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Flavored Tobacco Ban Begins In California

December 22, 2022 1:46 pm

The statewide flavored tobacco and e-cigarette ban went into effect on Wednesday, impacting retailers and consumers alike less than a week after a final attempt to stop it in the Supreme Court failed. The battle over flavored tobacco in California...

Ethics Training for California’s Local Agencies

December 22, 2022 8:14 amDecember 22, 2022 8:17 am

The California Government Code provides numerous powers and duties to local agencies, including cities and counties, as well as to their officers and employees. These local agency officers and employees and required to have ethics training. Government Code Section 53234...

California Businesses Prepare For End Of ‘Pink Tax’ January 1st

December 22, 2022 2:30 amDecember 21, 2022 7:46 pm

Throughout the week, business across California are preparing for the end of charging differently for men’s and women’s items that are priced similarly. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1287 into law. According to the bill’s...

Promoting Employment Growth

December 21, 2022 5:38 pmDecember 21, 2022 5:42 pm

In California’s Government Code, there is a section on state economic policy, specifically a policy for promoting employment growth. Government Code Section 15900 sets forth a legislative declaration that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the state to...

California Reparations Plan is Rooted in Stupidity and Historical Lies

December 21, 2022 9:38 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Reparations Task Force is considering an estimated $569 Billion to be paid by the state for reparations (that’s two and a half times California’s current state budget which already is running a deficit), to give to black-Americans living in...

Expenses of the California Supreme Court

December 20, 2022 6:49 pmDecember 20, 2022 7:06 pm

California’s Government Code, in Title 8, Chapter 3, Article 1, provides general provisions related to the state supreme court, most of which deal with costs of running the state’s high court. Government Code Section 68801 requires the seven justices and...

Final Election Results Are Here at Last, and California’s GOP is Still in Decline

December 20, 2022 6:51 amDecember 20, 2022 7:42 am

On December 16, nearly 40 days after the November mid-term elections, California’s Secretary of State finally released the “Statement of Vote.” This document is the official and final record of the winners and losers. What is belatedly certain is what...