...regulations in smaller cities, where abuse may be more likely, Bender said. "We see examples every day of sheriffs, assemblymen, who through their positions of power, give their friends contracts," Bender said. "The potential for favoritism is...

...was in the state assembly: "Dr. No." "He was against everything," said Paul Offner, a former Wisconsin Democratic assemblyman who served with Thompson during the early 1970s. Thompson automatically seemed to oppose any program put forth by the Democrats...

...deciding whether to run, in part because they said they'll forgo the race if Condit seeks re-election. And neither Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza nor state Sen. Jim Costa has criticized their longtime friend for his relationship with missing Washington...

...image in the wake of the Levy disappearance has made for an uphill fight, and he is seen as the underdog against protege Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza. Levy, 24, vanished without a trace as she was preparing to move home to Modesto after her internship ended...

...water agencies involved. "This is a measure that will last 75 years. It's not a quick fix," said Democratic state Assemblyman Robert Hertzberg, who helped lead the negotiations among water districts representing San Diego, the Imperial Valley...

...door." A Condit bid could set up what many Democrats fear may be a bloody March 5 primary fight that would pit him against Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza, a friend, former aide and protege. Political consultants and some Condit supporters, however, are shaking...

...of the valley." His re-election bid sends him headlong into a Democratic primary campaign against his former protege Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza. Cardoza said he had expected Condit to file. "He probably sees this as one way he can redeem himself some...

...that anyway.'' Gascon was one of various community leaders who waved to the crowd from the back seats of convertibles. Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa, who is running for mayor of Los Angeles, also appeared. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, wearing...

...with the bidders. It will take another $400 million for the state to start providing power under those contracts, said Assemblyman Fred Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, the measure's sponsor. Despite that, Davis said he believes the state can provide SoCal...

...became mayor of Ceres -- pronounced "Series" -- at age 26, and later a county supervisor. By age 35, he was a state assemblyman, occasionally evading security alarms to eat peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches with his daughter on the roof of the...