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The Elephants in the Room: GOP Debate Highlights

September 28, 2023 7:42 amSeptember 28, 2023 7:48 am

Imagine if you will the best Super Bowl ever. You and your friends have just watched a three-overtime game featuring amazing catches, a punter pull a fake and run 72 yards for a touchdown, thirteen lead changes, two successful onside...

General Working Hours under the California Labor Code

September 28, 2023 7:05 amSeptember 28, 2023 7:05 am

The California Labor Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 1, provides for general working hours in this state for employees. Chapter 1 was enacted in 1937 by Chapter 90. Labor Code Section 500 defines the following terms: “workday,” “day,”...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...

Will SF Bay Area Voters Make the Politicians They Elected Pay for Crime Explosion?

September 27, 2023 8:35 amSeptember 27, 2023 8:39 am

Will Bay Area residents and business owners realize the politicians they voted in are responsible for the staggering crime they are now protesting? Target just announced it is closing its Bay Area stores. Walgreens has closed at least 11 stores...

The Scheme to Label Gov. Newsom as ‘Moderate’ Exposed in New Report

September 26, 2023 4:49 pmSeptember 26, 2023 4:49 pm

Last November the Globe reported on the the Center for Legislative Accountability’s annual California Lawmaker Scorecard, and as a surprise to no one, the California legislature earned a failing grade against other states’ conservative ratings. The weakest issues for California...

State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces 2026 Run For Governor

September 26, 2023 1:18 pmSeptember 26, 2023 1:18 pm

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced on Tuesday that he will run for Governor in 2026, becoming the fourth major candidate to announce their intent more than three years until the election is to be held. In...