Actual Headline: ‘What Happens When Climate Change and the Mental-Health Crisis Collide?’
"What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?" That actual headline in Nature.com triggered my BS meter. What…
Security State: They’re everywhere!
Security State. They’re everywhere! I’m not talking about the homeless, or migrants abandoned on the streets of our cities by…
Frequently Asked Questions about Other Constitutional Provisions and the Legislature
Most of the provisions of the California Constitution concerning the Legislature are found in Article IV, Sections 1 thru 28.…
Good Example of Municipal Affair Explanation
When I come across a good example of legislative drafting, I like to highlight it. In some bills, there is…
NO on ACA7 Group Protests Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie Norris’s Vote for Race-Based Preferences
Even after badly losing Proposition 16 in 2020, the referendum to bring back racial preferences, the professional class of race…
Assembly Democrats Trying to Commandeer ‘Fix 47’ Ballot Initiative
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Insanity is also knowing that Democrats…
Frequently Asked Questions about Joint Rule 10.5 and California Fiscal Bills
What does Joint Rule 10.5 of the California Legislature’s Joint Rules provide? JR 10.5 specifies guidance to the Office of…
Don’t Be Evil: Really, Google, This Time Don’t
Three little words: Don’t Be Evil. But just as “I Love You” can curdle into undying antipathy, Google’s very former…
State Water Board to Hold First Ever Probation Meeting on Tulare Lake
For the first time ever the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a probationary determination meeting under the Sustainable…
SF Bay Area Sees Three More Companies Issue Mass Layoffs
According to new federal WARN notices and EDD filings, three major Bay Area companies lost 796 employees within the last…