California Bill Would Allow Charity Poker As reported by the San Jose Business Journal: "The California Assembly has upped the ante on charity poker by approving legislation that would allow a wide variety of nonprofits to hold fundraisers using gambling. "The bill, introduced by Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, is given a good chance of passage in the Senate where it now awaits action. Attorney General Bill Lockyer is a sponsor. "…The Almaden Business Association ran afoul of the poker ban last October when it planned to hold a Texas Hold 'em poker fundraiser to pay for furniture in a planned children's story room in the new Almaden library branch…" | 
