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Recall Deja Vu: CA Rolling Blackouts are Back

August 15, 2020 10:06 amAugust 17, 2020 7:39 am

The last California Governor blamed for rolling energy blackouts was recalled by voters and replaced. In 2003, Governor Gray Davis was recalled over leadership issues, high taxation, and inaction over a struggling California economy and rolling energy blackouts. Gov. Gavin...

California Judge Rules in Favor of Grace Community Church

August 15, 2020 7:46 am

A California superior court ruled in favor of the First Amendment and Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church this week, while smacking down Los Angeles County officials. The Los Angeles megachurch closed its doors in March because of the...

The District Organization Law

August 15, 2020 6:54 amAugust 15, 2020 7:02 am

Government Code Title 6, Division 1, Chapter 1 establishes The District Organization Law (TDOL), which was added to the law in 1951. Chapter 1 contains Sections 58000 to 58200, which notes that Chapter 1 may be cited as the District...

Digital Asset Regulatory Bill Passes Senate Committee 7-0

August 15, 2020 2:24 amAugust 14, 2020 9:24 pm

On Thursday, a bill that would begin feasibility studies into regulating and classifying the virtual currency industry passed the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee unanimously 7-0. AB 2150 and the digital currency industry in California Assembly Bill 2150, authored...

California’s High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court

August 14, 2020 8:40 pmAugust 16, 2020 7:22 am

On Friday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against California’s ban against high-capacity ammunition magazines, citing California’s gun law as a Second Amendment violation. California ban found to violate Second Amendment In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based...

Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court

August 14, 2020 2:30 pmAugust 17, 2020 5:19 am

On Thursday, California’s 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana found that Amazon.com can now be held liable for injury for selling defective products from third party sellers in its online marketplace. The ruling has grouped Amazon with other...

Are the Rats Jumping Gov. Newsom’s Ship Over BYD Chinese Mask Deal?

August 14, 2020 7:50 amAugust 14, 2020 2:50 pm

Could Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial $1.4 Billion deal for masks with Chinese BYD, an electric bus maker now manufacturing N95 masks, be coming back to bite him in the behind? The governor’s “chief Lobbyist” and Legislative Secretary, Anthony Williams announced his...