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Legal Standing of Associations to Sue

July 22, 2026 2:35 amJuly 22, 2026 2:36 am

What is “legal standing”? Sometimes known by the Latin term, locus standi, it is the right of a person or entity to file a lawsuit or participate in a legal proceeding in state or federal court. It is essentially a...

Attorney General Rob Bonta Accused of Rigging Election After Manipulating Voter ID Initiative Language Mid-Campaign

July 21, 2026 4:28 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:51 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta faces accusations of rigging the ballot language for Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative, just months before the November 2026 election. The initiative, which gathered over a million...

Personal Income Tax Laws

July 21, 2026 2:00 pmJuly 21, 2026 2:01 pm

California Revenue and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 10 deals with the Personal Income Tax Laws. Chapter 1 contains general provisions and definitions. Section 17001 names this part as the “Personal Income Tax Law.” Section 17002 specifies that the definitions...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Increased the California Budget 60%-70% in 7+ Years

July 21, 2026 1:51 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:47 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has increased California’s state budget 60% to 70% in the 7 years since he took office in 2019. The 2018-19 enacted budget (pre-Newsom or early transition, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown) was $201 billion. Gov. Newsom’s...

CalPERS Committed $21 Billion to Diversity But Still Can’t Say If It Paid Off

July 21, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:01 pm

Federal contractors have until July 24 to certify they don’t run illegal DEI programs, or risk the fate of IBM, which paid $17 million in May to settle the first case brought under the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative....

Don’t like our laws? Ignore them – Don’t like election outcomes? Gut the office

July 21, 2026 10:01 amJuly 21, 2026 10:01 am

I, for one, am still celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday. I recently wrote about Benjamin Franklin’s answer to the question of what kind of government were we going to have, to which he replied, “A republic, if you can keep...

HHS Sec Kennedy Announces Trump Admin is Pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud

July 21, 2026 9:21 amJuly 21, 2026 4:42 pm

UPDATED below: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have deferred more than $1 billion in...