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Exec Director of CAIR Delivers Daily Prayer in California Senate

May 28, 2019 3:27 pmMay 28, 2019 4:00 pm

Every session in the California State Senate opens with a prayer by the Senate Chaplain, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Tuesday May 28, instead of Sister Michelle Gorman offering the daily prayer, the prayer was given by Basim Elkarra,...

CA Democrats Refuse to Hear Resolution Condemning UC Davis Professor Who Said Cops ‘Need to be killed’

May 27, 2019 8:50 amMay 28, 2019 6:08 pm

A State Assembly resolution would urge University of California directors to remove a professor who made horrific remarks on social media about killing cops. However, last week Democrats refused to even hear the resolution. Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) authored...

Dems Squabble on Bill to Expedite California Environmental Review on Development Projects

May 25, 2019 9:42 amMay 27, 2019 8:51 am

A bill by Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) to expedite California Environmental Quality Act provisions and judicial reviews on many types of developments, exposed a divide in the State Senate Thursday. The idea behind SB 25 is to expedite CEQA litigation,...

Two Assembly Republicans Join Super Majority Dems and Vote for Tax Increase

May 24, 2019 11:50 amMay 25, 2019 9:43 am

Two Assembly Republicans voted Friday with Democrats to put a tax increase across the finish line. The tax-increase bill needed a 2/3 majority vote, or 54 votes, and the votes by Assemblymen Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley) and Jordan Cunningham (R-San...

Assembly Passes Bill Giving Local School Districts Power To Deny Funds to Home Schoolers

May 24, 2019 7:54 amMay 24, 2019 8:37 am

Teacher’s unions and local school districts have been pushing hard at the Capitol to target, limit and even eradicate charter schools, claiming that charters are draining resources from traditional public school districts. Traditional public school districts are laboring under crippling...

Sacramento Utility Penalizing Working Families With Tiered Rates

May 24, 2019 3:00 amMay 23, 2019 9:31 pm

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District announced last year Sacramento electricity ratepayers would be under a new rate system that charges residential users higher rates between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. — just in time for everyone to arrive home after work...

Police Use of Force Bill Passes Despite ‘Hindsight analysis’ Rejected by Courts

May 23, 2019 9:55 pmMay 23, 2019 9:56 pm

The police “use of force” bill by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), inspired by the Sacramento police shooting last year of Stephon Clark, is moving ahead, and now officially has the approval by Gov. Gavin Newsom. AB 392 would allow criminal...