The Problem of Paid Canvassers in the Referendum and Initiative Process
There is a thin line with paid canvassers between aggressive salesmanship and outright browbeating. Actually, I would…
Commentary: Labor Day 2007 Thoughts
Labor Day dates back to the 1880s and was originally founded as a means to give a…
Partisan Republican Attempt to Alter California’s Electoral College Distribution
Guest Commentary by Bill Ritter Following the 2000 presidential election in which Al Gore received more than…
Local Leaders and Activists Push for Health Care in Sacramento
On Thursday on the steps of the Capitol a coalition of labor unions and community organizations who…
Impact of Proposition 209 Continues to Hamper Minority Students and Educators, Locally and Statewide
In 1996, California voted to support Proposition 209, a measure that would end state mandated Affirmative Action…
Commentary: Beware of Reforms Wrapped As Sheep’s Clothing
In 2000, Californians weary of the ever-rising cost of campaigns and perceived influence of big money passed…
Anti-Gay Attitudes Persist Despite Progress In Society
Watching the recent events in Woodland unfold was a reminder both of how far we have come…
Wrong Solution To Term Limits
Let me make this clear–the Term Limits law passed in California is one of the worst initiatives…
California Supreme Court Rules Advise of Attorney No Defense Against Conflict-of-Interest Charges
In a decision that is likely to have strong reverberations in Davis, the California Supreme Court ruled this week that public officials may be guilty of violations of conflict of interest laws even when a city attorney advises them that their actions are legal.
According to a February 9, 2007 Los Angeles Times article:
“A public official is not required to know that his conduct is unlawful” to be found to have broken the law, Justice Carol A. Corrigan wrote for the court. “Therefore, reliance on advice of counsel as to the lawfulness of the conduct is irrelevant.”
Gay Harassment
NG Blog covered the on-going Fischer story today. On his blog he posted a video from the…
A Vote for Arnold was a Vote for More Prisons
Yolo County has generally been a reliably Democratic County. In 2004, Kerry received 59% of the vote…
More on the Anti-Gay Junior High Harassment
After some technological struggles, I have managed to clip the testimony of Guy Fischer from the November…
