Saeed M. Ali

Alarcon's Chief of Staff Saeed Ali argued that the city attorney's office has already opined that the city would likely lose a lawsuit from the developer if the city stopped processing Las Lomas' application now, after six years of review.

Today, Polanco's former chief of staff, Saeed M. Ali, is Alarcon's chief of staff, and insiders believe that with ties still intact with Polanco, Alarcon would have little difficulty raising money for a rough-and-tumble spring campaign, if it comes to that.

Saeed Ali, Chief of Staff

Saeed Ali, chief of staff for state Sen.
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"If you look at the increase since 1992, we went from seven to 24 Democratic Latinos in the Legislature and from zero to three Latino Republicans," said Ali.

NALEO counted 59 Latino state senators across the country, an increase of five, and 158 Latino members of state assemblies, eight more than before the election.Latinos in California netted two new state senators, but lost a seat in the state Assembly.

Information gathered at the two- to three-hour hearing will be used to "make recommendations to the leadership and policy committees" in the California Assembly, said Saeed Ali, chief of staff for Assemblyman Manny Diaz, D-San Jose, who chairs the Select Committee to Investigate the Merger of California Health Insurance Providers.
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Ali said the committee will invite testimony from WellPoint and Anthem, state regulators, health policy analysts and consumer and health provider groups.Their brief, five-minute statements will be "followed by lots of intensive questioning," Ali said.

Saeed Ali, chief of staff for California Assemblyman Manny Diaz, D-San Jose, who chairs a special legislative committee that's studying the merger, said "other states are going to be concerned" about any "disparate treatment" by California toward Anthem and WellPoint.
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"My concern is regulators don't go too far out here before talking to regulators in other states," Ali said.

Saeed Ali, a spokesman for Polanco, said that his office did not consult with the INS when the bill was being drafted.

He said there was no reason to do so, and he compared such an action to consulting the U.S. Department of Agriculture when writing a law pertaining to a California forestry issue.

"We do sort of a broad check of U.S. law," he said.SB 804 is "legal," Ali said.

He acknowledged, however, that illegal immigrants can be deported if they make themselves known to the INS when applying for residency.

He said he doubts the INS would automatically deport those applying to change their immigration status.

It has been reported that there are an estimated 3 million illegal immigrants in California.

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Ali, with Sen.Palanco's office, said the legislation comes down to one issue: "Has this person filed a complete and full application with the government?"

He said, "We have nothing to do with immigration.All we're looking for is proof that this person has applied to the federal government."

Responding to the INS spokeswoman's comments, he said, "They don't know what they're talking about."

Saeed Ali, chief of staff for California Assembly member Manny Diaz (D), said that other state insurance regulators "are going to be concerned" about "disparate treatment" toward the insurers.

The special committee of the California Assembly that is holding the hearing is interested in looking at the merger's impact on insurance rates charged to WellPoint's members and how WellPoint's reserves and other assets will be treated by Anthem, said Saeed Ali, chief of staff for Assemblyman Manny Diaz, D-San Jose, the committee chair.
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Two WellPoint executives and Anthem President Larry Glasscock are scheduled to testify at the hearing, Ali said.