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Physicians Can’t Regain Medical Licensure Following Sexual Misconduct Under New Law

September 23, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 23, 2022 6:37 am

A bill to prohibit physicians who have committed sexual misconduct with a patient or client from receiving or reinstating their medical license was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. Assembly Bill 1636, authored by Assemblywoman Akilah Weber (D-La Mesa),...

Does the Referendum Prevail Over California Legislation?

September 22, 2022 5:27 pmSeptember 22, 2022 5:34 pm

Does a successful referendum overturn a recently-enacted statute by the California Legislature? This question is periodically raised when, such as with two bills signed into law this month by Governor Newsom, opponents of enacted legislation seek to overturn the just-concluded...

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Legislative Privilege in California

September 22, 2022 3:20 pmSeptember 22, 2022 12:26 pm

What is a “legislative privilege” and how is it applied in California, and how is it different from “legislative immunity”? Under a longstanding doctrine known as legislative immunity, legislators are generally immune from civil liability for their official acts. On the...

Open the Books: Gov. Newsom Solicited State Vendors For Campaign Donations

September 22, 2022 1:36 pmSeptember 24, 2022 8:15 am

“California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign donations from state vendors, key people, employees, or their affiliated corporate political action committees,” Open the Books reports. “While progressives decry corporate money in politics, Governor Gavin Newsom...

Curing the Chasm between Parents and Kids

September 22, 2022 9:46 amSeptember 23, 2022 7:33 am

The liberty of a parent to the care, custody and control of their child is a fundamental right that resides first in the parent. – Wyoming Statutes § 14-2-206 (a) (2019) The manufactured divide between parents and their school-age children...

Legislative Approval of an Memorandum of Understanding

September 22, 2022 6:37 amSeptember 22, 2022 6:43 am

The California Legislature is required to adopt a memorandum of understanding (MOU) through enactment of a bill, after the MOU has been negotiated and finalized between the Governor and the relevant bargaining unit of the state’s workforce. Neither the Assembly...

California’s Education Revolution

September 22, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 22, 2022 10:18 am

Many parents want to know why public school teachers can’t just let their kids be kids without forcing sex and an inappropriate sexual agenda on them in grade school, middle school and high school. This, as well as the Critical...