Rights and Liberties
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Feb. 5, 2013
By Katy Grimes
Obamacare is beginning to directly affect Californians' wallets -- and health. New regulations released last week from the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Health and Human Services made it clear that spouses and children will get financially sq...
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Jan. 29, 2013
By Dave Roberts
Oakland’s website prominently touts that it has been ranked by the New York Times as the fifth best place in the world to visit. It beat out every other North American city as well as Tokyo, Florence and Vienna. The Times praises Oakland’s sophisticated restau...
Monday, July 9th, 2012
Editor's note: This is the second part of a three-part series on how the homeless and mentally ill are treated in California. Part One was about the Kelly Thomas beating and death.
July 9, 2012
By Tori Richards
Welcome to 450 Bauchet St., a 10-acre compound in the heart of downtown Los Ange...
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
July 2, 2012
By Katy Grimes
It is becoming rather difficult to distinguish California as part of a Representative Republic, when the Democratic party is able to hold budget "negotiations" without any Republican input, and the Governor attempts to manipulate the November ballot to favor a vote ...
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
DEC. 29, 2011
By STEVEN GREENHUT
Believers in property rights and limited government should be thrilled that when the toughest threat to redevelopment arose in California, the biggest defenders of these agencies -- the League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment Association --...
Monday, October 17th, 2011
OCT. 17, 2011
By STEVEN GREENHUT
Cities throughout California are facing tough economic times, the result of a down economy and chronic overspending on the part of city governments -- especially in the areas of salaries and retirement benefits for city employees. It's a challenging time in...
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
SEPT. 6, 2011
By JOHN SEILER
Key California legislators passing an anti-parent bill grabbed campaign financing from the gigantic Merck conglomerate, a CalWatchDog.com investigation revealed. The legislation is AB 499 by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego. In the bill's language, it "autho...
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
JULY 5, 2011
By RICHARD TRAINOR
When I met Richard Fine in the summer of 2001, he was riding high. Shortly after that he was rotting in jail.
A prominent attorney with a thriving practice in Beverly Hills, in the sunny days of 2001 Fine was a political insider with powerful connections to U...
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
MAY 23, 2011
By JOHN SEILER
Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating California state prison reductions must lead to long-needed reforms. The decision upheld a lower court ruling that from 38,000 to 46,000 must be released due to overcrowding that violated the Eight Amendment's ban on "cr...
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
APRIL 12, 2011
By TORI RICHARDS
A recent appellate court decision could have far-reaching impact on whether citizens can successfully fight government agencies for documents under the California Public Records Act.
Attorneys battling for public records only have one big hammer -- attorney...
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