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State Assembly takes on farm worker overtime
Floor passage will push equal worker rights for ag 06/30/2010
A measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) to extend overtime pay provisions to farm workers who work more than eight hours in a day will be up for a vote of the California State Assembly on Thursday in Sacramento.
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Pesticide approval reviewed in face of scientific concerns
DPR moving ahead on methyl iodide use despite “sig 06/16/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold a hearing of the Senate Food and Agriculture Committee on Thursday, evaluating a report by top scientists which indicates a serious public health threat posed by methyl iodide, a cancer-causing pesticide the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is set to approve for use on California strawberries in just weeks.
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Smart Grid panel takes on PG&E bill “estimations”
04/23/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will lead a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on the Smart Grid on Monday in Sacramento, investigating the recent revelation that some utility customers are getting “estimated” bills due to a “Smart” Meter defect. The panel will look into the cost to customers from this practice.
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Senate explores soda’s link to youth obesity, diabetes
04/19/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will chair a hearing into some of California’s leading health threats Tuesday in Sacramento, examining the role sugar-sweetened beverages have played in raising rates of both obesity and diabetes – particularly among children.
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Allred, Majority Leader Florez fight to protect young crime victims from cyber harassment
04/05/2010
Victims’ rights attorney Gloria Allred and her client, a child victim of fashion designer Anand Jon, will join Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) on Tuesday to testify on behalf of legislation to stop the on-line harassment of child crime victims by the perpetrators and their associates. They will hold media availability in Florez’s office at 10 a.m. after the vote.
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CPUC selects Smart Meter investigator, at long last
03/31/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) reacted with a wait-and-see attitude to today’s announcement that the California Public Utilities Commission has at long last selected an independent evaluator – a company called Structure -- to investigate the accuracy of PG&E’s so-called Smart Meters.
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Florez exits Lieutenant Governor’s race
03/12/2010
With the official announcement that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will run for Lieutenant Governor, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) says he will exit the race and offer his full support to Newsom’s campaign.
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Florez decries Smart Meter foot dragging by PG&E, CPUC
03/07/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold a news conference Monday morning in Bakersfield, to find out why -- five months after it was promised -- no testing has been completed on the “Smart Meters” blamed for outrageous utility bill spikes in the Valley.
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Majority Leader works to curb obesity, diabetes epidemic
02/18/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) legislation today aimed at curbing the rampant consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages – considered one of the leading causes of obesity and a major contributor to diabetes – and encouraging consumers to steer toward healthier alternatives.
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Majority Leader makes it official with statement
02/17/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), today submitted the necessary paperwork to place his statement on the June ballot in his race to become California’s next Lieutenant Governor.
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Assembly Rejects Maldonado Appointment
02/11/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) broke with many in his party today in voting against the confirmation of Senator Abel Maldonado for Lieutenant Governor. The motion passed in the Senate by a vote of 26-7.
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Florez seeks end to unpredictable tuition spikes
02/09/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, who spoke out strongly against the recent 32% fee spike at UC campuses, this week introduced legislation to help stabilize student fees for future generations of California students.
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UFW Endorses Senator Dean Florez in Lt. Governor Bid
02/06/2010
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) was proud to receive today the endorsement of the United Farm Workers AFL-CIO (UFW) in his race to be California's next Lieutenant Governor.
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Florez triples opponent's fundraising
02/02/2010
Dean Florez, the Senate Majority Leader and candidate for Lieutenant Governor, today reported having raised more than three times as much as the next candidate, in addition to gaining some important endorsements statewide.
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ABC’s Nightline exposes cruel dairy industry practices
01/26/2010
Tonight ABC World News and Nightline will feature revealing coverage on inhumane practices in the U.S. dairy industry, including taildocking – a practice outlawed by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) last year in California through Senate Bill 135.
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Florez lays out path to Smart Meter confidence
12/16/2009
Even as the Senate Rules Committee met to consider confirming Michael Peevey’s continued tenure as president of the California Public Utilities Commission, his work for the next four years was piling up, as Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) continued his push to aggressively investigate the accuracy and reliability of “Smart” Meters.
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Florez challenges PG&E on promised ‘investigation’
12/03/2009
Following a series of full-page ads in major California newspapers and meetings between company executives and editorial boards to improve the public image of PG&E and Smart Meters, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez is calling on PG&E for a more concrete explanation of the pledge to “investigate and resolve” each customer complaint.
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Allred, Majority Leader Florez battle cyber harassment of crime victims
11/24/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will join victims’ rights attorney Gloria Allred today for a news conference in Los Angeles announcing legislation to protect young crime victims from being harassed through today’s social networking sites after their testimony in a criminal case.
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CPUC votes to require Smart Meter testing
11/20/2009
The California Public Utilities Commission today declared “extraordinary circumstances” to allow them to quickly move forward with hiring an independent consultant to test PG&E’s “Smart” Meters, amid widespread reports of billing anomalies with the new digital meters, including bill spikes of double and triple normal utility payments – even in vacant homes.
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Majority Leader supports MLK hospital partnership
11/19/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will attend this morning’s meeting of the UC Board of Regents to voice his strong support for a partnership between UC and Los Angeles County that would reopen Martin Luther King hospital, providing much-needed medical care to a community that has been underserved since the hospital’s closing in 2007.
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Florez lauds team effort for rail safety
11/15/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will mark the completion of long-awaited railroad crossing safety improvements Monday afternoon, presenting commemorative rail spikes to the agencies which worked together to make those upgrades possible.
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Senate reviews community health impact of CA ports
11/11/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will convene a hearing of port officials, air quality regulators and community advocates Thursday morning at the Port of Los Angeles to consider the impact of ports on the health of surrounding communities, the authority of regulatory agencies to intervene and the potential of new technologies to mitigate harm caused by port pollution.
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A Fix for 46
11/09/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), a key proponent of the “Fix 46” campaign, will join Caltrans officials and local leaders Tuesday morning for the long-awaited groundbreaking on major safety improvements to the highway dubbed “Blood Alley” for the many lives it has claimed.
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Florez joins Huerta in fast for health care reform
11/06/2009
This morning, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) began his leg of the ongoing fast in support of a health care reform, taking the proverbial torch passed by civil rights icon Dolores Huerta.
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Florez praises signing of comprehensive water bill
11/06/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) joined Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders in celebrating the signing the most comprehensive water infrastructure package in the history of California.
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Florez investigates gruesome discovery of dead horses
11/03/2009
Responding to horrific reports of dead horses covered in plastic and being dipped in formaldehyde behind a business in south Bakersfield, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez today called on the California Department of Food & Agriculture to conduct an immediate inquiry into the possible inhumane treatment of animals.
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Florez convenes Fresno “Smart” Meter forum
10/20/2009
Amid concerns that new electric metering technology has been funded by consumers without delivering promised savings, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will convene a hearing Wednesday in Fresno with PG&E and the regulatory body that pushed forward the company’s implementation of “Smart Meters,” as well as concerned utility customers and consumer advocates.
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PG&E required to get Smart meters evaluated
10/15/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) expressed a mix of appreciation and frustration with the California Public Utilities Commission, which responded late yesterday to his request for information regarding Smart Meter concerns even as it refused to make any promises on several key issues, and asked why a similarly prompt response from Pacific Gas & Electric has not been forthcoming.
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PUC approves $424 million refund for PG&E customers
10/15/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold media availability this afternoon in Shafter to discuss the California Public Utilities Commission’s response yesterday to his Smart Meter recommendations, as well as today’s announcement of a pending $424 million overcharge refund for PG&E customers.
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HSLF Endorses Dean Florez for California Lieutenant Governor
10/14/2009
The Humane Society Legislative Fund announces its endorsement of Dean Florez in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor of California.
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Florez takes Smart Meter fight to Fresno
10/13/2009
Following a contentious five-hour hearing in Bakersfield and a barrage of letters full of unanswered questions, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will convene a hearing of a major utility and the regulatory body that pushed forward the company’s implementation of “Smart Meters,” technology that has so far failed to deliver promised savings to consumers.
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A Governor’s Tale (Tail)
10/12/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) today announced the signing of legislation to prevent needless cruelty to California’s “happy cows,” a surprise move after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger directed much derision at the measure.
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Florez demands answers for PG&E customers
10/08/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), who held a contentious townhall meeting this week in Bakersfield to look into dramatic utility rate spikes for PG&E customers who have had “Smart” Meters installed, today delivered to the utility a list of those who participated, with a request that he be notified promptly of the assistance they are given.
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Florez holds public forum for SmartMeter concerns
10/02/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), will hold a hearing Monday evening in Bakersfield, giving concerned utility customers a forum to question PG&E on significant rate increases since the installation of “SmartMeters,” which were touted as a money-saving device.
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Florez warns against shifting tax burden to middle class
09/29/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) responded warily to a report by the Commission on the 21st Century Economy on reforming the state’s tax system, which was created for a 1930s durable goods economy. The commission set out to suggest changes that would lead to more stable revenues in today’s technology- and service-based economy, but Florez cautions the suggested approach will shift too much of the burden onto California’s shrinking middle-class.
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Efforts to reduce pet overpopulation gear up for halftime negotiations, education
09/10/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, announced today that his measure to reduce pet overpopulation and needless euthanasia will be put on hold until January, as supporters use this “halftime” to engage in negotiations to garner the 13 votes necessary for passage in the California State Assembly.
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Senate readies for battle against H1N1 pandemic
08/27/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose), Senator Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles) and Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) will hold a joint hearing of their respective committees Thursday in Sacramento to weigh the state’s readiness for an expected upswing of the H1N1 virus as students return to crowded classrooms.
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Florez: Half million in pay bonuses returned to state
07/09/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, is pleased to learn the Board of the Central Valley Regional Center has acted promptly to reverse the distribution of half a million dollars in “leftover” funds as pay bonuses in the midst of a budget crisis.
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Florez addresses Governor’s attacks on agriculture
07/08/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, today disputed the Governor’s notion that legislation in support of agriculture is a waste of the Legislature’s time, pointing out that increased revenue for California industry translates to much-needed revenue for California.
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Florez questions big pay bonuses during cash crisis
07/07/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, today asked the executive director of the Central Valley Regional Center, which contracts with the state to provide services to the developmentally disabled, to address concerns raised by the Center’s decision to hand out half a million dollars in pay bonuses even as client services face deep cuts.
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Assembly committee supports no-burn rule equity
07/06/2009
A measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) to prohibit agricultural burning on days where air quality has been deemed too unhealthy to light a fire in the fireplace passed out of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources today, despite a “no” vote from a representative of those who stand to benefit the most.
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Lt. Governor Candidate Tops Million Dollar Mark
07/06/2009
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, reports his Lt. Governor campaign has topped the $1.25 million dollar mark one year prior to the race.
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Florez to Gov: Stop tweeting and get to work
07/01/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, called on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to “stop tweeting his obsession with cow tails and start tweaking the Budget to move us toward a solution.”
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Senate debates merits of keeping Ag agency
06/15/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold a hearing Tuesday in Sacramento to consider whether or not it makes sense for agriculture to remain the only California industry with its own $100 million general fund-backed agency, when most of its functions could be performed by other departments.
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Senate moves to protect public from recalled foods
06/03/2009
The California State Senate today approved a measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) intended to give consumers – unnerved by a rash of food recalls – a last line of defense against food-borne illness at the cash register.
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Senate reverses course on spay and neuter legislation
06/02/2009
After years of failed attempts to control the pet population and ease the strain on California’s overburdened shelters and shelter workers, the California Legislature has reversed course and passed Senate Bill 250 after much debate.
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Merits of keeping Ag agency up for debate
06/02/2009
Following Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pledge that every dollar of waste and inefficiency saved will be a dollar that supports critical services such as health care and education, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) promptly announced a hearing into the future of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which his committee oversees.
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Senate reviews Madoff scheme’s California impact
05/28/2009
The California State Senate will hear testimony tonight from everyday Californians who fell victim to the financial scheme orchestrated by jailed financier Bernard Madoff, many of them elderly residents who lost their life savings with no source of future income.
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Food, Inc. unveils power, problems of factory farms
05/19/2009
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), Participant Media and The Humane Society of the United States will host an early screening of the Robert Kenner film Food, Inc., which makes the claim, “You will never look at dinner the same way.”
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Senate agrees to equity in no-burn rules
05/14/2009
The California State Senate today advanced a measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) which seeks to prohibit agricultural burning on days where air quality has been deemed too unhealthy to light a fire in the fireplace.
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Flu outbreak reveals public health shortcomings
05/05/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) today addressed shortcomings in the state’s emergency response plan that were revealed by last week’s hearing on the H1N1 virus, calling on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for improved communication between the Administration and public health officials, as well as a more flexible system for distributing resources in an emergency.
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Is California prepared for swine flu pandemic?
04/27/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) and Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose) will hold a joint hearing of their respective committees Thursday afternoon to hear testimony on the state’s emergency plan for proactively addressing and responding to the threat of a swine flu pandemic in the United States.
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Local animal control leader testifies in support of new measure
04/25/2009
The bill, which now moves on to the Senate Appropriations Committee, seeks to reduce the death rate among the 1 million-plus cats and dogs kept in shelters statewide each year. Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, D-Shafter, who is sponsoring the bill, says about half of those animals are euthanized, costing taxpayers $250 million.
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Florez moves to ban antibiotics from meat, poultry
04/21/2009
A measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) to phase out the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics in animals meant for human consumption passed the Senate Food and Agriculture Committee today by a vote of 3-1.
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Florez moves to ban antibiotics from school menus
04/20/2009
A measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) to phase out the use of antibiotics in food animals will be up for a vote Tuesday in Senate Food and Agriculture Committee. Senate Bill 416 seeks to reduce human consumption of unnecessary antibiotics, which contribute to a rise in human resistance to antibiotics.
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Majority Leader leads fight against pet overpopulation
04/14/2009
A measure by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) to save California taxpayers from the financial and emotional cost of killing nearly half a million unwanted pets in the state’s overburdened shelters each year will face its first vote Wednesday morning in Senate Local Government Committee.
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Celebs turn out to support responsible pet ownership
04/14/2009
The measure, by Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), seeks to save California taxpayers from the financial and emotional cost of killing nearly half a million unwanted pets in the state’s overburdened shelters each year. It will face its first vote Wednesday morning in the Senate Local Government Committee where Carlson will testify. Reality TV stars Matt Grant of “The Bachelor” and Lacey Conner of “Rock of Love” previously joined Florez in introducing the bill.
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Florez slams failure to get benefits to unemployed
04/07/2009
After listening to hours of Senate testimony on how the crisis at the Employment Development Department is keeping California’s unemployed from obtaining their unemployment insurance benefits in a timely manner, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) has called on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare an economic emergency and use his powers to aid the state’s job seekers.
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Florez to launch Lt. Gov. campaign live on the web
04/02/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will take to the internet Friday, formally announcing his plans to run for Lieutenant Governor of California in 2010 during a live, interactive webcast.
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Senate reviews Madoff scheme’s California impact
03/24/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) plans to call two hearings, weighing the effects of the scheme on the state and providing a forum for California victims. The first is expected to be held in Los Angeles the evening of April 15. A second hearing is tentatively scheduled for May 13 at the State Capitol Building in Sacramento.
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Florez invited to stimulus talks with Administration
03/19/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), today was proud to meet with President Barack Obama in Los Angeles after attending his well-received town hall meeting on the economy at the Miguel Contreras Learning Center, and will travel to the East Coast for further discussions with the Administration on the stimulus package.
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Senators call for answers after recalled food products served to California students
03/09/2009
Following a joint hearing of their respective committees into the deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak, and concerned by testimony that contaminated products were served to California students, Senators Dean Florez (D-Shafter) and Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) are calling for immediate answers on that gap in food security.
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Florez ties Title IX compliance to state aid
03/05/2009
Amid reports of renewed gender discrimination charges against the athletic department at Fresno State, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) has introduced legislation to help hold public educational institutions responsible for upholding the principles of Title IX, federal legislation to ensure gender equity in education.
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Senator demands California supermarkets make use of technology to enforce food recalls
03/04/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter), a staunch advocate for fortifying our state’s food-safety system in the wake of repeated deadly outbreaks of E. coli and salmonella, is urging retailers to step up to the plate in their much-needed role as consumers’ last line of defense.
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TV stars give voice to sad reality of shelter animals
02/24/2009
Matt Grant, star of ABC’s “The Bachelor: London Calling,” and Lacey Conner, herself an animal rescuer who has starred in Vh1’s “Rock of Love” and “Charm School,” will join Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) and other animal welfare advocates to roll out The Pet Responsibility Act – Senate Bill 250.
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Senate lays framework to improve farm animal welfare in wake of clear Prop. 2 mandate
02/14/2009
The Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture’s hearing “Setting a Course for Improving Farm Animal Welfare in California,” previously scheduled for Tuesday, February 17, has been postponed due to ongoing Budget negotiations.
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Ag chair leading charge for CA’s “Happy Cows”
02/12/2009
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold a news conference Friday in Sacramento to roll out legislation to end the long-standing dairy practice of crudely amputating cows tails, considered by many to be inhumane and unnecessary. Florez, who chairs the Senate Food and Agriculture Committee, will be joined in his announcement by Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
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Senate digs into reports of “organic” fertilizer fraud
01/30/2009
Little more than a week after what appears to be the second case in two months of synthetic fertilizer being passed off on unsuspecting California farmers and consumers as organic, Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will hold the first hearing
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Senate sets new table for Food and Agriculture
01/12/2009
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) will usher in a new era in California agriculture policy Tuesday, announcing a newly revamped Senate Committee on Food and Agriculture that looks
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Senate Majority Leader Florez responds to Republican lawsuit threat
12/18/2008
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) responded to threats made by Republicans in a hastily-called news conference with a warning of his own that Wall Street will be carefully watching what the California Legislature does next.
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Florez urges U.S. Treasury to invest in California
12/12/2008
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) has written to Henry Paulson, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, urging him to use the Treasury’s investment strength to jump start planned public works projects in California that would provide the s
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Governor urged to detail infrastructure proposal
12/08/2008
Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez (D-Shafter) today called on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to detail how he proposes to spend $26 to 28 billion in federal infrastructure funding he requested from President-elect Barack Obama.
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Senator sees air ruling as good step, much too late
11/19/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, applauded today’s ruling requiring the Valley air district to disclose the amount of pollution created by large confirmed animal facilities – including dairies, chicken and hog facilities – and the health threat such pollut
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Florez warns against repeating L.A. vote debacle
10/16/2008
As county voter registration hits historic levels, Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, will hold a news conference Friday morning in Bakersfield, urging the Kern County Registrar of Voters to ensure there is a paper ballot available to every registered voter
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Florez’s “free gas” proposal becomes reality
10/09/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, who this summer urged the California State Lottery to consider a “free gas” promotion to draw new players to the game that benefits California schools, will join Lottery officials Thursday morning in Fresno to help out with
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Governor approves Valley air board reforms
09/30/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, was pleased to announce today that reforms to the Valley’s air board can move forward now that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a measure which lays the groundwork for selecting new members
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Actor Martin Sheen joins call for Governor to sign raw milk bill, protect consumer choice
09/08/2008
Hollywood heavyweight Martin Sheen is lending his voice to the battle to protect consumer choice, as a measure to help keep safe, well-regulated raw milk on California store shelves heads to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for signature.
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Senate set to review Governor’s wage cut executive order
07/30/2008
In anticipation of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s planned signing tomorrow of an executive order cutting state worker pay to the federal minimum wage of $6.55, Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, has filed notice of a hearing on the matter, to be held Monda
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Law not on Governor’s side in wage cut threat
07/25/2008
Governmental Organization hearing, “Examining the practical implications and legal authority of the Governor’s executive order reducing state worker salaries to the federal minimum wage”
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Senator seeks funds to prevent workers’ heat deaths
07/16/2008
More OSHA inspectors needed, as more than half of employers violate heat regulations
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Florez blasts Governor for dousing charitable fundraising
07/11/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, today blasted Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for dousing charitable fundraising efforts this Fourth of July without any reliable proof that designated “safe and sane” fireworks start fires.
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Senator launches Delano heat death inquiry
07/11/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, wrote to the president of Sunview Vineyards where Felix worked in 108-degree heat, asking for a firsthand account of his company’s practices and training.
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Horseracing board resolves flap over wagering glitch
07/10/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, announces that the California Horse Racing Board has reached an agreement with the company behind a programming glitch that affected some Quick Pick wagers at California tracks.
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Florez looks to fuel Lottery growth with gas giveaway
07/08/2008
Senator Dean Florez, D-Shafter, will discuss his latest proposal for helping the Lottery grow.
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Senate bill tackles rise in hospital infections
06/23/2008
Actress and patient advocate shares personal experience with ravages of “superbug”
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