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California Breeds Disastrous and Dangerous Democrat Politicians

October 10, 2025 2:55 amOctober 10, 2025 2:56 am

California breeds disastrous and dangerous Democrat politicians. Here is a current short list: Gavin Newsom. Karen Bass. Adam Schiff. Alex Padilla. Shirley Weber. Ricardo Lara. Maxine Waters. Katie Porter. Jared Huffman. Nancy Pelosi. Eric Swalwell. Jimmy Gomez. Ted Lieu. Sydney...

Domestic Partnership Registration in California

October 10, 2025 2:30 amOctober 10, 2025 2:31 am

Division 2.5 of the California Family Code deals with domestic partner registration. Part 1 deals with definitions. Section 297 provides that domestic partners are two adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship...

Sen Marie Alvarado-Gil Urges Veto Override by Legislature for Gov. Newsom’s Failure to Protect Firefighters

October 9, 2025 5:03 pmOctober 9, 2025 5:06 pm

California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson) urged her colleagues in the California Legislature to override Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of AB 1309 by Assemblyman Heath Flora (R-Ripon), would have required the state to pay rank-and-file Cal Fire firefighters within 15...

Saving Catalina’s Deer: Why the Conservancy’s New Eradication Plan Must Be Stopped

October 9, 2025 3:30 amOctober 9, 2025 3:31 am

In the sun-drenched hills of Santa Catalina Island, a controversial shadow looms once again over the island’s iconic mule deer population. Just months after scrapping a widely condemned helicopter-based culling plan, the Catalina Island Conservancy has unveiled a revised proposal:...

Ringside: Is Biodiesel Sustainable?

October 9, 2025 2:55 amOctober 9, 2025 2:56 am

For the most part, California’s farmers grow food, not fuel. But the fuel required to operate farm equipment is diesel fuel, increasingly refined from food grown on America’s great plains. Digging into this reveals a rabbit hole of such depth...

Vessel Traffic Service in California

October 9, 2025 2:30 amOctober 9, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 4 of California’s Harbors and Navigation Code deals with vessel traffic service. Section 445 provides for the Marine Exchange of Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, Inc. It may operate a vessel traffic service, in cooperation with,...

A Better Approach to Contingent Enactment Language

October 8, 2025 2:42 pmOctober 8, 2025 2:42 pm

“Contingent enactment” amendments in the California Legislature are used to connect a bill to another action in order for that bill to become operative. There are several reasons for contingent enactment language, such as upon a budget appropriation, a federal...