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Back to homepageGov. Brown signs gender bathroom bill
Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 1266, by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, which would require a student to be permitted to use the male or female bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools, based on the student’s gender self-identification. With the
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Speaker Perez’s spokesman behind Optometrist ads
An optometrist by profession, as well as Former president of the California Optometric Association, Sen. Ed Hernandez has authored SB 492, which would greatly expand the scope of practice for optometrists, allowing them to perform as ophthalmologists, even though they are
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SB 1 pushes high-rises over suburbs
Will the Manhattan Dream replace the California Dream? The Manhattan Dream is to live in a high-rise in a densely packed city. The California Dream is to live your own home, on your own lot so you can grill while
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Mattress manufacturers get out in front of proposed tax
Many still believe it’s a crime to remove the “Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law” tag from a mattress. Chances are they would never illegally dump an old mattress either. But, in many areas of the state, illegally dumped
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CMA both for and against expanding non-physicians’ role
The California Medical Association is both for and against allowing non-physicians to expand the kind of medical procedures they are allowed to perform. Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, is pushing AB 154 to allow nurses, midwives and physician assistants to perform
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Doctors rip idea of nurses playing doctor
Medical doctors have qualifications no other medical employee has: four years of college, four years of medical school, three to four years of a residency program. Some also go on to a several-year fellowship for additional training in sub-specialties. That’s 12
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Nurse practitioner bill on life support in Assembly
SACRAMENTO – With Obamacare set to go into effect in January, state lawmakers anticipate millions of residents with newly obtained health insurance will tap California’s already stretched health care resources. In preparation, Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, who is an
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Obama allows Congress out of Obamacare
As the layers of Obamacare are peeled back, we have discovered the many different groups exempted from the health care nightmare. The latest scandalous executive order from President Obama exempts one particularly powerful entity: Congress. Obama did so via executive
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Sac Bee ignores drug cartels in pot farming story
Instead of blowing the lid off of the growing pot-farming problem in some Northern California areas, the Sacramento Bee did a lightweight opinion story Sunday on Butte County, never once addressing the Mexican drug cartels behind many of the illegal pot
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The tip of the Obamacare iceberg
One of the biggest reasons for ushering in Obamacare, are the thousands of groups around the country which will be making money off of the government health system. Many in these groups are Washington D.C. insiders, and the politically well-connected,
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