This is the archive area for October 1999.
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Volume 3, Number 13: October 4, 1999
With all the attention on presidential
candidates, one major political campaign in California is developing
in near obscurity -- the race for the U.S. Senate. Too bad: This could
be an interesting fight.
Volume 3, Number 14: October 11, 1999
It won't appear on any ballot, but one of the
hottest political issues next year is reapportionment, that
once-a-decade redrawing of congressional and legislative districts to
account for shifts in population.
Volume 3, Number 15: October 18, 1999
An odd constitutional issue is developing over a
fee that California has charged out-of-state motorists for the past
decade. Called a "smog-impact fee," the $300-per-vehicle charge has
been levied against hundreds of thousands of drivers. The problem is,
the state's own appeals court says the fee is unconstitutional.
Volume 3, Number 16: October 25, 1999
The perception of Gov. Gray Davis by the
California media is strikingly different from the perception of the
governor by the national media. How come?
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