Legislature
California Bill Imposes Ban On Little Shampoo Bottles From Hotels
Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) has authored AB 1162, which would ban those convenient small plastic shampoo, conditioner and lotion bottles offered in hotels. Kalra says these tiny “single use” bottles produce such a significant amount into the waste stream,...
Moving Fuel Safely is Key to America’s Energy Boom
Leftwing groups claiming to act to protect the environment (radical environmentalists) are mounting a fierce attack against the one piece of critical infrastructure most necessary to continue our energy boom of recent years: pipelines. By far the safest means of...
Direct Democracy and California’s Constitution Article II
The purpose of this article is to examine California’s three forms of direct democracy, which are set forth in Article 2 of the state constitution. California’s forms of direct democracy play a critical role in state governance and the legislative...
California Teachers Union’s ‘Intent to Cripple California’s Charter Schools’
A powerful liaison of aggressive teacher unions and politicians supported by them have produced a package of bills which threaten to destroy California’s wildly popular and successful charter schools, and the 630,000 school children who benefit from them. And the...
State Lawmakers Ignore Judicial Rulings, Ridicule Witnesses in Order to Fast-Track Controversial Campus Bill
Campus sexual assault has been a focus of debate in recent years, with California passing its ground-breaking ‘Yes Means Yes’ affirmative consent law in 2015. But these policy changes have triggered a round of lawsuits by accused students, saying their...
Police Use of Force Bill is ‘Epitome of Second Guessing’ by Lawmakers
Following the Sacramento police shooting last year of Stephon Clark, a bill to restrict the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers was passed out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, but is unlikely to withstand legal scrutiny. Authored...