TERM-LIMIT CHANGES SOUGHT IN PROPOSAL.Byline: STEVEN Ste´ven n. 1. Voice; speech; language. Ye have as merry a steven As any angel hath that is in heaven. - Chaucer. 2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. To set steven to make an appointment. HARMON Harmon is a surname, and may refer to:
MediaNews Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO -- In an effort to lock in the power of the state's two top legislators for six more years, heavy-hitting political groups filed a ballot initiative Thursday that would expand term limits. Filed with the Attorney General's Office, the measure would reduce the number of years that legislators could serve from 14 to 12. However, lawmakers could serve all 12 years in one legislative house -- rather than six years in the Assembly and eight in the Senate, as the current term limits allow. "We need to reform the current system so that California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). has a stable Legislature that is focused on solving the state's growing challenges rather than the next election," said Allan Zaremberg, president of the California Chamber of Commerce. A total of 34 lawmakers facing term limits in 2008 could have their terms extended under this initiative. The most prominent are Senate President Pro Tem president pro tem n. pl. presidents pro tem Informal A president pro tempore. Don Perata Don Perata (born April 30, 1945) is a California Democratic politician, who is the current President pro tempore of the California State Senate. He was elected to the post of President Pro Tempore in 2004. , D-Oakland, who could serve another four-year term, and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, who could get six more years in the Assembly. Until Thursday, many believed legislators would approve their own term- limits measure as part of an overall political-reform package that includes giving an independent commission the power to draw political boundaries. Legislators will now be able to keep their distance from the term-limits reform as their proxies -- the California Chamber of Commerce and the California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California. -- do the heavy lifting. sharmon(at)cctimes.com (916) 441-2101 |
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