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Published Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. PIG Continued from page 1A injury, Mackintosh said. Quezada was driving his 2001 Suzuki Motorcy- cle west on Highway 36W about 55-60 mph when he said a black pig ran into the road from the north shoulder. Quezada was unable to avoid a collision with the pig, "hitting it dead cen- ter" and both driver and passenger were thrown from the motorcycle, Mackintosh said. The motorcycle had major damage. officer arrival, Mackintosh said. The pig was dead upon —Julie Zeeb Brown signs bills at higher rate than predecessors warned California lawmakers after returning for a third term in 2011 that they would soon be ''playing the veto blues.'' But an analysis of the two-year legislative session that ended Sunday reveals the Democratic governor has rejected just 13 percent of the 1,866 bills that crossed his desk. That's the lowest veto rate of any governor since Brown SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown memorably first sat in the governor's office during his two terms in the 1970s and 80s. Brown's predecessor, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed bills at twice that rate. The Associated Press gathered the signing and veto sta- EVANS Continued from page 1A junior Marissa Chase and seniors Laurel Shoop and Connor Ross describe Evans as being unique with a dry sense of humor. "My first meeting was really awkward," said Shoop, who also had Evans for English. "It took me a while to understand his sense of humor. It was hard to read what he was thinking, but you could tell when he was disap- pointed in you. It was the worst thing ever. He never got mad and I had so much respect for him. You want- ed to do everything you can to make him proud." Chase first got to know Wednesday, October 3, 2012 – Daily News 7A him better through work- ing at The Bluffer, she said. "It's all a big family," Chase said. "We're an incredibly close group." For Ross, he first met that included apple prod- ucts and Lady Gaga, Ross said. Evans in eighth grade when his teacher was telling him he should join The Bluffer and he had a sister who was on staff. "He seemed like the most boring person in the world, but he just has this dry sense of humor and he jokes about everything," Ross said. There was a stuffed cat in The Bluffer room that was passed around and whomever had it was allowed to talk. On Evans' birthday one year, some- one brought him a real cat for the day, Ross said. Chase said it was his personality that was a big part of what made Evans' students love him. "It's just who he was," Chase said. Cats were among Evans' "odd obsessions" dom guy," Ross said. "He was also very smart. He had all the answers and we could rely on him for everything. We all look up to him. One of the most unique guys I've met." ever also a very humble person, never taking the glory or credit for anything. Shoop said Evans was As a tribute, the group plans to make the next voters will consider toughening the penalties on human trafficking in a November ballot initiative funded almost entirely by a former Facebook official and opposed — somewhat sur- prisingly — by some advocates who are trying to stop the exploitation. If it's approved by voters, Proposi- tion 35 would more than double sen- tences for human traffickers and impose a life sentence for the sex-traf- ficking of children. It also would require sex offenders to provide email addresses and other Internet identifiers to law enforcement. Former Facebook Chief Privacy trafficking, and argues that a jury — not voters — should decide the severi- ty of a case. ''It's sort of like this perfect storm of problematic and exceptionally complex law changes, coupled with huge funding, coupled with a slow, unorganized response by the experts,'' Vanek said. tistics Tuesday from the California State Library and the secretary of the Senate after Brown completed his bill action this weekend. Veto rates among California's governors had been creep- ing up until Brown returned to the governor's office in Jan- uary 2011. Former governor George Deukmejian, the Republican who succeeded Brown, vetoed 15 percent of bills. Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican, vetoed 17 percent while Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat, vetoed 18 percent. Schwarzenegger vetoed 27 percent of the bills sent to him during his tenure. He set a record in 2009 when he rejected 35 percent of the bills that reached his desk, accord- ing to a Senate Committee on Governance and Finance report released Monday. Unlike Brown, Schwarzenegger was acting on bills sent to him by a Legislature controlled by the opposite party. Democrats have a majority in the Senate and Assembly. Brown has been averse to vetoes throughout his career. On average, he rejected about 4 percent of bills during his first two terms as governor and set a record in 1982 when he approved 98 percent of the bills that crossed his desk, according to the Senate report. Brown's father, Pat Brown, had a veto rate of 6 percent when he was governor in the 1960s. The number of bills lawmakers introduce each year also has been falling. The two-year session that ended in August saw lawmakers introduce 4,280 bills. In the 1991-92 ses- sion, lawmakers proposed 5,903 pieces of legislation. dept. name change SACRAMENTO (AP) — After six decades as the Department of Fish and Game, the agency in charge of Cal- ifornia's wild animals has a new name — one that has many hunting and fishing organizations leery. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation recently replacing Calif. sporting groups leery of Officer Chris Kelly has contributed nearly 90 percent of the $2.2 million raised in favor of the initiative. He said his goal, in part, is to replicate a crime- fighting program used in New York that requires sex offenders to reveal their online identities to police. ''It requires them to disclose an electronic address, the same way they have to disclose a physical address,'' said Kelly, who lost a bid for state attorney general in 2010. ''It will be used to fight the biggest scourges and the biggest traffickers.'' The initiative also broadens the def- inition of human trafficking and raises the penalties for offenders. It is endorsed by the state Democ- ratic and Republican parties, a host of law enforcement agencies and police unions, anti-trafficking groups and numerous newspaper editorial boards. But the initiative also faces opposition — perhaps unusually so — from some of the advocates who work with vic- tims of human trafficking in the state. John Vanek, a retired police lieu- tenant from the San Jose Police Human Trafficking Task Force, said Proposition 35 might be well-inten- tioned but could discourage prosecu- tors from charging cases under the state's human trafficking laws. He said, for example, it could limit the information they can use in court. Vanek said he also opposes setting different penalties for sex and labor STATE BRIEFING would then go to a committee hearing in early November before going to the full Board of Supervisors later in the month, Wiener said. Lawsuit filed over California ''Game'' with ''Wildlife,'' in a nod to environmentalists and animal-rights activists. Sporting groups fear the legislation signals a change in the department's traditional focus. Once the name change takes effect on Jan. 1, only 12 other states will use the word ''game'' in the names of their wildlife agencies. The name change grew out of a two-year effort to develop a strategic vision for the depart- ment. Hunting and fishing organizations say they were out- numbered during the department's makeover, which sup- porters say better reflects California's changing political and demographic landscape. SF supervisor wants to crackdown on nudity sor, fed up with the almost-daily displays of nudity in one city neighborhood, introduced legislation Tuesday that would make it illegal to walk around naked on San Fran- cisco streets. The city allows nudity except in parks, on port property and in restaurants, but under the ordinance by Supervisor Scott Wiener, nudity at city plazas, parklets, sidewalks, streets and public transit would be banned. The legislation would, however, allow nudity at parades and street festivals. The legislation was spurred by an increase in nudity in the Castro neighborhood, where nudists gather almost every day at a plaza, Wiener said. Wiener proposed a law last year that would have required nudists to put a cloth or other barrier under their bottoms if they take a seat in public, but he hoped that the situation in the Castro would resolve itself before he pro- posed a ban on nudity. ''Unfortunately the nudity situation in the Castro, rather than running its course, has gotten more extreme,'' Wiener said. ''Many in the community have reached the end of their rope.'' SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco supervi- filed a lawsuit to overturn a first-of-its-kind California law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from practicing therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight. The Sacramento Pacific Legal Institute challenged the gay teen therapy law SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Christian legal group has law signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown The lawsuit was filed late Monday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento. The institute filed the suit on behalf of a psychiatrist and a marriage and family therapist who is also a church pastor in San Diego. It also names as a plaintiff Aaron Bitzer, a Culver City man who says he has benefited from the ''reparative'' therapy. Dog survives 110-mile ride on pickup's engine SAN CLEMENTE (AP) — A dog has survived a 110- mile ride on the hot engine of a pickup truck during a South- ern California heat wave. The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado felt the pickup move slightly after he stopped in San Clemente on Monday. He had just driven from Chino to Orange and Camp Pendleton. The Orange County Register (bit.ly/QFtxvg) says 52- The Los Angeles-based Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking, which works directly with trafficking victims, said in a statement that the organization welcomed the attention the initiative had brought to the issue but worries that aspects of it could lead to unintended consequences. For example, it could decrease the amount of money available to survivors through civil remedies because of the increase in criminal fines. When voters begin studying the initiative, the opposition cited in the ballot pamphlets will be sex workers who fear that broadening the defini- tion of human trafficking will render them victims under the law. Maxine Doogan, president of the Erotic Service Providers Legal, Edu- cation and Research Project, said she is worried that the relatives of sex workers could be criminally charged as traffickers for receiving money or support from their family members' work. ''You're really anti-prostitution, "He was the most ran- issue of The Bluffer about Evans and anyone wishing a copy can contact the school. wore yellow shirts because Evans frequently wore a yellow shirt, Chase said. On Tuesday, students "People always compli- mented him (when he wore it) and said his skin glowed," Ross said. A private service is being planned by the fam- ily, but a memorial service may be held at a later date. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews. com. Follow her on Twitter @DN_Zeeb. Initiative raises penalties for human trafficking SANTA ANA (AP) — California human trafficking, according to the measure's proponents. nonprofit California Against Slavery after watching a television documen- tary about sex trafficking victims, said she tried to get lawmakers to carry a bill to push for tougher penalties for traffickers a few years ago. She then sought to get an initiative on the bal- lot. Daphne Phung, who founded the efforts failed. ner, said she hopes Proposition 35 will give law enforcement officers more tools to fight human trafficking, for example, by not requiring proof of force in sex trafficking cases involving children. More broadly, she believes the measure is raising awareness about human trafficking in the state, which she hopes will translate into increased services and funding for victims. ''We're going to send a message to She paired up with Kelly after both Phung, a corporate financial plan- everybody — to the victims, to the traffickers, to the average citizen — that this is a serious crime,'' Phung said. but you're calling yourself anti-traf- ficking,'' said Doogan, who co- authored the ballot argument against the proposition. Kelly and anti-trafficking advo- cates who support the proposition say it has strong backing. They cite poll numbers showing more than 80 per- cent of likely voter in favor. The Legislative Analyst's Office estimates will cost several million dol- lars a year in prosecution and incar- ceration costs, but also will generate a few million dollars annually through new criminal fines. available on the number of people in California who have been victims of No statistics were immediately Leah Albright-Byrd, who ran away from home at 14, said she was arrest- ed nine times for prostitution as a minor. Each time, she was released without law enforcement agencies questioning her about why she was on the streets. She now runs a nonprofit in Sacra- mento to help prevent other girls from falling prey to the same fate. The 28- year-old hopes that providing more training to police under the initiative might make a difference on the streets, where she said traffickers are well aware of the criminal penalties for selling drugs — and children. ''I can't even tell you how redemp- tive it is for me to see people go, 'Wait a minute.' We're not calling them prostitutes — we're calling them sex trafficking victims. And that's what it is,'' she said. ''People are being moved with compassion. Hey, these are kids.'' THE PASSING PARADE (From Dave Minch's I SAY column circa 1942) In contrast to arguments that we hear in regards flag saluting, the services at the Baptist Church Sunday morning started first with a salute to the flag of the United States and then to the Christian flag. /rev. Donaldson said that the bible commands us to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God which is God's. *** I'm going to have to be careful that what I write in this column is absolutely correct. I've had several people differ with me about the flying fish story. Some say they never grow to more than 24 inches in length and there are lots of places besides Catalina where they are plentiful. Any more errors and I'll have to have a section devoted strictly to corrections. However, I like very much the letters and calls from readers telling me they appreciate my article about Germany. *** I like to donate to the USO, but I wish, by doing so, that I would not indirectly be helping create new cigarette smokers. Many a kid who is not a smoker will be when the war is over. *** Best laugh in the news today is that Harry Bridges was granted an extension of time before his return to 888federal court jurisdiction because he is busy in Washington with war production conferences. This is the same Bridges who has crippled the west coast shipping and war effort with his longshoremen strikes. *** It will make a more careful driver of you if you take the time to view the two cars now in the back yard of Paul's Garage on Pine Street. And if you wonder how they could be so completely demolished, remember that two cars, driving toward each other at 50 miles per hour when they hit, will have the same devastating results as running into a stone wall at 100 miles per hour. *** year-old Jaime Magaqa noticed fur above the left front tire and he opened the hood to find a 25-pound dog atop the engine. Temperatures outside were nudging 100 degrees. You DO have a choice in the Red Bluff area. Caring & Compassionate Service Full traditional burial service or cremation Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service After introducing the legislation, Wiener said it would sit for 30 days before being heard. The proposed ordinance 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 527-1732 My wife, watching me type this column, said, "You know, you might become famous all over the world someday for your writings." And then added, "They say that it takes peculiar people to make a success of writing, and if you are not peculiar, I would hate to live with one who was." *** Our town was certainly not complimented last night. One of the ladies from Redding who came down to play in the Badminton tournament, says that when she drove down Main Street, her mother said to her, "Is this Cottonwood?" I'll admit that we don't have traffic lights like they have in Redding, but I insist that our town is larger than Cottonwood. *** How about having some genuine milk lamb for Easter? You can buy it at any of the following markets: Wentz's Groceteria, C and H market, Kilpatric market, and Purity market and it is no more expensive than the good cuts of other meats this year. Dave Minch 1900-1964 ' The Passing Parade is brought to you by by Minch Property Management, 760 Main Street specializing in commercial leasing and sales. 530 527 5514