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An LA City Council committee this week tabled a decision on whether to put a measure on the March 2011 ballot to levy a 12 percent tax on billboards, supergraphics and other forms of outdoor advertising, referring the proposal back to the City Legislative Analyst for further review.

The South Coast Air Quality Management Board of Governors is set to meet next week to consider BizFed-opposed amendments to its Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM) Program designed to reduce sulfur oxide emissions at refineries – but creating what would be the most expensive change to air quality regulations ever imposed on the refining industry.

California employers paid on average $2.44 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation coverage in the first half of this year, according to new data. That’s 3 percent above the average amount employers paid a year earlier, but still 62 percent less than the average rate they paid in the second half of 2003 before the state’s system for injured workers was overhauled.