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In-Vehicle Camera Data Collection Bill Moves To Assembly

June 1, 2021 2:14 amMay 31, 2021 2:16 pm

This week, a bill that would halt data collected from in-vehicle cameras from being sold to third parties or used in advertisements will move to an Assembly committee hearing following passage in the Senate last week. Senate Bill 346, authored...

Reminding VP Harris Why We Are ‘Enjoying This Long Weekend’

May 31, 2021 8:44 amMay 31, 2021 8:59 am

Our Vice President told us all to “Enjoy the Long weekend,” on this Memorial Day holiday. Kamala Harris Tweeted out a flattering photo of herself, rather than remembering the fallen military men and women who served this country. https://twitter.com/VP/status/1398717990376546304 Fortunately...

Mass Migration Across the Open Border Provides Cover for Drug Cartels

May 30, 2021 2:20 amMay 30, 2021 9:35 am

Long before Ronald Reagan’s “War On Drugs” the Mexican cartels were wreaking havoc across our southern border for more than a half century. For the last two years of the Trump Administration, their criminality was curtailed by his effort to...

Globe Contributor Releases New Book on Direct Democracy in California

May 29, 2021 2:25 amMay 29, 2021 5:41 am

California Globe contributor Chris Micheli, an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law, just published his first casebook: “Cases and Materials on Direct Democracy in California.” Micheli said when he published earlier books on the California Legislature and the legislative...

Bill to Remove Word “Alien” from State Codes Gathers Support Before Senate Comm. Debates

May 28, 2021 2:55 pm

A bill that would remove the word “alien” from all state codes in favor of current terminology for undocumented immigrants such as “noncitizen,” continued to gather support this week before facing several Senate Committee votes. Assembly Bill 1096, authored by...

Sports Betting Constitutional Amendment Qualifies For 2022 Ballot in California

May 28, 2021 11:05 am

A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow sport betting at tribal casinos and horse-racing track, as well as craps and roulette at tribal casinos, garnered enough signatures on Thursday to get on the 2022 ballot. The office of the Secretary...

California Borrowed $20.5 Billion From Feds For State Unemployment Payments

May 28, 2021 2:40 amMay 27, 2021 6:52 pm

Not many Californians know that California borrowed $20,501,188,129 billion from the federal government to pay unemployment claims. This loan will be repaid by the state and California employers. The California Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report Wednesday about this loan...