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Gov. Newsom Touts Misleading UC Berkeley Study on California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 8, 2026 3:10 pmApril 8, 2026 3:20 pm

California has such an absurdly high cost of living that some misguided lawmakers think increasing the minimum wage will offset nearly $1 million median home prices, $7.00-per-gallon gas prices, and $500 – $1,000 monthly electricity bills. The minimum wage was...

Uniform Rule Against Perpetuities

April 8, 2026 2:00 pmApril 8, 2026 2:01 pm

Article 1, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 11 of the Probate Code deals with the uniform statutory rule against perpetuities and general provisions related to it. Section 21200 names this chapter as the Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities. Section 21201...

California Supreme Court Orders Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco to Pause Election Probe, Preserve Seized Ballots

April 8, 2026 12:48 pmApril 8, 2026 3:14 pm

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday directed Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to immediately pause his ongoing investigation into alleged discrepancies and potential irregularities in the November 2025 special election ballots and to preserve all seized materials while legal challenges...

ACLU of Nevada Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging LVMPD’s Agreement with ICE

April 8, 2026 11:55 amApril 8, 2026 11:55 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada filed a notice of appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court, seeking to revive its legal challenge against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s (LVMPD) 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

California Hands Out Diplomas, But Only Prepares a Few

April 8, 2026 11:35 amApril 8, 2026 11:35 am

California’s education system keeps highlighting a key figure politicians love to promote: graduation rates. Despite the fact that graduates have not increased over the last few years, that number alone hides a much more important truth. Graduating from high school...

‘Taxing Greed to Pay for What We Need:’ LA Hotel Worker Union Hemorrhages Members

April 8, 2026 11:05 amApril 14, 2026 11:01 am

Last week marked the deadline for labor unions to file their 2025 LM-2’s, the report by labor unions that detail how they spent funds in the past year. LM-2’s are filed with the Office of Labor and Management Standards, and...

Classrooms First: California Must Stop Feeding Bureaucracy and Start Funding Teachers and Students

April 8, 2026 9:00 amApril 8, 2026 9:01 am

California pours enormous resources into public education from Transitional Kindergarten through community college, the TK-14 system. Proposition 98 guarantees roughly $125.5 billion in recent years for TK-12 and community colleges, with total TK-12 spending (all sources) approaching $149 billion annually....