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California Reps. Adam Schiff and Zoe Lofgren, Chosen by Speaker Pelosi as House Impeachment Managers

January 15, 2020 8:18 pmJanuary 17, 2020 8:03 am

“When someone is impeached, they are always impeached,” California Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said about the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the House. “It cannot be erased.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) named the lawmakers who will serve...

Senate Committee to Vote on Statewide Rehaul of Recycling System

January 15, 2020 4:43 pm

A returning bill to the California Senate that would require beverage makers to take back their own cans and bottles, rather than the current system of consumers physically bringing empty containers to recycling centers, is to be voted on in...

Crime Journalist Arraigned on Theft, Forgery Charges

January 15, 2020 10:38 amJanuary 15, 2020 10:50 am

Antoinnette Borbon, once a writer for the Davis Vanguard, was arraigned Tuesday in Woodland on counts of grand theft and possessing fictitious instruments, which Yolo County Judge Peter M. Williams said meant “forgery.” It was not the defendant’s first appearance...

Enactment of Statutes and Adoption of Resolutions

January 15, 2020 10:15 amJanuary 15, 2020 10:20 am

In California’s Government Code, there are several code sections that set forth the enactment of statutes and adoption of resolutions. These statutes were enacted in 1943 and are found in Title 2, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 5. The provisions...

Bill That Would Ban Surgery on Intersex Children Dies in Committee

January 15, 2020 6:32 am

By a vote of 4 to 2, with three abstentions, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee voted down what would have been the first ban on intersex children surgery in the country. The attempted intersex children surgery ban...

Gov. Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget – A Big Pie, But Empty Calories

January 14, 2020 4:52 pmJanuary 14, 2020 5:20 pm

Compared to forty years ago, Californians cannot afford to purchase homes, they cannot afford to pay college tuition, they cannot drive on un-congested freeways, and they cannot expect their children to get a good education in public schools. Forty years...

Sonoma County Swings and Misses on Homeless Solution

January 14, 2020 3:48 pmJanuary 14, 2020 4:50 pm

The presence of a couple hundred filthy, trench-footed, poop-flinging thieves and a horde of disease-ridden rats probably makes for a less than pleasant bicycle ride. For one brief moment it appeared as though someone was ready to treat California’s...