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LET THE PEOPLE VOTE!

March 10, 2011

Let The People Vote!

California is at a crossroads, and voters must help us decide the path we will take.

As Governor Brown explained in his State of the State speech:

"When the elected representatives find themselves bogged down by deep differences which divide them, the only way forward is to go back to the people and seek their guidance. It is time for a legislative check-in with the people of California."

BILL TO REPLACE DEALTH PENALTY WITH PERMANENT IMPRISONMENT

August 16, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Office of Senator Loni Hancock
Contact: Larry Levin (916)651-4009

BILL TO REPLACE DEALTH PENALTY WITH PERMANENT IMPRISONMENT TO BE HEARD IN ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

 Former Attorney General and noted legal scholar to testify in support, along with family members of murder victims and exonerees who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned.

GOVERNOR SIGNS HANCOCK BILL TO PROTECT CITIES FROM SALES TAX SCAM

June 05, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Larry Levin
916) 651-4009 or Cell (916) 203-2005

DEATH PENALTY BAN PASSES FIRST LEGISLATIVE TEST; APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE

July 07, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Larry Levin (916)651-4009

Sacramento-Senator Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley) welcomed today's vote of 5-2 by the Assembly Public Safety Committee in support of SB 490, her bill to replace the death penalty with permanent imprisonment. This was the first vote in the California Legislature in 33 years on the death penalty, since it was reinstated in 1978.

THE TRUE COSTS OF THE DEATH PENALTY:AUTHORS OF LANDMARK REPORT TO APPEAR BEFORE THE SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE

August 22, 2011

FIRST PUBLIC PRESENTATION BY FEDERAL JUDGE & LOYOLA LAW PROFESSOR WHO CO-AUTHORED REPORT

　

WHAT: Senator Loni Hancock (D-Oakland), Chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, will convene an informational hearing on the report, "Executing the Will of the Voters?

SENATOR HANCOCK HONORS BIOFUEL OASIS AS 2010 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

May 25, 2010

 

 

Contact: Terri Waller

(510) 286-1333 (office)

SENATOR HANCOCK ANNOUNCES ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS FOR CITIES OF PIEDMONT, ALBANY

April 12, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Larry Levin (916)651-4009

Sacramento - Senator Hancock (D-Oakland) today announced that the cities of Piedmont and Albany will receive grants totaling $147,215 from the California Energy Commission to improve the energy efficiency of their streetlights.

 

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