California politicians seem to have an insatiable appetite for your hard-earned money. With the state’s cost of living skyrocketing and two tax-increasing initiatives looming on the statewide ballot, it’s no surprise that Californians are growing increasingly weary of their leaders’...
Benicia, California is a city of 28,000 located on the Carquinez Strait about an hour’s drive west of San Francisco. It is home to an oil processing refinery, a busy shipping port, and seemingly like so many other public entities...
The movement to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, led by the Oakland United to Recall Sheng Thao (OUST) group, announced on Sunday that they have collected 30,000 signatures to place a recall vote against Thao on the November ballot, 5,000...
Last week Californians learned that the once-premier UCLA Medical School is admitting students based on race instead of grades and test scores, despite the practice of race-based affirmative action admissions being illegal in California since 1996, according to a report...
Where are the executive branches of government established? The U.S. President and the California Governor draw their authority from the federal and state constitutions concerning their respective roles in the lawmaking process. Federal and state statutes also provide additional duties...
There are some common terms and phrases regarding the California Budget that readers should be familiar with, and which are defined by the Office of Legislative Counsel and the Department of Finance on their respective websites. What are the A-Pages?...
After forcing California grocery shoppers into “reusable” plastic bags at .10 cents a piece, flighty lawmakers are trying to ban them outright now. California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags – again. Assembly Bill 2236 and...