California
Riparian Habitat Conservation
Deals with the California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program
DOT Emergency Order Hits 11 California Trucking Schools After Schools Certified Drivers Who Couldn’t Speak English
The Department of Transportation used an emergency order to shut down more than 110 trucker schools nationwide, with 160 more under investigation
Disney’s Family Brand Meets Another Child-Star Lawsuit
Disney wants the cultural prestige of being the wholesome, woke steward of childhood – not the accountability that comes with actually protecting the children
Trump Labor Department says Gavin Newsom OWES $22 BILLION to the American Taxpayer
Instead of paying down debt when California had higher revenues and the budget ‘surplus’ Newsom and Democrats went on a spending spree
The Alchemy of Wealth Taxation
While the average billionaire might have a few houses and a private jet, yacht and some nice cars, their net worth is not a warehouse
Can ‘Gold Eagle’ Stay Ahead of Hackers?
The answer should not be to slow American AI development simply because the technology can be abused
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian to receive the custodial property, the transfer is to be made to that person
CAIR Sponsored Bill to add Muslim Holidays to California’s Official State Holidays Headed to Gov’s Desk?
It is selective accommodation, while traditional American Christian holidays get watered down
A Field Trip to One Faith Isn’t Comparative Religion
A ‘Social Justice Pathway’ field trip to a Santa Clara mosque crossed the line from teaching about religion into teaching a religion
Estates in General
Says that an estate during the life of a third person, whether limited to heirs or otherwise, is a freehold
California Paid 250 State Workers More Than $600,000—One Took Home $2.3 Million
The top 10 CalPERS and CalSTRS pay packages alone totaled about $15 million in 2025—nearly double the inflation-adjusted total from seven years earlier
Get Flock’d: Liberal Tempe, Deep-Red Cave Creek End Camera Contracts the Same Day
Two politically different Arizona communities cite privacy and misuse concerns as the state attorney general opens a statewide review
DOJ Sues Arizona Over Voter-Approved In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants
Federal complaint alleges Prop. 308 violates a 1996 law by granting tuition benefits denied to out-of-state U.S. citizens
Why Do We Say August 31 Is the Last Day of Session?
The Legislature is prohibited from considering any bill on or after September 1
Mara Elliott Should Not Be Rewarded with a Promotion to the State Senate
Her tenure is better remembered for a court-found ethics violation, the squandering of the city’s tax dollars, and the chaos of costly litigation
Liability for Breach of Trust
Deals with the liability of trustees to beneficiaries under the California Trust Law
SHOCKER: SF Dem Party Rejects Billionaire Tax
They declined to endorse a gimmick that splits labor, spooked the governor, and treats San Francisco’s tax base like a piñata
Ninth Circuit Sides With Nevada, Rules Kalshi Sports Contracts Are Gambling — Not Federal ‘Swaps’
Nevada may keep treating Kalshi’s sports event contracts as sports bets
Trapping in California
Deals with trapping provisions related to fur-bearing mammals in California
California’s Proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Will Raise Gas and Diesel Prices and Deliver Meager Carbon Reductions
It’s all being driven by dishonest climate policies
Honduran National Charged With Fraudulently Registering to Vote in California
Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores ‘Darwin Flores’ had a recent run-in with immigration enforcement at an Anti-ICE protest and was looking forward to the midterms
CA Legislature Passes Sen Wiener’s Unlawful Bill to Ban Masks on ICE Agents
The Legislature can pass a mask rule and claim it satisfies the discrimination issue, but it cannot compel ICE to obey it
Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 5
The petitioner or respondent may object for cause to the use of a particular individual as an advisor
Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall
Assm LaShae Sharp-Collins introduced, revised, and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency
Sac Bee and NY Times on the Wrong Side of the Nick Shirley Rally
Were they just being difficult and deliberately obtuse?
Shares and Certificates
Deals with shares and share certificates of general corporations in California
A Cultural Anthropologist Ran LAHSA’s Finances While a ‘High-Risk’ Vendor Cashed In
A conflict on the CEO’s desk, an anthropologist in the CFO’s chair, and a federal indictment at the end of the paper trail
Ringside: Without Sediment Removal in the Delta, Catastrophic Flooding is Coming to California
Strengthening levees without restoring channel depth is to ignore one of the biggest variables affecting how much water can safely make it downstream
Leaving California: $7 Billion CG Oncology Leaves California for Texas
CG Oncology isn’t leaving California because they are sick of the weather
Democrats’ Sneaky Solano County Shipyard Legislation Killed in California Forever Plan
Solano Land Trust requested that the Solano Board of Supervisors not support the Solano Maritime and Manufacturing Act
Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 4
Allows any person to file a written application with an agency requesting the issuance of a declaratory decision
‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ Rally at the California State Capitol Sends Message to Capitol Democrats
‘You’re not going to silence us – we will continue to fight’
California Is One Vote Away from Affordable Medicine
These are not patents of innovation – they are instruments of delay, designed to financially exhaust biosimilar developers in litigation
Common California Legislative Rule Waivers Granted
Over two dozen rules are subject to waiver or suspension by a vote of either or both houses
Arizona Clean Elections Panel Weighs $4.7 Million Clawback From Green Nominees, Ex-GOP Candidate
A monthslong staff investigation uncovered suspicious patterns in the campaigns’ financial records and qualifying contributions
Bonta Sues to Block USPS Mail-Ballot Rule After Supreme Court Stay
Frames federal election integrity push as ‘federal overreach’
Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 3
Résumés cannot be advertisements but instead must be factual information pages
Shocking: CA Senate Democrats Reject Banning Pedophile Sex Offenders from Holding Public Office
‘I will not stop fighting until every sex offender is barred from holding public office in California’ said Sen. Valladares
Assemblyman Carl DeMaio Demands DOJ Intervention Against Newsom’s ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
DeMaio to DOJ: ‘Stop this attack on citizen journalists and the First Amendment’
State Controller Candidate Herb Morgan Demands Audit, Full Disclosure of $6 Million Nonprofit ‘CART’ Earmark
The state first wrote a check for $250,000 without telling taxpayers what the money was supposed to buy, then did it again with a $6 million budget appropriation
Exclusive: AZ DCS Whistleblower Reveals 127 Medicaid Fraud Referrals — Federal Reports List Zero
DCS says it does not receive investigative results directly or see claims across several child-service programs; AHCCCS says initial AI rollout does not apply to managed-care claims
Marketplace Facilitator Act
Deals with the Marketplace Facilitator Act under the Sales and Use Tax Laws
Why Is the San Diego Sheriff Barring ICE From Local Facilities? ‘Community Concerns’?
It’s the protestors who insist that violent illegal immigrants are fine and the agents need to go
PAGA Reform is Needed Now More Than Ever
Legislation I authored limiting plaintiff attorney fees to 10 percent in cases involving tax-exempt nonprofits was denied a committee hearing
Mello-Roos: The Special Tax That Follows the House
The question is whether California’s post-Prop 13 workaround has produced transparent, accountable financing or an opaque surcharge
Justice Thomas Feels Unwelcome at Institutions Like Stanford Law School
When young activists are taught that opposing ideas constitute ‘fascism,’ disruption becomes a moral duty rather than a breach of norms
Gov. Newsom’s Gifted Sacramento Estate Now FOR SALE for $7.5 Million
If you ever doubted that politics is made up of the elite class who see themselves as the ruling class, doubt no more
The Oldest Consultant Reads the Crosstabs
Why 78-to-13 does not frighten the adversary, and what actually defeats him
Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 2
The motion must show good cause for allowing the brief, giving consideration to four specified factors
Assembly Republicans Call for Legislature to Pause 5 Bills Until Californians Know the Cost Impact
‘Before we ask Californians to comply with another regulation, we should know what it will actually cost the people who have to live with it’
Trump Administration Proposes $103,265 H-1B Fee To Prioritize American Workers, Fund Immigration Enforcement
Approximately 700,000 people live and work in the U.S. in H-1B status; California remains the epicenter of H-1B employment
The Spastic California Tango: Newsom Courts Paramount with Tax Breaks While Bonta Nukes Negotiations
Californians get another round of self-inflicted economic damage dressed up as principle
Public Disclosure of Tax Information
Deals with the public disclosure of tax delinquencies under the California Sales and Use Tax Law
Arizona Lawmaker Calls For Federal Investigation Into Gov Hobbs Sunshine Case After AG Mayes Declines Charges
Rep. John Gillette says he sought a federal trace of Sunshine Residential payments from 2022 through 2025 to determine whether Medicaid, foster care, or other federal funds were involved
Nevada Sues Interior Department Over Colorado River Plan
Southern Nevada could lose more than 70 percent of its Colorado River allocation
California Businesses, Farmers, Manufacturers, Retailers Ask CA Legislature to Pause Plastic Packaging Mandate
California can’t regulate or burden interstate commerce by effectively setting national packaging standards
Highest Gas Prices, New Tire Restrictions: Democrats Inflicting More Economic Pain on CA Residents
We are being taxed to death by Democrats in California
Office of Administrative Hearings Procedures – Part 1
Chapter 1 deals with general APA hearing procedures
Some Data on the 2026 California Legislative Session
How many Senate Standing Committees are there?
Gov. Newsom Wails About Assaults on the Free Press, then Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ into Law
‘California Passes a law making it a crime to report a crime’
The Receipts: California Assemblyman Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit
$6M in the FLOOR REPORT of the 2026-27 BUDGET
OAL Review of Underground Regulations
The petitioner is required to submit a copy of the petition and all attachments to the challenged agency prior to or concurrently with submitting it to OAL
Some Key Words to Watch in Legislation
We should be concerned with problematic words in proposed statutes
REPORT: California Assemblyman Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit
Assemblyman Dr Corey Jackson named CART, his own nonprofit, his legislative district’s “Nonprofit of the Year”
UC Berkeley Professor Discovers What Her Peers Built
California’s education establishment spent the better part of a decade elevating social and racial justice rhetoric over measurable competence
From Prison Abolition to TPS Protections: Horsford Aligns with PLAN’s Far-Left Network in NV-04 Race
Congressman Horsford poses with PLAN’s Laura Martin after she wished Trump dead
Office of Administrative Law Review of Proposed Regulations
There are provisions related to the review of proposed regulations
Ninth Circuit Dismisses RNC Challenge to Nevada’s Post-Election Mail Ballot Counting
With the Ninth Circuit’s procedural dismissal, Nevada’s current system remains intact heading into the November midterms
CA Tire Replacement Controversy: The 2026 Regulations are Regulatory CHOICES by Energy Commission
Who actually makes California law—the legislative body or unelected regulatory agencies?
Steve Hilton Calls for Removal of Nancy Skinner and Plans to Abolish California Energy Commission
He also renewed his pledge to eliminate the CEC entirely
California’s Housing Shortage Has a Washington Fingerprint
A bill with sponsors from both parties, in both chambers, that costs Washington nothing to implement fairly should not need three decades to become law
Newsom’s Energy Wrecking Crew
The CA Energy Commission has become a machine for higher bills, slower housing, fewer fuel options, and the next mandate
Aaron Ford’s Sudden Data Center Outrage
The Democrat who wrote the 2015 tax break law now pretends to be shocked
Powers and Duties of Department of Fish and Wildlife
Requires the department to expend funds necessary for biological research and field investigation
CA Assembly Chief of Staff Crashes Nick Shirley’s Video, Mocking Shirley’s Penis
‘Nick Shirley has a small penis’ the Chief of Staff said