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Politics, Power, and Hypocrisy: Why California Voters Are Losing Faith

September 9, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 9, 2025 2:56 am

Californians have lost trust in their leaders, and it is easy to see why. People feel powerless because politics has become a game of double standards: one set of rules for those in power, another for everyone else. Consider the...

Licensing of Pilots

September 9, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 9, 2025 2:31 am

Division 5, Chapter 4 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the licensing of pilots for Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Article 1 deals with the issuance of licenses. Section 1170...

Federal Civil Rights Complaint Filed Against the Claremont Colleges

September 8, 2025 3:11 pmSeptember 8, 2025 4:09 pm

William A. Jacobson, founder of the Equal Protection Project, filed a federal civil rights complaint last week against the Claremont Colleges for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations by discriminating against...

General Versus Special Statutes

September 8, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 8, 2025 3:17 pm

Capitol observers will come across bills that delineate between general or special statutes. So, what is a general statute versus a special or local statute? A general statute is essentially a law that pertains uniformly to an entire community or all persons...

US Supreme Court Backs Trump on Los Angeles Immigration Raids

September 8, 2025 11:17 amSeptember 9, 2025 1:16 pm

The United States Supreme Court Monday delivered President Donald Trump a big win permitting immigration enforcement agents to continue with sweeping raids based on race and language. The court put a hold on a lower court decision blocking Immigration and...

SLO District Attorney Dan Dow Opposes SB 577 which Eliminates Civil Protections for Child Sexual Assault Victims

September 8, 2025 10:29 amSeptember 8, 2025 10:30 am

In a letter to his own State Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) and author of SB 577, San Luis Obispo District Attorney Dan Dow expresses his opposition the bill, which eliminates civil protections for child sexual assault victims. Dow sent...

VMT Housing Tax Buried in Budget Bill Could Add $324,000 Per Home or Apartment

September 8, 2025 7:17 amSeptember 9, 2025 9:26 am

A new Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) housing tax was quietly buried in the recent budget housing bill package in Assembly Bill 130, the bill Newsom signed in June claiming he was reforming CEQA, the Holy Grail of environmental policy, California Environmental...