Judge Tosses Out California Law Mandating Diversity Quotas on Boards

April 4, 2022 9:19 amApril 5, 2022 3:50 pm

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green tossed out California’s corporate diversity law to require publicly held corporations based in the state to include racial minorities and members of the LGBTQ community on their executive boards, ruling it “unconstitutional.” The...

SB 1383 – Expanding California’s Family Rights Act

September 19, 2020 7:51 amSeptember 21, 2020 1:59 pm

On September 17, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1383, by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), into law as Chapter 86. The bill to expand protected-family leave, amended Government Code Section 12945.2, added Section 12945.2, and amended Section 12945.6. Section...

CA Democrat Lawmakers Releasing Violent Criminals From Prison, While Imposing Gun Control Laws on Citizens

September 8, 2019 2:06 amSeptember 10, 2019 2:27 pm

The purpose of prison and jail is to separate the criminals from society through incapacitation so they are not able to harm innocent people, and to make them pay for their crimes through retribution. Rehabilitation is supposed to assist with...

In Gender ‘Neutral’ California, Why Mandate More Women on Corporate Boards?

August 10, 2019 9:28 amAugust 12, 2019 6:17 am

What both bills will likely cause is for male minorities to lose board seats to white women. In 2018, the California Legislature passed a bill to require large corporations with base operations in California to put more female directors...

Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures

July 16, 2019 2:04 amSeptember 23, 2019 5:56 am

Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while Texas always ranks as one of the best....

Campus Sexual Assault Bill; One-Sided Prosecutorial-Like Proceedings Traumatizes Students, Violates Due Process

July 9, 2019 4:22 pmJuly 10, 2019 10:41 am

The Latin inscription emblazoned over the dais of the California State Senate Chamber says, “Senatoris est civitatis libertatem tueri” — It is the duty of the senators to protect the liberty of the citizens. Campus sexual assault has been a...

Senator Turns Bill Allowing Retired University Police CCW Permits Into Gun Control Debate

June 28, 2019 11:46 amJune 29, 2019 7:34 am

Sometimes the most simple bills elicit the strangest floor debates in the California Legislature. A very simple bill was either politicized in the debate or, those doing the challenging were ignorant of current state law. In the State Senate Thursday,...