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Bill to Expand School Choice Killed In Senate Education Committee

March 20, 2025 8:57 amMarch 20, 2025 8:57 am

A bill that would have expanded school choice for parents in California by individualizing student flex accounts while further securing funding for existing public schools was defeated in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 64, authored by Senator...

GREENBERG: San Francisco’s Illicit Drug-Fueled Hellscape

March 20, 2025 8:47 amMarch 20, 2025 8:47 am

San Francisco’s City Hall is peddling a dangerous fantasy. Claiming Harm Reduction is a shining success, a “compassionate” policy that’s saving lives isn’t a success—it’s a taxpayer-funded disaster. It’s killing addicts and turning many of our streets into a fentanyl...

Reps. Kiley, Walberg Demand California Interscholastic Federation Stop Defying Federal Law

March 20, 2025 8:07 amMarch 20, 2025 1:57 pm

Last week, the California Interscholastic Federation held an executive committee meeting and allowed the Coalition of Women and CIF High School Female Athletes to address biological males participating in women and girls sports, the Globe reported from the meeting. They...

Ringside: Ignoring Role of Bass in Salmon Decline is Negligence

March 20, 2025 2:55 amMarch 20, 2025 2:56 am

A March 5 “Perspective” in the Manteca Bulletin highlights a chronically underemphasized problem impacting every Californian. Bass, as editor Dennis Wyatt succinctly explains, are a “destructive, invasive species, that are a serious threat to the sustainability of the ecosystem.” Wyatt proposes a...

Rights of Third Parties under the Commercial Code

March 20, 2025 2:30 amMarch 20, 2025 2:31 am

California Commercial Code, Division 9, Chapter 4, deals with the rights of third parties in secured transactions. Section 9401 states, whether a debtor’s rights in collateral may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred is governed by law other than this division....

Senate Enviro Committee Kills Bill to Repeal 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, and Low-Carbon Fuel Regs

March 19, 2025 7:11 pmMarch 20, 2025 8:55 am

A Senate bill that would have repealed the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) gas tax increase of 65 cents a gallon and end the new LCFS Low-Carbon Fuel regulations that were adopted last year, was killed in the Senate Environmental...

CA Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara: Stabilizing Insurance Market, Overhauling Regulations

March 19, 2025 4:03 pmMarch 20, 2025 8:53 am

In a comprehensive 45 minute presentation to the Assembly Insurance Committee Wednesday, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara gave a thorough rundown of the many issues he and his agency are working on following the wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Los...