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A Look Back at the California Legislature on March 16, 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 8, 2023 3:54 pm

You may recall Monday, March 16, 2020. It was the day the Legislature passed legislation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then recessed for six weeks before returning to Sacramento. I wanted to revisit the day to note the...

Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Narrowly Passed By CA Assembly & Senate

September 8, 2023 12:14 pmSeptember 8, 2023 12:14 pm

A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was passed by the Assembly and Senate on Thursday, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk following a long battle in the legislature. First introduced in December of last year, Senate Bill 58 by...

The Legislature is Trying Again to Gut California’s Prohibitions on Public Discrimination

September 8, 2023 9:17 amSeptember 9, 2023 7:09 am

In the 1960s Martin Luther King dreamed of a color blind society in which people would be judged by the content of their character not the color of their skin. But today liberals are fixated on race and devoted to...

Ethics Scandals Rock Democratic Legislature, Gorelow Folds Under Pressure

September 8, 2023 8:00 amSeptember 8, 2023 8:01 am

In a late Friday 9/1/23 announcement, conveniently timed over the holiday weekend, embattled Democratic legislator Michelle “Quid Pro Quo” Gorelow announced that she will not be seeking re-election in Assembly District 35, a swing district that she narrowly won by...

California Denies Parents the Right to Raise Their Children – Welcome to 1984

September 8, 2023 7:52 amSeptember 8, 2023 7:53 am

A new California law makes it a crime if you don’t accept your child’s choice of gender identity. “The bill could potentially make you guilty of child abuse if you refuse to call your son ‘Jane’ and buy him dresses,”...

Cancel Culture at Cal Lutheran?

September 8, 2023 2:49 amSeptember 8, 2023 3:14 pm

A number of high-dollar donors to California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks are demanding to know where their money went – and if it didn’t go where it was supposed to go, they want it back. At the heart of...

Bill To Add 11% Tax On Firearms & Ammunition Passes In Senate

September 8, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 8, 2023 2:31 am

A bill to add an 11% tax on firearms and ammunition in order to fund school safety measures and violence prevention programs was passed in the Senate on Thursday with the required 2/3rd votes. Assembly Bill 28, authored by Assemblyman...