February 2019 – California Globe

Aspiring San Francisco Bay Area Bomber Gets 15 Years

February 28, 2019 12:43 pmFebruary 28, 2019 12:50 pm

As Courthouse News reports, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer has sentenced Amer Sinan Alhaggagi, who plotted with ISIS to kill 10,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area, to 15 years in prison. Alhaggagi’s attorneys argued that their client was...

California Murder Parolee Robs Sacramento Restaurant, Patron Shot, Car-jacked

February 28, 2019 12:25 pmMarch 3, 2019 5:05 pm

Four-term Democratic California Governor Gov. Jerry Brown made reforming California’s criminal justice sentencing guidelines a priority over his 16 total years as governor. Add to that his record number of 1,736 pardons and 284 prison commutations, and violent prison inmates...

Cops ‘Need to be Killed,’ Says UC Davis professor Joshua Clover

February 27, 2019 11:38 amMarch 5, 2019 10:07 am

Back on January 10, a convicted criminal gunned down Natalie Corona, 22, a rising star in the police department of Davis, California. The community hailed Corona as a hero and police officers from across the country showed up for her...

Governor’s Lawsuit Against Huntington Beach: State Overreach vs. Local Control

February 26, 2019 2:37 pmFebruary 28, 2019 4:29 pm

California Charter Cities have a certain level of autonomy over local affairs. Zoning ordinances is one of these. While the state legally regulates the process of zoning, it is not allowed to regulate the substance. And that is at the...

High-Speed Rail Project Takes Heat from Every Corner

February 26, 2019 11:19 amFebruary 26, 2019 12:28 pm

After Gavin Newsom seemed to throw shade on California’s high speed rail project in his State of the State address, opponents of the project jumped on the chance to push it into an early grave. President Trump responded by gleefully...

California Legislature Introduces 2,576 New Bills for 2019

February 25, 2019 3:05 pmFebruary 26, 2019 2:38 pm

Over the last week, another 1,556 bills were introduced in the California Legislature — 1,108 Assembly bills and 448 Senate bills — for a total of 2,576 bill introductions through last Friday’s deadline, according to Chris Micheli, a partner in...

California’s GOP Plays it Safe When Safe Equals Death

February 25, 2019 6:56 amFebruary 25, 2019 3:06 pm

In September 2016, Michael Anton published an influential essay entitled “The Flight 93 Election.” It compared the 2016 election to the tragic Flight 93 of 9/11/2001. Anton’s essay opened with this: “2016 is the Flight 93 election: charge the cockpit or...