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Legal Standing of Associations to Sue

July 22, 2026 2:35 amJuly 22, 2026 2:36 am

What is “legal standing”? Sometimes known by the Latin term, locus standi, it is the right of a person or entity to file a lawsuit or participate in a legal proceeding in state or federal court. It is essentially a...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Accused of Rigging Election After Manipulating Voter ID Initiative Language Mid-Campaign

July 21, 2026 4:28 pmJuly 21, 2026 4:29 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta faces accusations of rigging the ballot language for Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative, just months before the November 2026 election. The initiative, which gathered over a million...

Sacramento’s Newest Trick: Making You Pay to Watch Them

June 26, 2026 7:11 amJune 26, 2026 7:11 am

The California Public Records Act turns 58 this year. It was born from a simple premise: the government works for the people, and the people have a right to see what their government is doing. For nearly six decades, that...

Newsom’s Bill to Ban Trump Admin from Seizing Election Ballots is Buffoonery

June 11, 2026 7:00 amJune 11, 2026 7:01 am

After gubernatorial candidate Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized more than 600,000 ballots from his county’s registrar of voters earlier this year, Democrats panicked. They introduced Senate Bill 73, to restrict any and all law enforcement agencies and officers from...

Newsom Signs SB 73 to Block Ballot Seizures and Election Oversight

May 28, 2026 11:59 amMay 28, 2026 12:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 into law on Wednesday, just days before the June 2 statewide primary. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz),...

Coastal Commission Caves: Apologizes to Elon Musk in SpaceX Bias Settlement

May 1, 2026 2:17 pmMay 1, 2026 2:17 pm

In a significant victory for free speech and regulatory accountability, the California Coastal Commission has issued a formal apology to Elon Musk and SpaceX as part of a settlement resolving a federal lawsuit accusing the agency of retaliating against the...

California Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in Coastal Commission’s Overreach in Major Property Rights Victory

April 24, 2026 9:31 amApril 24, 2026 9:39 am

In a unanimous decision hailed as one of the most significant checks on the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) power in nearly 40 years, the California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the agency unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit for a...