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Senate, Assembly GOP Leaders Announce Budget Action On Illegal And Violent Protests On University Campuses

May 3, 2024 2:35 amMay 3, 2024 2:36 am

Senate Minority Leader Jones (R-San Diego) and Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) announced on Thursday that they would be calling to revoke or reduce state funding of universities’ Administrations that fail to ensure campus safety and prevent unlawful...

LA Superior Court Strikes Down SB 9 – Housing Approvals: A Lesson in Legislative Drafting

May 2, 2024 4:14 pmMay 2, 2024 4:14 pm

On April 22, 2024, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down Senate Bill 9 (Atkins), which was enacted in 2021 as Chapter 162. SB 9 dealt with approvals for housing development. According to the Assembly Floor analysis, SB 9...

CSU Sacramento Capitulates to Infantilized Student Protesters

May 2, 2024 9:05 amMay 3, 2024 6:28 pm

When will the firings begin? Why does the Columbia University President still have a job? She has so grossly mishandled the pro-Palestine protesters, she should have been escorted to her car the day she refused to end the protests. Now...

Medi-Cal and its Deleterious Impact in California Medical Care: The Challenge

May 2, 2024 7:11 amMay 2, 2024 7:18 am

In the years following my demise as a private practice surgeon in Sacramento because of Gavin Newsom and his government run healthcare catastrophe, I moved to Nevada City, California, while still doing business in Sacramento. I did so to get...

Save Us, You Bastards: Pro-Palestine Students Demand Cops Protect Them

May 2, 2024 2:59 amMay 2, 2024 6:03 am

To say that the mood of the various “pro-Palestinian” – really pro-terrorist, pro-Hamas – protests on college campuses around the state have been anti-law enforcement would be an understatement. As has been said, a picture says a thousand words: Last...

Frequently Asked Questions about the Single Subject Rule and Initiatives

May 2, 2024 2:30 amMay 2, 2024 2:31 am

Is there a single subject rule for initiatives? Yes, Section 8(d) of Article II provides, “An initiative measure embracing more than one subject may not be submitted to the electors or have any effect.” Is there a single subject rule...

The Uncertain Future of Brownfield Redevelopment in California

May 1, 2024 2:00 pmMay 1, 2024 2:01 pm

The Center for Creative Land Recycling estimates that California faces the challenge of managing approximately 200,000 brownfield sites – underutilized, abandoned, or contaminated properties, often resulting from industrial activities. While these sites present opportunities for urban redevelopment, environmental remediation, economic...