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Who is Behind the LLC Which Purchased Gov. Gavin Newsom a $9.1 Million Home in Marin?

June 28, 2025 10:04 amJuly 1, 2025 7:38 am

Public Servant Gavin Newsom’s rise in California politics and acquired power since the 1990s has been through the knavery of family and influential friends. If you ever doubted that politics is made up of the elite class who see themselves...

Wounded Iran Still Poses a Threat

June 28, 2025 8:00 amJune 28, 2025 8:01 am

So, we did it. America’s military might—a combination of satellite surveillance, stealth bombers, and enough firepower to make Zeus blush—obliterated Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in a series of blistering airstrikes. The centrifuges are now molten metal. The command bunkers are smoking...

Civil Offenses in Navigable Waters

June 28, 2025 2:30 amJune 28, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1.5, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with civil offenses committed in navigable waters. Section 151 provides that any person that intentionally or negligently causes or permits any oil to be deposited in the water...

California Boating and Waterways Commission

June 27, 2025 2:30 amJune 27, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 1, Chapter 3, creates the Boating and Waterboys Commission. Section 80 provides that the Harbors and Watercraft Commission and its successor, the Navigation and Ocean Development Commission, are continued in existence in the...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Calls Out LA Mayor & Metro Chief for Failed Riot Response

June 26, 2025 12:07 pmJune 26, 2025 12:07 pm

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy just sent letters calling out Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for their “weak leadership during the LA riots that led to...

Ringside: The Grand Water Bargain

June 26, 2025 3:05 amJune 26, 2025 3:06 am

For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers and urban water consumers have to improve efficiency and reduce consumption. To the fullest extent possible, rain and snow falling on watersheds must proceed unimpaired from...

Denials and Defenses in California Civil Actions

June 26, 2025 2:30 amJune 26, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure in Part 2, Title 6, Article 2, deals with objections to pleadings in civil actions. Section 431.10 explains that a material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which...