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Voters’ Prop 36 Delivers Accountability: Repeat Thief Sentenced to 9 Years in State Prison

October 17, 2026 6:30 amOctober 17, 2026 11:16 am

California is getting good results with Proposition 36. San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow made this announcement Friday: Today Lauren Pamela Johnston, 35, of Paso Robles, has been sentenced to 9 years in California state prison, with an...

Connie Chan: Failing Upward

October 5, 2026 10:00 amOctober 5, 2026 10:05 am

Connie Chan’s campaign for Congress to succeed Nancy Pelosi is a familiar San Francisco promotion: preside over a mess, then ask for a bigger office. After years at City Hall during civic disorder, massive budget increases, housing paralysis, and a...

Operational Medical Freedom: Tax-Exempt Medical Savings Accounts

May 12, 2026 7:38 amMay 12, 2026 7:38 am

When in the course of California’s human medical events, it becomes necessary for the doctors and patients to dissolve their political bonds with Medi-Cal, run by Governor Gavin Newsom, they are entitled by God to declare the causes which impel...

Bill to Clarify Punishment Over Gift Card Theft Introduced

February 19, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 19, 2025 2:46 am

A bill to clarify the punishment over stealing gift cards and whether the theft would be a misdemeanor or felony, was introduced in the Assembly over the weekend. Assembly Bill 710, authored by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), would alter...

From The Cheap Seats: It’s Time for Some Tough Love

January 15, 2025 3:42 pmJanuary 15, 2025 3:47 pm

One of the biggest issues during the recent elections in California was the persistent problem of homelessness. In full campaign mode, candidates mirrored voter concerns. Incumbents voiced vague plans to address the matter, challengers kept up with their attack lines....

The Unintended Consequences of Proposition 47

November 1, 2024 11:01 amNovember 1, 2024 11:01 am

Since its passage in 2014, Proposition 47 has been touted as a revolutionary step in California’s criminal justice reform. The measure reclassified certain felonies to misdemeanors to decrease incarceration rates and redirect the cost savings into rehabilitation programs. Proponents argued...

Prop. 47 – ‘Not the Reason for the Theft Wave’

September 23, 2023 8:05 am

California is being stolen from its citizens $949 at a time. This we all know – we’ve all seen it on the news and a sadly significantly large percentage of us have seen it in person when we’ve been picking...