BRIEFLY TOP COPS SEEKING 55% RULE ON TAXES.California sheriffs This is a list of current sheriffs of California's counties. Current California Sheriffs County Sheriff Since Alameda Gregory J. Ahern 2007 Alpine John Crawford 1995 Amador Martin Ryan 2007 Butte Perry Reniff 2002 Calaveras Dennis Downum 1994 and police chiefs proposed a constitutional change Wednesday that would let a smaller majority of voters approve local taxes to fund public safety measures safety measures, n.pl actions (e.g., use of glasses, face masks) taken to protect patients and office personnel from such known hazards as particles and aerosols from high-speed rotary instruments, mercury vapor, radiation exposure, anesthetic and . The change would lower the majority required to pass a local measure from two-thirds to 55 percent. Supporters hope to imitate the success of California schools and community colleges, which have passed $14 billion in bonds since a 2000 ballot measure lowered the necessary voter majority to 55 percent. That measure, Proposition 39, represented a major dent in 1978's Proposition 13, which requires ``supermajority'' votes for new taxes. - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. No contest pleas entered in cases VENTURA - Vincent Sanchez, who already has pleaded guilty to scores of charges as the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. rapist, pleaded no contest Wednesday to additional charges in that case as he prepares to stand trial on capital murder charges in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Megan Barroso. Sanchez's pleas of no contest involved his attacks on four women, the use of a dangerous weapon during a rape and a carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger during a rape. - Daily News 3 gunmen sought in takeover heists SHERMAN OAKS - Police are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. three gunmen suspected of stealing thousands of dollars during takeover robberies this week at KB Toys in Sherman Oaks and a Toys `R' Us store in Van Nuys. One suspect is described as an African-American man, 17 to 23 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 to 160 pounds. A second is also African- American, 19 to 25, 6 feet and 160-170 pounds. A description of the third suspect was not available. - Daily News |
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