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The Possible 2024 Presidential Run of Governor Gavin Newsom

July 14, 2022 2:30 amJuly 13, 2022 9:09 pm

Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing into law of a bill that allows lawsuits to be made against gun makers for negligence on Tuesday, more and more media outlets began speculating that he may be running for President in 2024. And...

Teva Pharmaceuticals Reached $24.8 Million Settlement With San Francisco Over Role in City-Wide Opioid Epidemic

July 13, 2022 3:54 pm

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced on Tuesday that the City and County of San Francisco had reached a $24.8 million settlement with the Israeli drug manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals over their role in the opioid epidemic. The city, like...

Starbucks Announces 6 LA Area Stores To Close Over Crime, Drug Problems

July 13, 2022 12:57 pm

The growing crime wave in Los Angeles and Southern California claimed a new retail victim on Tuesday when Starbucks announced that 6 stores in the LA area would be closing due to crime and safety issues. Starbucks had initially heavily...

Eliminating Vehicle License Fee is One Step in Addressing Affordability

July 13, 2022 6:30 amJuly 12, 2022 5:44 pm

It’s time for the Great Undoing. California must undo the policies that have created the affordability crisis, forcing working families to live paycheck to paycheck. Whatever it takes, one policy at a time, and I’m starting with driving costs. I...

Does George Gascon’s ‘Prosecutors Alliance of California’ Have a Future?

July 13, 2022 2:50 amJuly 12, 2022 5:35 pm

What’s up with the Prosecutors Alliance of California – that “bipartisan” coalition of elected prosecutors who include George Gascon and Chesa Boudin? The alliance came together in 2020 to form a “progressive alternative” to the state’s traditional prosecutors’ group, the California...

New SF DA Brooke Jenkins Announces Large Reversal of Boudin Policies Over Drug Arrests

July 13, 2022 2:30 amJuly 13, 2022 3:26 pm

Newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Tuesday a sweeping change regarding crime in areas such as the Tenderloin district, vowing to end long-standing drug markets in the city. Crime in the Tenderloin, specifically the open selling...

California Computer Spyware Act

July 12, 2022 5:03 pmJuly 12, 2022 5:10 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Business and Professions Code Division 8, Chapter 32 provides the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act, which is contained in Section 22947 to 22947.6. Chapter 32 was added in 2004 by...