Tom Ammiano

Hundreds of immigrants rally in Sacramento for more rights

2013-05-20 10:24:00

Hoping to build on momentum for changing the country’s immigration laws, busloads of immigrants from throughout California are descending on Sacramento on Monday to push for a half dozen bills at the state level. About 500 immigrants from as far...

Illegal immigrants would be harder to deport under Assembly bill

2013-05-16 15:16:00

SACRAMENTO -- A California lawmaker is making a renewed push to limit the detention and deportation of immigrants who are in the country illegally after his legislation was vetoed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill, authored by Assemblyman Tom...

'Dell Tax Maneuver' could galvanize efforts to tweak Prop. 13

2013-05-09 16:46:00

Stephanie Nordlinger, who lives in a modest Baldwin Hills tract home, has been reading with interest the news stories about computer magnate Michael Dell and his low, low property taxes. Last week, the Times reported that Dell has saved more than a...

Assembly approves bill on gender identity in schools

2013-05-09 12:25:00

SACRAMENTO -- The Assembly approved on Thursday legislation that would ensure students could participate in school activities and use facilities like bathrooms based on their gender identity, not their physical sex. The bill's author, Assemblyman Tom...

Assembly OKs bill allowing transgender students in sports

2013-05-09 19:30:00

SACRAMENTO — Schools would have to allow transgender students to participate on sports teams and use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, not their sex, under a measure passed by the California Assembly on Thursday. Advocates said...

Two Prop. 13 defenders decry abuse of loophole by corporations

2013-05-07 20:49:00

Two prominent defenders of Proposition 13 spoke out on Tuesday against "gimmicks" used by some companies to avoid paying additional property taxes when buying real estate in California. Responding to a Los Angeles Times story that ran Sunday, the...

California Supreme Court upholds pot dispensary bans

2013-05-07 00:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court gave local governments the power Monday to zone medical marijuana dispensaries out of existence, a decision that upholds bans in about 200 cities but does little to solve Los Angeles' years-long...

Drug overdose prevention could be right at our fingertips

2013-04-16 00:00:00

What do you think is the leading cause of accidental death in California? If you said car accidents, you were wrong. In 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 3,200 people in the state died in automobile crashes, while 3,561...

Seeking smarter rules for sex offenders

2013-04-11 17:50:00

Janice Bellucci is a mother of two, the wife of a pastor and a former Girl Scout leader active in volunteer work. She lives in a gated community an hour's drive north of Santa Barbara, with needlepoint pillows on the sofa and a vegetable garden in the...

Crime legislation: Focus on facts, not fear

2013-04-07 00:00:00

California already had what were arguably the nation's toughest sex offender laws in 2006 when voters, spurred on nightly by fear-mongering television hosts such as Nancy Grace and Bill O'Reilly, adopted this state's version of Jessica's Law....

California lawmaker revives bill to regulate medical marijuana

2013-03-20 08:00:00

SACRAMENTO -- A state lawmaker has revived legislation to regulate medical marijuana in California, saying the measure is necessary to clarify hazy legal areas that continue to plague the state's pot program 16 years after voters approved it. The...

Bill that would return sex offenders to prison dies in committee

2013-03-12 10:35:00

Laying the groundwork for debate over half a dozen bills that would send parole violators back to prison, Assembly Democrats on a public safety committee Tuesday shot down a bill that would require prison for paroled sex offenders who fail to register...

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, wrote two of the bills supported by immigrant rights groups.

2013-05-16 00:00:00