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Biological Boys in Women’s Sports: Women and Student Athletes Address California Interscholastic Federation Board Meeting

March 13, 2025 3:03 pmMarch 13, 2025 3:43 pm

Despite President Donald Trump’s executive order banning boys who identify as transgender women/girls from college women’s and high school girls’ sports teams, the governor and state of California haven’t budged from continuing to allow biological males to compete in girls...

AB 1333 is Dead: Assemblyman Zbur Withdraws Bill Limiting Self-Defense

March 13, 2025 1:06 pmMarch 13, 2025 1:07 pm

Assemblyman Rick Zbur (D-Los Angeles) announced late on Wednesday that he would be withdrawing his new self-defense limitation bill following significant public backlash and confusing language in the bill. Assembly Bill 1333, which was introduced last month, would have eliminated...

Ringside: Desalination at Scale is Cost Competitive

March 13, 2025 3:30 amMarch 13, 2025 3:31 am

On May 22, 2022, the California Coastal Commission voted unanimously to deny final approval for a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. It would have produced 56,000 acre feet of fresh water per year, and would have been privately financed. To...

Veteran Farmers or Ranchers in California

March 13, 2025 2:30 amMarch 13, 2025 2:31 am

By Chris Micheli The California Military and Veterans Code, in Division 4, Chapter 8, concerns veteran farmers and ranchers. Section 1008 contains 11 legislative findings and declarations, including that agriculture is a major industry in California, and that 8% of...

Lawsuit Seeks Invalidation of Ballot Measure Closing Upper Great Highway

March 12, 2025 3:48 pmMarch 12, 2025 3:53 pm

The contentious San Francisco ballot measure known as Proposition K, passed by voters last fall, is now the target of a lawsuit filed in superior court. At today’s press conference a coalition of plaintiffs spoke to the media and supporters...

Busybody Lawmaker Tells LA Dodgers to End Their Sponsorship Deals with Oil Companies

March 12, 2025 7:18 amMarch 13, 2025 8:29 am

Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) sent the Los Angles Dodgers a letter Tuesday telling them to end their sponsorship deals with oil companies. “As the Senate Majority Leader, representative for California’s 33rd Senate District, and a lifelong Dodgers...

Local Agency Progressive Design-Build Contracts

March 12, 2025 6:26 amMarch 12, 2025 6:26 am

The California Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 4.1, provides for local agencies in this state to engage in progressive design-build public contracting. Section 22170 contains definitions for the following terms: “best value,” “construction subcontract,” “design-build entity,”...