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California Needs a Controller Who Puts Classrooms and Cops Before Bureaucracy

July 15, 2026 6:00 amJuly 15, 2026 6:01 am

California’s budget is broken. We spend more, yet too often fail to deliver the results taxpayers expect. Classrooms struggle, public safety remains under pressure, and bureaucracy continues to grow. After nearly forty years in finance, managing billions of dollars and...

Chart of Legislative Rules Known by Their Numbers

July 15, 2026 2:26 amJuly 15, 2026 2:27 am

Rule Explanation Assembly Rule 45.5 Presentation of Guests or Memorials in the Assembly – guests may be introduced while the Assembly is in session; memorials can be given at the end of Floor sessions. Assembly Rule 77.2 Substantially Amended Bills...

Sport Fishing Licenses

July 14, 2026 2:00 pmJuly 14, 2026 2:33 pm

Section 7145 provides that every person 16 years of age or older who takes any fish, reptile, or amphibian for any purpose other than profit is required to first obtain a valid license for that purpose and have that license...

The Second Circuit Just Narrowed Religious Liberty – Did It Misread the Supreme Court’s Remand?

July 14, 2026 7:00 amJuly 14, 2026 7:01 am

Parents hoping the U.S. Supreme Court had quietly opened the door to restoring religious exemptions to mandatory school vaccination just suffered a major setback. On June 30, 2026, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals once again upheld New York’s repeal...

California Labor and Democrats Driving Wildfire Reducing Goat Herders Out of Business

July 14, 2026 6:30 amJuly 14, 2026 6:31 am

After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural workers in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instead signed into law Assembly Bill 1066 in 2016 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), and sponsored by the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union, to require...

Modes of Acquiring Property

July 14, 2026 2:30 amJuly 14, 2026 2:31 am

Division 2, Part 4, Title 1 provides deals with modes in which property may be acquired. Section 1000 specifies that property is acquired by occupancy; accession; transfer; will; or, succession. Section 1001 defines the term “utility service.” Any owner of...

The Legal Challenges to California’s Proposition 40, the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act

July 13, 2026 3:00 pmJuly 13, 2026 3:01 pm

The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, (now officially known as Proposition 40) on the November 3, 2026 ballot, aims to impose a 5% tax on the net worth of California residents (and certain trusts) worth $1 billion or more. It has...