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California, New York, and Illinois Experienced Largest Domestic Population Losses 2023 and 2024

December 20, 2024 8:21 amDecember 20, 2024 8:31 am

In journalism, reporters are taught to never bury the lede – never hide the most important and relevant pieces of a story within other distracting information. Case in point: “California nets large population increase in 2024 — nearly returning to...

Can Donald Trump Make Cyber Great Again?

December 20, 2024 5:46 amDecember 20, 2024 5:47 am

If 2024 were a movie, it’d be a dystopian thriller where the hacker is both the hero and the villain. Picture this: Change Healthcare—a linchpin in America’s healthcare system—gets breached, exposing the private data of millions and prompting everyone to...

California Courts and Sunset Clauses in Statutes

December 20, 2024 2:30 amDecember 20, 2024 2:31 am

Sunset clauses, or more properly “repeal clauses,” are used when the Legislature sets a finite time period for a statute to be “on the books.” The repeal date (or more commonly called a sunset date) is set forth in statute...

Suspicious Minds: Gov. Newsom’s Fishy ‘Bird Flu’ State of Emergency

December 19, 2024 4:14 pmDecember 21, 2024 10:34 am

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency over the Bird Flu – with less than one week before Christmas, and many upcoming turkey dinners. Here are...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and AG Rob Bonta are Playing Political Theater with Illegal Immigration

December 19, 2024 8:02 amDecember 19, 2024 8:02 am

A fundamental factor in Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and landslide win was the Biden administration allowing millions of illegal immigrants to cross the border – a total reversal of Trump’s policies. Blue states governors like California Governor Gavin Newsom have...

California Courts and the Legislative Open Records Act

December 19, 2024 2:30 amDecember 19, 2024 2:31 am

The main appellate court case involving the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) is Zumbrun Law Firm v. California Legislature (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 1603, review denied. In that case, according to the courts, the Legislature’s response to a LORA record request satisfied the...

Ringside: How Newsom Can Achieve ‘Affordability’

December 18, 2024 4:38 pmDecember 18, 2024 4:38 pm

Leadership in the California Legislature claim they’re aware of the cost of living and doing business in the state. In the special session called by Governor Gavin Newsom to “Trump proof” the state, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) said, “We...