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Police Use of Force Bill is ‘Epitome of Second Guessing’ by Lawmakers

April 11, 2019 12:02 pmApril 15, 2019 7:20 am

Following the Sacramento police shooting last year of Stephon Clark, a bill to restrict the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers was passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, but is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. Authored...

California AG Enforces Travel Ban to South Carolina, Turns Blind Eye to Gov’s Trip to El Salvador?

April 11, 2019 3:01 amApril 11, 2019 12:44 pm

The State of California bans state agency, department, board, commission and employee travel to 10 U.S. states with social policies lawmakers disagree with. Passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, AB 1887 states,...

California Lawyers Mandatory Re-Fingerprinting Turns Up 2,200 Criminal Records

April 10, 2019 3:35 amApril 10, 2019 7:30 am

California has many criminal lawyers, but not just of the criminal defense variety. A recently-enforced rule requiring active California attorneys to be re-fingerprinted found 2,200 practicing attorneys have criminal records, including 20 unreported felonies. On May 23, 2018, the Supreme...

CA Air Resources Board Stonewalls on CA Data, Yet Sues Pres. Trump Over Emissions Data

April 9, 2019 5:53 amApril 10, 2019 7:58 am

Stockton, CA Certified Public Accountant Ned Leiba sits on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Leiba has made formal written requests with the California Air Resources Board, asking for the data on CARB’s...

CA Gov. Newsom Vilifies Trump Immigration Policy, Travels 3,000 Miles to Visit El Salvador

April 8, 2019 6:22 amApril 9, 2019 5:56 am

“Governor Gavin Newsom today becomes the first California Governor to travel to the region, where he will examine root causes of migration and join the world community in being part of a solution to the challenges in El Salvador and...

CA Files Suit Against Trump Administration Over Rollback of Federal Vehicle Emission Standards

April 6, 2019 2:03 amApril 8, 2019 9:29 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this one on behalf of the California Air Resources Board Friday, claiming that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed...

Competitive Academic Program ‘Too White’ For Sacramento City School District Officials

April 3, 2019 7:49 pmApril 5, 2019 7:47 am

In early March, parents of Sacramento’s C.K. McClatchy High School took to social media expressing their outrage and frustration when their kids, who had already received letters congratulating them on being accepted to the school’s rigorous academic Humanities and International...