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Can California lead online privacy issue?
It’s long been conventional wisdom that little, if anything, can be accomplished in the nation’s capital. The government shutdown, essentially a worst-case scenario of gridlock, only further reinforces the point. Story after story shows how toxic relationships, divided government, and
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SB4 green lights fracking despite enviro protest
Even with a Democratic supermajority, the California Legislature was unable to pass several bills this year to ban hydraulic fracking. All fracking bills died in committees, or were killed during the legislative process — except for one. Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill
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Judge rules against government retirees, for common sense
A common argument in California from public employees and government retirees is that once they get a goodie, they always have to get a goodie — even if it's not guaranteed by law. Take the bizarre, antithetical-to-logic practice of giving
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State game wardens oppose lead ammo ban
There are more than a dozen gun-control bills sitting on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, awaiting his signature or veto. Brown has been uncharacteristically quiet about his stance on gun control. Noticing Brown's silence, the association representing active and retired state
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CA drops the hypodermic on Obamacare implementation
On Tuesday, the health care exchanges opened for businesses, and the Obamacare implementation began in earnest. As expected, the rollout was rocky. There were several problems: virtually every online marketplace experienced glitches, errors or crashes. Many users complained that the
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Debate on lead ammo ban defies political stereotypes
A bill to ban lead ammunition in California has sparked a heated debate among environmentalists, conservationists, hunters and sportsmen. But, don’t expect these groups to follow political conventions. This isn’t your usual gun control debate. This week, the National
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To keep tech companies, S.F. gentrifies housing
“A city is where sirens make white streaks of sound in the sky and foghorns speak in dark grays,” wrote fabled columnist Herb Caen. “San Francisco is such a city.” It’s also a city with a severe housing shortage
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Business bills reach Brown’s desk
While there has been much focus on the impacts to California businesses from Obamacare and the state minimum wage hike, less noticed are the smaller pieces of legislation regulating businesses. Two of those bills, which passed the recent legislative
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Independent jurist overseeing Bank of America case
This month federal judge Rya W. Zobel in Boston, Massachusetts, denied a class action lawsuit brought against Bank of America for failing to provide loan modifications to distressed homeowners. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 36 homeowners across the U.S.,
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