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Gov. Gavin Newsom Adds to California’s Illicit Gun Control Laws

September 28, 2026 11:41 amSeptember 28, 2026 11:55 am

Gun Owners of California warned in August of 20 bad gun control bills sitting on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature or veto. On Saturday Gov. Newsom signed 10 of those gun-control bills. They take effect January 1,...

Birth Tourism Is Now Legal and You’re Picking Up the Tab

September 28, 2026 7:30 amSeptember 28, 2026 7:31 am

In June, the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Barbara and settled the birthright citizenship question for a generation. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority that children born on American soil to parents here unlawfully are “citizens at birth” under...

Democrats’ State Funded News is Not a Free Press

September 28, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 29, 2026 8:06 am

A free press is supposed to be independent of the government it covers. Assembly Bill 2222, offers tax incentives to local news outlets that hire qualifying journalists in California. It is state funded news. Government money is never truly neutral....

Types of Definitions Used in California Statutes

September 28, 2026 2:30 amSeptember 28, 2026 2:31 am

There are several ways to define terms in state law and the 29 Codes have numerous examples. Obviously, using definitions in statutes is the process of defining specific words and phrases within a statute to create legal certainty, eliminate ambiguity,...

Identification Documents

September 27, 2026 2:00 pmSeptember 27, 2026 2:01 pm

Civil Code Division 3, Part 4, Title 1.80 deals with identification documents in California. Section 1798.79 states that a person or entity that intentionally remotely reads or attempts to remotely read a person’s identification document using radio frequency identification (RFID),...

How Many Legislative Committees and Bills Were There in the 2026 Session?

September 27, 2026 11:56 amSeptember 27, 2026 11:56 am

Both Assembly and Senate Standing Committees do the bulk of the legislative work in the California Legislature. How many are there and what are their sizes? And do these committees author bill themselves? The following information is for the 2026...

Newsom Discovers Governor Overreach – Right When He’s About to Leave Office

September 27, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 27, 2026 6:01 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has spent eight years treating the California Constitution as a mood board. Emergency pandemic orders, budget trailer bills, and “values” statutes have flowed from Sacramento with one consistent theme: lock in the program before the next election....