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Decades Long Tijuana Sewage Crisis: Real Progress In just 100 days

September 1, 2025 2:52 amDecember 16, 2025 11:41 am

For many years, untreated raw sewage has flowed into Southern California from Mexico and polluted the Tijuana River Valley, causing beaches to close, rendering them unusable. Even with beaches closed, and dangerous pollution issues, the federal government never managed to...

Boaters Lien Law

September 1, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 1, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the boaters lien law. Section 500 provides that the name of this article is the “Boaters Lien Law”. Section 501 provides definitions for the following...

Comparing the Number of Lobbyists to Legislators

August 31, 2025 2:31 pmAugust 31, 2025 2:31 pm

Having wondered about the topic of the number of lobbyists to legislators as a legislative geek, I did some quick research about the number of lobbyists compared to legislators in a number of jurisdictions. First, I looked at those at...

Babylon Bee Gets Last Laugh, Federal Judge Finds CA ‘Deepfake ‘ Law Unconstitutional

August 30, 2025 3:43 pmSeptember 2, 2025 10:49 am

Babylon Bee, a satirical political website, is enjoying a favorable federal court decision in their case challenging Assembly Bill 2839, a “disinformation and deepfake” law passed by the California legislature and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The law specifically prohibited...

Navigation Penalties in California

August 30, 2025 2:30 amAugust 30, 2025 2:31 am

Division 2, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code provides penalties related to navigation in waters of the state. Section 250 provides that, when steam vessels meet, each is required to turn to the right, so as to...

The Expiration of CISA 2015 Endangers Cybersecurity

August 29, 2025 12:18 pmAugust 29, 2025 12:18 pm

When the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) was signed into law, it represented an acknowledgment that cyber defense requires cooperation, not isolation. The principle was straightforward: companies and government agencies would share indicators of compromise, attack methods,...

California’s Rideshare Gig Workers: Unionization Was the Plan All Along

August 29, 2025 12:09 pmAugust 29, 2025 12:12 pm

California Governor Newsom, the Senate and Assembly “deliver landmark solutions in partnership with SEIU, Uber and Lyft that will provide a pathway to unionization for more than 800,000 workers and bring down the cost of rideshare services,” Democrats announced Friday....