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DMV’s Latest ‘Unanticipated’ Cost Overrun for the Much Anticipated Voter Registration Act Compliance

November 26, 2019 12:35 pmNovember 27, 2019 10:52 am

The historically deficient California Department of Motor Vehicles has encountered yet another stumbling block on its way to compliance with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act. On behalf of the DMV, the state Finance Director sent a letter last week...

California ‘Resists’ Again: No-Show at Los Angeles Auto Show is just Latest Dispute With Trump Administration

November 26, 2019 2:05 amNovember 26, 2019 11:58 am

The California Air Resources Board refused to attend the Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this week, adding to the ongoing feud between the state of California and the Federal Government over setting car emission and fuel economy standards. The feud...

Bills To Provide Emergency Power In Blackouts Will Be Introduced To The Senate Next Session

November 25, 2019 7:43 pm

Three new bills requiring cell phone and electric companies to provide emergency backup power to cell towers and hospitals will be introduced in Sacramento next year. The Three Bills One of the bills would require cell phone providers to have...

Cal Fire Is Suing In-N-Out for $1.3 Million Over a 2017 Wildfire

November 25, 2019 2:20 pmNovember 26, 2019 5:33 am

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has filed a lawsuit against the fast food company In-N-Out for $1.3 million dollars for starting the September 2017 Huasna Fire. According to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, the suit...

Sacramento Children’s Fund Boondoggle Initiative

November 25, 2019 7:41 amOctober 28, 2020 10:03 pm

Under the Children’s Fund ballot language, a private organization can expend city tax dollars in a cruise ship casino, and the public will never know. Special to California Globe by Richard Stevenson The Sacramento Children’s Fund ballot measure proposal...

The Los Angeles District Attorneys Association Warns Public About Soros-Backed Candidates

November 25, 2019 6:36 amNovember 25, 2019 8:53 am

Legal experts are warning the public about dark money being used to buy the District Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. George Soros, the left-winged billionaire, has been working from the shadows buying up DA seats across the nation, and his...

Standard Features of Initiative Measures

November 25, 2019 2:33 amNovember 24, 2019 8:06 pm

There are a number of provisions that are commonly contained today in proposed initiative measures. California Constitution Article II provides for this important form of direct democracy. Section 8(a) provides: “The initiative is the power of the electors to propose...