Privacy Issue Hits Home in California
With the debate sizzling over the revelations that the United States government is collecting so-called megadata through its PRISM program, while also collecting data on telephone calls, it is more than interesting to point to California decades ago confronting privacy issues and government’s ability through technology to collect data on citizens. California voters affirmed an […]
Prop 65 Reform Bills are Overdue
When Proposition 65 was approved by voters in 1986, the goal was simple: to protect California’s drinking water from chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and to warn members of the public about the presence of those chemicals in their environment to help them avoid exposure. Since its enactment in 1989, Prop. 65 […]
Dems Water Down GOP Pro-Small Biz Bill
A bill “bait and switch” reveals a lot about attitudes toward small business in the Legislature. A pro-small business Assembly Resolution started out authored by Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach, authored Assembly Concurrent Resolution 48, which praised small businesses, designated May “Start a Small Business Month” and advanced some easy fixes to government burdens placed on small […]
Top Two Elections and their Effects on the Smaller Parties
In view of the devastating effect the Top Two system is having on California’s smaller parties, the following joint statement from the Green, Libertarian and Peace & Freedom Parties was sent to all 120 members of the California state legislature. • Top Two makes it much harder and more expensive for candidates of small parties to qualify for […]