Cities, counties pay price for Capitol clout
Cities, counties pay price for Capitol clout
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About 150 governments spent nearly $40 million -- more than labor, oil or business -- on lobbyists to represent them in Sacramento. SACRAMENTO -- When the California Legislature diverted $1.3 billion from local transportation projects recently to pay for state programs, it was despite a frantic counteroffensive by one of the costliest lobbying corps in the capital. |
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News entry number 1309 added on Sep 10, 2007 in the Politics category.
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