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OAL Review of Underground Regulations

August 23, 2026 2:30 amAugust 23, 2026 2:31 am

Chapter 2 of Title 1 deals with Underground Regulations. It contains four sections as set forth below. Section 250 provides for the following definitions: “Underground regulation” means any guideline, criterion, bulletin, manual, instruction, order, standard of general application, or other...

Some Key Words to Watch in Legislation

August 22, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 22, 2026 2:01 pm

As we head towards the end of the 2026 California Legislative Session, and review hundreds of amended bills, there are some words or phrases that bear a closer examination. In general, we should be concerned with problematic words in proposed...

REPORT: California Assemblyman Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit

August 22, 2026 6:30 amAugust 22, 2026 10:22 am

California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has been tax-exempt since February 2022. “California quietly boosted taxpayer funding for a nonprofit...

UC Berkeley Professor Discovers What Her Peers Built

August 22, 2026 6:00 amAugust 22, 2026 6:01 am

A University of California, Berkeley mathematics professor recently expressed public frustration that her college students arrive unable to handle basic skills—fractions, elementary algebra, the kind of material once expected well before high school graduation. The complaint is real, the classroom...

Alternative Obligations

August 22, 2026 2:30 amAugust 22, 2026 2:31 am

Division 3, Part 1, Title 2, Chapter 4 deals with alternative obligations in California. Section 1448 provides that, if an obligation requires the performance of one of two acts, in the alternative, the party required to perform has the right...

Office of Administrative Law Review of Proposed Regulations

August 21, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 21, 2026 2:01 pm

In Title 1, General Provisions, Division 1, Office of Administrative Law, Chapter 1, there are provisions related to the review of proposed regulations. Article 1 contains the following five definitions: “APA” means the part of the California Administrative Procedure Act...

CA Tire Replacement Controversy: The 2026 Regulations are Regulatory CHOICES by Energy Commission

August 21, 2026 7:12 amAugust 21, 2026 7:12 am

The California Energy Commission’s newly adopted replacement-tire regulations have been reduced to a simplistic storyline: “Legislators passed a ‘bad bill’ tire-efficiency law.” That framing leaves Californians with an incomplete picture and misses some critical issues pertinent to non-elected commissions implementing...