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MAY 17, 2011 By KATY GRIMES California’s agriculture workers can expect to be unionized very soon. A bill that would allow labor unions to organize farm workers passed the Assembly Monday. SB 104 is authored by Senate President Pro Tem
Read MoreBill Would Neuter Grand Juries
MAY 11, 2011 By KATY GRIMES Grand Juries play a vital role in the California judicial system. They expose and prosecute government corruption, waste and abuses of power by elected officials, boards and commissions. But that could change if freshman
Read MoreDeleting The Constitution
Steven Greenhut: It’s one thing to be insulted, harassed and treated like subjects in a dystopian movie as we head to the airport to fly somewhere. We’ve all become accustomed to such overly intrusive and generally nonproductive nonsense since 9-11.
Read MoreCourt Knocks Out Eminent Domain
APRIL 28, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Chalk up one knockout punch for the little guys who oppose eminent-domain abuse. National City in San Diego County blew a $2 million hole in its General Fund budget due to a $7 million
Read MoreCapitol Card Check Tricks
Katy Grimes: This column first appeared in the April 24, 2011 edition of the San Francisco Examiner. Last week Assembly Speaker John Perez suspended the public notice rule for legislative hearings, allowing an Assembly committee to conduct a surprise hearing
Read MoreStatists Fear 'Atlas Shrugged' Flick
APRIL 25, 2011 By STEVEN GREENHUT Editor’s note: The movie “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1” opened in California on April 15 and is currently playing at a number of theaters throughout the state. Check your local movie listings for times of
Read MoreFree Lindsay Lohan!
John Seiler: California’s state and city budgets are broke. Its prisons and jails are jammed to overcrowding. But Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner just sentenced actress Lindsay Lohan to 120 days in jail for violating her drunk-driving probation.
Read MoreHappy Easter!
John Seiler: We at CalWatchDog.com wish all of you a Happy Easter. Celebration with Easter Egg hunts and bunny rabbits expresses the underlying belief, for Christians, in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is a time of renewal. It is
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Property Rights Victory in CA
Steven Greenhut: Just off the press from the Institute for Justice: National City, Calif.—A California gym that mentors at-risk kids scored a knockout legal blow against eminent domain abuse in California. Yesterday, April 21, Judge Steven R. Denton of the
Read MoreBad Bill Mill, Part Deux
APRIL 21, 2011 By KATY GRIMES With 79 full-time Assembly members and 40 Senators pumping out more than 2,000 bills each year, the bad bills just keep coming. And as with any group of 120 different persons, there will be
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