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Senate Approves Corbett Bill Protecting Consumers From Online Account Breaches - May 16, 2013

SB 46 Protects Public, Minimizes Potential Fraud

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) announces that the California State Senate passed SB 46 earlier today...

Corbett Bill Requiring 12-Point Font Prescription Drug Labels Clears Senate - May 16, 2013

SB 205 Protects Patients From Potential Drug Misdosing

SACRAMENTO – Legislation authored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) passed the Senate Floor earlier today....

Legislation Protecting Military / Veteran Organization Emblems Passes Senate Floor - May 16, 2013

SB 272 Makes Violations Misdemeanors, Punishable By Fines, Jail Time

SACRAMENTO – Senate Bill 272, legislation increasing protections against the deceptive use of military emblems to...

Corbett Community Smart Growth Bill Advances to Assembly - May 16, 2013

SB 359 Enhances Air Quality, Benefits Local Residents

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) announces that SB 359 passed from the Senate Floor earlier today...

Corbett Bill Lowering Threshold for Transportation Special Taxes Passes Committee - May 15, 2013

SCA 8 Would Permit Future “Measure B1” Passage With 55%

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-East Bay) announces that SCA 8 passed out of the Senate Governance and...

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L.A. TIMES: Tesla Motors to post its first profit - April 02, 2013

CALIFORNIA WATCH: Senate Leader Wants Task Force to Improve School Seismic Safety - March 01, 2012

NY TIMES: A Bridge Built to Sway When the Earth Shakes - February 07, 2012

INDIA WEST: State Legislature Honors India Republic Day - January 27, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE (EDITORIAL): Paid-for petitions - July 18, 2011

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BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN (EDITORIAL): Social Media Too Invasive Of Our Privacy

April 14, 2013

By The Bakersfield Californian

A California lawmaker is taking a second shot at strengthening the privacy rights of social media users. Her new, streamlined proposal has merit.

A bill that was offered up two years ago by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett, D-San Leandro, would have given users greater control of how sites like Google, Facebook and Twitter could use their personal information, but it withered under an aggressive lobbying push by those companies and others, and it failed to gain passage.