http://www.healthvote.org en healthvote@cgs.org Copyright 2006 2006-11-07T19:41:00-08:00 http://www.healthvote.org/index.php/newswatch/C28/ Stem cell research has been an important election issue in many states this year, including in California. Here, the lieutenant governor picks five members on the 29-member committee that oversees the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which was created after voters approved Prop. 71 in 2004. Rebecca Vesely reports on how John Garamendi (D) and Tom McClintock (R), the neck-and-neck candidates for lieutenant governor, would approach that role differently. (10/31/06) Read more at HealthVote.org. 2006-10-31T21:57:01-08:00 http://www.healthvote.org/index.php/newswatch/C28 The New York Times reports that the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, created by Prop. 71 in 2004, issued a plan today for how it would spend the $3 billion assigned by the state’s voters to finance stem cell research. (10/4/06) The S.F. Chronicle says state officials are concerned that these funds will not be able to meet all the early expectations for stem cell research. (10/5/06) The measure, approved in Nov. 2004, allotted $350 million a year for the next 10 years to stem cell research. Read more at HealthVote.org's Prop. 71 NewsWatch. 2006-10-05T19:23:01-08:00 http://www.healthvote.org/index.php/site/prop_home/C28 Prop. 71, California’s Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, has appeared frequently in the news since voters approved the measure in 2004. Read a CheckUp analysis from HealthVote.org, as well as the latest news, to learn what has happened to the measure since it passed. 2006-09-06T02:06:00-08:00