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Thursday, May 1, 2008

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1. AIRLINE PASSENGERS BILL OF RIGHTS.........VO/SOT

2. SNOW SURVEY/DRY SUMMER..........................VO/SOT

• THE SNOW SURVEY VO/SOT IS FOLLOWED BY THE UNSCRIPTED PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE CAPITOL INCLUDING VIDEO AND SOUNDBITES WHERE THE RESOURCES SECRETARY CALLED ON CALIFORNIANS TO CONSERVE WATER DUE TO LOWER THAN AVERAGE SNOW AND RAIN TWO YEARS IN A ROW•

3. EARTHQUAKES...................................................VO/SOT

4. MAY DAY PROTEST AT CAPITOL..............................VO

5. BORDER GOVERNORS PREPARE FOR BIRD FLU........VO/SOT

1. AIRLINE PASSENGERS BILL OF RIGHTS VO/SOT

LIVE: A BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE AIRLINES TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER, WORKING TOILETS AND FRESH AIR TO PASSENGERS STRANDED ON THE TARMAC LONGER THAN THREE HOURS WAS VOTED OFF THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR WITH MANY REPUBLICAN VOTES. SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS FROM RURAL DISTRICTS INCLUDED REFERENCES TO THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS YESTERDAY SUPPORTING LAWMAKER TRIPS ON FOREIGN JUNKETS PAID BY SPECIAL INTERESTS BECAUSE IT ENABLED RURAL LEGISLATORS TO SEE BIG CITY THINGS SUCH AS AIRPORTS AND MULTI LANE HIGHWAYS.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN MIKE VILLINES/R-CLOVIS

SOT: (41:58-:21)(:23)

SAYS: "AGAIN, I AM FROM FRESNO. WE DON'T HAVE AIRPLANES WE HAVE BASS BOATS, WE DON'T HAVE AIRPLANES ... FIFTY SEPARATE LAWS POTENTIALLY."

SUPER: TODAY/STATE CAPITOL/SACRAMENTO

VO: (:15) REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST THE BILL SAY THEY DID SO BECAUSE THEY PREFERRED A FEDERAL LAW, AND BELIEVED AN APPEALS COURT RULING IN NEW YORK STRIKING DOWN SIMILAR LEGISLATION WOULD NEGATE CALIFORNIA'S BILL IF IT BECOMES LAW.

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN CHUCK DEVORE/R-IRVINE

SOT: (:24)

SAYS: "MEMBERS THIS MEASURE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL ... FEEL GOOD MEASURE THAT DOES NOTHING."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN JEFFRIES/R-RIVERSIDE

SOT: (:23)

SAYS: "I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, I DON'T KNOW THE LEGAL ARGUMENTS I DO KNOW I BELIEVE IN STATE'S RIGHTS .. OUT IN THE RURAL AREAS WE BELIEVE IN SPANKING AND THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO SPANK THE AIRLINES."

VO TAG: ASSEMBLYMAN CHUCK DEVORE IS NOT AN ATTORNEY EITHER. THE BILL HAD 16 NO VOTES AND 13 REPUBLICANS VOTED AYE. THE BILL IS AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYMAN MARK LENO, WHO IS TAKING ON SITTING SENATOR CAROLE MIGDEN. HE SAYS LEGISLATION OF HIS LAST YEAR MAY HAVE BEEN HELD IN COMMITTEE DUE TO POLITICS BUT THAT THE PRIMARY WOULD BE FINISHED BY THE TIME THIS BILL COMES TO A VOTE.

EDITOR'S NOTE:

LENO'S BILL IS AB-1943.

EXTRA BITES:

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN TODD SPITZER/R-ORANGE

SOT: (:09)

SAYS: "I WAS JUST INQUIRING IF IT WAS TO THE GOVERNOR'S REFERENCE THAT THOSE ELECTED FROM RURAL DISTRICTS NOT UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE AIRPORTS AND HIGHWAYS IN CALIFORNIA."

SOT: (:26)

SAYS: "AT SOME POINT THERE HAVE TO BE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ... WHO RESIDE IN OUR CIRCUIT."

SUPER: ASSEMBLYMAN MARK LENO/D-SAN FRANCISCO

SOT: (:15)

SAYS: "I WOULD SUGGEST THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS NOT WITHOUT ITS OWN POLITICAL MUSCLE IN WASHINGTON D-C .. AND NOT MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN WASHINGTON."