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Unique Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part V

October 26, 2022 3:45 pmOctober 26, 2022 3:51 pm

The California state budget is the largest in the nation, and it also represents the largest bill in page length and number of provisions. While its provisions are too many to cover, there are a number of them that are...

LAPD Opens Investigation Into Leaked Recording of Council’s Racist Comments

October 26, 2022 12:17 pm

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore confirmed on Tuesday in a press conference that his department has launched a criminal investigation into who made the recording of a highly controversial and racist conversation between three City Council members and...

Canon of Statutory Construction – Whole Act Rule

October 26, 2022 8:41 amOctober 26, 2022 8:43 am

For purposes of statutory construction, the courts and bill drafters use a series of “canons” to guide them. These include textual canons (intrinsic aids), linguistic presumptions and grammatical conventions, substantive canons, and extrinsic aids. It is impossible to list them...

Californians Inundated with Mask and Vax ads by CA Dept. of Public Health

October 26, 2022 8:15 amNovember 27, 2022 4:03 pm

Californians are being inundated with advertisements pushing Covid vaccines and masks by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). These ads are everywhere – radio, television, online ads, social media, iHeart radio, Sirius radio – even radio hosts are being...

Sen. Jones’ Multi-Pronged Approach to Removing Homeless Encampments

October 26, 2022 2:45 amOctober 25, 2022 3:39 pm

California’s approach to homelessness is a failure. Tent cities are everywhere; no community is immune. The problem is huge, but there are things we can do that will make a difference in the short-term while we work to solve the long-term. On...

San Francisco Drops To Third Most Expensive Average Rent In US According To New National Rent Report

October 26, 2022 2:30 amOctober 25, 2022 8:29 pm

A new National Rent Report released on Tuesday by the rental research company Zumper found that San Francisco rents moved down to only the third most expensive in the country, with Boston overtaking San Francisco for second place as the...

Convicted Murderer Scott Peterson Moved Off Of Death Row

October 25, 2022 5:16 pmOctober 25, 2022 5:23 pm

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced on Monday that Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his wife Laci Peterson and unborn child in 2004, was moved off of death row following a 2020 overturning of the...