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Bills Confronting California’s Trans Policy Undermining Girls’ Athletics: Hearing Tuesday

March 31, 2025 12:50 pmMarch 31, 2025 10:20 pm

On April Fools Day the California Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports & Tourism Committee will hear two bills to ban biological men claiming to be trans women out of girls’ sports. AB 844 by Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), will require that...

Gavin Newsom Talks and People Everywhere Cringe

March 31, 2025 2:55 amApril 3, 2025 11:50 am

What is the purpose of a podcast but to delve deeply into issues, expose problems and consider solutions? Or is it to entertain? Grok says: “it’s a way to share ideas, stories, or information through audio episodes that people can...

Trump Admin. Launches Investigation into CA Dept. of Education for Parental Rights Violations

March 27, 2025 4:05 pmMarch 28, 2025 6:08 am

The Trump Administration Department of Education announced Thursday they are investigating the California Department of Education over the odious new law that prohibits school districts from notifying parents if their kids are “gender” transitioning while at school. The U.S. Department...

Dissension and Chaos: Behind the Curtain of the California School Board Land Acknowledgement Craze

March 21, 2025 7:37 amMarch 22, 2025 7:55 am

Yesterday I posted two videos that depicted various school boards around California making “Land Acknowledgement” statements at the beginning of their board meetings. Those posts—found here and here—provided very little explanation. Sorry about that… but what was your impression? Questions? ...

California Pushing Schools to Disclose Families Who ‘Opt-Out’ of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Instruction

March 8, 2025 2:55 amMarch 9, 2025 11:13 am

In March 2024, Los Angeles Assemblyman Rick Zbur sent a letter to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee asking for a state audit of the implementation efforts related to the California Healthy Youth Act – Comprehensive Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Instruction...

New Bill to Grant $5 Million In One-Time-Only Dual Language Immersion Programs

February 21, 2025 2:42 amFebruary 21, 2025 2:43 am

A bill that would would give the Dual Language Immersion Education Instructional Materials Grant Program a one-time appropriation of $5 million to increase the availability of instructional materials in Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs across California was introduced in the...

California ‘DOGE’ Proves State Government is Too BIG and Unaccountable

December 18, 2024 3:10 amDecember 18, 2024 3:58 pm

“Waste and Inefficiency, Improper Hiring, and Other Improper Governmental Activities” is the subtitle of the California State Auditor’s latest “Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees.” There are some real doozies. I have for years recommended cutting the...