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Dueling lawyers in California Prop. 8 case are a study in opposites

Kenneth Starr and Shannon Minter, lead attorneys in the California Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of same-sex marriage in the state, are as different as the competing sides they represent. Starr, dean of Pepperdine University School of ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  1 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Kenneth Starr,  Jerry Brown,  Bill Clinton,  White House

California's Proposition 8 legal challenge harkens back to '60s housing measure

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - As Derald Granberg follows the legal challenge to Proposition 8 now before the California Supreme Court, he thinks back to 1966. That year, in a case that divided Californians as much as same-sex marriage does today, the court ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, PopMatters,  24 Feb 2009
Related Topics: University of California Berkeley,  Jerry Brown,  Ronald Reagan,  U.S. Republican Party,  Thomas Lynch

Radio callers assail budget vote

Jim in Folsom sarcastically thanked Assemblyman Roger Niello for voting to raise the vehicle license fee, which he said will force his employer to lay him off. John in Sacramento warned, "You're going to bankrupt the state with taxes." And Dave in ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  21 Feb 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dave Cox

Budget plan goes to Schwarzenegger after Legislature's OK

The state Legislature voted early today to approve a massive budget package of tax increases, spending cuts and borrowing to close a $40 billion deficit after granting major concessions to one holdout Republican senator. Lawmakers had been at a ...

From KEVIN YAMAMURA AND AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  19 Feb 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Abel Maldonado,  Darrell Steinberg,  U.S. Democratic Party

California's Prop. 8 legal challenge harkens back to 1966 housing measure

As Derald Granberg follows the legal challenge to Proposition 8 now before the California Supreme Court, he thinks back to 1966. That year, in a case that divided Californians as much as same-sex marriage does today, the court overturned a ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  18 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Jerry Brown,  Ronald Reagan,  Thomas Lynch

Hearing set for Prop. 8 case

The California Supreme Court today announced it will hear oral arguments in the challenge to Proposition 8 on March 5, setting the stage for one of the most anticipated hearings in the court's recent history. At stake will be the fate of same-sex ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  3 Feb 2009

More than $84 million spent on Prop. 8 campaign

The two sides battling over Proposition 8 spent more than $84 million in the campaign, with opponents of the gay marriage ban outspending the victorious supporters by nearly $5 million, according to final campaign reports filed today. Opponents spent $ ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  2 Feb 2009

Gay rights activists heading to boot camp in bid to overturn Proposition 8

WEST HOLLYWOOD Cleve Jones extended his microphone in the upscale bar as though handing a baton to the next generation. The following day, the crowd of gay activists most of them white would be heading into boot camp. But for now, the former top ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  1 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Harvey Milk,  White House,  Howard Dean

Judge rejects bid to keep names of anti-gay marriage initiative backers secret

A federal judge Thursday denied a request by Proposition 8 supporters to withhold disclosure of late campaign donors to California's same-sex marriage ban, saying the public has a right to know. Claiming donors have been harassed, attorneys for ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  30 Jan 2009

Judge denies request to keep Proposition 8 donors secret

Barbara Steenburg, 45, of Fair Oaks yells, "no on Proposition 8" while Igor Kondrya, 22, of Sacramento expresses his viewpoint on the controversial proposition on Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. California's Political Reform Act, approved by voters in 1974, ...

From AURELIO ROJAS, Sacramento Bee,  29 Jan 2009

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