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California Supreme Court Reduces Sentences for Gang Murderers

December 28, 2023 2:45 amDecember 28, 2023 2:46 am

In a unanimous ruling announced on December 18, the California Supreme Court held that a 2021 bill that narrowed the definition of “street gang” to reduce the number of criminal defendants designated as gang members, did not violate Proposition 21,...

The Greenberg Brief: San Francisco – Reflections, Failures and Predictions

December 28, 2023 2:40 amDecember 28, 2023 2:41 am

So much has happened in the last two years, it’s hard to separate the events of 2022 from this year. We fought back against rogue officials by recalling four of them: Chesa Boudin and three SFUSD board commissioners. At the...

How to Read a California Bill Analysis

December 28, 2023 2:30 amDecember 28, 2023 2:31 am

As you might think, there are several different types of bill analyses used in the California Legislature. First, there are committee and floor analyses of bills. Second, at the committee level, there are analyses prepared by the policy and fiscal...

Ringside: The Price of Scarcity

December 27, 2023 6:00 pmDecember 27, 2023 6:01 pm

How much water does $7 billion buy? In so many ways that it almost defies description, California’s lawmakers have relied on flawed logic to justify recently passed laws that will impose punitive urban water rationing. Rather than undertake the Sisyphean...

Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Remove Trump From Ballot

December 27, 2023 11:26 amDecember 27, 2023 11:26 am

The Michigan Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that they rejected an attempt to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, in part because of a recent decision in Minnesota as well as the rejection of such an action by Californian...

Frequently Asked Questions about California Legislative Committee Rules

December 27, 2023 2:30 amDecember 27, 2023 2:31 am

How many standing committees are there in the State Senate? 22 How many standing committees are there in the State Assembly? 33 Which rules govern the California Legislature’s committee rules? The committees operate under the Joint Rules of the Legislature,...

Reparations, Bullet Train, 64% State Spending Increase: California’s Democrats Choose Power Over the People

December 26, 2023 2:47 pmDecember 28, 2023 4:44 am

California’s Democrat super-majority Legislature and governor are moving full-steam ahead with reparations for black descendants of slaves, high speed rail, and have increased spending a staggering 64% since Gavin Newsom was elected in 2019. But not on anything to make...