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Selected Highlights from California’s Constitution, Part lV
The California Constitution, one of the longest of the fifty states, has 32 articles (even though the last one is numbered 35), and three articles contain subparts (Articles 10, 13 and 19). There are approximately 365 sections contained in those...
Judge quashes illegal warrant executed against San Francisco journalist, but Bryan Carmody’s fight continues
A judge in San Francisco tossed a search warrant she issued against a freelance journalist in May, saying police did not disclose to her that the target of the warrant worked in the news media industry. The ruling, handed down...
When Shadows of Death Loomed Over Chico, California
The Butte County city of Chico, with a population of some 93,000, does not loom large on the national or state scene. On the other hand, it was important enough to put a branch of the California State University there....
Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures, Part II
Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while many other states are ranked at the top...
Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project Hits Capitol
With the temperature reaching 95 and the legislature on break, things around the Capitol Building were moving even more slowly than usual today. But the dog days of summer didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of about 120 Latinx youngsters who came...
Insurance Commish Ricardo Lara Took Money Before Favorable Actions in Applied Underwriters’ Cases
Last week we learned that soon after being elected to State Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara, a former Democrat State Senator and Assemblyman, organized a reelection committee that began accepting tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions from people with...