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Gov. Newsom Ignores Lax Safety Practices at CA Public Schools

June 3, 2022 2:50 amJune 2, 2022 9:48 pm

In the aftermath of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, California Governor Gavin Newsom, like many of his fellow Democrats, called for greater gun controls, but ignored lax safety practices at the state’s public schools. In a press conference...

School Safety: Can We Risk Politicizing It?

June 2, 2022 6:29 amJune 2, 2022 6:50 am

In the wake of the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Americans have renewed public debates on school safety, gun control, and mental health. In California, Democratic lawmakers rushed to advance a flurry of bills to tighten government regulations over...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About ‘Quality of Life’ Offenses

May 16, 2022 10:05 amMay 16, 2022 2:39 pm

Law enforcement concepts, like so many other things in life, tend to shift in the wind. Until rather recently, most of California had embraced a “tough on crime” approach – including three strikes laws and – in many jurisdictions –...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Smash and Grab, Organized Looting, Shoplifting, and Personal Theft Crimes

May 15, 2022 2:41 amMay 14, 2022 4:52 pm

California makes international news almost every day. In the past it was mostly about Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the great weather, or some wacky new trend like intimate suntanning. But now the Golden State is known worldwide as a place to...

Many Roads Lead to CRT Indoctrination

May 13, 2022 2:14 amMay 12, 2022 7:42 pm

The American public’s fascination with the good, old Critical Race Theory (CRT), an imaginary problem according to hard-left partisans or an existential crisis weakening the liberal experiment according to the rest, is not fading away. Nina Jankowicz, the newly appointed...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About the Gascon and Boudin Recalls

May 12, 2022 2:16 amMay 12, 2022 7:48 am

At a local level, District Attorneys in California arguably have more power to impact day to day lives and events than does the Attorney General. And nowhere have we seen the impact of this direct influence more than in Los...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Defending Laws They Disagree With

May 11, 2022 9:27 amMay 12, 2022 3:42 pm

In the course of doing every job, there are times when one would strongly not wish to perform an assigned task. If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant and been told to clean out the filters above the ovens and...