California, caught in the perfect storm of one-party rule and Federal dictatorship. California has long been the epicenter of prison litigation. But for cataclysmic force and sheer staying power, nothing beats two massive and now inextricably intertwined class-action lawsuits. The Prison Law Office, California’s leading prisoner-rights organization, filed a suit in 1990 arguing that the mental health care provided to the state’s mentally ill inmates violated the U.S. Constitution. A
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October 11, 2013
“Welcome to the disassembly line.” [Darleen Click]
CA Governor Moonbeam Brown signs laws making Gosnell-style clinics acceptable Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to sign a bill allowing non-physicians to perform a class of surgical abortions is being hailed by pro-choice (sic) forces as an advance for women’s health. […] California has long been an outlier for abortion extremism. It already has one of the highest abortion rates in the country, funds it routinely through state programs, has no
September 28, 2013
It’s Official: Bill Maher smokes crack … [Darleen Click]
WTF Conservatives who love to brag about American exceptionalism must come here to California, and see it in person. And then they should be afraid — very afraid. Because while the rest of the country is beset by stories of right-wing takeovers in places like North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin, California is going in the opposite direction and creating the kind of modern, liberal nation the country as a whole
September 28, 2013
“You got a license for that paint brush?” [Darleen Click]
In the meantime, California’s real crime rates are doubling due to Gov. Moonbeam’s “Prison Realignment” scam (state prisoners kicked to county jails & supervision). And that’s prior to the 10,000 state prisoners who have to be released by the end of this year. Doomed.
September 2, 2013
California: Non-citizens to sit on juries, monitor elections … [Darleen Click]
The continued dilution of American citizenship California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday that allows non-citizens who are permanent legal residents of the United States to serve as poll workers. (See AB 817.pdf) […] Another bill (AB 1401) passed by the California State Assembly last week and currently awaiting Brown’s signature would also allow California’s 3.4 million green card holders to sit in judgment of U.S. citizens as jurors. The
August 9, 2013
CA Public Employee Unions behind Democrat bill to slap non-union contractors with a Scarlet Letter … [Darleen Click]
… or maybe a Yellow Star Senate Bill 556 is another sad example of how legislative Democrats can’t say no to their main benefactor, public employee unions, even at the expense of the voters they represent. This bill is costly, unnecessary and meddlesome — a legislative solution in search of a problem. Authored by Sen. Ellen Corbett of San Leandro, SB 556 would require contract employees working for state or
June 23, 2013
California is Obama’s Tammany Hall [Darleen Click]
Unfortunately, this time the New York Times is cheering on Boss Tweed Obama and there is no Harper’s Weekly to oppose him. If you have to keep it a secret, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. But the California legislature and the new Covered California health insurance exchange are conspiring to keep secret how they will dole out more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer dollars to contractors. The
April 24, 2013
Californicating the taxpayers [Darleen Click]
Oh look! US Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein, right in the middle of the high-speed train Browndoggle Out of the entire universe of those who could have won the first phase construction contract for California’s high speed rail boondoggle, who would stand out as the last person who would win it if there were no political patronage. Put another way, who is the most likely person to win it if
April 12, 2013
California’s True-Blue Dream Nightmare [Darleen Click]
How’s that “The Bigger the Government the better” stuff going? Well, as Gov Jerry Brown is in China to ride their bullet train (which has its own corruption scandal), Moonbeam’s “Prison realignment” program (AB109) enacted to save money, allegedly is producing more dead bodies The case of a convicted felon who allegedly stabbed a woman to death at a California park-and-ride has exposed flaws in Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial plan