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California Legislature’s ‘Gut and Amend’ is ‘Bait and Switch’, This Time Trying to Destroy Charter Schools

September 10, 2025 4:32 pmSeptember 10, 2025 5:56 pm

UPDATE below: The “gut and amend” bills in the California Legislature are nothing more than a legislative bait-and-switch. “Gutting and amending” unrelated bills into controversial legislation prevents Californians the time guaranteed by law to review and deliberate. We recently saw...

Charter Boat Safety in California

September 10, 2025 7:07 amSeptember 10, 2025 7:07 am

Division 3, Chapter 5, Article 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with charter boat safety. Section 773 contains several legislative findings and declarations. Section 773.1 names this the “Charter Boat Safety Act of 1983.” Section 773.2 provides...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Insanely High Per Capita Spending

September 10, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 10, 2025 2:56 am

It’s hard to believe but our new mayor, Daniel Lurie, who campaigned on accountability as a main talking point, is now proposing a tax, a parcel tax, to be put to the voters next year, to close the gap in...

Newsom’s California: From The Golden State to The Garbage State

September 10, 2025 12:13 amSeptember 11, 2025 6:42 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) tacitly admitted last week that California has morphed from the Golden State into the Garbage State. After launching the $1.2 billion Clean California Initiative in 2021, the state, in cooperation with Caltrans, communities and volunteers,...

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics – the Politics of Crime

September 9, 2025 3:06 pmSeptember 9, 2025 3:50 pm

There have been howls of protests over President Donald Trump taking over the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police, bringing in the national guard and threatening national guard reinforcement to reduce crime in other major U.S. cities such as Chicago and San...

Retroactive v. Prospective Legislation in California

September 9, 2025 2:55 pmSeptember 9, 2025 2:55 pm

In most instances, legislation applies prospectively, meaning after the law has been enacted and takes effect. Nonetheless, there are times when the Legislature desires statutes to be applied retroactively, and sometimes they also specify a prospective application date. The following...

As Governor Newsom ‘Proclaims California’s 175th Anniversary’ Remind Him Decline is a Choice

September 9, 2025 12:41 pmSeptember 9, 2025 1:54 pm

September 9, 2025 is California’s 175th Anniversary. This should be a momentous occasion in which we all celebrate all what the Golden State has to offer its residents and visitors, except we are a state in decline. Decline is a...