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Some Data on the 2026 California Legislative Session

August 23, 2026 2:59 pmAugust 23, 2026 2:59 pm

With the 2026 California Legislative Session coming to an end, I wanted to provide some data on interesting aspects of the Legislature: 2026 Senate Data How many Senate Standing Committees are there? 25 What is the average size of a...

Gov. Newsom Wails About Assaults on the Free Press, then Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law

August 23, 2026 8:56 amAugust 23, 2026 9:22 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” Assembly Bill 2624, by Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) into law Saturday August 22, 2026. Bonta claims her bill is about “privacy for immigration support services providers.” Gov. Newsom two days...

The Receipts: California Assemblyman Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit

August 23, 2026 6:00 amAugust 25, 2026 10:53 am

California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has only been tax-exempt since February 2022, Earlier this year, he named CART his...

OAL Review of Underground Regulations

August 23, 2026 2:30 amAugust 23, 2026 2:31 am

Chapter 2 of Title 1 deals with Underground Regulations. It contains four sections as set forth below. Section 250 provides for the following definitions: “Underground regulation” means any guideline, criterion, bulletin, manual, instruction, order, standard of general application, or other...

Some Key Words to Watch in Legislation

August 22, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 22, 2026 2:01 pm

As we head towards the end of the 2026 California Legislative Session, and review hundreds of amended bills, there are some words or phrases that bear a closer examination. In general, we should be concerned with problematic words in proposed...

REPORT: California Assemblyman Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit

August 22, 2026 6:30 amAugust 22, 2026 10:22 am

California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has been tax-exempt since February 2022. “California quietly boosted taxpayer funding for a nonprofit...

UC Berkeley Professor Discovers What Her Peers Built

August 22, 2026 6:00 amAugust 22, 2026 6:01 am

A University of California, Berkeley mathematics professor recently expressed public frustration that her college students arrive unable to handle basic skills—fractions, elementary algebra, the kind of material once expected well before high school graduation. The complaint is real, the classroom...