SAN DIEGO - It must be an election year. In Sacramento, (Republican) Governor Pete Wilson's office is trumpeting the victory achieved by the Department of Industrial Relations over workers' compensation costs. The total cost of the system has declined from over $11 billion at its peak in 1993 to approximately $8 billion at the end of 1995, a report on the third anniversary of workers' compensation reform asserts. Had costs not been curbed by the legislation, the program could have grown to cost Califo
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