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Los Angeles Times Deems ‘Looting’ Verboten and Racist

July 19, 2020 7:35 amFebruary 25, 2021 11:44 am

The LA Times is no longer going to say that looters are looting. The newspaper’s newly updated style guide warns: “’Looting’ is a crime that occurs only during a state of emergency (in any jurisdiction: state, county, city, etc.). Do...

Guidance for Interpreting California Codes

July 19, 2020 7:20 amJuly 19, 2020 7:24 am

California’s statutes, California Codes of which there are more than half a million, are contained in 29 separate codes. In an effort to provide guidance to those needing to interpret these statutes, each Code begins with a “General Provisions” section....

Gov. Newsom’s COVID ‘Science’ is ‘Political Science’

July 18, 2020 8:23 amMarch 17, 2022 8:24 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that public school students in most of California will not be attending school in person this fall. “The virus will be...

California State Public Works Board

July 18, 2020 7:04 amJuly 18, 2020 7:06 am

In California government, there is the State Public Works Board (SPWB), which is set forth in the Government Code. The SPWB is found in Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 3 (Executive Department), Part 10.5, Chapter 2,...

Cal Fire Finds PG&E At Fault in 2019 Kincade Fire

July 18, 2020 6:56 am

On Thursday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) found that power and utility provider PG&E caused the Kincade wildfire in Sonoma County last October. Cal Fire’s report confirmed that a PG&E transmission line nearby Geyserville sparked...

Judge Issues Temporary Order In Favor Of California In Private Prison Closures Over Fed. Government, GEO Group

July 18, 2020 6:47 amJuly 21, 2020 8:19 pm

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino issued a temporary order in favor of California over the Trump Administration and the private prison company GEO Group over the legality of the state’s January ban on for-profit prisons. Private, for-profit prison...

FPPC Probing Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation for Campaign Finance Violations

July 17, 2020 3:53 pmJuly 17, 2020 3:53 pm

The California Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s campaign finance watchdog is moving forward with an investigation of drug company executive Michael Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation on a complaint by California YIMBY for allegedly failing to report tens of thousands of...