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Calif. plans climate cuts despite floods

Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens

Salon

Even After Floods Hit State, California Plans Cuts To Climate Investments

Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens.

Capital & Main

Court Blocks California Ban on COVID "Treatment or Advice" That's "Contrary to the Standard of Care"

This decision (Hoeg v. Newsom, decided by Judge William Shubb) reaches a result different from that reached four weeks ago in McDonald v. Lawson. I'm on the run, but hope to blog more about this later. UPDATE: Here's the heart of the opinion, which preliminarily enjoins the operation of the…

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Rep. Barbara Lee tells colleagues she plans to run for Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, a seasoned progressive with more than three decades immersed in California politics, on Wednesday told congressional colleagues she plans to run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat in 2024.

Los Angeles Times

Could Kanye West be placed under Kim Kardashian’s conservatorship?

Celebrity conservatorships get a bad rap because of Britney Spears' high-profile case–but it might be just what Ye needs, says legal analyst Aron Solomon.

Fortune

Newsom signs UFW bill aimed at helping California farmworkers organize

After previously indicating he might veto the measure, Gov. Gavin Newson signed a new law Wednesday that will make it easier for agricultural laborers to join unions, a hard-fought win for the United Farm Workers.

Los Angeles Times

California's Drought Is an Infrastructure Problem

California should build infrastructure, not shame water users.

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California aims to make its own insulin brand to lower price

California plans to make its own insulin

The Independent UK

California lawmakers to investigate steep gas prices, accuse oil companies of 'ripping off' motorists

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With steep gasoline prices still stinging Californians at the pump, Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday announced a legislative inquiry to determine if oil companies are "ripping off" drivers.

Los Angeles Times

Louisiana S. Ct. Precludes Prosecution of Pastor for Violation of Early-Pandemic Gathering Size Limits

From Justice William Crain's opinion today (joined by Justices Scott Crichton, James Genovese, Jay McCallum, and Jefferson Hughes III) in State v. Spell, dealing with a prosecution for actions on March 31, 2020; the court basically applies the U.S. Supreme Court's similar decisions in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v.…

Reason

"Humans Are Not Smart Enough to Have Ideas That Lie Beyond Challenge and Debate"

From Eleventh Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus's concurrence in Speech First, Inc. v. Cartwright: I join fully in Judge Newsom's opinion for this Court. The University of Central Florida's discriminatory-harassment policy almost surely violates the First Amendment. It is grievously overbroad, and it is a content- and viewpoint-based restraint on free…

Reason

Judges could order help for homeless Californians under Newsom's new plan

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California cities struggle to address a homelessness and mental health crisis on their streets, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration on Thursday unveiled a proposal to compel more people with severe psychiatric disorders and addiction issues into court-ordered care that includes medication and housing.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom's premature school mask mandate retreat

The fading winter surge and rising vaccination rates certainly warrant some easing of mask mandates and other precautions. But the importance of keeping schools open and functional justifies retaining the added protection of masks while so many young Californians remain unvaccinated.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Forget December’s snowstorms. California isn’t doing enough to address its hot, dry reality

As a forbiddingly deep drought reclaims its hold on California, the state’s record precipitation in October and December is already a distant memory, and the list of urgent water issues we face keeps getting longer. Forecasters predict little or no rain and snow for the rest of the “wet season,”…

Los Angeles Times

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