IN MY OWN WORDS
NEWSPAPER COLUMNS
Click below on the links to view columns by Assemblyman Mark Leno
May 2008 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
April 2008 - Republican Antics Push State Further Adrift
March 2008 - The Governor's Spending Addiction
February 2008 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
December 2007 - Lessons from the Cosco Busan
November 2007 - Saving the San Francisco Bay through Community Involvement
August 2007 - From Sacramento to Your Neighborhood
May 2007 - Reducing our Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
December 2006 - Observing World AIDS Day
November 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
September 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
August 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
July 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
June 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
May 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
April 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
March 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
February 2006 - African-American History Month Celebration
January 2006 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
December 2005 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
October 2005 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
July 2005 - The price of the governor's politics of deception
June 2005 - It's STILL the revenue, Governor
May 2005 - From Sacramento and Your Neighborhood
December 2004 - Portero View December 2004
November 2004 - Legislative Reflections
October 2004 - Legislative Reflections
June 2004 - Let's get real on the state budget
April 2004 - On the Mark
July 2003 - On the Mark
April 2003 - On the Mark
Op-Eds
February 6, 2008 - The governor's spending addiction
February 3, 2008 - A better Doyle Drive approach
October 2, 2007- On U.S. Energy Policy: Clean, cheap energy? Not really
September 16, 2007 - California GOP's Election "Reform" Measure Reeks of Rove
August 15, 2007 - The poison in your sofa: California's standard is poisoning the whole nation, one sofa at a time
August 10, 2007 - Time to reform the budget process
June 29, 2007 - Fix state food stamp rules to fight hunger
May 23, 2007 - Reducing Californians' Exposure to Toxic Chemicals By Banning Brominated and Chlorinated Fire Retardants
January 21, 2007 - On Foster Care State agencies ignore the law -- and the public
August 9, 2006 - Wave power a natural for our coastal state
November 17, 2005 - Telecom Merger Should Benefit State
November 14, 2005 - Avoiding ultimate mistake in applying ultimate punishment
June 26, 2005 - The price of the governor's politics of deception
January 25, 2005 - It's the revenue, governor
November 16, 2004 - The T.G. health care mess
July 21, 2004 - The state budget mess
May 23, 2004 - Let's get real on state budget
February 11, 2004 - Last call, 4 a.m.
December 22, 2003 - Limited Funds, Unlimited Needs
July 2, 2003 - Why there's no budget
April 22, 2003 - Diverting California's Fiscal Tsunami
January 28, 2003 - Is the death penalty in California's best interest?
Last year, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) sponsored a bill banning two types of toxic chemicals used as fire retardants in foam padding in furniture. These chlorinated and brominated chemicals are linked to cancer, birth defects and reproductive disorders; they migrate from furniture to dust particles, are breathed in by children and pets, and are found in the breast milk of nursing mothers. That bill, however, never reached Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk, falling victim to election-year squabbling.
