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How is it that ACLU and Law Enforcement Agree on Exempting Probation Officers from Jury Duty?

March 17, 2025 2:21 pmMarch 17, 2025 8:25 pm

A new bill, AB 387, supported by law enforcement groups and the ACLU, would exempt probation officers from the jury selection process, also known as voir dire, for criminal cases. Probation officers are sworn peace officers tasked with supervising those...

Farewell Tour for CAGOP Chairwoman Jessica Patterson

March 17, 2025 3:55 amMarch 17, 2025 6:35 am

The California Republican Party just elected Corrin Rankin as its new chairwoman. Despite some dirty rumors and tactics, Rankin garnered 747 votes ahead of the 559 for former State Senator Mike Morrell. “Change is coming to California. It’s time to...

How Many Official State Holidays Does California Need?

March 14, 2025 10:17 amMarch 15, 2025 7:05 am

A newly introduced bill would create an official Hindu state holiday. Two percent of California is Hindu. New Jersey, with 8 million residents, has a larger Hindu population than California. What about Catholic, Presbyterian, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish official state...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal is Insolvent

March 14, 2025 2:55 amMarch 15, 2025 7:03 am

“I can’t be overdrawn – I still have checks left,” was my favorite dumb blonde bumper sticker in the 1980’s, and apropos in California today. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new vanity podcast project is a diversion to keep attention on...

Biological Boys in Women’s Sports: Women and Student Athletes Address California Interscholastic Federation Board Meeting

March 13, 2025 3:03 pmMarch 13, 2025 3:43 pm

Despite President Donald Trump’s executive order banning boys who identify as transgender women/girls from college women’s and high school girls’ sports teams, the governor and state of California haven’t budged from continuing to allow biological males to compete in girls...

Busybody Lawmaker Tells LA Dodgers to End Their Sponsorship Deals with Oil Companies

March 12, 2025 7:18 amMarch 13, 2025 8:29 am

Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) sent the Los Angles Dodgers a letter Tuesday telling them to end their sponsorship deals with oil companies. “As the Senate Majority Leader, representative for California’s 33rd Senate District, and a lifelong Dodgers...

California Senator Tony Strickland Sworn in – Again

March 11, 2025 3:19 pmMarch 11, 2025 3:19 pm

Senator Tony Strickland was sworn in to the California State Senate Tuesday morning. It was more like a homecoming as this isn’t Strickland’s first rodeo – he was a member of the California State Senate District 19 from 2008 until...