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The Abundance Choice, Part 3: The Mechanics of Ballot Initiatives

May 15, 2022 2:21 amMay 26, 2022 12:14 pm

By the spring of 2021, it was obvious the State Legislature was not going to change its inadequate approach to water policy. As the state faced another year of drought, restricting water use was the only solution being taken seriously...

OPINION: The Courts Are No Place to Establish Policy

May 5, 2022 2:35 amMay 4, 2022 4:59 pm

Let’s get this out of the way from the start. While I have a clear position on abortion, this essay will attempt to keep those views suppressed. With the recently leaked draft Supreme Court decision that will apparently overturn the...

Abortion Sanctuary State: Gov. Newsom Vows to ‘Fight Like Hell’ After Leaked Roe v. Wade Decision

May 3, 2022 7:15 amMay 4, 2022 6:24 am

“The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court,” Politico reported Monday. The leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft decision is momentous...

How to Influence Democrats in Power: ‘Talk Democrat’

April 28, 2022 6:30 amApril 28, 2022 6:36 am

It is no wonder that Republicans and Democrats sometimes do not see eye to eye; they speak different languages. A word that means one thing to a Republican may carry an entirely different meaning to a Democrat. So the reality...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg, State Lawmakers Demand $3 billion for ‘Crime Prevention’

April 7, 2022 9:08 amApril 9, 2022 4:27 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, together with Democratic state lawmakers and “criminal justice reform” advocates, held a press conference and demanded $3 billion “for immediate and substantial investments in crime prevention and healing services for crime victims.” Their demand follows the...

Infanticide or ‘Pregnancy Loss?’ Abortion Bill Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee

April 5, 2022 12:49 pm

Assembly Bill 2223 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), misleadingly labeled “Reproductive health,” actually legalizes infanticide in an abortion bill to expand the killing of babies past the moment of birth up to weeks after, according to opponents of the bill....

2nd and 3rd Suspects in Sacramento Shooting Arrested While Politicians Agitate for Gun Control

April 5, 2022 8:55 amApril 6, 2022 5:44 pm

Six people were killed and 12 were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento late Saturday night/early Sunday, turning several blocks of the Capitol city into a massive crime scene. Sacramento police spent the early hours of Sunday searching...