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Enactment of Statutes and Adoption of Resolutions

January 15, 2020 10:15 amJanuary 15, 2020 10:20 am

In California’s Government Code, there are several code sections that set forth the enactment of statutes and adoption of resolutions. These statutes were enacted in 1943 and are found in Title 2, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 5. The provisions...

Bill That Would Ban Surgery on Intersex Children Dies in Committee

January 15, 2020 6:32 am

By a vote of 4 to 2, with three abstentions, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee voted down what would have been the first ban on intersex children surgery in the country. The attempted intersex children surgery ban...

Gov. Newsom’s 2020-21 Budget – A Big Pie, But Empty Calories

January 14, 2020 4:52 pmJanuary 14, 2020 5:20 pm

Compared to forty years ago, Californians cannot afford to purchase homes, they cannot afford to pay college tuition, they cannot drive on un-congested freeways, and they cannot expect their children to get a good education in public schools. Forty years...

Sonoma County Swings and Misses on Homeless Solution

January 14, 2020 3:48 pmJanuary 14, 2020 4:50 pm

The presence of a couple hundred filthy, trench-footed, poop-flinging thieves and a horde of disease-ridden rats probably makes for a less than pleasant bicycle ride. For one brief moment it appeared as though someone was ready to treat California’s...

Gov. Newsom’s Billion$ for Homelessness Amount to California Stimulus

January 14, 2020 3:38 pmJanuary 16, 2020 4:35 pm

“You’ll start seeing real progress in the next few months,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at his 2020 Budget Briefing Friday, addressing California’s homeless crisis. “Mobile tents, medical units, FEMA trailers… as early as next week.” “We put $650 million...

Fatal Hit-and-Run Sentences May Have Increased Penalties Under Returning Bill

January 14, 2020 2:05 pmJanuary 14, 2020 3:38 pm

A bill that would increase penalties for fatal hit-and-runs will go before the Assembly Public Safety Committee this week. AB 582, authored by Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno), would increase the scope of hit-and-runs to include penalties for not immediately stopping...

How the National Football League Compares to Politics and Government

January 14, 2020 8:07 amJanuary 14, 2020 8:14 am

Performance or promises? Players cannot simply claim they can run 40 yards in 4.4 seconds or complete a standing jump of more than 30 inches. Yet politicians vie to be their party’s candidate based on promises of what they will do...