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Judge: Lawsuit to Block Early Inmate Releases Can Continue

September 7, 2023 8:47 amSeptember 7, 2023 8:47 am

On Friday, September 1, a Sacramento judge rejected California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Newsom Administration’s scheme to grant early release to tens of thousands of prison inmates. The suit, brought by the...

California Assembly Announces Nation’s First Transgender History Month

September 7, 2023 8:37 amSeptember 7, 2023 8:37 am

The California State Assembly voted Wednesday to recognize August as “Transgender History Month,” beginning in 2024. Assemblyman Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) introduced HR 57 on August 29th, and it was passed by the Assembly Rules Committee August 31st. Wednesday the...

LA Taxpayers Association Coalition Announces Launch of the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act

September 7, 2023 7:00 amSeptember 8, 2023 9:26 am

The Los Angeles Taxpayers Association works on state and local levels in California to promote sound tax and regulatory policy. President Aidan Chao recently put together an extensive coalition in support of the Taxpayer Protection Act initiative. According to Chao,...

Mandatory High School Personal Finance Course Ballot Measure Filed with State

September 7, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 7, 2023 2:46 am

A new ballot measure proposal to make personal finance a required course for graduation from High School in California was filed with the state on Wednesday, with the aim of getting enough signatures in time to qualify for the November...

Bill To Expand Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization Treatments Delayed Until Next Year

September 7, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 7, 2023 2:31 am

A bill designed to increase fertility care in California by including treatment for infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF) was delayed on Wednesday because of some concerns that it may not be passed by the end of the session by...

CA Senate Passes Bill to Charge Parents With ‘Child Abuse’ for not Affirming Transgenderism in Custody Cases

September 6, 2023 10:28 pmSeptember 8, 2023 9:18 am

Under California’s Assembly Bill 957 by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), a parent could lose custody for not “affirming” or agreeing to a child’s claims about gender identity. This bill just passed the Senate Tuesday. The bill, co-authored by Sen....

Tax $900 Million, Cut Congestion 4%

September 6, 2023 6:00 pmSeptember 6, 2023 10:30 pm

With the inexorable and inescapable plod only a government agency can achieve, LA METRO’s plan to tax people as they drive has passed another milestone: the Traffic Reduction Study initiated in 2019 to study, well, traffic reduction has completed its...