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Sacramento Levee Project Still a Concern for Garden Highway Area Homeowners

February 7, 2020 9:48 amFebruary 7, 2020 9:57 am

Natomas residents packed out the library at Two Rivers School on Thursday and by a show of hands told Sacramento city councilman Steve Hansen they first wanted to discuss the levee improvements now in progress along the Garden Highway. “Nobody...

‘New Way Forward’ Act Would Protect Illegal Aliens and Criminals

February 7, 2020 8:57 amFebruary 10, 2020 9:39 am

‘Like the Constitution, this legislation is designed to create a whole new country. The bill would entirely remake our immigration system, with the explicit purpose of ensuring that criminals are able to move here, and settle here permanently, with impunity.’...

Foster Care Would be Extended to the Age of 25 Under New Senate Bill

February 7, 2020 6:47 am

A new bill was introduced into the Senate this week extending the current age limit for foster care support and services from 21 to 25. A “hefty price tag” Senate Bill 912, authored by Senator Jim Beall (D-San Jose), currently...

Referral of Bills in the California Legislature

February 7, 2020 6:38 amFebruary 7, 2020 6:40 am

After the introduction of a new bill in the California Legislature, or upon a bill passing one house and moving over to the other house for further consideration, that measure must be referred to a committee for a hearing. So,...

Showboating California AG Sues Trump Administration Over Technical Abortion Measure

February 6, 2020 2:57 pmFebruary 7, 2020 8:48 am

Somebody who casually glanced at California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s press release on his “Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Attack on Healthcare Access and Reproductive Rights” declaring determination to fight “another Trump Administration attack on women,” could be forgiven for thinking...

PG&E Would Be Barred from Making Political Donations in New Bill

February 6, 2020 2:36 pmFebruary 7, 2020 8:54 am

On Wednesday, a new bill that would make campaign contributions from the utility company PG&E illegal was introduced in the Assembly in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 2079, authored by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), would bar PG&E from donating to any state...

AB 5 is Such a Disaster in California, Pelosi and Congressional Democrats Push National Law to Destroy Gig Economy

February 6, 2020 9:20 amFebruary 7, 2020 8:58 am

Because California’s AB 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez hasn’t done enough damage already to independent contractors and freelance workers in hundreds of different industries, Congressional Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are championing their own national version: The Protecting the Right...