Show A6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday September 26 2002 to furaiDIhlazeir New California laws add SACRAMENTO Calif — California has enactlaws this ed leave auto on family year emissions and stemmed research lending credence to the saying that wherever America is going California will get there first California rivals Washington DC as an epicenter of change because of its size (345 million people more than any other state) and economic clout (sixlh-large- st economy in the world with a gross state product of $13 trillion) Lawmakers elsewhere look at California laws for direction “If it works in California it is likely to work in states throughout the country” said Larry Sabato director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics in Charlottesville Va “The slates are the laboratories for democracy and California is the chief - ' Many firsts in A California policy t- -- Two pieces of legislation passed this week in California that were firsts for the nation Some of the legislation where the state has acted first N 02-rFa- $ AX 4-- Renewable energy Requites 20 percent of the state's energy come from renewable resources by 2017 Emissions Requires auto makers to cut carbon dioxide emission by 2009 Credit warning Financial service corporations can include a ‘trad card warning’ in monthly statements LCorporate liability Companies or managers that know of harmful products or services without reporting it can face criminal prosecution laws Consumers who buy vehicles with serious warranty defects are reimbursed Farm labor taws Farmworker unions can seek a "make-whol-e L W 'V V luavu Workers can - take six weeks to care for a neuAom newly adopted chid or M family member Stem cad research Allows embryonic stem cel research At laboratory” When the state passed the nation's first “lemon law” in 1982 to protect consumers who buy cars with serious defects the measure became the model for similar laws in all 30 states California enact-- : ed the nation's first ban op assault weapons in 1989 it was quickly adopted in six other states and led to a feder- al ban in 1994 California’s 1970 Clean Air Act is still the toughest in the nation National firsts in California this year include a law explicitly allowing embryonic stem cell research the country’s toughest auto emissions laws and a requirement that 20 percent of the state’s power come from renewable energy f T - ' ' ' AP photo xi ifornia the' first state to repeal gun manufacturers’ special immunity against lawsuits Davis is expected to sign the bill this week “What we do here has tremendous impacts both in the message we send and its immediate impact on the health and safety of a large group of Americans” said Luis Tolley of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Vio - explains slow probe before 1 lence Because of California’s reputation as a liberal state it often attracts interest groups that can’t get what th want from Congress' “Proponents of environmental laws and corporate reform that aren’t willing to wait come to California” said Dan Jacobson legislative analyst for the California Public Interest Research Group SOURCE: AwociaWd Pth Similarly lobbyists wanting California legislation http:leginfocagov California Public Interest Research Group: http:wwwcalpirgorg Center for Public Integrity: http:wwwpublicintegrityorg to stop legislation in other states often look to California as their battleground Nearly of the estimated $363 million spent lobbying one-thi- III Does Your Heart Good rd Amtteon I Wart Alloc taWon 4 R's Qettihg Engaged? appearance concealed by a screen “I don’t think one individual could keep this all in his head could not possibly be aware of all the various threats that were out there” The supervisor addressed the House and Senate intelligence committees which are conducting their second week of public hearings as part of their inquiry into the Sept 1 1 attacks The testimony came after the inquiry's staff director Eleanor Hill presented a report finding that legal restrictions limited resources and bureaucratic snags kept the FBI from successfully investigating the Phoenix memo and the case of Moussaoui who since has been charged with conspiring in the attacks Hill did not suggest that better handling of the cases or " any other lead would have prevented the attacks But she said the country could have been better prepared if those cases had been tied together and with other clues :: On the Net AP The 9-1- d gain fairly is still the only of its kind in the nation “Among some legislators the very fact that it comes from California makes it sus' picious” said Karl Kurtz director of state service at the National Conference of State Legislators “The Congress often looks to the states to figure out how to deal with important issues It helps tremendously to pass important bills in California” FBI WASHINGTON (AP) — The two leads arrived at FBI headquarters weeks apart in' the summer of 2001 The first from a Phoenix agent warned that Osama bin Laden’s terrorists may be learning to fly at US schools The second described a suspicious student pilot in Minnesota named Zacarias Moussaoui But the leads weren’t put together until after terrorists crashed four hijacked airliners at the World Trade Center the Pentagon and a rural Pennsylvania field At a hearing Tuesday lawmakers asked what would have happened if someone had linked the two earlier Could the attacks have been prevented? An FBI counterterrorism supervisor told them it was unlikely those leads eyer could have been connected given headquarters’ limited ' staff and poor computer sys- terns “We could ’what-if- ’ it to death” said the supervisor his name undisclosed and his car The banking industry was ' able to block legislation this year that would have allowed customers to prohibit companies from selling their person-- 1 al information ' Sometimes California trends don’t catch on A 1973 law that gives farmworker unions the option of bringing their case before a judge if growers do not ornia-only remedy' which allows them to take their case before a judge if growers do not negotiate in good faith Dave Modisette plugs the charging cable into his General Motors EV1 electric powered car at the Arden Fair Shopping Mall in Sacramento Calif H on June 19 2001 California has enacted laws on auto emissions' family leave and stem cell research sources by 2017 Earlier this week Gov Gray Davis signed the nation's first comprehensive paid family leave law which allows workers to leave their job for up to six weeks at 33 percent pay to care for a newborn newly adopted child or sick family member Also the gun control movement successfully pushed a measure this year making Cal state lawmakers nationwide in 2000 was spent here according to the Center for Public Integrity in Washington Auto industry lobbyists launched amultimillion-dolla- r campaign this year in a failed bid to prevent the nation’s first restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions California's automobile rules tend to become the standard for the entire industry Because California is the nation’s largest auto market automakers sometimes find it too expensive or difficult to build a Calif- 1 ' 1 4 ( AP) mama© ::S£kv Pk 'Hi' "WJK Logan Gty Environmental Division and the Cache Valley Clean Team is currently offering free community classes and landfill tours to teach about recycling and composting programs If you are not but you know someone that tell him Learn about the three R's Reduce Reuse and Recycle Why recycling is important for our community and how this helps to preserve the life of our landfill We also discuss the Green Waste facility and how compost is made is about the diamond engagement ring store this free program is great for Cub Scouts Girl Scouts Church groups schools or any other special group or organization you might be involved with wwwcvcleanteamorg £ZIXI 752-714- Saturday 'nl 6KX) Contact us at 716-97Or by email at 141 'N Main 9 wwweneedhamxom Muaafciw 92 recvcleloganutahorg to set up your class today Five Davs GftFR September 23nt 24th 25tt26lhJ Save Up To 50 On Hearing Aids I r V ' ’4 s' - O-- Completely-in-Can- Was $995ea Now $49750ea s - Any Size - Digitally Programmable Hearirg Aids irjwFpte"1 Wai$ll795ea to choose from World’s tore f 4 Patent 4 Cuatomizaiite ThtAJaptMeSpa' 4 Upgradable— Novor Outdated VW trwwttjafroiipaacoM Now $ TradalnyotiroMapa Finest Hot Hightat Quality 4 Mad In Utah (Sandy) al i (Financing “M LOQQIIj J " Utoll fcrcowpW drtrti on IMtoaaaT" frrfwotogy NEW 7 BuMna Spa audaaMkMi 4 up to $1500 otfMSRP 4 FREE" Ramoval 4 FREE Standard Dathrary ctavMmiraflPrwiimWar Hums tntaMRflAcanftwaftfft 755-85- 3 ! i0h5 pnj IDj 17 17 E7 i j Ecee Hearing 17 T1 89750ea BpecOtoaeopgihgpinw Consultation Ng Qbligatim’ Fell Warranty Hearing Aids Price guaranteed On Any Make or Brand Appointments Will Fill Quickly So Coll Now To Avoid Waiting) Hearing Improvement Center 550 N Main (Clock Tower Plaza) Suite 213 1961 Washington Blvd Logan (435) 232-688- 5 Ogden (801)392-431- 0 |