Author: Lloyd Billingsley

Lloyd Billingsley is the author of Sexual Terrorist, about the Golden State Killer, and A Shut and Open Case, about a California murder trial prolonged by Proposition 57 and recent legislation. Lloyd is a fellow with the Independent Institute and his work has appeared in the Daily Caller, City Journal, Orange County Register, Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Bill of Writes: Dispatches from the Political Correctness Battlefield is a collection of his journalism.

Justice Delayed for Slain Police Officer Ronil Singh

December 18, 2019 3:08 pmDecember 18, 2019 3:09 pm

As the Modesto Bee reports, Stanislaus County Judge Ricardo Córdova has postponed a preliminary hearing for accused cop killer Paulo Virgen Mendoza until March 10, 2020. The hearing was originally slated for December 10, just short of one year since...

‘Tool Box Killer’ Lawrence Bittaker Dies In Prison at 79 Despite Receiving Death Sentence

December 17, 2019 8:39 amDecember 17, 2019 8:48 am

The killer outlived half the jurors who convicted him, along with the judge, lead detective and assistant prosecutor. Lawrence Bittaker, the convicted murder who raped, tortured and murdered teenage girls, has died in San Quentin State Prison at the...

Feliz Navidad for Ex-Con Esteban Nunez

December 16, 2019 11:28 amDecember 17, 2019 10:22 am

The non-profit #cut50 bills itself as “a bipartisan effort to cut crime and incarceration across all 50 states.” The California State Policy Director for #cut50 is Esteban Nunez, working to “change the narrative of what it means to be formerly...

California ‘Disarmament’ Campaign Targets Law Abiding Gun Owners

December 13, 2019 8:40 amDecember 13, 2019 8:41 am

New California law is preventing law-abiding gun owners from buying ammo much more than people who are actually prohibited. “California ammo background checks hinder legal buyers,” headlines a December 11 Action News story by Spencer Joseph in Shasta County,...

California Democrat Karen Bass Touts 2020 Vision for Impeachment

December 12, 2019 2:12 amDecember 11, 2019 7:55 pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, initially reluctant, has proved the loudest voice in the Democrats’ impeachment caucus. The Speaker now has company from Karen Bass, a California Democrat who sees impeachment as an instrument of policy if Donald Trump should win...

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Natomas Levee Project Levels Homes of Longtime Residents

December 10, 2019 2:28 pmDecember 10, 2019 2:32 pm

The 3.8 miles of Sacramento County levee improvements between San Juan Road and Gateway Oaks Drive will impact 33 privately owned properties, as California Globe reported in November. According to Jay Davis, ombudsman for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency...

Elk Grove High School Student Says Masked Assailant Attacked Her for Being Muslim

December 9, 2019 9:44 amDecember 9, 2019 10:56 am

Last week in Elk Grove, California, Pleasant Grove High School student Sabah Elias, 17, told her parents a “person” wearing a mask attacked her for being a Muslim, then threw a bucket of water at her. School officials reported the...