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Temporary Redistricting Change Doesn’t Mean Temporary

August 25, 2025 7:00 amAugust 25, 2025 7:01 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to sell his partisan redistricting measure by claiming it is only temporary for three election cycles, after which the California Citizens Redistricting Commission will take back the job of drawing legislative and congressional districts after...

Izumi: ‘Masters Degrees Don’t Make Better Teachers’

August 25, 2025 2:55 amAugust 25, 2025 2:56 am

“Taxpayers should not dole out a single dollar for teacher degrees that do not improve student outcomes,” says education scholar Lance Izumi in a new dispatch. “A new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality has found that 90...

Minors’ Contracts in Art, Entertainment, and Professional Sports in California

August 25, 2025 2:30 amAugust 25, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 11, Part 3, Chapter 3, deals with contracts in art, entertainment, and professional sports. Section 6750 applies Chapter 3 to three specified types of contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and a third party....

Protective and Restraining Orders in Family Law Cases

August 24, 2025 2:30 amAugust 24, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 4, deals with protective and restraining orders in cases of nullity, dissolution, and legal separation. Article 1 deals with orders in summons. Section 2040 provides that, in addition to the contents...

Vessel Repair in California

August 23, 2025 2:30 amAugust 23, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 1.5 deals with vessel repairs. Section 410 defines the terms “customer,” “repairperson,” and “vessel.” Section 411 provides that this article applies only to work done on a vessel with an...

Redistricting Bills Jammed Through Senate Thursday Violate California Constitution

August 22, 2025 11:58 amAugust 23, 2025 7:48 am

In 2009, Republican Sen. Jeff Denham sought to end the practice of “polling” members ahead of a floor vote. He said “polling” violated Senate rules. “Polling is a practice by which the five members of the Rules Committee are asked...

The Dangerous Duped Physician

August 22, 2025 9:42 amAugust 22, 2025 9:42 am

The duped physician is the one who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something. And once controlled, that physician becomes a menace to society by prescribing disability, poverty, and squalor instead of healing, contentment,...