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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Close The ‘Auto Break-In Loophole’ Law

January 5, 2024 5:20 pm

In an unusual break from pat proposed legislation, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill on Friday that would close a loophole in the current law surrounding car break-ins, allowing for those breaking in to be easier to prosecute....

2-Year Bills in the Appropriations Committee

January 5, 2024 9:56 amJanuary 5, 2024 9:56 am

The approach to dealing with bills in the California Legislature has been to distinguish bills held in the respective Appropriations Committees as a permanent hold, or a 2-year bill. Article IV, Section 10(c) provides, in part: “(c) Any bill introduced during...

OPINION: The Activist, Communist, and Hypocrite who Stripped Californians of 2nd Amendment Rights

January 5, 2024 7:19 amJanuary 5, 2024 7:19 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit once again showed America why they are the most often overturned court by the U.S. Supreme Court, at the tail end of 2023, when a three judge panel placed an administrative...

Two AI Bills Introduced In California Senate

January 5, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 5, 2024 2:46 am

Two bills designed to both expand AI research in California as well as a new framework for the state in dealing with AI companies were introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday. The first bill, Senate Bill 892, would specifically...

Frequently Asked Questions about Gut-and-Amend Bills

January 5, 2024 2:35 amJanuary 5, 2024 2:36 am

What is a “gut-and-amend bill”? According to the California Office of Legislative Counsel, these measures are “when amendments to a bill remove the current contents in their entirety and replace them with different provisions.” What legislative rule is invoked with...

Swap Out Su: Reps. Foxx & Kiley Call on Biden to Drop Julie Su

January 4, 2024 4:27 pmJanuary 4, 2024 4:27 pm

The chair of the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee and the chair of its Workforce Protections subcommittee today asked President Joe Biden to drop his quest to remove the word “acting” from Julie Su’s labor secretary title...

U-Haul 2023 Reports California Beats Every State for Residents Moving Out

January 4, 2024 7:35 am

When will California politicians admit that residents are fleeing the Golden State in droves, and have been for a decade? The U-Hauls leaving California in 2023 marked the fourth consecutive year the once Golden State finished on top of the...