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Gov. Newsom’s Latest Scheme Will Not Lower Energy Prices for Californians

November 15, 2022 1:05 pmNovember 15, 2022 12:10 pm

After several failed attempts by Washington, DC, Democrats to bring the cost of energy down, gas prices are predictably rising once again. Democrats are now looking for a new scapegoat to blame on their failed policies, and it appears that...

How Does a Convicted Serial Arsonist Get Early Parole With 1/3 Sentence Served?

November 15, 2022 9:51 amNovember 16, 2022 12:13 pm

Politics now trump public safety and criminal law in California, and even “prevent people from going to prison.” With California suffering deadly and devastating wildfires every year, it is astonishing that Parole Commissioners with the California Department of Corrections and...

Small Business Liaisons for State Agencies

November 15, 2022 6:44 amNovember 15, 2022 6:50 am

Pursuant to Government Code Section 11148, the Legislature intends to assist small businesses in California in complying with regulatory standards designed to protect the public. In addition, the Legislature intends that each agency that significantly regulates small business designate at...

San Francisco Vacant Residential Unit Tax Proposition Passes

November 15, 2022 2:33 amNovember 15, 2022 6:43 am

Proposition M, a ballot measure in San Francisco that adds a vacancy tax on multifamily units, reached the threshold to pass on Monday. Introduced earlier this year by the Democratic Socialists of America and Faith in Action Bay Area, Proposition...

State Agency Claims Climate Change is Rapidly Accelerating in Golden State

November 14, 2022 10:04 amNovember 14, 2022 3:51 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to tout the need for drastic climate change regulations and policies. “Every Californian has suffered from the effects of record high temperatures, dry winters, prolonged drought, and proliferating wildfires in recent years,” a new climate change report says....

State Agency Ethics Training

November 14, 2022 6:30 amNovember 14, 2022 6:39 am

Article 12 of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the California Government Code requires specified ethics training for state agency personnel. Government Code Section 11146 provides definitions for the terms “state agency” and “filer.”...

SCOTUS Hears University Affirmative Action Cases

November 14, 2022 2:32 amNovember 13, 2022 3:42 pm

This is Part II of a series on two U.S. Supreme Cases which will decide if racial preferences in college application acceptances will be allowed to continue at publicly funded schools. In February of this year I wrote that the...