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Veto gets local thumbs up

Hanford Sentinel - Hanford CA, Jul 30, 2010 / State Sen. Dean Florez's effort to put farmworkers on the same overtime pay schedule as other industries failed Wednesday when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill.

Air district report examined by Florez at hearing

The Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield CA, Jul 29, 2010 / Officials on both sides of the debate over open-field burning in the San Joaquin Valley said they were encouraged by a hearing in Sacramento earlier this week.

Farmworkers ask for overtime

Vida of the San Joaquin Valley - Fresno CA, Jul 28, 2010 / Dozens of farmworkers delivered a letter to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week asking him to approve legislation that would mandate overtime time for all California farmworkers.

Fate of open-field burning up in the air at Florez hearing

Recorder - Porterville CA, Jul 26, 2010 / The local air district has continued allowing open-field burning of agricultural waste in cases where it considers the alternative methods too expensive, prompting State Sen. Dean Florez to schedule a hearing next Wednesday in Sacramento.

Editorial Roundup: Farm overtime law is overdue

Hanford Sentinel - Hanford CA, Jul 17, 2010 / In the fertile agricultural fields of Ventura County and across the rest of California's vast croplands, field workers endure a particular brand of workplace discrimination.

Farm overtime bill's fate up to governor

Dairy Herd Management, Jul 14, 2010 / In California, Senate Bill 1121 has passed both houses of the legislature and is sitting on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk, waiting for either his signature or his veto.

UC-Davis Faces Scrutiny Over Dropped Athletics

NBC - KSBW - TV 8 - Salinas CA, Jul 13, 2010 / Administrators from the University of California at Davis faced tough questions from a state Senate committee led by Majority Leader Dean Florez on Monday night.

Overtime is overdue for farmworkers

SFGate.com - San Francisco CA, Jul 06, 2010 / Farmworkers toil in rough conditions and harsh weather.

Bill aims to boost heat rules (2)

Capital Press - Salem OR, Jul 02, 2010 / Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, has introduced legislation to adopt workplace heat-illness standards that a state regulatory agency is still weighing.

JOSE GASPAR: Florez wages campaign for farmworker overtime

The Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield CA, Jun 27, 2010 / Most working-class people enjoy the benefits of overtime pay after eight hours in a day.

Bill proposed to pay farmworkers overtime after 8 hrs

FOX - KCBA FOX 35 - Salinas CA, Jun 24, 2010 / In California farm workers can work hunched over for up to ten hours without getting paid overtime.

Farmworker-overtime bill passes Assembly committee

Capital Press - Salem OR, Jun 23, 2010 / A bill that would extend overtime pay and meal breaks to farmworkers passed the Assembly's Labor and Employment committee Wednesday afternoon.

Calif. Lawmakers Question Strawberry Pesticide

CBS - KPIX 5 - San Francisco CA, Jun 17, 2010 / State officials were grilled Thursday over what appears to be a rush decision to move ahead with a possibly toxic pesticide spray on strawberries.

State Democrats again looking at 'blowing up the boxes' of government

The Bakersfield Californian - Bakersfield CA, Jun 17, 2010 / Everyone believes this is the year when -- finally -- something drastic, historic even, will happen with the California state budget.

Open CA Legislative Seats Provide Measure of Drama

CBS - Eyewitness News 9 - Greenville NC, Jun 09, 2010 / LOS ANGELES (AP) Four Assembly members looking to move up to the state Senate were among the leaders in early returns for several open state legislative seats Tuesday, while more colorful races were too close to call.

Calif. farmworkers may get overtime after 40 hours

NBC - KMIR TV 6 - Palm Springs CA, Jun 03, 2010 / California farmworkers would receive overtime pay after working 40 hours in a week under a bill approved in the state Senate.

California lawmaker hopes to win one more for farmworkers

Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA, Jun 02, 2010 / Three decades ago, Dean Florez landed the perfect summer job in this sun-baked, Kern County farm town: filling burlap sacks with 50 pounds of potatoes, then sewing them shut with a steel needle and three loops of twine.

State air board postpones ban on burning ag waste

Hanford Sentinel - Hanford CA, May 28, 2010 / Farmers can keep burning some agricultural waste after California air authorities voted Thursday to postpone a full ban on the polluting practice for two years.

Calif officials postpone ban on burning ag waste

Victorville Daily Press - Victorville CA, May 27, 2010 / Farmers can keep burning some agricultural waste after California air authorities voted Thursday to postpone a full ban on the polluting practice for two years.

Dan Walters: 'Family' feuds get nasty

Anaheim Bulletin - Anaheim CA, May 25, 2010 / Political fights within parties in California are often more heated than those between candidates of opposing parties, as this year's increasingly sharp duel between Republican gubernatorial candidates Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman underscores.

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" Two governors, with the stroke of their pens, have kind of taken us back to the segregationist South. It's a shameful kind of veto. "
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA, Jul 29, 2010
" It's kind of a double whammy for a lot of employed immigrants "
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA, Jul 29, 2010
" They want to be treated with dignity the same as other workers around the state. He decided to keep the caste system in place "
NBC - NBC 11 - San Francisco CA, Jul 29, 2010
" Acceptable to treat one class of people differently from all others. "
Stateline.org, Jul 29, 2010
" This governor will be judged by this proposal. We know that only a few months remain in his position but this could be his last chance to show that he can leave a good legacy for farmworkers "
Vida of the San Joaquin Valley - Fresno CA, Jul 28, 2010

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Wikipedia

Dean Raymond Florez (born April 5, 1963 in Shafter, California) has been a California State Senator from the 16th Senate District since 2002 and won a second term on November 7, 2006.

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