Legislature
Sen. Wiener Bill to hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for California’s Natural Disasters Killed
California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill in February to hold “Big Oil” responsible for natural disasters in California. You read that right – Senator Wiener is blaming the oil and gas industry for natural disasters, or disasters...
Cat Declawing Ban Legislation Passes Assembly Committee
A bill that would ban the act of declawing cats, except in a few exceptions, gained momentum this week following it’s passage in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee. Assembly Bill 867, authored by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-San Jose), would...
Ringside: California’s Refinery Capacity Stretched to the Limit
According to the California Energy Commission, in 2024 daily oil consumption in California averaged not quite 1.4 million barrels per day. Meanwhile, daily refinery capacity in California is just over 1.6 million barrels per day. There is a 16 percent buffer between how...
Relationship Between Banks and Its Customers
In the California Commercial Code, Division 4, Chapter 4, there are statutory provisions related to the relationship between a payor bank and its customers. Section 4401 authorizes a bank to charge against the account of a customer an item that...
California Community Colleges System Quietly Disavowed Tyrannical Diversity Dictates After Lawsuit
The cult of diversity is crumbling all over California. Last month, the University of California announced with much fanfare that it would no longer require diversity statements for faculty hires. And in a little noticed move, the California Community Colleges...
Democrats Kill Assemblyman DeMaio’s Voter ID Bill Claiming It Will ‘Restrict Voting Access’
On the heels of a Superior Court Judge ruling Monday in favor of the Huntington Beach voter ID law, California Democrats in the Assembly Elections Committee just killed a statewide voter ID bill Wednesday morning by Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San...