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CA Lawmaker Disparaged for Legislation to Prohibit State from Creating Vaccine Passport

May 12, 2021 2:15 amMay 11, 2021 9:12 pm

Assemblyman Kevin Kiley has come under fire recently for his proposed legislation prohibiting the state from creating a government-sanctioned “vaccine passport,” among other resolute acts befitting his office. A recent Sacramento Bee op ed by opinion assistant Hannah Holzer claims:...

AB 545 Requests UC Regents Review of Tax Expenditures

February 11, 2021 7:26 amFebruary 11, 2021 9:40 am

On February 10, Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) introduced Assembly Bill 545 to have the University of California conduct research on California’s tax expenditures. The bill would add Section 42 to the Revenue and Taxation Code. AB 545 would request the...

California’s Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Curriculum Designed to Eliminate Dissent

February 1, 2021 2:24 amFebruary 8, 2021 8:09 pm

In 2019, California Globe reported that the California Department of Education had released an unintelligible draft of ethnic studies gibberish, which included a section on “Islamophobia.” The Legislature’s Jewish caucus, all Democrats, took umbrage with this, and issued a statement:...

Senator Feinstein’s Husband Found To Have Given ‘Inappropriate’ Help In UC Admissions

September 25, 2020 3:22 pmSeptember 25, 2020 4:27 pm

On Thursday, the California State Auditor’s Office announced that Richard Blum, a UC Board of Regents member and husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), had helped get lower qualified students into UC schools by ‘inappropriate’ and ‘problematic’ means. Blum found...

4 UC Universities Found To Have Admitted Unqualified Students Over Connections

September 25, 2020 1:07 pmSeptember 30, 2020 10:07 am

On Tuesday, California State Auditor Elaine Howle announced that dozens of students were found to have been granted admittance to four University of California schools by using personal, family, university staff, or donor connections between 2013 and 2019. At least...

Who Is in Charge of Education Policy in California?

August 13, 2020 6:18 amAugust 13, 2020 6:31 am

There are multiple players who take part in setting education policy in the State of California. Beginning with the California Constitution, Article IX is focused on education. Article 9 was adopted in 1879 as part of the state constitution. This...

Child Care Industry In California Close To Falling Apart According To New Report

July 25, 2020 7:42 am

According to a University of California, Berkeley report earlier this week, a growing number of child care centers in California are in danger of closing down permanently, putting a speedy economic recovery for the state in doubt. Less children, rising...