SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL
VO: (:30) LAST WEEK, BASS HELD A FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLAR A HEAD FUNDRAISER. IN 2000, A STATE LAW IMPOSED A 36-HUNDERED DOLLAR LIMIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICIANS, BUT LIKE MANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, BASS SIDESTEPPED THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT BY CREATING WHAT'S CALLED A BALLOT ACCOUNT. BALLOT ACCOUNTS LET LAWMAKERS COLLECT UNLIMITED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BALLOT MEASURES CAMPAIGNS, THOUGH THEY ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR ANY POLITICAL EFFORT BESIDES THEIR OWN CAMPAIGNS. BASS SAYS SHE SUPPORTS PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING, WHICH WOULD EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE WHO RECEIVES CAMPAIGN MONEY, BUT HAS NO PLANS TO INTRODUCE ANY CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS AS SPEAKER.
SUPER: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-ELECT KAREN BASS/D-LOS ANGELES
SOT: (:29)
REPORTER: "SO WHAT SORT OF CAMPAIGN FINANCING, UH CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING REFORMS WILL YOU BE PROPOSING?"
SAYS: "OH. I DID NOT SAY THAT. I DON'T PLAN TO PROPOSE ANY CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IN THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS, IF WE DID HAVE PUBLIC FINANCING, OF CAMPAIGNS THEN I COULD FOCUS STRICTLY ON POLICY. I DON'T PLAN TO PROPOSE THAT IN MY TENURE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, MY TENURE WILL BE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS OTHER SPEAKERS, SINCE WILLIE BROWN."
VO TAG: LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ARE TYPICALLY ELECTED BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THEIR FELLOW LAWMAKERS.
EXTRA BITES:
SUPER: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-ELECT KAREN BASS/D-LOS ANGELES
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH HOWEVER THAT IS A PART OF, THAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS BEAST, AND THAT IS FUNDRAISING. I WOULD LOVE IF WE HAD CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND CAMPAIGNS WERE PUBLICLY FINANCED, I COULD FOCUS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF MY TIME ON PUBLIC POLICY, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT TO RUN AN ELECTION, WHETHER YOU'RE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OR THE ASSEMBLY, OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE TO RAISE MONEY."
BASS SAYS THE STATE BUDGET CANNOT BE BALANCED BY SPENDING CUTS ALONE, BUT DECLINED TO STATE WHAT TAXES SHE WOULD PREFER RAISED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET:
SOT: (:12)
SAYS: "PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK AT THE LOTTERY, I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS... WOULD NOT BE ACCURATE RIGHT NOW."
4. LITTLE LEGISLATORS VO/SOT
LIVE: 800 FIFTH GRADERS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY ARE TAKING PART IN AN ANNUAL CAPITOL EVENT AIMED AT TEACHING SCHOOL KIDS THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THIS IS THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL KIDS DAY AT THE CAPITOL.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:20) ONE CLASS FROM FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEAR FRESNO BEGAN THE PROCESS WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILDING AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS BY REPUBLICAN LEADER DAVE COGDILL. OTHER LEGISLATORS MET AND WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH KIDS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. AFTER THE INTRODUCTION, THEY TOUR THE BUILDING, THEN SHEPHERD THEIR OWN MOCK BILLS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
SUPER: CINDY LEE/AT&T PIONEERS
SOT: (:16)
SAYS: "ACTUALLY THE KIDS ARE BEING VERY INNOVATIVE ... IN THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WANTING THIS YEAR."
SUPER: SAWYER BRANDT/SAINT IGNATIUS (SACRAMENTO)
SOT: (:24)
SAYS: "WE DID A BILL ON ANIMAL CRUELTY ... HAVE TO DO FOUR MONTH COMMUNITY SERVICE."
VO TAG: THE EVENT CONTINUES THROUGH TOMORROW.
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SUPER: MADDIE OGAS/FREEDOM ELEMENTARY (CLOVIS)
SOT: (:06)
SAYS: "KIDS ARE FALLING BACK ON EDUCATION WITH COMPUTERS AND THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY."
5. NAKED GUY ARRESTED AT CAPITOL VO
• NO VIDEO OF NAKED GUY, JUST THE POLICE ACTIVITY AFTERWARD. DUE TO TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THIS VIDEO IS BEING FED RAW.•
LIVE: A MAN WITNESSES SAY WAS RUNNING AROUND CAPITOL PARK NAKED WAS ARRESTED THIS AFTERNOON. A WITNESS SAYS THE MAN DISROBED IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CAPITOL THEN BEGAN RUNNING AROUND THE PARK.
SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:40) THE HIGHWAY PATROL AND SENATE SERGEANTS INSIDE THE CAPITOL BLOCKED THE DOORS TO THE CAPITOL'S EAST STEPS WHERE THE ARREST TOOK PLACE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEY SAID IT WAS AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION AS THE MAN THREW A FEW PUNCHES AT THE OFFICERS WHO ARRESTED HIM. THE MAN WAS TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION. A C-H-P OFFICER BELIEVES THE SUSPECT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS. A CAPITOL HIGHWAY PATROL EMPLOYEE SAYS THE BEEFED UP POLICE PRESENCE WAS DUE TO CONCERNS THAT THE SUSPECT COULD POSE A DANGER TO THE ADDITIONAL KIDS WHO WERE NEARBY. THE LOBBYIST FOR THE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY SAID THE MAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS AT THE CAPITOL TODAY TO DEFEAT A PORN TAX INCREASE.
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