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More Cities in California Are Banning The Use Of Natural Gas

November 18, 2019 3:42 pmNovember 20, 2019 7:51 am

“It’s clear that the bulk of Californians want their natural gas appliances.” The Sierra Club reported last week that more than 50 cities across the state are considering or have passed policies that will over time, eliminate the use of...

General Versus Special Statutes

November 18, 2019 6:08 amNovember 17, 2019 4:41 pm

Most Capitol observers do not often come across bills that delineate between general or special statutes. What is a general statute versus a special statute? A general statute is essentially a law that pertains uniformly to an entire community or all persons...

Parents In Southern California Demand School Board Declare District a Sanctuary Community For Parental Rights

November 18, 2019 2:15 amNovember 19, 2019 12:05 pm

“If there is risk to vaccines, then there must a choice.” Hundreds of residents in a Southern California community swarmed a school board meeting Thursday night to speak out about the loss of parental rights in schools. Anxious parents,...

Newsom and the Nineties

November 16, 2019 2:42 amNovember 18, 2019 8:10 am

“America in 2019 is California in the 1990s,” California Governor Gavin Newsom recently told Politico. “The xenophobia, the nativism, the fear of ‘the other.’ Scapegoating. Talking down or past people. The hysteria. And so, we’re not going to put up with that....

CA Governor Grandstanding On PG&E Takeover Threat

November 15, 2019 2:19 pmNovember 18, 2019 6:20 am

AB 1054 was about saving the utility investors and stopping downgrades, but not stopping fires. The California mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy reorganization January 29, 2019. So it’s curious how Governor Gavin Newsom continues...

A Bill’s ‘Keys’ – What Are They?

November 15, 2019 6:03 amNovember 15, 2019 6:21 am

Each bill in the California Legislature contains certain features such as an enacting clause, a title, the author’s name, a bill number, and the Legislative Counsel’s Digest, among other provisions. At the end of the Legislative Counsel’s Digest is a...

Inland Empire Assembly Race Faces A Tight 2020 Battle

November 14, 2019 1:46 pm

Less than two weeks after Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) decided to run for the Senate seat vacated by former Senator Jeff Stone (R-La Quinta), several area candidates have entered the race. At stake is Assemblywoman Melendez’s 67th Assembly District,...