California - First in the Nation

[realFedUp]

For anyone in CA voting against the recall, and know
of friends who are voting against Davis, please send them
this...it's about what laws have been passed under
Davis's leadership.

FIRST IN THE NATION
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNDER GOVERNOR DAVIS AND THE DEMOCRATS

Partial list of achievements for the State of California during Governor Davis= first term in office, along with the Democratic legislature. Most of these would not have been signed into law by a Republican governor.

Education
· Largest ever expansion of college financial assistance
· Largest four-year increase in total education funding (increase of $10 billion, or 32%)
· Largest and most aggressive teacher recruitment and retention program
· First-ever statewide accountability program and Academic Performance Index
· First-ever Four-Percent Admissions Program to UC schools
Public Safety
· Toughest and most comprehensive gun safety laws in the nation
· Most comprehensive child-proof safety lock requirement
· First state to repeal the immunity from liability granted exclusively to firearm manufacturers
· First state to gain FAA approval for ASafe Skies@ anti-terrorism initiative
Health Care
· Since Governor Davis took office, enrolled more children in federal children=s health insurance program (Healthy Families) than any state
· Strongest Patient=s Bill of Rights and highest number of patient-protection laws
· Greatest investment in cancer and HIV/AIDS research and treatment programs
· First minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute care hospitals
Choice
· First state to enact Violence Against Women Act, allowing victims of gender violence to hold their attacker civilly liable
· Helped make California the most pro-choice State in the nation, signing into law seven pieces of legislation to strengthen a woman's right to choose, including SB 1301 (Kuehl), "The Reproductive Privacy Act”, ensuring that California women will continue to have the right to an abortion, regardless of whether the U.S. Supreme Court continues to uphold Roe v. Wade.
Transportation
· The largest ever General Fund investment in new transportation projects ($6.8 billion)
· Placed a High Speed Rail bond measure on the November 2004 ballot, which, if passed, would be the nation=s largest public works project
Environment
· The three largest-ever environmental bond measures (Propositions 12, 13 and 40)
· First law in the nation to substantively address global warming and greenhouse gases
· Greatest-ever investment in urban parks (6,200 acres)
· First comprehensive program to clean-up coastal pollution (Clean Beaches)
· First environmental justice law in the nation
· Toughest standards for toxic mold, lead, arsenic, Chromium 6 and perchlorate
· Largest ever investment in energy conservation programs
Affordable Housing
· Largest-ever General Fund investment in new housing programs
· Largest Housing Bond measure ever placed on a state ballot
Consumer Protection/Privacy
· First-ever Office of Privacy Protection dedicated to promoting and protecting individual privacy
· First in the nation to require consumer credit reporting agencies to disclose credit scoring criteria used for granting home loans
· California enacts tough financial privacy law
Civil Rights

· One of the nation=s broadest Domestic Partner laws
· Toughest housing and workplace discrimination laws
Labor/Business/Trade
· First-ever state paid holiday honoring Cesar Chavez
· First-ever labor mediation law protecting farmworkers
· Appointed the first Small Business Advocate to serve directly in the Governor=s office
· First state with paid family leave
· California became the first American state ever to rank as the fifth largest economy in the world.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. My Fellow DUers must send an email of Gratitude to.....

Governor Davis for his great work!

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[realFedUp]

2. You wouldn't see this legislation under a Republican

We've had Pete Wilson as governor.
We don't want the steroid version now.

[realFedUp]

3. bump

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[realFedUp]

4. kick

coz I can.