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On June 12, 1942…
Anne Frank turned 13. Her father gave her a red and white plaid journal. She began keeping a diary.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has sold more than 25 million copies.
It’s the second-best-selling nonfiction book in history, after the Bible.
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Legislative Democrats Begin the Process of Passing a $131 Billion Budget
On June 12, Democrats begin the process of sending a budget to Gov. Jerry Brown.
The Assembly Budget Committee has scheduled a hearing – the lower house says it can be watched or listened to here — to discuss the “Legislature’s plan,” which the committee says differs from the revised budget the Democratic governor unveiled in May by “less than 1 percent in total spending.” Read more »
Senate Chief Sergeant-at-Arms Tony Beard, GOP Senator Jean Fuller of Bakersfield and Lobbyist Donna Kaylor on “Politics on Tap” Read more »
Sounds About Right…
“I don’t think about what I do. I do it. That’s Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down.”
–Ray Bradbury Read more »
Two Memorable Encounters with Ray Bradbury
It’s not always best to meet an idol. Sometimes the actual person doesn’t live up to the idealized.
This was anything but the case on two occasions shared with Ray Bradbury, each some 20 years apart.
The first was during the Deukmejian administration in the mid 1980s and Bradbury was a dinner speaker kicking off a tourism conference in Sacramento. Read more »
Happy Birthday Governor Deukmejian!
Courken George Deukmejian, California 35th governor, was born in Menands, New York on June 6, 1928.
Running as Attorney General on a law-and-order platform in 1982, Deukmejian sharply expanded California’s prison building program – and the number of inmates behind bars. He also remade the state Surpeme Court in his iamge after voters ejected Chief Justice Rose Bird and two other justices in 1986. Read more »
A Look at One Form-E-Mail Regarding the Budget
Thank you for contacting my office with your concerns about the Governor’s May Revision and subsequent budget cut proposals, especially those of the (INSERT CONSTITUENT CONCERN HERE).
It is important to point out that over the past year, we have reduced California’s structural budget deficit from $19 billion to about $8 billion. Read more »
A Very Special “Politics on Tap” Examining Political Satire Featuring Tom Meyer, Political Cartoonist, Adam Gottlieb, Political Memorabilia Collector, and Capitol Journalist Allen Young Read more »
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