Just a bit more from a day in state politics:<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Station Fire moved to the west<\/a> today, and is still raging, having burned 74 homes<\/a> to this point. Mount Wilson remains threatened as well. Yesterday, two firemen died<\/a> when their vehicle fell off a hillside in the Angeles National Forest.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Assembly passed their half a prison bill<\/a> today, but Darrell Steinberg cautioned that the measure was “not a complete package.” Calitics will have more on this tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u2022 Good news in LA, as the Board of Supervisors has vowed to test every rape kit in the large backlog<\/a>, and funding that testing completely by expanding staff.<\/p>\n \u2022 Is Arnold Schwarzenegger floating a bag tax<\/a> to fund recycling efforts? You may remember that it went down to defeat last year. It’s amusing to see Arnold scrambling around to find things to tax, given his stance during the budget talks. Some would call it “hypocritical.”<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Employees of the State Compensation Insurance Fund are exempt from furloughs<\/a> and due back pay with interest, according to a superior court judge’s ruling today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a bit more from a day in state politics:<\/p>\n \u2022 The Station Fire moved to the west<\/a> today, and is still raging, having burned 74 homes<\/a> to this point. Mount Wilson remains threatened as well. Yesterday, two firemen died<\/a> when their vehicle fell off a hillside in the Angeles National Forest.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Assembly passed their half a prison bill<\/a> today, but Darrell Steinberg cautioned that the measure was “not a complete package.” Calitics will have more on this tomorrow.<\/p>\n \u2022 Good news in LA, as the Board of Supervisors has vowed to test every rape kit in the large backlog<\/a>, and funding that testing completely by expanding staff.<\/p>\n \u2022 Is Arnold Schwarzenegger floating a bag tax<\/a> to fund recycling efforts? You may remember that it went down to defeat last year. It’s amusing to see Arnold scrambling around to find things to tax, given his stance during the budget talks. Some would call it “hypocritical.”<\/p>\n