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A Desperate Measure Cloaked in Science: The Left’s Latest Attempt to Overturn Proposition 209

July 10, 2023 3:15 amJuly 10, 2023 3:16 am

The opponents of Proposition 209 — the proposition that amended the California constitution to ban racial preferences — are at it again. After losing their campaign to defeat Prop 209 in 1996, the proponents of race-based affirmative action spent the next two...

Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling a Win for America But not for California Progressives

July 7, 2023 2:55 amJuly 7, 2023 2:56 am

Justices Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanagh and Barrett have delivered the American people a wonderful Independence Day gift with their majority opinion in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. The ruling overturns...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

California’s General Prohibitions Against Conflicts of Interest

January 21, 2022 8:34 amJanuary 21, 2022 8:42 am

California has extensive conflict of interest provisions applicable to state officials. They are contained in Government Code Title 9, Chapter 7, Article 1, and include General Prohibitions that are set forth in Sections 87100 to 87105, which were added in...

Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel: Did the CA Supreme Court Get It Right?

October 15, 2021 10:00 amOctober 15, 2021 10:01 am

Does the phrase “regular rate of compensation” mean the same thing as “regular rate of pay”? Yes, according to the California Supreme Court. But did the state’s highest court get it right? On July 15, 2021, the California Supreme Court...