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Katy Grimes: On the first day of the hearing in a lawsuit against the State of California and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for commuting the sentence of Esteban Nunez, son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, the elder Nunez clearly
Read MoreVoters Might Get to Kill Death Penalty
Editor’s Note: Some corrections to this article were added after comments from Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director of the ACLU of Northern California. JULY 9, 2011 By ALI MEYER If SB 490 becomes law, voters could have a chance to kill the death penalty.
Read MoreDemocrats Kill Abusive Lawsuit Bill
JULY 8, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Commentary There have been several bills in the last few years authored to stop lawyers who file frivilous lawsuits and shakedown businesses for not having “adequate” Americans With Disabilities Act handicapped accessibility. Or who have
Read MoreBanning Junk Food At The State
Katy Grimes: Another ridiculous bill is traveling through the Legislature which would kill more small businesses in California because Big Brother wants you to lose weight. AB 727 authored by Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, would require 50 percent of the
Read MoreNew help for CA whistleblowers
K. Lloyd Billingsley: The Sacramento Bee has been vigilant on the public-employee pension issue and has now come to the aid of embattled whistleblowers. On July 3 the Bee’s associate editor Ginger Rutland broke the story of program analyst Scott
Read MoreNoted Lawyer Slammed in Judicial Gulag
JULY 5, 2011 By RICHARD TRAINOR When I met Richard Fine in the summer of 2001, he was riding high. Shortly after that he was rotting in jail. A prominent attorney with a thriving practice in Beverly Hills, in the
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Bureaucrats Destroy CA Homes
John Seiler: Property rights aren’t just for big companies, which can hire lawyers to defend themselves. Property rights are for the “little people” whom government easily can assault. The L.A. Weekly produced a new video showing how L.A. County bureaucrats
Read MoreReflecting on lost freedoms on July 4
JULY 1, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT This morning the Armstrong and Getty talk-show hosts were reporting on proposed new California legislation — opposed by many of the usual law-and-order types — that would overturn the current state of affairs, in
Read MoreHemp pilot bill passes Senate
Ali Meyer: On June 29, the Senate passed Sen. Mark Leno’s bill SB 676, which authorizes a pilot project for growing industrial hemp, a marjuana-related plant that provides useful products without the psychoactive properties of marijuana. The bill defines “industrial
Read MoreRedevelopment is dead! Hooray!
Steven Greenhut: The governor signed the legislation killing redevelopment. What else can I say other than hasta la vista! JUNE 29, 2011
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