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Unique Provisions of California’s Budget Bill – Part IV

October 25, 2022 3:46 pmOctober 25, 2022 3:48 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...

California 22nd District House Race Swings Back Towards Valadao

October 25, 2022 2:41 pm

In the rollercoaster of an election that is the 22nd District House race, momentum has swung back in favor of Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) following Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) holding a narrow lead since early September. Since 2013, the soon...

California, 4th Largest Economy in the World, Ranks Among 10 Worst in US for High Taxes

October 25, 2022 10:58 amOctober 25, 2022 10:59 am

Chief Executive Magazine reports year after year that when CEOs across the country are surveyed, they name California as the worst state in the country in which to have to do business. Because of California’s highest-in-the-nation overall taxes, one of...

California Truthtellers Face Woke Crybullies

October 25, 2022 9:54 amOctober 26, 2022 8:41 pm

One of the reasons problems seems so uniquely unfixable in the Golden State is that those who tell the truth about them are instantly and angrily silenced. Two recent examples have caught our eye. As California Globe’s Evan Symon has...

Newsom’s Charisma Overcomes Dahle’s Truths in a Rigged Debate

October 25, 2022 6:45 amOctober 25, 2022 8:37 am

For the best description of Gavin Newsom’s behavior during his debate with gubernatorial challenger Brian Dahle last Sunday, one must go all the way back to Hunter Thompson’s unforgettable book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in 1972, where he...

Canon of Statutory Construction — Expressio Unius

October 25, 2022 6:35 amOctober 25, 2022 6:40 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...

From A ‘For Sure Victory’ To ‘The Tightest LA Mayoral Race In Years’

October 25, 2022 2:30 amOctober 25, 2022 6:50 am

For Karen Bass and her supporters, the 2022 Los Angeles Mayoral race wasn’t supposed to be like this. Back in September 2021, when Bass first entered the race 14 months ahead of election day, she came in knowing that there...