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Ferrer Censorship Lawsuit Heading to Final Arguments
Can the government block public speech? In theory, no, absolutely, of course not. There’s this thing called the Frist Amendment that makes that abundantly clear. In practice, though, agencies across the nation have clearly been doing so for some time...
Remember Gov. Newsom’s 2020 Thanksgiving Stay-Home, No ‘Gatherings’, and Curfew Order
It was only three years ago when Governor Gavin Newsom defied his own idiotic COVID edicts as he partied at the French Laundry restaurant in Napa, one of the few restaurants he failed to force out of business. Shortly after...
Chino Valley Unified Smeared For Supposed Book ‘Ban’
The school board of Chino Valley Unified School District has made headlines again as angry leftists take umbrage with another policy modification made by the board last week. During the board meeting on November 16, 2023, changes were made to...
What Are the Fiscal Analyses Performed in California Rulemaking?
A state agency in California is required to estimate the costs of a proposed regulation. The “cost impact” means the amount of a reasonable range of direct costs, or a description of the type and extent of direct costs, that...
Ringside View: California Legislature Destroys Incentive to Achieve Water Resiliency
The California State Water Board is currently drafting the regulations needed to implement Senate Bill 1157, which is possibly the most misguided, unnecessary, intrusive, expensive disaster of a law ever passed by the state legislature. Passed and signed by Governor...
Assembly Speaker Creates New Budget Subcommittee
Today, November 21, 2023, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced his anticipated changes of standing committee chairs. First, Speaker Rivas appointed Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel to replace Assemblymember Phil Ting as Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. In addition, Speaker Rivas appointed...