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California Bans Small Plastic Bottles In Hotels

October 10, 2019 4:12 pmOctober 11, 2019 8:47 am

Plastic bottles containing shampoo, conditioner, and other common personal care products found in hotels will be illegal under new California law. AB 1162 was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom yesterday, setting a 2023 deadline for large hotels, and...

California City Imposing Curfew During Power Outages To Prevent Crime

October 10, 2019 12:05 pmOctober 11, 2019 9:03 am

The City of Morgan Hill imposed a curfew on its residents lasting from 8 p.m. through 6:30 a.m. Wednesday evening, due to the PG&E power shut offs, KRON4 reported. City officials on Facebook said the curfew was intended to crack...

CalPERS is Heavily Invested in Chinese Companies

October 10, 2019 9:40 amOctober 14, 2019 12:13 pm

On October 1st, 2019, the People’s Republic of China celebrated its 70th anniversary. The centerpiece of their festivities was a massive military parade down the streets of Beijing, and the centerpiece of that parade was China’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile, the...

Gov. and Legislature Ignoring Appellate Court’s Order to Return ‘Unlawfully Diverted’ Subprime Crisis Funds

October 10, 2019 7:40 amOctober 10, 2019 3:27 pm

In 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown was ordered by the state’s 3rd Appellate District Court to repay more than $331 million in funds the state illegally diverted from a national fund intended to help homeowners struggling with foreclosures from the housing...

Racehorse Deaths Continue At Santa Anita Park Despite New Laws Passed By The State Legislature

October 10, 2019 7:10 am

The 33rd horses death at Santa Anita Park since December of last year occurred early this month, calling into question the effectiveness of earlier legislative action. Beginning in December of last year, a large number of horses began dying at...

Assemblyman Philip Y. Ting who introduced AB 1215.

Governor Newsom Signs Bill Banning Facial Recognition Technology In Police Body Cameras

October 9, 2019 8:53 pmOctober 10, 2019 10:05 am

A new law that will halt all facial recognition software from being used in police body cameras was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom Monday. AB 1215 specifically prohibits “a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer from installing, activating, or...

Lawsuit: California Utility Customers Forced to Bail Out Utilities for Wildfires They Cause

October 9, 2019 4:01 pmOctober 10, 2019 1:57 pm

‘AB 1054 was enacted to serve the primary private purpose of bailing out investor owned utilities from the billions of dollars in damages from catastrophic wildfires they imprudently caused.’ A lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in California...