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Katy Grimes: California’s legislators passed a joint resolution for the federal government to allow the Census Bureau to collect information about the sexual orientation and gender identity of America’s residents. Well, not all of the state’s legislators voted for this. Sen.
Read MoreGays Love the Nixon Library!
Anthony Pignataro: If you read only one New Yorker Talk of the Town story this week, make sure it’s this one: Dana Goodyear’s wonderful look at how Judge Vaughn Walker’s overturning of Prop 8 will benefit the wedding industry. The
Read MoreCDPH Alters Cal DNA Experiment
Laura Sucheski: After Tuesday’s debate over the ethics of UC Berkeley’s “Bring Your Genes to Cal” freshman orientation activity, the California Department of Public Health nixed the plan as it stands, claiming it violates federal and state statues that govern
Read MoreSchrag Sees Racism In Tea Parties
Laura Sucheski: I attended the California Latino Legislative Caucus’s speaker series in the Capitol this afternoon for a talk by famed Californian political columnist Peter Schrag on his new book Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America.
Read MoreProp 8 Stay Lifted!
Anthony Pignataro: Well, it’s been sort of lifted. Though last week Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that Prop 8 was unconstitutional, and around noon today lifted the stay on gay marriages, allowing that the State of California will once again issue
Read MoreBerkeley DNA plan draws ethics concerns
AUGUST 11, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI Two professors from UC Berkeley testified before the Assembly Committee on Higher Education Tuesday, answering some questions about their controversial “Bring Your Genes to Cal” freshmen orientation project, but spurring new questions into the
Read MoreS.F. cops shut down girl's lemonade stand
John Seiler: Just when you thought the Police State couldn’t get any worse, cops in San Francisco recently shut down a little girl’s stand selling lemonade and brownies. How un-American can you get. It’s like banning Mom and apple pie. Well,
Read MoreAnother Bee parks-story critic
Steven Greenhut: I’m not the only writer who sent an op-ed rebuttal to the Sacramento Bee’s overwrought park “crime wave” story (here is the follow-up editorial calling for increased park fees) and who got no response. I didn’t even get
Read MoreCourt upholds contingency fees
JULY 27, 2010 By LAURA SUCHESKI The California Supreme Court released a controversial decision Monday in County of Santa Clara v. Superior Court (Atlanta Richfield Co.) that may worsen the state’s already dismal lawsuit climate for businesses. The court ruled
Read MoreBee stokes phony crime wave
JULY 26, 2010 By STEVEN GREENHUT In what can only be viewed as an attempt to build public support for the hiring of more park rangers, the Sacramento Bee on July 25 published an overwrought front-page story – complete with
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