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Bill To Decertify Police Officers With Multiple Misconduct Incidents Passes Assembly Committee

July 14, 2021 3:31 pmJuly 15, 2021 10:54 am

A bill to create a process and commission to decertify law enforcement officers who have had multiple incidents of misconduct or excessive force was passed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 2, authored by Senator Steven...

‘Fix California’ Launches Statewide Legal Inspection of Current County Voter Rolls

July 14, 2021 8:42 amMarch 23, 2022 11:50 am

California’s November 3, 2020 election was marred by significant voting and registration irregularities, the Globe reported in June, following an alarming report by the Election Integrity Project California. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

Calif. Economic Development Budget Trailer Bill Establishes ‘California Competes Grant Program’

July 13, 2021 2:30 pmJuly 13, 2021 2:43 pm

The Legislature passed and Governor Newsom signed on July 12 Senate Bill 151 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) [Chapter 74], which is the economic development budget trailer bill. The bill amends Sections 12099.1, 12099.2, 12099.3, 12099.4, 10299.5, 12099.6, 12099.7, 12100.61,...

CA Legislature Should Stop Adopting Administrative Procedure Acts Exemptions

July 13, 2021 4:30 amJuly 12, 2021 10:12 pm

A fundamental purpose of both the federal and California Administrative Procedure Acts (APA) is to allow public participation in the federal and state rulemaking processes. This is where the executive branch of government engages in quasi-legislative activities by adopting rules...

AB 5 First Amendment Lawsuit Expects Response From State AG This Week

July 12, 2021 3:08 pm

The state of California is expected to file a response to a lawsuit filed by Oxnard resident Aaron Starr alleging that AB 5 violates First Amendment freedom of speech protection sometime this week, pushing forward the suit that may further...

California Public Health Officials Silent on CDC Vaccine Injury Report of 438,440 ‘Adverse Events’

July 12, 2021 2:15 amJuly 12, 2021 5:58 pm

In a strange announcement Friday, the California Department of Public Health said that school children will have to continue to wear mandatory face masks in class despite new CDC guidelines saying that masks are no longer necessary in schools. “We...

Bad Timing: California Denies 21 Fracking Permits in Kern County

July 10, 2021 9:38 amJuly 10, 2021 9:38 am

California’s Geologic Energy Management Division just denied 21 oil drilling permits in Kern County this week. “State Oil and Gas Supervisor Uduak-Joe Ntuk sent letters Thursday to Aera Energy denying permits to drill using hydraulic fracturing in two Kern County...