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Bill To Restrict Usage Of Police K-9s Fails In Assembly

June 2, 2023 12:20 pmJune 2, 2023 12:21 pm

A bill to end the use of police K-9 units in many criminal policing situations, failed to pass the Assembly this week, with the bill’s author sending it directly to the inactive file as a result. Assembly Bill 742, also...

Which is it California – a Flood Emergency or a Drought Emergency?

June 2, 2023 9:11 amJune 2, 2023 9:11 am

“Meteorologists forecast that June will bring above-normal temperatures to California, which could worsen the state’s remaining drought,” the Sacramento Bee reports today. Ah. This is from the same meteorologists who could not or would not forecast the record rain and...

Bill To Require Driverless Trucks To Have A Driver in the Vehicle Passes Assembly

June 2, 2023 8:25 amJune 2, 2023 8:26 am

A bill to require driverless trucks to have a driver in the vehicle passed the Assembly in a 69-4 vote on Wednesday, moving to the Senate. Assembly Bill 316, authored by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) would prohibit the operation of an...

Improperly Soliciting Employees in California

June 2, 2023 2:30 amJune 2, 2023 2:31 am

California Labor Code Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 2 prohibits the solicitation of employees by misrepresentation. Chapter 2 was added in 1937 by Chapter 90. Labor Code Section 970 prohibits any person, or agent or officer, directly or indirectly, from...

Bill to Limit Police From Issuing Tickets for ‘Low-Level Violations’ Narrowly Passed In Senate

June 1, 2023 1:10 pmJune 1, 2023 1:10 pm

A bill to limit law enforcement officers from issuing tickets for “low-level violations”, such as expired plates or having a light out, was narrowly passed in the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Bill 50, authored by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), would...

Lorena Gonzalez Out to Destroy Another Important Industry: Goat Grazing

June 1, 2023 12:49 pmJune 1, 2023 2:01 pm

After destroying the California “gig” economy and independent contractors in more than 300 industries with Assembly Bill 5, former Democrat Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, now the head of the California Labor Federation, has set her sites on the Goat herding industry....

UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims ‘Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change’

June 1, 2023 7:51 amJune 1, 2023 7:53 am

Yes, you read that title correctly: UC Berkeley/LA Times Poll Claims “Californians Fear Worsening Weather Swings Due to Climate Change.” In fact, the Los Angeles Times claims “Nearly 70% of registered voters say they expect that volatile fluctuations between severe...