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I Grew Up With Soviet Communism; Now as a Trustee I See It Embedded in California’s Ethnic Studies

September 14, 2024 3:30 amSeptember 14, 2024 3:31 am

As a school board member in the Ramona Unified School District in San Diego County, when I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies curriculum for the first time, it brought back childhood memories from growing up in the Soviet...

Oracle Moving Headquarters Out Of Austin Only 4 Years After Moving Out Of California

April 26, 2024 5:00 pmApril 26, 2024 5:06 pm

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced earlier this week that he would be moving Oracle from Austin to Nashville, Tennessee, despite only moving away from California in the first place in 2020. Originally headquartered in Santa Clara upon it’s founding in...

Wither Gas Bans?

March 11, 2024 12:04 pmMarch 11, 2024 12:05 pm

In January, a trio of judges from the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals struck down the city of Berkeley’s natural gas hook-up ban. Now, Berkeley has a ticking clock running on deciding if they will appeal the decision to...

Election Contests Over Two San Mateo County School Bonds Filed Due To Ballot Label Law Violations

April 3, 2023 12:31 pmApril 3, 2023 12:31 pm

Election contests over two San Mateo County school bonds were filed in the Superior Court of San Mateo County last week over misleading and law violating ballot labels. Last year in San Mateo County, several school bond issues appeared on...

The Wholesale Regional Water System Act

July 9, 2022 5:43 pmJuly 9, 2022 6:18 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Water Code Division 20.5 provides the Wholesale Regional Water System Security and Reliability Act, which is contained in Sections 73500 to 73514. Division 20.5 was added in 2002 by Chapter 841....

CPUC Expands Autonomous Rideshare Services in Bay Area For GM’s Cruise, Alphabet’s Waymo

March 1, 2022 4:33 pm

The California Public Utilities Commission expanded the driverless rideshare market on Monday by issuing Drivered Deployment permits to General Motors’ Cruise service and Alphabet’s Waymo service. Since the 2010’s, multiple driverless car companies have fought to become the first driverless...

Woodside Drops Mountain Lion Sanctuary Scheme to Avoid Housing Mandate

February 7, 2022 11:52 amFebruary 8, 2022 6:21 am

A ten day halt of new SB 9, housing project applications in the wealthy San Mateo County town of Woodside was ended on Sunday following a demanding letter from Attorney General Rob Bonta in which he threatened legal action. The...