John L. Burton
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Californians to decide on open primary amendment...door wider to special interests, a major source of campaign contributions. "It also freezes out third-party candidates, who will never make the runoff," Burton said. "They ought to have a shot." Hoffenblum calls the third-party argument "a... In this article: Gil Cedillo, Abel Maldonado, Steve Peace, California, Judy Chu, Los Angeles, John L. Burton, and Orange County |
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LA Progressive | November 18, 2009
SEIU Wages War on Progressives
...its supporters - as corrupt. Last week, SEIU informed Burton that it would end its $1 million annual donation to the state Party unless he withdrew his support for NUHW, which he refused to do. SEIU's threat to labor hero Burton, and...
In this article: Service Employees International Union, John Burton, Unite HERE, Andy Stern, Democracy, California, and Mark Leno
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L.A. Times - L.A. Now | 5 days ago
California Democratic Party chief says SEIU has threatened to cut off funding
...and causes. Burton said SEIU's California president, Bill Lloyd, made the threat as Burton was set to appear last week at a San Francisco fundraiser for the splinter group, the National Union of Healthcare Workers. "They threatened...
In this article: Service Employees International Union, John Burton, California, Andy Stern, National Union, Democratic Party, California Democratic Party, and Tax
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BURTON, John Lowell - Biographical Information
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John Lowell Burton (born December 15 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American politician who served as a Democratic California State Senator from 1996 until 2004, representing the 3rd district. From 1998 until he was forced out of office by term limits in 2004, he served as the President pro tempore of the State Senate. Prior to his time in the Senate, he served in the California State Assembly from 1965 until 1974, and again from 1988 until 1997. He was originally elected to the Assembly to succeed his brother Phillip Burton, who had been elected to Congress. He was returned to the Assembly in a 1988 special election to succeed Art Agnos, who had been elected Mayor of San Francisco. Burton also served in the U.S. House of Representatives, alongside his brother, from 1974 until 1982, when he resigned, citing addictions to cocaine and alcohol.
As a legislator, Burton was known for expanding the Cal Grant scholarship program, and passing a law (subsequently defeated in a referendum) that would have required California businesses to pay for health coverage for their workers. The magazine California Journal said about Burton's departure from the Senate in 2005: "Gone will be the Senate's most vehement partisan for social services for the poor, the Senate's angriest voice against tax breaks for businesses and the wealthy, its loudest voice for protection of workers, its fiercest pro-labor advocate and its disciplinarian."
After leaving the Senate, Burton formed the John Burton Foundation, an organization that, according to its web site, is "dedicated to improving the quality of life for California’s homeless children and developing policy solutions to prevent homelessness."
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