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SF DA Chesa Boudin Charges Three Auto Burglary Suspects, Signaling Change in Actions

March 9, 2022 2:36 amMarch 8, 2022 8:53 pm

Three auto burglary suspects were charged with multiple felonies by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Tuesday, the latest in a series of arrests, court decisions, and political maneuvers that are distancing himself away from more progressive actions that...

Gas Tax Suspension Proposal Gains Traction Following Price Increases, End of Russian Imports

March 8, 2022 5:03 pmMarch 8, 2022 5:04 pm

A statewide movement to suspend the gas tax continued to gain support this week following both a raise in gas prices well past a $5 per gallon average and Joe Biden announcing the halt of Russian oil importation due to...

Examining California’s Renewable Energy Plan

March 8, 2022 1:55 pmFebruary 14, 2024 10:27 am

If you live in California, by now you’ve probably seen the ads, either on prime time television or online, exhorting you to “Power Down 4 to 9PM.” These ads are produced by “Energy Upgrade California,” paid for by “investor-owned energy...

Los Angeles Sues Monsanto Over Decades of Chemical Waterway Pollution

March 8, 2022 12:58 pmMarch 8, 2022 11:59 am

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced on Monday that the city would be suing the Monsanto Company, along with Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC, for polluting LA’s waterways with with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) dating back to the 1930’s. According...

Assembly Public Safety Committee Kills Bill to Repeal Prop. 47

March 8, 2022 11:48 am

The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard and killed Assembly Bill 1599 by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay), which sought to repeal Proposition 47. With California’s ongoing crime spike exploding across the state, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, James Gallagher, and Jim Patterson...

Gov. Newsom’s Highly Touted Medi-Cal Rx Botched by Politically Connected Centene/Magellan

March 8, 2022 10:15 amMarch 9, 2022 8:14 am

California’s implementation of the new Medi-Cal Rx program is having a detrimental impact on the health and lives of the state’s Medi-Cal beneficiaries. This is according to Henry Tuttle, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Center Partners of...

California’s Retroactive v. Prospective Legislation

March 8, 2022 6:49 amMarch 8, 2022 6:56 am

In most instances, legislation applies prospectively, meaning after the law has been enacted and takes effect. Nonetheless, there are times when the Legislature desires statutes to be applied retroactively, and sometimes they also specify a prospective application date. The following...