Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

A new agreement between five powerful Indian tribes in California and Democrats in the Assembly has brought a landmark multi-billion dollar casino deal one step closer to completion. The gambling expansion, one of the largest in the state’s history, would add up to 22,500 slot machines. However, several knotty issues remain on the table, including whether the casinos will allow workers to unionize by using discreet card checks.

The Assembly Public Safety Committee has rejected Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero’s bill to overturn a state Supreme Court decision to keep police disciplinary records private, without even coming to a vote. The bill was heavily opposed by police office unions, and supported by the ACLU, as well as the folks over at the Orange Punch.