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FILE -- In this July 5, 2012 file photo, is former Assemblyman and current Republican Rep. David Valadao, of Hanford, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, July 5, 2012. Valadao whose district is in California's agricultural heartland of the San Joaquin Valley, said he is not worried that Congress' failure to pass immigration legislation will hurt his reelection.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

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This booking photo released by the Sacramento Sheriff's Department shows Orville Fleming, after he was booked on murder charges on Friday, May 16, 2014 in Sacramento. Fleming, a former California fire battalion chief, is suspected in the stabbing death of his girlfriend and had eluded capture since May 1. (AP Photo/Sacramento County Sheriff's Department)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Dept. shows state fire Battalion Chief Orville Fleming. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Sgt. Lisa Bowman said in a statement Friday, May 16, 2014 that Fleming, who eluded authorities for more than two weeks, has been arrested in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Fleming had been wanted since the body of 26-year-old Sarah June Douglas was found May 1 inside the south Sacramento home they had shared for the past two years. (AP Photo/Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, File)

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Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, left, talks with Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 15, 2014. By a 50-22 vote the Assembly approved a bill by Cooley, AB2127, that limits the time high school and middle school football players can be engaged in full-contact drills and sent it to the Senate.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen, R-Modesto, urged lawmakers to approve a measure to place a rainy day fund on the November ballot during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 15, 2014. Lawmakers in both houses approved the bill that will place a proposed constitutional amendment before the voters that will create a budget reserve funded primarily from excess capital gains revenue during boom years as well as an annual contribution equal to 1.5 percent of the state's general fund. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Sacramento, Ca., Mayor Kevin Johnson (left) and the author at the 2014 White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington.

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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown smiles as he discusses his revised 2014-15 state budget at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is facing Republican challengers, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and businessman Neel Kashkari, in his bid to win reelection this year.(AP Photo)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown, center, walks to a news conference to unveil his revised 2014-15 state budget at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Brown is facing Republican challengers, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and businessman Neel Kashkari, in his bid to win reelection this year.(AP Photo)