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State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill

April 11, 2019 12:15 pmApril 15, 2019 7:15 am

Campus sexual assault has been a focus of debate in recent years, with California passing its ground-breaking ‘Yes Means Yes’ affirmative consent law in 2015. But these policy changes have triggered a round of lawsuits by accused students, saying their...

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U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of Bail, But CA Still In Legal Bail Limbo

April 3, 2019 3:15 pmApril 5, 2019 7:57 am

For four years activist Plaintiffs lawyers have been suing smaller cities arguing that the existing bail system is unconstitutional because it violates the principle of equal protection under the law. In San Francisco, such a lawsuit claims, ““Wealthy arrestees purchase...

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Assemblyman O’Donnell Combats College Admissions Cheating by Allowing Students to Take Tests at School

March 28, 2019 7:31 amMarch 28, 2019 8:38 am

Following the recent college admissions scandal, a California lawmaker is renewing a push to allow school districts to replace certain standardized tests given to high schoolers with free versions of a national aptitude test used by many colleges and universities...

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California’s Elections Compromised … by State Legislature

March 26, 2019 2:03 amApril 11, 2019 11:47 am

Dead voters are just the tip of the iceberg of California’s compromised elections process according to Linda Paine, founder of the Election Integrity Project, a non-profit, non-partisan corporation focused on assuring that every legally cast vote is properly counted and reported....

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California Supreme Prejudice

March 20, 2019 6:54 pmMarch 25, 2019 12:58 pm

“Thanks to Governor Brown, who breathed new life into the judiciary with 600 plus judicial appointments, 200 of those in his final year. In the last year, these new appointees self-report that 41 percent are non-white and over half of...

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CA Officials Want Mo Money From FEMA For Oroville Dam Repairs: $333 Million Isn’t Enough

March 11, 2019 2:00 amMarch 11, 2019 7:07 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has already committed $333.4 million toward the repairs of the 2017 broken spillway of California’s state owned and operated Oroville Dam. But it’s not enough, according to California state officials. FEMA announced this week it...

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Gov. Newsom Names Lt. Governor Kounalakis as Representative on International Affairs and Trade

March 1, 2019 8:51 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday naming Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis as the Governor’s representative for International Affairs and Trade Development interagency committee. Kounalakis is the former ambassador to Hungary under former President Barack Obama. “I am honored to work...

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State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill

U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of Bail, But CA Still In Legal Bail Limbo

Assemblyman O’Donnell Combats College Admissions Cheating by Allowing Students to Take Tests at School

California’s Elections Compromised … by State Legislature

California Supreme Prejudice

CA Officials Want Mo Money From FEMA For Oroville Dam Repairs: $333 Million Isn’t Enough

Gov. Newsom Names Lt. Governor Kounalakis as Representative on International Affairs and Trade

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