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AB 1955 Causes Elon Musk to Pull Out of California

August 5, 2024 12:57 pmAugust 5, 2024 12:57 pm

Famed billionaire Elon Musk announced last month that he has decided to pull SpaceX and X headquarters out of the state of California and relocate to Texas. This decision will have monumental negative effects on the economic climate of California,...

Ballot Initiatives Become Pawns in Democrat Schemes

August 5, 2024 2:45 amAugust 5, 2024 2:46 am

The shocking national political events have rightfully dominated the news of the past few weeks. But in relative obscurity, governments everywhere are still working, and the California political establishment has been busy waging a war of deception and disempowerment against...

Burdens, Presumptions, and Inferences under the California Evidence Code

August 5, 2024 2:30 amAugust 5, 2024 2:31 am

In Division 5 of the California Evidence, there are statutes related to the burden of proof, burden of producing evidence, presumptions, and inferences. Chapter 1 is on the Burden of Proof. Article 1 provides general sections. Section 500 specifies that...

Cancel Culture Comes for California’s Sutter Buttes Mountain Range

August 4, 2024 11:07 amAugust 5, 2024 3:11 pm

No one can rewrite history. Renaming statues, parks, museums, schools or even mountain ranges does not change history, regardless of whether they are named after Confederate military leaders, racially-biased political figures, Native American tribes or “Swiss Colonizers.” And the people...

Evidence from Extrinsic Policies in California Courts

August 4, 2024 2:30 amAugust 4, 2024 2:31 am

The California Evidence Code in Division 9 deals with Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies. Chapter 1 concerns Evidence of Character, Habit, or Custom. Section 1100 states that any otherwise admissible evidence (including evidence in the form of an...

Add Chevron to the Growing list of Businesses Fleeing California

August 3, 2024 8:21 amAugust 4, 2024 11:10 am

California’s own Chevron Oil company is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from San Ramon, California, the latest big business to flee the Golden State. Chevron is in good company joining X/Twitter, Space X, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles Schwab, and...

The Old Way of Doing Legislative Intent Statements

August 3, 2024 2:30 amAugust 3, 2024 2:31 am

In reading Code sections recently (yes, I am an acknowledged legislative geek), I came across a statute from 1968 in the California Unemployment Insurance Code. I found that Code section unique in that it uses language that we do not...