Although California is considered ahead of many of the other states regarding Alimony, we are still living in the dark ages when it comes to opportunity for divorced couples where there are no children, no major assets and where one of the spouses did not work during the marriage. We need to end the court's unlimited jurisdiction over alimony disguised as "spousal support". Regardless of the length of marriage, limits should be set on spousal support. I propose a 5 year maximum spousal support for long term marriages over 20 years to allow the non-working spouse to become self-supporting or to remarry. The standard should be 3 years, and under extreme circumstances 5.

Legalizing it. I have RA & can get pain meds, but then I go from bed to couch to bed! I finally quit the 3 serious cancer drugs they had me on & & down to 1/3 the dosage of steriods. The pain meds numb me & take away any ambition. I take a few hits off a joint & my mind gets to working on other things besides my pain & discomfort & next thing I know I am actually getting something done. It's like hitting you thumb with a hammer. The more you stare at it the more it hurts, but put it off to the side & you don't think about it as much. Still hurts but you can do other things! I am 62 years old & my high on life now is having a good day pain wise & trying to get some enjoyment of living! Or your way I sit on the counch like zombie & watch TV & go to bed & do it all over tomorrow. Is that a way to live? It takes the stiffness & pain of joint damage away to where I can do things without being on a narcotic!!!! It's not like I am abusing drugs, getting wild & crazy, I just want to live out what years I have left & be able do manage my pain & enjoy some sort of life! I have proven to my Doctor that I very seldom use the Oxycodone I was prescibed 2 years ago. In fact that prescription has expired & I still have many left. I only use them when I get tired of the pain & need some rest!! Or would you rather see me taking one every 4 hours? That's no life!!!

Foods created with GMO seeds are scientifically proven unhealthy and potentially dangerous. We have a right to know what is in our food, what seeds it is grown from, and when it is GMO in order to be responsible for our own health. Corporations should NOT have the right to use the media to scare unaware consumers.

I feel very strongly that Governor jerry Brown should not be going to giant corporations and asking them what regulations they would like to eliminate Gov Brown was elected by progressives and he should be asking the working class what he can do to help them not siding with giant corporations in an attempt to make the lives of the working class more difficult .

The control of guns like the military ones to include number of rounds that hand guns can carry.

Governor Nathan Deal refuses to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid. 600,000 Georgians will now go without healthcare. Tell Gov. Deal to put Georgia citizens before ideology!

State income tax

My son and daughter-in-law have $140,000 in student loans. He is working at Home Depot part time. It's the only job he can find. Get this, they are hiring 55 new people for the store he works in. No one is allowed to work more than 24 hours so Home Depot doesn't have to offer benefits. The student loan debt is killing them.

The trends in support of education and libraries are ominous.. hold your knife and think..

The PUC has no authority over Electric Co-op's, so customers have no recourse.Under the current law; customers within a co-op's service area cannot change companies.Demand meters are a rip-off for the companies. We were forced to close our business.

18-year old DREAMer Jessica Bravo was visiting Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) last week to talk about immigration reform. But when Jessica mentioned that she was undocumented, Rohrbacher let loose - yelling about how he "hate[s] illegals," chasing her out of the room, and threatening "now I know where you live." Disagreeing about issues is one thing, but nobody deserves to be attacked by the person elected to represent them. There is NO room for this kind of hate in our halls of power! As Speaker of the House, the buck has to stop with John Boehner. He needs to make clear whether he stands against this behavior or will tacitly endorse it.

Native American Women and Children are seriously vulnerable to attack on Tribal Lands by non-Native Drug Dealers and Sexual Predators. As the Law stands now only Federal Courts can prosecute these perpetrators and there is rarely follow through. Knowing this we call upon the House to open the way for Tribes and the Dept. of Justice to work together to protect our Families!