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Collection of Bank Items

April 30, 2025 2:30 amApril 30, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Commercial Code, in Division 2, Chapter 3, deals with the collection of items for payor banks. Section 4301 states that, if a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate...

Welfare Fraud Decriminalization Bill Passes Senate Committee

April 29, 2025 8:25 pmApril 29, 2025 8:25 pm

A bill that would decriminalize criminal penalties for attempted welfare fraud for cases under $950 and eliminate criminal penalties for overpayments from administrative errors or infractions continued to move up in the Senate this month, with an Appropriations Committee vote...

Bill to Keep Biological Men Out of Women’s Prisons Hearing Tuesday

April 29, 2025 9:13 amApril 29, 2025 9:19 am

Last month Democrats killed two bills by Republican Assembly members Kate Sanchez and Bill Essayli to disallow trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports – AB 89 and AB 844. Despite plenty of testimony from female athletes about...

Local Aid for Veterans

April 29, 2025 2:30 amApril 29, 2025 2:31 am

The California Military and Veterans Code, in Division 4, Chapter 5, provides for local aid for veterans’ aid and welfare. Article 4 deals with administration. Section 970 authorizes the board of supervisors of each county to appoint, prescribe the qualifications...

Gov. Newsom Assails Turlock Mayor After Council Voted Not to Support Local Homeless Shelter

April 28, 2025 4:00 pmApril 28, 2025 4:52 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom really stepped in it this time, in what many are calling a noxious move. Governor Tone Deaf claimed that “California has invested billions to combat homelessness,” as he accused the Turlock Mayor of “a ridiculous lack...

Baby Murderer Granted Early Parole Thanks to Prop 57

April 28, 2025 12:20 pmApril 28, 2025 12:20 pm

San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow just sent California Governor Gavin Newsom a letter urging reversal of the Board of Parole Hearings’ decision to release Allie Brown (formerly Herbert David Brown, III) early from prison. This is “Allie Brown’s”...

California’s Oil and Gas Industry Provides $338 Billion Reasons to Support

April 28, 2025 9:00 amApril 30, 2025 2:52 pm

What a difference a presidential administration makes. In “Welcome to Saudi America,” economist Stephen Moore writes, “Thanks to the fracking and horizontal drilling revolution, the U.S. has retaken the lead in global oil production. In 15 years, domestic oil production...