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California’s ‘Pathways’ From Juvenile Incarceration to College Campuses

October 11, 2024 5:45 amOctober 11, 2024 6:39 am

California’s push for “decarceration” has led to chaos in cities throughout the state. “Decarceration” on the surface sounds viable: “How formerly incarcerated people and former detention staff are coming together to build a future of work without youth incarceration,” one...

Violent Felony Expansion Bill Passes Assembly

August 27, 2024 2:45 amAugust 27, 2024 6:53 am

A bill that would expand the number of crimes to be classified as a violent felony, adding in rape of an intoxicated person, passed the Assembly on Monday with 59 votes in favor, with only Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision of...

Gavin Goes Shopping… at Target?

February 1, 2024 7:51 amFebruary 2, 2024 6:25 am

Picture this: Gavin Newsom shopping at Target… like he’s just a dad who shops for school clothes at Target. If Gavin Newsom shops at Target, I dine at the French Laundry. The California Governor claims he was shopping at a...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...

California Legislature Passes ‘Tyrannical’ Package of 12 Gun Control Bills

September 18, 2023 3:51 pmSeptember 20, 2023 4:31 pm

In June 2022, U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen striking down a New York gun law that put unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry of a gun out in public. And...

Firearms Policy Coalition: ‘F-You’ Gov. Newsom

August 29, 2023 4:03 pmAugust 29, 2023 4:08 pm

In June, California Governor Gavin Newsom, who pretends he isn’t running for President, proposed a 28th Constitutional Amendment to restrict gun national rights: “Our ability to make a more perfect union is literally written into the Constitution. So today, I’m...