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An opinion on abortion and birth control counseling issued by Dan Lungren on his final workday as attorney general was withdrawn Wednesday by new Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer. Lungren's opinion, issued last Thursday, said that a public school district may operate a health clinic that does not allow pregnancy and abortion counseling or referrals to minors.

Consider California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer one-for-two this week in his crackdown on mutual fund sales practices. On Tuesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge issued a tentative decision saying Lockyer's case against mutual fund giant American Funds was preempted by federal law. But on Thursday, a Sacramento appellate court ruled in the attorney general's favor in a separate suit involving brokerage Edward Jones & Co.

The candidates for California attorney general tangled Monday over medical marijuana, campaign donations and the enforcement of laws against pollution and consumer fraud. In a debate on KCET-TV (Channel 28), Republican Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Dave Stirling characterized his Democratic foe, state Sen. Bill Lockyer, as a "1960s Bay Area liberal."

Until last week, it was almost a foregone conclusion that a Valley secession bill would pass the Legislature this year. After all, the most powerful man in the Capitol--Sen. President Pro Tem Bill Lockyer (D-Hayward)--promised San Fernando Valley leaders he would make it happen, going so far as to lend his prestigious name to a bill addressing the matter.

In a dramatic escalation of energy crisis rhetoric, California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer this week suggested the chairman of a Houston-based power company should be locked in a prison cell with an amorous, tattooed inmate named Spike. Lockyer, who is investigating whether energy firms have manipulated prices on the wholesale electricity market, made the comment in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that appeared Tuesday. "I would love to personally escort [Enron Corp.

Seeking to reassure critics, state Senate President Pro Tem Bill Lockyer (D-Hayward) proposed amendments to his San Fernando Valley secession bill Wednesday to clarify the advisory role and makeup of a commission charged with studying the effects of dividing Los Angeles. The new language explicitly states that the commission study would not hold up any parallel study by the county agency in charge of detachment and incorporation.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay to Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer over the holiday weekend, ruling that for now he does not have to make a personal appearance before a Los Angeles federal judge who had threatened to throw the state's top prosecutor in jail for contempt of court. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real ordered that Lockyer appear in his court on Tuesday.

California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer said that the five major oil companies operating in the state act like a cartel because they control more than 90% of the market. Lockyer made the remarks after opening the final meeting of his gasoline price task force, which heard economist reports disputing Lockyer's contention. One report found that the state's gasoline market is acting like any commodity market in which prices rise when supplies are low.

Sen. Bill Lockyer (D-Hayward) was unanimously elected state Senate leader Monday, succeeding David A. Roberti (D-Van Nuys) who had served as Senate president pro tem for more than 13 years. The Senate voted 39 to 0 to pick the moderate-to-liberal Lockyer after Democrats and the Senate's two independents rejected a GOP effort to install Republican Ken Maddy in the post. Lockyer promised to bring a "slightly different policy emphasis" to the Senate leader's job and to "push a little harder . . .

Speaking at Cesar Chavez Elementary School on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, state Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer restated his promise of a new emphasis on civil rights enforcement, including a staff expansion. "As attorney general I will reverse the politics of division and exclusion which characterized the last administration, and I will instead resume the fight to end illegal discrimination and racism in California," Lockyer said Friday.