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AS THE STATE prepares to start distributing grants and loans authorized by Proposition 71, the $3 billion stem cell funding initiative voters approved in November, a Sacramento legislator is saying that the process is not sufficiently open to the public and that there is a danger California will see little gain from all the money it is handing out. The state Legislature started its new session Monday, and lawmakers would do well to take up these concerns as they set their early agenda.
State Sen. Deborah Ortiz of Sacramento was the most visible advocate of Proposition 71 among state legislators, but she believes the bond measure had serious flaws that must be corrected to protect the interests of California and its residents. In November, Ortiz told the Sacramento Bee newspaper she wants to pass legislation that would require the working groups responsible for grant and loan distribution to reveal their financial interests. This is a significant improvement on the proposition's simple requirement that members of the Proposition 71 oversight committee abstain from voting on funding that would go...
AS THE STATE prepares to start distributing grants and loans authorized by Proposition 71, the $3 billion stem cell funding initiative voters approved in November, a Sacramento legislator is saying that the process is not sufficiently open to the public and that there is a danger California will see little gain from all the money it is handing out. The state Legislature started its new session Monday, and lawmakers would do well to take up these concerns as they set their early agenda.
State Sen. Deborah Ortiz of Sacramento was the most visible advocate of Proposition 71 among state legislators, but she believes the bond measure had serious flaws that must be corrected to protect the interests of California and its residents. In November, Ortiz told the Sacramento Bee newspaper she wants to pass legislation that would require the working groups responsible for grant and loan distribution to reveal their financial interests. This is a significant improvement on the proposition's simple requirement that members of the Proposition 71 oversight committee abstain from voting on funding that would go...