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CA University Campus Palestine Protests Quiet Following Arrests, Suspensions

September 5, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 4, 2024 8:26 pm

In the last few weeks, Pro-Palestinian protests have returned to college campuses nationwide. And, like the thousands of arrests last year of students on campuses, those have returned as well. Major protests disrupting classes are back at Columbia University in...

Disability Compensation General Provisions in the UI Code

September 5, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 5, 2024 2:31 am

In Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 1, California’s Unemployment Insurance Code provides general provisions related to disability compensation. Section 2601 explains that the purpose of this law is to compensate in part for the wage loss sustained by any individual...

Scrutiny Over ‘Revenge’ Bill to End California’s Legacy and Donor-Based College Admissions

September 4, 2024 5:51 pmSeptember 4, 2024 5:51 pm

A bill that would ban both legacy and donor preferred admissions at public and private colleges in California received continued scrutiny this week as Governor Gavin Newsom mulls over his decision on the bill. Assembly Bill 1780, authored by Assemblyman...

Ringside: More Water Supply Requires Industry Unity

September 4, 2024 2:30 pmSeptember 4, 2024 2:37 pm

Probably the most consequential and controversial water policy decisions in California involve how much water to pump out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and into southbound aqueducts, and we’re in the middle of another one right now. For the last...

Community Calls for Parole Board to Deny Parole For Santana High School Shooter

September 4, 2024 1:29 pmSeptember 4, 2024 1:29 pm

An effort by lawmakers and community leaders in San Diego County to deny the parole of the 2001 Santana High School shooter Charles Andrew Williams continued to grow this month as his first parole hearing on September 10th inches closer....

America Should Fear California’s Agenda Now More Than Ever

September 4, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:56 am

As Gavin Newsom bows out from the limelight, not on the Democratic party’s presidential ticket, we can refocus attention on the policies under consideration in Sacramento. It’s no secret the supermajority of Democrats in the state legislature, together with Newsom,...

Reparations Property Restoration Bill In Jeopardy Following Removal Of Several Other Reparations Bills

September 4, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:46 am

Few reparations bills managed to land on the Governor’s desk this month, despite 14 starting off at the beginning of the year. All the little-to-no cost measures with no real legal or political challenges made it, like AB 3089, which...