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Media Center

For press inquiries, please contact: Kelly Shively at 916-446-7311

Press Releases

John Hall, Labor Advocate with Plumbers Local in Los Angeles, Passes Away Suddenly February 28, 2006
Coalition Victory: Schwarzenegger Administration Reverses Course on CEQA Dispute January 18, 2006
New Research Shows that with No-Flush Urinals, It's not Just the Odor that Remains Behind November 17, 2005
Schwarzenegger Administration Defies Court Order, Moves to Approve Controversial Building Products without Environmental and Safety Tests August 1, 2005
Bending to Schwarzenegger Administration Threats and Strong-armed Tactics, State Panel Approves Shoddy Worker Training Program July 29, 2005
Shoddy Worker Training Program Backed by Gov. Schwarzenegger Faces Legal Challenge April 6, 2005
Court Requires Environmental Review For Mtbe-Leaching Plastic Water Pipes November 18, 2004
Some High School Graduates Take Pass on College, Head Straight for Trade School

In the News

Opponents of plastic pipes win battle in a long war
The Mercury News, December 5, 2006
Green bills await governor's pen, Measures will test Schwarzenegger's environmental resolve, activists say
The Sacramento Bee, September 10, 2006
Capitol Notebook: Times Sacramento Bureau
The Mercury News, September 3, 2006
State Bill Would Save Water, One Flush at a Time Measure Would Reduce Water Used in Flushing Toilets and Promote Waterless Urinals
The Daily Californian, September 12, 2006
Will Schwarzenegger opt for low-flush toilets?
Oakland Tribune, September 6, 2006
MP3 Audio: Schwarzenegger proposes lifting ban on chlorinated PVC water pipes
KQED, August 4, 2006
"College not for everybody"
Los Angeles Daily News, July 10, 2006
"Keeping jobs in pipeline: Plumbers union carefully trains next generation"
Vallejo Times Herald
"Apprentice program completed"
Times Standard, April 1, 2006
"Pipe dreams, reality; Apprenticeships give student plumbers on-the-job training"
San Diego Union Tribune, January 10, 2006
Plumbers defeat waterless urinals, citing health concerns
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, December 16, 2005
Letter to the editor: The risk without the flush
Sacramento Bee, December 1, 2005
Poll: Governor's image, measures struggle as campaign winds down
Associated Press, October 28, 2005
"Fair aims to build for future"
Stockton Record, October 22, 2005
"Apprentices strive for pipe dreams"
Contra Costa Times, September 26, 2005
"Plumbing program's foes pipe up; Organized labor has issues with contractors"
Stockton Record, April 28, 2005
"Training fails state, union says,"
Press Enterprise (Riverside), April 26, 2005

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