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Dominoes fall as lawmakers prepare to take office for next session (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Fri, 11/28/2008 - 19:51
pBy Steven Harmonbr / MediaNews Sacramento Bureaubr / November 28, 2008/p pSACRAMENTO — If there's one upgrade Senator-elect Mark DeSaulnier is looking forward to, it's the daylight he will have in his new office./p pDeSaulnier, a Concord Democrat elected to the Senate after two years with a windowless Assembly office, will finally have a view of the outdoors as he moves to the upper chamber./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/149 target=_blankread more/a/p
Torlakson Honored for his Work on the Great California Delta Trail (Associated Press)
Latest Media Clips - Thu, 11/20/2008 - 07:56
pAssociated Pressbr / November 20, 2008/p pState Sen. Tom Torlakson, D-Concord, was named the 2008 winner of the National Trails Award for Public Service Monday in recognition of his work in developing plans for the Great California Delta Trail, Torlakson's press office announced Wednesday./p pTorlakson wrote Senate Bill 1556, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law in 2006, the first step toward creating a trail system in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/143 target=_blankread more/a/p
Senior Volunteer Awards (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Wed, 11/19/2008 - 22:47
pBy Jacquie Oliveriusbr / Contra Costa Timesbr / November 19, 2008/p pIt was a full house when the Culture to Culture Foundation held a very special ceremony Oct. 5 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek./p pThirty-five seniors, ages 55 and older, were nominated, mostly by those who are involved in the area's senior community, for the foundation's first Senior Volunteer Awards for voluntarily serving in the community during the last year./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/142 target=_blankread more/a/p
Legislature honors county, T.O. for wellness programs (Ventura County Star)
Latest Media Clips - Tue, 10/28/2008 - 06:47
pBy Alicia Doylebr / Tuesday, October 28, 2008/p pRecognizing the value of a healthy workplace, the county of Ventura and city of Thousand Oaks received top honors for establishing wellness programs that benefit their company in many ways, including reduced insurance rates, increased productivity and lower long-term healthcare costs./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/138 target=_blankread more/a/p
Times recommends Tom Torlakson for Assembly (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Tue, 10/21/2008 - 03:51
pMediaNews editorialbr / October 21, 2008/p pSTATE SEN. Tom Torlakson has made no secret of his plans. Term limits bar him from seeking re-election to the Senate, but allow him to serve one more two-year term in the state Assembly. It's very convenient for Torlakson, who needs a place to land before pursuing his real goal, running in 2010 for state Superintendent of Public Instruction./p pTorlakson faces only token Republican opposition in his race for the Assembly seat representing northern Contra Costa from Antioch to Pinole./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/137 target=_blankread more/a/p
Mt. Diablo school district: Management and budget woes top debate in four-candidate race for two open seats (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Sun, 10/12/2008 - 03:53
pBy Theresa Harringtonbr / Contra Costa Timesbr / October 12, 2008/p pCONCORD — A contentious school board election is brewing in the Mt. Diablo district, where a longtime trustee and the teacher's union are working to defeat another incumbent amid months of controversy over management./p pThe school board has cut $14 million from the district's budget in the past year and is likely to slash millions more in coming months. It is also facing an expired teacher's contract that could lead to a strike, if it goes unresolved much longer./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/136 target=_blankread more/a/p
Shoes represent Golden Gate Bridge suicides (San Francisco Chronicle)
Latest Media Clips - Sun, 09/28/2008 - 20:31
pKelly Zitobr / San Francisco Chroniclebr / September 28, 2008/p pShoes representing those who committed suicide by jumping... A pair of boots atop a pile of shoes represents the World... Nina Klehr (right) holds a sign in memory of friends who .../p pWorn oxfords, floral flip-flops, in-line skates, sparkly high heels, fuzzy blue slippers./p pEach pair of shoes placed early Saturday morning in a neat rectangular block on the green lawn of Crissy Field represented a person - teenager, artist, mother, doctor, war veteran - who has taken a fatal jump from the Golden Gate Bridge./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/135 target=_blankread more/a/p
Constitutional convention proposed (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Wed, 09/17/2008 - 03:43
pBy Steven Harmonbr / MediaNews Sacramento Bureaubr / September 17, 2008/p pSACRAMENTO — Imagine a single act that could clean up the dysfunctions of California government./p pImagine taking the power out of lawmakers' hands to solve perpetually vexing issues such as prison overcrowding, broken water systems, failing schools, budget stalemates and gerrymandering./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/134 target=_blankread more/a/p
Education board to weigh possible delay in testing (Sacramento Bee)
Latest Media Clips - Wed, 09/10/2008 - 20:02
pSacramento Beebr / September 10, 2008/p pState Board of Education members will consider whether to ask the federal government for more time to institute a controversial statewide math standard, requiring all California eighth-graders to be tested on algebra./p pThe board meets for two days beginning at 9 a.m. today at the state Department of Education, Room 1011, 1430 N St./p pThe state board voted in July to test eighth-graders in algebra to bring California schools into compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind act./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/133 target=_blankread more/a/p
Democrats vow to change two-thirds requirement (Contra Costa Times)
Latest Media Clips - Tue, 08/19/2008 - 04:33
pBy Steven Harmonbr / Contra Costa Times Sacramento Bureaubr / August 19, 2008/p pSACRAMENTO — Assemblyman Sandre Swanson is convinced that the only way to avoid lengthy budget stalemates in the future is to strip the minority party of what he calls its out-sized influence./p pa href=http://tomtorlakson.com/node/132 target=_blankread more/a/p
