Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying
Governor Gavin Newsom, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, and other local dignitaries…
Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes
Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning that his company Meta/Facebook will end its fact-checking program, and will instead adopt Elon Musk’s…
An Asterisk* for Soros’ Medal of Freedom
Reaction to outgoing President Joe Biden’s awarding a Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros was swift. Condemnation, ridicule and…
ExxonMobil Sues Calif. AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation
Oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, including the…
California Courts and Retroactivity of Criminal Statutes
While we know that a general principle of statutory construction is to apply new laws prospectively, criminal law statutes can…
Oakland Closing Two Fire Stations, Reducing Services at Four More
The City of Oakland moved forward with their plans over the weekend to temporarily close two Oakland Fire Department stations…
Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won
In 2020, California’s Assembly Bill 860 fundamentally altered state election laws by requiring county elections officials to mail a vote-by-mail…
Newsom Postpones State Of The State Address To Attend Jimmy Carter’s Funeral In Washington
The office of Governor Gavin Newsom announced over the weekend that the much hyped duel State of the State address…
SF Chronicle Calls Prop. 13 Property Tax Cuts ‘Subsidies’
The San Francisco Chronicle has an article today about Proposition 13, the 1978 ballot initiative overwhelmingly passed by California voters,…
When and Why: California’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Program Simply Doesn’t Work
The term “second chance” is usually good – except when it comes to some criminals. On one hand, you do…