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Bill To Increase Number of Nurse Practitioners Performing Abortions Introduced in Senate

March 4, 2022 2:20 amMarch 3, 2022 9:02 pm

A bill to increase the number of nurse practitioners allowed to perform abortions without physician supervision was announced on Thursday, becoming the latest piece of legislation designed to increase abortion access in California. Senate Bill 1375, authored by Senate President...

Why Do Bills Request the UC Regents to Adopt Education Policies?

March 3, 2022 6:50 amMarch 3, 2022 6:59 am

The Legislature has authority to enact statutes impacting school districts, the community colleges, and the California State University system. These provisions are set forth in the Education Code. However, it is the University of California Board of Regents who adopt...

California Assemblywoman Shocked at Homeless Living on City Streets

March 2, 2022 12:43 pmMarch 2, 2022 12:43 pm

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) posted a photo on Twitter Tuesday of a couple of homeless tents on a city sidewalk, and asks why. “Can we explain this? Who is responsible? Solutions please,” she Tweeted. https://twitter.com/quirk_silva/status/1498846675854512129 The responses were...

The Expanding Housing Crisis: Affordable, Attainable, or Impossible?

March 2, 2022 6:53 amApril 3, 2022 4:23 pm

It has been said that everything starts in California. Politics, storms, vast amounts of (currently) sequestered, (always) predatory wealth, that “up at the end” accent no one can actually tolerate, etc. – all that is true. Add to that list...

Interpreting California Statutes Using Legislative Guidance

March 2, 2022 6:33 amMarch 2, 2022 6:46 am

I have written previously about legislative intent and statutory construction in California. After reviewing just over 2,000 newly-introduced bills in the Legislature for the 2022 Session, I came across a number of interesting provisions related to this topic. Below are...

California’s $5-7 per Gallon Gas and Energy Costs Will Get More Expensive

March 1, 2022 5:16 pmMarch 8, 2022 4:26 pm

The first week in December 2018, the United States exported more oil than we imported, for the first time in nearly 70 years. This is known as energy independence. And it happened not because of the previous 50 years of...

Proposed Bill To Require State Pension Funds to Divest Completely From Russian Investments

March 1, 2022 11:56 am

A bipartisan-backed bill to require the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) state pension funds to divest completely from any Russian assets was announced on Monday, with the intention of being formally...