This is the archive area for March 1999.
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Volume 2, Number 34: March 1, 1999
Government institutions often change, sometimes
dramatically, with a change in administrations, particularly when a
different political party takes power. But at least one institution in
California's government is remarkably constant: the penal system.
Volume 2, Number 35: March 8, 1999
The debate over the relative merits of a strong
political party vs. a weak one has gone on in California for decades.
In some states, the parties are tighly organized and powerful,
involved block-by-block in their constituents' neighborhoods and
wielding influence when it comes time to parcel out patronage.
Volume 2, Number 36: March 15, 1999
Inside the Capitol, a high-stakes political
fight is gearing up over an obscure California law known as MICRA, the
23-year-old statute that determines how much people can collect in
medical malpractice lawsuits.
Volume 2, Number 37: March 22, 1999
Sometime this week, Gov. Gray Davis is likely to
make one of the most closely-watched environmental decisions of his
fledgling administration: whether to ban the fuel additive MTBE.
Volume 2, Number 38: March 29, 1999
Low-cost automobile insurance is a perennial
topic in the Capitol, but with the exception of a pair of voter-
approved ballot initiatives a decade apart, little has been done on
this issue despite more than a dozen false starts.
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