April 16, 2021
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‘Porch Pirate’ Penalty Bill Heavily Amended Thursday Following Committee Passage

April 16, 2021   3:26 pmApril 16, 2021   4:09 pm
A bill that would reclassify ‘porch pirate’ thefts in California as mail thefts and punishable by fines and up to a year in prison was heavily amended on Thursday, only days after passing unanimously in the Senate Public Safety Committee....
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Water Rate Assistance Fund Bill To Face Tougher Senate Committees This Month

April 16, 2021   11:42 am
A Senate bill that would create a water rate assistance fund for low-income rate payers experiencing economic hardship is to go in front of another difficult Senate committee soon following passage of the bill in the Senate Energy, Utilities and...
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San Diego Ordinance that Drastically Reduces the Number of Short-Term Rentals Signed Into Law

April 15, 2021   2:47 pm
A San Diego Ordinance that will greatly reduce the number of short-term vacation rentals in San Diego was signed into law by Mayor Todd Gloria on Wednesday. The Short-Term Residential Occupancy (STRO) ordinance will separate city short-term rentals into four...
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Placerville City Council Votes Unanimously to Remove Noose from City Seal

April 14, 2021   7:12 pm
During a Placerville City Council meeting on Tuesday night, Council members voted unanimously to remove the noose in the Placerville city seal due to modern day racial justice considerations. Controversy over the noose, which stems from the city’s ‘western justice’...
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As Orange County Announces Pilot Program for COVID-19 Vaccine Passports, Drs. Warn this is ‘Unjust and Discriminatory’

April 14, 2021   4:05 pm
There is much talk across the country about establishing vaccine passports as a way to provide evidence of vaccination for COVID-19 – all for a still experimental vaccine for a virus that is 99.98% recoverable. “The vaccine passport should be...
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CDCR Announces Closure of the California Correctional Center in Susanville by July 2022

April 14, 2021   2:59 pm
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced late Tuesday that the California Correctional Center in Susanville will be closing. The Susanville Prison, which opened up in Lassen County in 1963, currently houses around 2,000 prisoners, employs more than...
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Fracking Ban Bill Fails in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee

April 14, 2021   2:55 pmApril 16, 2021   7:34 am
A bill that would have banned fracking in California by 2027 and prohibited all oil and gas wells from being operated nearby homes, schools, and other populated areas failed in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on Tuesday by...
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