Oakland Election Officials Defy Judge’s Order in Manual Recount in Mayor’s Race
January 4, the Globe reported that the Oakland NAACP was demanding a manual recount in the Mayor’s race “due to a…
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down CA Ban On Gun Ownership For Certain Domestic Violence Offenders
Gov. Gavin Newsom denounced a new Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Thursday allowing those with domestic violence restraining…
What It’s Like to Run for Assembly as a Republican in San José
Against odds that the Public Policy Institute of California pegged at 200 to 1, I ran as a Republican in…
CPUC Announces 2023 Natural Gas Climate Credit Will Be Applied Two Months Early
Following several days of public and political pressure, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Thursday that the 2023…
Defamation Claims in California
What are forms of defamation in California? Civil Code Section 44 provides that defamation comes in two forms: libel or…
Pelosi Announces 2024 Senate Endorsement Of Rep. Adam Schiff, If Feinstein Doesn’t Run
In an e-mail announcement on Thursday, Congresswoman and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that she would be backing…
California Reparations Task Force Votes For Extension Through 2024
The California Reparations Task Force voted to extend the report deadline from July 2023 to July 2024. The vote was…
Gov. Newsom Ends 26 Open States of Emergency Throughout California
Governor Gavin Newsom ended 26 separate open States of Emergency on Tuesday, with many declared as far back as 2017.…
Gov. Newsom, Democrats Targeting Legal Gun Owners Rather than Felons in New Bill
“Had Senate Bill 2 or its predecessor Senate Bill 918 been in effect it would not have stopped the tragic…
Enacting Clauses in Legislation
In the states that publish their legislative drafting manuals, each bill requires an “enacting clause.” In those states, the enacting…