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San Diego’s Students Sacrificed in the Charter Lawsuit

September 3, 2025 4:51 pmSeptember 3, 2025 4:51 pm

In 2015, San Diego Unified and Grossmont Union High School District decided the best use of their time and taxpayer dollars was not more books, more student resources, or higher teacher pay — but a lawsuit. Their target was charter...

Israeli Dance Researcher/Sociologist Denied Rehire Because She is Jewish, Suing UC Berkeley

September 3, 2025 2:57 pmSeptember 3, 2025 2:57 pm

This July, University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons told a congressional committee that he is committed to fighting anti-Semitism at the school, which is fighting multiple lawsuits and federal discrimination complaints for mistreatment of its Jewish students. Now,...

California’s ’30 Days in Print’ Rule in the Legislature

September 3, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 3, 2025 2:02 pm

What is the so-called “30 days in print” rule in the California Legislature? The state Constitution, in Article IV, Section 8(a) provides: “(a) At regular sessions no bill other than the budget bill may be heard or acted on by committee...

Taylor Swift, the Prop 50 Ballot Label and the 2026 Elections

September 3, 2025 11:13 amSeptember 3, 2025 2:06 pm

Reading about the fanatical response to the engagement of singer Taylor Swift to football player Travis Kelce strangely brought back a memory of a panel discussion I participated in about 15 years ago on California’s initiative process. It also got...

Washington DC Sparkles Once Again; Sacramento is a Perpetual Disaster

September 2, 2025 5:50 pmSeptember 2, 2025 7:45 pm

I was just in Washington D.C. over the Labor Day holiday. I didn’t just fly in to Dulles International Airport and wait for an Uber, I took the Metrorail train from Dulles into Alexandria, VA. It was fabulous. It was...

Are Legislative Findings in Voters FIRST Act Bills Sufficient?

September 2, 2025 2:39 pmSeptember 2, 2025 2:39 pm

In reviewing recent legislation that proposes changes to the California Voters FIRST Act, as enacted by the voters by Prop. 11 in 2008, the same legislative finding and declaration is made in each bill. It is a simplistic statement that...

‘A Child Trafficker’s and Kidnapper’s Dream Bill’ Moved Out of Committee by Senate Democrats

September 2, 2025 9:59 amSeptember 2, 2025 2:27 pm

Assembly Bill 495, the bill which threatens parental rights by allowing the state to remove custody from parents who do not “affirm their child’s gender identity,” was moved off of the suspense file by Senate Democrats, after being placed on...