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Crazifornia: 17 States Sue California to Block Plastic Packaging Recycling Law

June 23, 2026 8:30 amJune 23, 2026 8:31 am

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers is leading a coalition of 17 Republican state attorneys general, and the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors in suing California over Senate Bill 54, the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. The law was...

Don’t Outsource Judgment: Keeping Parents at the Center of Digital Safety

June 23, 2026 8:00 amJune 23, 2026 8:01 am

Online safety cannot be achieved through blanket bans. Throughout history, prohibitions seldom eliminate risk; they push danger into places we can’t see or regulate, exactly where it’s hardest to protect our kids. AB 1709 promises a front-door solution – barring...

LA Councilman Wants To Tax LA’s Private Country Clubs, Protected Under Prop 13

June 23, 2026 7:00 amJune 23, 2026 7:01 am

Six of Los Angeles’s highest-end private golf and country clubs are facing a property tax battle with local LA City Councilman and former Democrat Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, who wants to drastically raise their taxes after learning that they “have a...

California’s Electoral Sewer

June 23, 2026 6:00 amJune 23, 2026 6:01 am

On the night of June 3rd, Spencer Pratt was running a solid second in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, comfortably ahead of socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman and headed for a November runoff against incumbent mayor Karen Bass. Raman herself apparently...

Capital Gains and Losses

June 23, 2026 2:30 amJune 23, 2026 2:31 am

Division 2, Part 10, Chapter 14 of the Revenue and Taxation Code deals with the general rules for determining capital gains and losses under California’s Personal Income Tax Law. Section 18151 states that Subchapter P of Chapter 1 of Subtitle...

New Measures in Print from the Legislature for 2026 Statewide Ballot

June 22, 2026 5:55 pmJune 22, 2026 5:55 pm

The following are two of the bills that came into print and were made public that are to be enacted into law by this Thursday, June 25. SB 417 (Senate PT Limon and Speaker Rivas) 15 Senate co-authors and 28...

Pattern Emerges Of Gallego Campaign-Funded Family Perks— Disney, Super Bowl Trips, Child Care

June 22, 2026 3:33 pmJune 22, 2026 3:34 pm

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is facing renewed scrutiny over campaign spending after Politico reported that his political committees paid for family travel, child care reimbursements, Disney trips, and Super Bowl-related expenses. The report follows previous California Globe coverage of...