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California Militia Disability Equality

July 22, 2022 4:29 pmJuly 22, 2022 4:30 pm

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Military and Veterans Code Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 5, Article 4 provides the State Militia Disability Equality Act, which is contained in Sections 345 and 346. Article 4 was added in 2005...

California Public Works Project Peer Review

July 22, 2022 6:25 amJuly 22, 2022 7:10 am

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Government Code Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 11 provides the Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013, which is contained in Sections 8847 to 8848. Section 8847 names the act. Section 8847.1...

California’s Electric High Speed Rail: No Power, No Money, No ‘High Speed’

July 22, 2022 2:50 amJuly 23, 2022 4:54 pm

“If it is built, California’s High-Speed Rail would be the largest public works project in state history. That fact alone appears be intoxicating to state officials, in a perpetual quest to have California be the first state to do anything,”...

Angry with Your Local School Board? Run for Office.

July 22, 2022 2:30 amJuly 21, 2022 6:10 pm

If the mere mention of Zoom school elevates your blood pressure, it’s time to take action. This week, school districts throughout California opened the candidate filing window. That’s the four-week window in which any registered voter can file as a...

California Watershed Protection and Restoration

July 21, 2022 4:12 pmJuly 21, 2022 4:18 pm

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Public Resources Code Division 5, Chapter 6.5 provides the California Watershed Protection and Restoration Act, which is contained in Sections 5808 to 5808.2. Chapter 6.5 was added in 2003 by Chapter 693. Section...

String of Bay Area Factories, Distribution Centers Shut Down This Week

July 21, 2022 12:15 pmJuly 21, 2022 4:05 pm

Several factories and distribution centers shut down across the Bay Area this week due to recent cost crunches, eliminating hundreds of jobs in the process. The first to announce closures this week was an Amy’s Kitchen frozen foods production plant...

Oil and Gas Fuel Our Comfortable Lifestyle but are Under Attack

July 21, 2022 8:29 amJuly 22, 2022 7:11 am

California is rich in natural resources which once powered the state: natural gas deposits in the Monterey Shale formation; geothermal energy, abundant rivers and waterways such as the San Joaquin River Delta and hydroelectric dams; the Pacific coastline; 85 million...