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California issues 110,000 licenses to illegal immigrants

Written on 27 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 46 comments

Over the first seven weeks of 2015, California issued 110,000 driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles. [LA Times] Assembly Bill 60, California’s law granting immigrants who entered the country illegally the ability to receive... (Continue reading)

California may repeal ‘welfare queen’ law

Written on 23 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 48 comments

California Democrats are calling for the repeal of a law that bars families from receiving increases to their welfare checks if they give birth to an additional child while on benefits. [Sac Bee] Sen. Holly Mitchell of Los Angeles says... (Continue reading)

Can your doctor help you die in California?

Written on 13 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A group of cancer patients and doctors are suing the state of California, demanding that terminally ill people be allowed to obtain prescription drugs that will speed up their death if they find their suffering unbearable. [LA Times] California law... (Continue reading)

Egg prices rising as California chicken law takes effect

Written on 2 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 55 comments

Chicken egg prices are expected to rise across the U.S. early in 2015, following the implementation of a California law requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings. [CBS Sacramento] In... (Continue reading)

Californians can seek gun restraining-orders

Written on 1 Oct, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 64 comments

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Tuesday that will allow family members to seek court orders temporarily prohibiting their relatives from possessing firearms. [Sacramento Bee] Democratic Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner authored the bill in response to a deadly... (Continue reading)

California bans government display of Confederate flag

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 47 comments

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that prohibits state government agencies from selling or displaying items containing the Confederate flag. [Mercury News] Democratic Assemblyman Isadore Hall of Compton authored the bill after his mother saw replica... (Continue reading)

Brown likely to sign statewide plastic bag ban

Written on 30 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 34 comments

California Govenor Jerry Brown is expected to sign into law the first statewide plastic bag ban in the U.S. [ABC News] Brown has until Tuesday to sign the bill, which would ban single-use plastic bags in large grocery stores beginning... (Continue reading)

Will California bicyclists receive tickets for slowing traffic?

Written on 22 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 72 comments

As a new law takes effect requiring motorists to take precautions as they pass bicyclists on the road, some drivers are wondering whether bicycle-induced traffic pileups will become more common. The new law that took effect last week allows officers... (Continue reading)

California drivers to face fines for coming close to bicyclists

Written on 16 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 88 comments

Motorists in California must now stay three feet away from bicyclists when passing them on the road or risk receiving traffic tickets. A new state law takes effect Tuesday, which allows officers to cite those who do not obey the... (Continue reading)