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California’s Product Recall Safety and Protection Act

June 21, 2022 4:08 pmJune 21, 2022 4:12 pm

In California’s Health and Safety Code, Division 104 (Environmental Health), Part 3 (Product Safety), Chapter 2, there is the “Product Recall Safety and Protection Act,” which is contained in Sections 108040 – 108050. This Act was added to the Health...

Gov. Newsom Announces Additional 400,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses For Children Under 5

June 21, 2022 12:15 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom Announced this week that an additional 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been ordered by the state, encouraging them to be used on children following FDA approval for the under 5 age group last week. According to...

‘Streisand effect’ Snares Nancy and Paul Pelosi in Trap

June 21, 2022 10:57 amJune 21, 2022 11:24 am

Late on a Saturday night on Memorial Day weekend in California’s wine country, a drunk driver smacked into another car while coming home from a party. Fortunately neither driver was hurt. Weeks later people around the world are still talking...

General Guidance in Reading the California Government Code

June 21, 2022 10:51 amJune 21, 2022 10:55 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The thirteenth alphabetically is the Government Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Government Code: Section...

Bill To Add Juneteenth As Paid State Holiday Gains Near-Universal Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 2:33 amJune 20, 2022 10:34 pm

A bill to add Juneteenth as an official paid state holiday in California gained near universal support in the last few weeks as public support for the holiday also climbs. Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles),...

Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Liberated Ethnic Studies Comes to K-5 Classrooms

June 20, 2022 3:42 pmJune 20, 2022 4:45 pm

In October 2021, Governor Newsom signed California’s ethnic studies mandate for high schools into law. While many school districts are still deciding on the specific curricula contents for their high school ethnic studies courses, a group of teacher activists have...