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California Supreme Court to Weigh in on 2024 Tax Initiative Before it Even Gets to the Ballot

December 11, 2023 4:00 pmDecember 11, 2023 4:00 pm

The California Initiative and Referendum process is no doubt a complicated one, rife with controversy and arguably in need of overhaul. I am normally astounded at what a California ballot looks like with not only choices for candidates at various...

California’s Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Curriculum are a Manual for Future Left-Wing Activists

December 9, 2023 11:31 amDecember 11, 2023 4:01 pm

At what point do constitutional free speech protections cease to be protected? Yelling “fire” in a crowded theater is one threshold – but isn’t “yelling fire” taking place all across the country, on college campuses, in state Capitols, and even...

Frequently Asked Questions about Fiscal Emergency Special Sessions

December 9, 2023 2:45 amDecember 9, 2023 2:46 am

In addition to extraordinary or special sessions being called by the Governor, California allows for special sessions in certain “fiscal emergencies.” Adopted by the voters in March 2004 as Proposition 58, Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution...

Hunter Biden Indicted In LA Over Federal Tax Charges

December 8, 2023 12:36 pmDecember 8, 2023 12:36 pm

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on several federal tax charges in Los Angeles on Thursday, resulting in the second major criminal indictment since September, when he was brought to court in Delaware over federal gun...

Woke Assemblyman Berman Savaged for Ludicrous Climate Change Tweet

December 8, 2023 7:49 am

Woke lawmakers in California’s Legislature are insufferable. The virtue signaling, the platitudes, the triteness, may make them appear as if they are doing something useful. But they are not. And posting their virtue on X/Twitter makes them look even more...

More on OAL’s Review of Rulemaking Files – The ‘Clarity’ Standard

December 8, 2023 6:59 amDecember 8, 2023 11:29 am

California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL), unless there is a statutory exemption, is required to review rulemaking files developed by executive branch state agencies when they adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), found in...

Sacramento DA Accuses City of Allowing Homeless Vagrants to Pollute Rivers

December 8, 2023 2:55 amDecember 8, 2023 2:56 am

The stark contrast between Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is growing over how to deal with the homeless vagrant population in the region. DA Ho filed a lawsuit in September against the City of...