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Sacramento Bee

 California's state Senate leader has an idea to resolve mistrust generated by Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for two giant water diversion tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: new legislation that would lay out regulations for how the tunnels would operate.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, floated the idea in a speech this week at a conference held by the Association of California Water Agencies in Sacramento.

Sacramento Bee

California's top Senate Democrat called Tuesday for more investment in mental health services in the state, saying his proposal could improve lives, prevent future tragedies and reduce the burden mentally ill patients put on the state's prisons and hospitals.

Press Democrat

Gov. Jerry Brown promised opponents the “battle of their lives” on public school funding.

“This is a cause,” he said at a news conference last week in Sacramento. “I will fight any effort to dilute this bill.”

Los Angeles Times

Without question, Mayor Kevin Johnson has been the central player in the effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento. But it's also clear, George Skelton says in his Thursday column, that he had an all-star team of high-powered politicos on his side.

For starters, that team has included Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), Republican consultant Rob Stutzman and Sacramento lobbyist Darius Anderson.