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Frequently Asked Questions about Bills with Public’s Right of Access Disclaimers

June 18, 2024 2:30 amJune 17, 2024 7:24 pm

Have you ever read a bill and found a section at the end of the bill discussing the public’s right of access being limited by the bill? The following is an example from a bill in the California Legislature: SEC....

National Opposition to CARB Rail Rule Growing

June 17, 2024 3:42 pmJune 17, 2024 3:42 pm

The California Air Resource Board (CARB), never a shrinking violet when it comes to regulating things out of existence, is running into national opposition in its bid to force railroads to go to zero-emission locomotives. Last fall, CARB approved its...

CA Senate Passes Bill to Replace Parents with State School Employees for ‘Gender Confused’ Students

June 17, 2024 2:49 pmJune 18, 2024 9:57 am

California parents are systematically being replaced by school counselors, teachers, mental health providers, abortion providers, “gender-affirming” trans care specialists, or any number of adults willing to give vaccines, feed kids drugs, provide opposite-sex hormones, authorize gender surgeries, and get them...

Organized Labor Behind FTC’s Decision to Block Kroger/Albertsons Merger

June 17, 2024 12:10 pmJune 21, 2024 3:00 pm

What if two of the country’s largest grocery chains could merge with no store closures or job losses, offer better prices to consumers, higher wages for the employees, and promise that customers won’t even notice? That’s the deal promised between...

Stealth Zoning: Cities Allowing the Sale of ‘Granny Flats’

June 17, 2024 7:00 amJune 17, 2024 7:01 am

They were called “granny flats” when government agencies first started discussing allowing “additional dwelling units” (ADUs) to be created in single-family zoned areas. Sounds nice – a place for grandma (or big mommy and mops and grangran or whatever they...

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June 27 Is a Key California Legislative Deadline

June 17, 2024 4:00 amJune 17, 2024 6:26 am

Thursday, June 27, is an important day for the California Legislature on several fronts. That day is when the 12 days expire for the Governor to act on AB 107 by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), the Budget Bill, which...

Chef Andrew Gruel: Fixing Southern California’s Small Business Climate

June 17, 2024 2:45 amJune 17, 2024 2:46 am

The old saying, “As California goes, so goes the nation” has become an ominous warning for the rest of America. Progressive policies implemented by a supermajority in the Legislature and a sycophantic governor who believes he is destined to become...