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September 4, 2015

Fired regulator: Brown pushed to waive oil safeguards.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown's senior aides in 2011 that the governor's orders to override key safeguards in granting oil

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