Another proposition that perhaps has not received enough attention is Proposition 26, which would require supermajority voter approval for raising state and local fees by recategorizing them as taxes. ...

Californians may want to a build a mote around the state, protecting it from the tidal wave that is about to hit the rest of the country.  Fueled by anger and frustration over a lingering economic dow ...

US Attorney General Eric Holder and and Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), have inserted themselves into the debate on Prop 19, arguing that they would no ...

It was last June when the voters of California sent a loud and clear message that they would not be fooled by a deceptive ballot measure backed by tens of millions from PG&E in order to help PG&E corn ...

The Associated Press this morning is reporting on the latest Public Policy Institute of California polling on the California's Governor's race.  The PPIC poll, released late yesterday, shows that form ...

The other week Tom Torlakson, who is running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, really had some thoughtful things to say about education.  One the things he said that stuck in my mind had ...

The US Attorney General has now weighed in, to join local law enforcement in opposing the legalization of marijuana.  The Justice Department has strongly opposed Proposition 19, and has been pressured ...

Marijuana legalization has always formed a good nexus for me - tying in my libertarian streak of wanting the government not to involve itself in private lives of individuals (I part ways on economic i ...

It was not Jerry Brown's finest moment of the campaign or in the debate, but it is the moment that everyone is talking about, even though it will not do a thing to fix the problems of California.At is ...

The good news is that we have a budget.  The bad news is that it is a budget that no one is happy with.  The worst news is that it is a complete and total fraud. All it does is push tough decisions in ...

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 ...