As California debates as to whether to legalize marijuana, Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law SB 1449 that will now reduce possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor ...

The debate on Tuesday might have been the only chance Californians will have to look at both candidates for Attorney General, as it was their only scheduled debate.  While Steve Cooley said after the ...

California's Attorney General candidates met for their first and perhaps only debate on Tuesday at the UC Davis Law School.  It was north versus south, liberal versus conservative, as LA District Atto ...

Assemblymember Tom Torlakson, candidate for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction told a good-sized crowd at the Palm Court Hotel on Monday night in Davis that he is a teacher and therefore f ...

It is that time of year, time to read through all of the convoluted legalese of California's ballot initiatives and figure out where you stand on the most obscure laws that will probably never impact ...

Execution Now Off as We Look at Jerry Brown on the Death Penalty - The whirlwind continued the past few days as the clock was ticking on the expiration of the lethal injection drugs, set to expire on ...

While pundits will likely be quick to point out that there were no knockout punches thrown on Tuesday night at the first debate, the debate did offer an at-times refreshing respite from the normal for ...

by Karina Piser - On Tuesday night, both candidates for California governor came together at the UC Davis Mondavi Center to debate key issues in the November election, such as education and the Califo ...

At a time when support for a death penalty is softening, and other states like North Carolina have joined the call for a moratorium on the death penalty, we see Attorney General Jerry Brown pushing ha ...

Why doesn't more law enforcement support the elimination of marijuana laws?  In private, most police officers will acknowledge they do not like marijuana laws.  Some do not like drug laws in general a ...

by Mary Zhu Proposition 23 is a contest over nothing less than California’s energy future. As such, it will be hard fought with campaign spending projected to exceed the previous record of $154 millio ...

When PG&E pumped in millions in an attempt to prevent public power from gaining more marketshare into California, the California voters saw through the charade and voted to defeat the measure.  Now th ...

The amount of time and money we spend on drug enforcement is mindboggling, particularly in light of the state of our economy, the various budgets of local entities, and the utter lack of success.For t ...

I have read a couple of commentaries opposed to Proposition 19 which would legalize marijuana in California.  As I read these things, I wonder if people really understand the extent to which drug laws ...

Last summer I went on police ridealongs, first with the Davis Police Department and the next night with the Woodland police department.  Both nights we encountered individuals in respective parks in p ...

During the last campaign, as reported by this site, an Independent Expenditure campaign launched by Mayor Ruth Asmundson and Marty West attempted to resurrect a flagging Sydney Vergis campaign for Dav ...

Two weeks ago, the voters of California said no to PG&E's attempt to buy marketshares and avoid competition from public power.  Davis residents saw through the charade, voting against the measure ...

A lot of people I think took for granted that given the amount of money that PG&E spent on Proposition 16, to essentially put public power out of business, that it would prevail.  In fact, PG& ...

By Dan Berman - Proposition 16, sponsored by PG&E Corp., would amend our state constitution to require a two-thirds vote to replace privately owned utilities like PG&E. According to the Bakers ...

By now many have already seen the beginnings of the PG&E campaign to somehow trick the voters into approving the blatantly transparent Proposition 16 - a measure that would require a two-thirds vo ...