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Two Grocery Store Plastic Bag Bills Pass Senate, Assembly Respectively

May 23, 2024 9:59 amMay 23, 2024 9:59 am

Two bills aimed at banning all plastic bags from grocery stores and other stores moved ahead in both the Senate and Assembly respectively on Tuesday, with both bills each passing with votes split across party lines. Senate Bill 1053, authored...

Does AI Carry Potential to Destroy Democracy?

May 23, 2024 2:55 amMay 23, 2024 2:56 am

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration within various sectors is moving at a speed that couldn’t have been imagined just a few years ago. As a result, the United States now stands on the brink of a new era of...

Frequently Asked Questions about California Constitution Article VI

May 23, 2024 2:30 amMay 23, 2024 2:31 am

How many sections does Article 6 have? This article contains twenty-three sections. What does Article 6 relate to? It relates to the judicial branch of state government. Who is given the judicial power of the state? Section 1 provides that...

Is Prescribed Burning Oversold?

May 22, 2024 7:00 pmMay 22, 2024 7:01 pm

California contains 93-million acres of which, approximately 20-million acres is choked with annual grass and brush wildfire fuels. And much of that 20-million acres is in very difficult remote terrain that is not suited to mowing or livestock grazing. Oregon contains about 45-million...

UCLA Police Chief Reassigned Day Before Chancellor Testifies in of Congress

May 22, 2024 5:00 pmMay 22, 2024 5:01 pm

UCLA police chief John Thomas has been reassigned in the wake of the chaotic pro-Hamas protests engulfing the campus. The reassignment comes one day before UCLA Chancellor Gene Block will testify in front of Congress about antisemitism on campus and...

Bill to Create New Reparations Agency Passes Senate In Divisive Vote

May 22, 2024 4:36 pmMay 22, 2024 4:36 pm

A bill to create a new state agency, the California American Freedman Affairs Agency, to assist Californians with any approved reparations programs, passed in the Senate on Tuesday in a split 30-7 vote, with 3 abstentions. Senate Bill 1403, authored...

It’s UCLA’s Turn in the Hot Seat: Chancellor to Appear before Congress Thursday AM

May 22, 2024 3:15 pmMay 22, 2024 3:15 pm

The past couple of months have been a rather trying time for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. And it won’t get any better Thursday. Block has been called to testify by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...