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Advice on Navigating the California Rulemaking Process

October 18, 2026 9:23 amOctober 18, 2026 9:23 am

My primary advice on the California rulemaking process focuses heavily on navigating the strict requirements of the state’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), maximizing public participation, and strictly avoiding underground regulations. Strict Adherence to the APA California law requires every one...

Polls as Psyops: What CNN’s Own Numbers Say When Nobody Edits Them

October 18, 2026 9:00 amOctober 18, 2026 9:02 am

Eighteen days before the November 3 midterms, the most useful piece of election analysis on American television has been turned into a weapon by one side and ignored by the other. Earlier this fall, CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten...

Some Suggestions for Those New to the California Constitution

October 18, 2026 2:30 amOctober 18, 2026 2:31 am

The following are suggestions for new students of the California Constitution where I emphasize understanding its massive scale, its structural intersection with state statutes, and how direct democracy shapes it. My core advice can be found in three major areas:...

General Principles of Nuisance

October 17, 2026 2:00 pmOctober 17, 2026 2:01 pm

Title 1 of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Civil Code contains the general principles of nuisance in this state. Section 3479 provides that anything which is injurious to health, including the illegal sale of controlled substances, or is...

Federal Audit Reveals Backlog, Unmanageable Workloads in Missing Indigenous Persons Unit

October 17, 2026 11:39 amOctober 17, 2026 11:39 am

A federal audit found hundreds of pending referrals and failures to connect victims with support services within the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit, as an Arizona family continues seeking answers about a disappearance dating back more than...

A Year Later, We Need a Surge in SF Dealer Takedowns

October 17, 2026 9:23 amOctober 17, 2026 9:23 am

Late last year, in October 2025 – President Trump prepared more than 100 Customs and Border Protection and other federal agents for an immigration enforcement surge into the San Francisco Bay Area. The operation targeted removable non-citizens. The Department of...

Guidance on California Judicial Branch

October 17, 2026 8:57 amOctober 17, 2026 8:57 am

My general guidance on the California Judicial Branch as a co-equal but frequently overlooked branch of state government that operates as the largest court system in the United States is based upon several defining elements: System Scale and Constitutional Foundation...