This is the archive area for October 1997.
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Volume 1, Number 13: October 6, 1997
California's 58 counties, the purveyors of services
to more than 32 million people, are a political anomaly: Their reach
extends into the daily lives of citizens in a myriad of ways -- everything
from law enforcement to road maintenance to trash pickup -- but they have
little real clout in the Capitol.
Volume 1, Number 14: October 13, 1997
Secretary of State Bill Jones, California's top
elections officer, calls it the "most significant campaign finance
reform of the past 25 years," and for once, a politician isn't
exaggerating: The new law requiring all major candidates to file their
campaign disclosure reports electronically for posting on the Internet
is a landmark development in California politics.
Volume 1, Number 15: October 20, 1997
For decades, and with few exceptions,
Sacramento's high-profile trials have been political in nature: the
sex-with-minors trial of former state Sen. Alan Robbins, the series of
"sting" trials stemming from the FBI's undercover probe of Capitol
corruption, the ongoing federal trial of the validity of Proposition
208, the voter-approved campaign reform initiative that has been
challenged by both major parties.
Volume 1, Number 16: October 27, 1997
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