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AB 1287, Gender Pricing Discrimination Signed by Gov. Newsom

September 27, 2022 7:16 pmSeptember 27, 2022 7:27 pm

On September 27, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1287 by Assembly Members Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Cristina Garcia related to gender-based pricing. The bill adds Section 51.14 to the Civil Code. Existing law, the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995,...

Open the Books: Gov. Newsom Solicited State Vendors For Campaign Donations

September 22, 2022 1:36 pmSeptember 24, 2022 8:15 am

“California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign donations from state vendors, key people, employees, or their affiliated corporate political action committees,” Open the Books reports. “While progressives decry corporate money in politics, Governor Gavin Newsom...

Open the Books Exposes California Spending & Gov. Newsom’s Donor Base

August 29, 2022 7:43 amAugust 30, 2022 11:37 am

In January 2020, Open the Books sued California Controller Betty Yee in a Sacramento Superior Court after her office rejected their sunshine request for state spending. Yee claimed that she “couldn’t locate” any of the nearly 50 million bills she...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About ‘Quality of Life’ Offenses

May 16, 2022 10:05 amMay 16, 2022 2:39 pm

Law enforcement concepts, like so many other things in life, tend to shift in the wind. Until rather recently, most of California had embraced a “tough on crime” approach – including three strikes laws and – in many jurisdictions –...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Smash and Grab, Organized Looting, Shoplifting, and Personal Theft Crimes

May 15, 2022 2:41 amMay 14, 2022 4:52 pm

California makes international news almost every day. In the past it was mostly about Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the great weather, or some wacky new trend like intimate suntanning. But now the Golden State is known worldwide as a place to...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About the Gascon and Boudin Recalls

May 12, 2022 2:16 amMay 12, 2022 7:48 am

At a local level, District Attorneys in California arguably have more power to impact day to day lives and events than does the Attorney General. And nowhere have we seen the impact of this direct influence more than in Los...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Defending Laws They Disagree With

May 11, 2022 9:27 amMay 12, 2022 3:42 pm

In the course of doing every job, there are times when one would strongly not wish to perform an assigned task. If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant and been told to clean out the filters above the ovens and...