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Independent Expenditures in California Elections

January 14, 2022 4:24 pmJanuary 14, 2022 4:29 pm

California’s Political Reform Act permits independent expenditures. The general definition of an “independent expenditure” is an expenditure for a communication, such as a website, newspaper, TV or direct mail advertisement that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly...

RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole By Governor Newsom

January 14, 2022 12:00 pm

On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom denied the parole of Sirhan Sirhan, the now 77-year-old man who has been in prison for 53 years for the 1968 murder of New York Senator Robert Kennedy, marking the 16th time that Sirhan...

Sacramento Union Gospel Mission is Saving Lives of the Homeless and Lost

January 13, 2022 12:07 pmJanuary 13, 2022 7:21 pm

Union Gospel Mission Sacramento takes in dozens of drug addicted homeless men every year, helps them get sober, educated, acquire skills, learn jobs, and graduates them back into society. They could teach cities and counties how to do this. Faith....

‘Behested’ Payments and the California Political Reform Act

January 13, 2022 6:32 amJanuary 13, 2022 6:39 am

California’s Political Reform Act regulates “behested payments” which are requested by elected officials and made by donors. Government Code Section 82004.5 defines “behested payment” to mean a payment that is made at the behest of a committee, an elected officer,...

Homeless sleeping in shop doorways in Sacramento.

Sacramento Homeless Vagrant Viciously Attacks Horse, Kills Family’s Pet Chickens

January 13, 2022 2:44 amSeptember 21, 2022 6:00 pm

A friend who is a large animal veterinarian contacted the Globe with very disturbing news: “I just sutured the face of a horse attacked by a homeless guy with a hammer. He killed 12 of 15 pet birds in the...

California’s Lobbyist Exemptions

January 12, 2022 3:03 pmJanuary 12, 2022 9:08 am

California’s Political Reform Act contains detailed laws related to lobbyists in Chapter 6. Article 3 of Chapter 6 deals with Exemptions and contains Government Code Section 86300. Section 86300 specifies that the provisions related to lobbyists are not applicable to...

$12,250 per Household Tax Increase for Gov. Newsom’s Single-Payer Healthcare System Proposal

January 12, 2022 9:55 am

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 was introduced last week in the California Legislature to enact significant tax increases to fund universal single-payer health care coverage in California, the Globe reported. Single payer is a universal state-run healthcare system financed by taxpayers,...