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Frequently Asked Questions about the Order of Precedence

June 7, 2024 2:30 amJune 7, 2024 2:31 am

What happens when there is a vacancy in this state’s governorship? In California’s Constitution, Article V, Section 10, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor when a vacancy occurs in the office of the Governor. When is there an Acting Governor in...

Mission: Political – California Endowment Goes All In on ESG

June 6, 2024 1:53 pmJune 6, 2024 1:53 pm

One of the state’s most powerful, most woke foundations is getting even woker, and even more powerful…maybe. The California Endowment, which now has about $4 billion dollars in assets, was created in 1996 when the then-non-profit Blue Cross health insurer...

The Hippocratic Oath: Privacy

June 6, 2024 12:28 pm

The sixth and final covenant of the Hippocratic Oath is called Privacy. My oath states: That whatsoever I shall see or hear in regard to the life of my patients I will keep inviolably in confidence even beyond the patient’s death....

Will the California Budget Include Temporary Tax Increases?

June 6, 2024 6:44 amJune 6, 2024 6:44 am

While the Governor and Legislature adopted similar proposals just four years ago at the outset of the pandemic, there are proposed significant, temporary tax increases on California’s business community in the budget proposals currently under consideration. The net operating loss...

Ringside: Forest Thinning Adds Millions of Acre Feet to California’s Water Supply

June 6, 2024 2:45 amJune 6, 2024 2:46 am

Practical solutions to California’s energy and water shortages will always have a better chance of being implemented if they adhere to the limitations placed upon them by the climate lobby. Thankfully there are numerous solutions, strategic in their impact, that...

Frequently Asked Questions about Common Canons of Statutory Construction

June 6, 2024 2:30 amJune 6, 2024 2:31 am

What is the Constitutional Avoidance Canon? Under the Constitutional Avoidance Canon, statutes will be construed, if possible, to avoid questions about their constitutionality. The fundamental principle of the Constitutional Avoidance Canon is that a court should interpret the Constitution only...

California Democrats Pushing Bill to Require CSU, UC and Community Colleges to Hire ‘Undocumented Noncitizens’

June 5, 2024 10:37 amJune 6, 2024 10:15 am

Why are Democrats working so hard to replace Californians with illegal immigrants? Earlier in the year, the University of California Board of Regents smartly voted to halt a plan to allow illegal immigrant students to apply for jobs on campus....