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Alarming Rise in Fentanyl Overdoses in San Francisco, Medical Examiner Reports

October 18, 2022 11:58 amOctober 18, 2022 8:44 pm

New data released by the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was released on Monday, showing fentanyl overdoses to be on a severe rise, with three out of every four drug-related deaths in September having fentanyl involved. According...

UC Berkeley Bucks Mob Demands to Fire Music Teacher

October 17, 2022 4:00 pmOctober 17, 2022 4:26 pm

The University of California at Berkeley is bucking the demands of an online mob that a music teacher at the school be fired because of a sardonic post he wrote about another musician more than ten years ago. In a...

A Closer Look at Appropriations Bills in the California Legislature

October 17, 2022 3:05 pmOctober 17, 2022 3:22 pm

In California, the main appropriations measure is the annual state budget bill. Article IV, Section 12(d) of the state Constitution provides that the budget bill is the main measure that may contain more than one item of appropriation. In addition,...

Gov. Newsom Denies Parole For Manson Family Member Patricia Krenwinkel

October 17, 2022 12:16 pm

Convicted murderer and Manson Family member Patricia Krenwinkel was denied parole by Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend, marking the 15th time since first being incarcerated in the California prison system in 1971. Krenwinkel was arrested in 1969 at age...

What Is the ‘Order of Enumeration?’

October 17, 2022 6:44 amOctober 17, 2022 6:49 am

Pursuant to Article IV, Section 9 of the California Constitution, there is a requirement for each bill to have a title. The constitutional provision states: “A statute shall embrace but one subject, which shall be expressed in its title. If...

Should There Be a Distinction Among the Types of Legislative History?

October 17, 2022 6:02 amOctober 16, 2022 9:30 pm

At the federal level, according to Harvard Law School Professors John Manning and Matthew Stephenson, “there has traditionally been a rough hierarchy of legislative history sources, with committee reports at the top, sponsor statements somewhere in the middle, and other...

Sacramento County Election Officials are Registering Homeless Drug Addicts to Vote

October 16, 2022 2:45 amOctober 15, 2022 8:21 pm

“For the first time since the pandemic began, staff from Sacramento County’s elections agency set up tables Thursday at Loaves and Fishes, a nonprofit that provides services for homeless people,” the Associated Press reported. Think about that. Sacramento County is...