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State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill

April 11, 2019 12:15 pmApril 15, 2019 7:15 am

Campus sexual assault has been a focus of debate in recent years, with California passing its ground-breaking ‘Yes Means Yes’ affirmative consent law in 2015. But these policy changes have triggered a round of lawsuits by accused students, saying their...

Police Use of Force Bill is ‘Epitome of Second Guessing’ by Lawmakers

April 11, 2019 12:02 pmApril 15, 2019 7:20 am

Following the Sacramento police shooting last year of Stephon Clark, a bill to restrict the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers was passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, but is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. Authored...

California AG Enforces Travel Ban to South Carolina, Turns Blind Eye to Gov’s Trip to El Salvador?

April 11, 2019 3:01 amApril 11, 2019 12:44 pm

The State of California bans state agency, department, board, commission and employee travel to 10 U.S. states with social policies lawmakers disagree with. Passed by the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, AB 1887 states,...

California Lawyers Mandatory Re-Fingerprinting Turns Up 2,200 Criminal Records

April 10, 2019 3:35 amApril 10, 2019 7:30 am

California has many criminal lawyers, but not just of the criminal defense variety. A recently-enforced rule requiring active California attorneys to be re-fingerprinted found 2,200 practicing attorneys have criminal records, including 20 unreported felonies. On May 23, 2018, the Supreme...

CA Air Resources Board Stonewalls on CA Data, Yet Sues Pres. Trump Over Emissions Data

April 9, 2019 5:53 amApril 10, 2019 7:58 am

Stockton, CA Certified Public Accountant Ned Leiba sits on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Leiba has made formal written requests with the California Air Resources Board, asking for the data on CARB’s...

Close the Border or Lose Our Country

April 8, 2019 8:06 amApril 11, 2019 4:53 am

In a political arena filled with irrationality, here is a rational argument: (1) Illegal immigration poses an existential threat to the nation; (2) Both parties of Congress have failed to acknowledge the threat, let alone deal with it; (3) To...

California’s War on Vaping Will Hurt More Than It Helps

April 8, 2019 6:30 amApril 8, 2019 9:16 am

It’s hard to quit smoking. Nicotine makes it highly addictive; the hand-to-mouth motion and deep inhaling combine to form a powerful craving. But the big league damage from cigarettes is really the result of intaking tar and carbon monoxide generated...