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Decarceration Through the Side Door: The Effect of Zero Bail

September 25, 2023 9:03 amSeptember 25, 2023 9:03 am

How do you make sure there are fewer people in jail? Put fewer in. And if your whole point is to decarcerate, as the progressives like to say, then what better way to start than not incarcerating in the first...

Judge Mitchell, Candidate for LA DA

September 25, 2023 6:27 amSeptember 25, 2023 6:27 am

Judge Craig Mitchell is running for Los Angeles County District Attorney. And – as founder of the Skid Row Running Club – he means it when he says running. The club, founded 11 years ago, meets/runs downtown at least twice...

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation ‘Supporting’ or Harming LGBTQ+ Children?

September 24, 2023 4:00 pmSeptember 26, 2023 3:42 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Saturday that he has signed legislation “strengthening protections and supports for LGBTQ+ Californians, including measures to better support vulnerable youth.” It’s still not clear to most what constitutional and legal protections LGBTQ+ youth do not have....

A Look at 2023 Bill Introductions and Members, Plus Committee Assignments

September 24, 2023 3:20 pmSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

In the California Legislature, both the State Senate and State Assembly have a limit on the number of bills that can be introduced during each 2-year Session. I reviewed all of the bill introductions during the 2023 Session to determine...

About Last Week…

September 24, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 24, 2023 2:46 am

Did you know Gavin Newsom is not running for president? Apparently, Gavin himself may not know as he vetoed the very pro-trans lobby, very anti-child bill called AB 957 that would have factored gender affirmation into custody cases – i.e.,...

Additional Categories of Bills Over the Past Few Sessions

September 23, 2023 3:45 pmSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

Last week, I put together a chart from the past fifteen years of the California Legislature and the number of bills each 2-year Session under 14 categories in comparison to the number of bills introduced that session. In the following...

Number of California Bills by Code

September 23, 2023 10:52 amSeptember 24, 2023 7:26 pm

I have often wondered about the number of bills in the California Legislature each year that affect the twenty-nine different codes. California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain...