charles, Staff Writer
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Posted: 04/09/2013 04:04:20 PM PDT
Updated: 04/09/2013 06:36:15 PM PDT

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer announced Tuesday the approval of $1.9 billion in bonds to aid in the construction of six Kaiser hospitals, including several in Southern California.

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LATimes: Lockyer widens request for legal opinion on school bond campaigns

By Dan Weikel
March 25, 2013, 2:47 p.m.

California Treasurer Bill Lockyer on Monday expanded his request for a legal opinion to determine if some local education officials and the financial underwriters they hire are violating state law by campaigning for school bond measures.

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SFChronicle: Lockyer sets sights on controller’s job

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Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross
Published 4:50 pm, Saturday, March 16, 2013

Having taken steps to reconcile with his wife, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer’s next move will be to run for state controller after he’s termed out next year.

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CCTimes: Lockyer: Pension funds should dump gunmakers

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By Josh Richman
Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 5:42 pm in Bill Lockyer, Public safety.

California Treasurer Bill Lockyer wants the state’s gigantic public pension funds to divest themselves of investments in any firearm manufacturer that makes guns banned in California.

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LATimes: State Treasurer Lockyer quits pension advisory panel in protest

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer

PolitiCal
On politics in the Golden State
December 13, 2011 | 3:27 pm

The debate over pension reform in California reached a boiling point Tuesday.

State Treasurer Bill Lockyer resigned from a pension advisory panel to protest a study it was affiliated with that called for reducing retirement benefits for current public employees and overhauling the boards that oversee the public pension systems.

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