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Monetizing Data: The EDD, ID.me, and the Unemployed of California

September 14, 2021 2:15 amSeptember 15, 2021 2:00 pm

In the spring of 2020, the pandemic caught many by surprise – no organization, it seems, was caught more by surprise than the California Employment Development Department. When the economy was essentially shut down by edict, both the state and...

Why is the CA Unemployment Agency Using Third Party to Identify Claimants?

June 17, 2021 9:47 am

With the California Unemployment agency allowing more than $30 billion in fraudulent claims during the coronavirus lockdown, and months of ongoing overdue claims payments, the agency is apparently addressing a backlog of claims by reaching out to claimants out of...

Bill That Would Limit Tear Gas, Rubber Bullet Use By Police Fails In Senate

September 2, 2020 3:04 pm

On Tuesday, a bill that would have banned the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and other “less lethal” projectiles such as bean bags by the police to be used on crowds died in the Senate when time ran out...

Without Law Enforcement There is No Law, and Without Law There is No Civilization

June 12, 2020 12:13 pmJune 16, 2020 6:15 am

‘The doctrine of qualified immunity as currently applied has no place in a nation ruled by law.’ We have recently suffered multiple failures of law enforcement, beginning with the killing of George Floyd. He died because a rogue cop...

Bill To Expand Drug And Alcohol Testing In Fatal Traffic Accidents Vetoed By Governor

October 3, 2019 5:55 pm

Assembly Bill 551, which would have required drug tests to be performed after every fatal accident in the state, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 551 would have required that a drug test, in addition to the already mandatory...

RECAP: SB 192, The Bill That Makes It Legal Not To Help Police Officers Asking For Assistance

September 27, 2019 3:11 pmSeptember 27, 2019 3:11 pm

If a police officer asks assistance in apprehending a suspect in California, citizens will no longer have to acquiesce. What is it? Senate Bill 192. SB 192 removes the ‘Posse comitatus’ sections from the Penal Code. Originally added in 1872,...

Gun Snoops in White Coats

August 20, 2019 9:59 amMarch 28, 2022 3:28 pm

“In the three years since California implemented the nation’s first law allowing guns to be taken from individuals who pose an extreme risk,” Cathie Anderson reports in the Sacramento Bee, “the so-called red flag orders have prevented at least 21...