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DA Gascon Tried to Side-Step California’s Three Strikes Law

December 13, 2023 6:47 amDecember 13, 2023 6:47 am

California’s “three strikes” law is widely popular and widely credited with cutting crime. It is also the bete noir of the progressive prosecutor and the “justice reform” movement, being blamed for excessive incarceration and arrest and sentencing racial disparities. The...

Frequently Asked Questions about General and Special Statutes

December 13, 2023 6:28 amDecember 13, 2023 6:28 am

What is a general statute? A general statute is essentially a law that pertains uniformly to an entire community or all persons generally. What is a special statute? A special statute is essentially a law that applies to a particular person, place,...

Assemblyman Vince Fong on Hot Seat – Can’t Run For Assembly and Congress on One Ballot

December 13, 2023 2:55 amDecember 13, 2023 2:56 am

Republican Bakersfield Assemblyman Vince Fong has just done a switcheroo and announced he will run to replace Kevin McCarthy in the U.S. House of Representatives, after only a few days ago, declined to run, saying it wasn’t his time. Assemblyman Fong,...

LA Mayor Karen Bass Celebrates One Year In Office Despite Homeless Program Failures

December 13, 2023 2:30 amDecember 15, 2023 6:12 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated one year in office on Tuesday, with many Angelinos reflecting negatively because of her failure to improve the growing homeless problem in the city. In November 2022, Bass narrowly defeated developer Rick Caruso and...

The Extended Newsom-DeSantis Debate: How Jennifer Siebel Newsom Ended It

December 12, 2023 12:33 pmDecember 12, 2023 12:33 pm

More accounts of the November 30th debate between Governor Gavin Newsom and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued to come out this week, including a definitive reason why the debate didn’t go on longer despite both Newsom and DeSantis agreeing to...

Frequently Asked Questions about ‘Plus Sections’ in California Bills

December 12, 2023 6:49 amDecember 12, 2023 6:49 am

What is a double-jointing plus section? This section is used to address when one bill would “chapter out” the language of a bill that amends the same code section if it got enacted earlier. What is an example of a...

Larry Elder’s ‘As Goes California’

December 12, 2023 3:20 amDecember 13, 2023 7:42 am

In As Goes California, Larry Elder, talk radio star and “Black Face of White Supremacy,” has written a compelling book about California’s decline, race, relations, families, crime, and homelessness. Running against a field of 45 mostly white candidates, the media,...