California lawmakers filed legislation this week to ban the “racist” use of police canines for arrests and crowd control, sparking some backlash from law enforcement. Assemblyman Corey Jackson, who represents part of Riverside County, and Assemblyman Ash Kaldra, of South San Jose, introduced AB 742 Feb. 13, to end what they said was deeply racialized…
California to Consider Banning ‘Racist’ Police K9s for Arrests, Crowd Control
February 17, 2023
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California Aims to Add Same-Sex Marriage Rights to State Constitution
Fifteen years after California voted to ban gay marriage in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom is backing a proposal to officially rescind the law and enshrine same-sex marriage as a right in the state constitution. Proposition 8, approved by more than 52 percent of California voters in 2008, proclaimed “only marriage between a man and…
Media Hysteria Fuels Anti-Gun Panic
February 17, 2023
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Commentary Emotionalism is the worst way to deal with policies. Yet it’s the main force behind the media hysteria pushing gun control. Especially by the Los Angeles Times, the main gun-control force in California. This is shown by two recent opinion articles they ran. Calina Ciobanu, a teacher and writer in Los Angeles, on Feb….
California Gas Prices Jump During Winter, Gas Procurement Prices Rise 400 Percent for Utilities
February 17, 2023
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Natural gas prices in California have skyrocketed this winter, with some utility firms seeing a quadrupling in their gas procurement prices while some customers seeing their gas bills more than double. Colder-than-expected temperatures have driven up gas demand for heating in California. Around 70 percent of households in the state use gas for heating, twice…
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong Fired After Alleged Misconduct Cover-Up
The mayor of Oakland, California fired the city’s police chief on Wednesday over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s misconduct. Democrat Mayor Sheng Thao placed Armstrong on paid administrative leave last month to review investigations by the department’s federal monitor that found the police chief responsible for gross dereliction of duty. At a news conference…
COVID-19 Impact on Crime in California: Report Finds Increase in Homicides
February 16, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on California’s criminal justice system, according to a study published earlier this month. The report from the Public Policy Institute of California evaluated the impact of the pandemic on arrests in the state comparing data from January of 2020 through July of 2021, and found that although there…
Deadly Street Drug ‘Tranq’ Found in San Francisco Overdose Victims
Traces of a deadly new drug called “tranq” has been found in the bodies of overdose victims in San Francisco, authorities say. Tranq, or xylazine, is an animal tranquilizer that authorities believe is added to illicit street opioids to heighten and prolong effects, particularly for fentanyl, which is known for short, but intense, highs. The…
Deadly Street Drug ‘Tranq’ Found in San Francisco Overdose Deaths
Traces of a deadly drug called “tranq” has been found in the bodies of people who died of an overdose in San Francisco, authorities say. Tranq, or xylazine, is an animal tranquilizer that authorities believe is added to illicit street opioids to heighten and prolong effects, particularly for fentanyl, which is known for short, but…
Why California’s Renewables Agenda Is Impossible
February 16, 2023
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Commentary California’s regnant political class sees almost every policy in terms of inspiring the world to adopt policies similar to ours on global warming or climate change. A recently published book will disabuse anyone who reads it of that notion, because it shows our reliance on the traditional industrial-age fuels, coal, and petrochemicals inevitably will…
Newsom Issues Executive Order on ‘Water Resilience’ Amid Flood of Criticism
February 15, 2023
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Feb. 13 intended to protect the state’s water supplies from climate change and the risk of prolonged drought, despite the state’s wettest three-week period on record in late December and early January. The state has seen an unseasonably dry February and could see a return to warm and dry…
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