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California Agrees to Pay $2.1 Million For Church Legal Fees Following Supreme Court Losses

June 3, 2021 10:54 amMarch 22, 2022 11:47 am

Earlier this week, the state of California agreed to a deal with the South Bay United Pentecostal Church of Chula Vista and Bakersfield-area priest to pay $2.1 million in legal fees to the Thomas More Society law firm following several...

California Lifts Capacity Limits on In-Person Religious Meetings Following Supreme Court Decision

April 13, 2021 2:18 amApril 12, 2021 9:20 pm

In-person religious meeting capacity limits were lifted in California Monday following a U.S. Supreme Court decision made over the weekend. Since last year, the state has attempted to limit indoor religious services and meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However,...

Federal Court in California Rules Against Trump’s Illegal Immigrant Census Count Executive Order

October 24, 2020 2:05 amOctober 25, 2020 1:50 pm

On Thursday, three federal judges in Northern California ruled that President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to not include those in the country illegally in the 2020 Census is illegal, becoming the second state to halt the Order. A three judge...

CDCR Announces That 8 Prisoner Wildfire Camps Will Close by End of Year

October 21, 2020 3:16 pmMarch 28, 2022 4:12 pm

Earlier this week, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced that 8 of it’s 43 prisoner wildfire camps, known as Conservation Camps, will be closing at the end of the year. The closures will be split between Northern...

America Learned What California Already Knows About a Potential Biden/Harris Presidency

October 8, 2020 9:42 amOctober 8, 2020 10:12 am

Much of America has finally figured out that presidential debates are merely political theater for the media. Wednesday’s Vice Presidential debate only drove this home. But, the debate was useful for one important issue – America learned what California already...

The Butterfly Effect of Janus v AFSCME on Two-Year Anniversary Offers California Hope Amid the Chaos

July 2, 2020 4:15 amJuly 2, 2020 10:08 am

As Americans grapple with a pandemic, economic collapse and riots, it seems an appropriate time to revisit a tenant of Chaos Theory — the so-called Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect examines the possibility that a small event can have a...

California Releases House of Worship Re-opening Guidelines Limited to 100 or Less

May 26, 2020 2:28 amMay 25, 2020 9:38 pm

On Monday, the California Department of Health released new reopening guidelines for churches and other houses of worship in California. Churches and other religious buildings must follow new guidelines The new guidelines include temperature checks for all house of worship...