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Bill to Increase Penalties For Child Sex Buyers Signed by Governor Newsom

September 26, 2024 6:36 pmSeptember 26, 2024 6:36 pm

A bill designed to strengthen protections for children by making the act of soliciting, agreeing to engage in, or engaging in any act of commercial sex with a minor a felony to help fight human trafficking was signed into law...

Bay Area Activists Canvass Nevada to Flip State to Progressive Majority, Elect Harris-Walz

September 26, 2024 3:35 pmDecember 31, 2024 5:08 am

A recent report from CBS News reveals that a “progressive nonprofit” out of the Bay Area sent their communist-sympathizing activists to Nevada to canvass on behalf of Nevada Democrats and the Harris-Walz campaign. According to CBS: Dozens of volunteers from...

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in California

September 26, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 26, 2024 1:01 pm

California’s Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 6, deals with environmentally preferable purchasing. Section 12400 defines the term “environmentally preferable purchasing.” Section 12401 requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the state Environmental Protection Agency,...

Bill to Prohibit ‘Ethnic Shooting Targets’ For Law Enforcement Vetoed By Gov. Newsom

September 26, 2024 12:44 pmSeptember 26, 2024 12:44 pm

A bill that would have prohibited the usage of “ethnic shooting targets”, despite no law enforcement agency or department in the state using them, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. Senate Bill 1020, authored by Senator Steven Bradford...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Eminent Domain Reparations Bill

September 26, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 26, 2024 10:12 am

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have given black families a way to either get land back or compensation for land wrongfully taken because of racially motivated means. Senate Bill 1050, authored by Senator Steven Bradford...

New USC/Poly Poll Finds Tight Congressional Races Across California

September 26, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 26, 2024 2:46 am

A new USC/California State University, Long Beach/Cal Poly Pomona poll was released this week, showing that the six tightest congressional races in the state are all still too close to call, as all six are currently within the margin of...

Alternative Protest Pilot Project for Public Procurement

September 26, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 26, 2024 2:31 am

The California Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 3.6, establishes “The Alternative Protest Pilot Project.” Section 12125 requires the project to be administered by the Department of General Services and the Department of Technology. Section 12126 allows...