Can Legalizing Marijuana Save California, Our Republic?
Wikimedia Commons Image Eric Blair Activist Post America, and especially California, are in dire economic straits. Their day of fiscal reckoning is coming and it’s…
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California May Jail Parents if Children Miss Too Much School
Washington Post Talk about parental responsibility. The California Senate just passed a bill that could send parents to jail for up to a year if…
The 8 Most Absurd Excuses For Trying to Defeat Legal Pot
Russ Belville Alternet As California gets set to vote on Prop 19 – an initiative to legalize marijuana statewide – some people’s minds are being…
‘Just Say Now’: Left-Right Coalition Launches Campaign to Legalize Pot
Ryan Grim Huffington Post A transpartisan coalition of prosecutors, judges, cops, students, bloggers and political operatives on both sides of the aisle launched a campaign…
Will California Legalize Pot?
With only a few months to go until the election, the campaign to legalize marijuana in California has only $50,000 in cash on hand. The…
California Storing DNA of Innocent People
California’s law mandating that DNA samples be taken from all felony arrestees is facing a legal challenge from the ACLU of Northern California. Michael Risher…
Cities Rent Police, Janitors to Save Cash
Tamara Audi The Wall Street Journal Faced with a $118 million budget deficit, the city of San Jose, Calif., recently decided it could no longer…
California workers brace for minimum wage
Judy Lin Associated Press Some California state workers are preparing to tap into their savings while others already are cutting expenses as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s…
California town to lay off all city employees, disband police
By Muriel Kane – Raw Story Economic hard times are causing many municipalities to look for ways to reduce their payrolls, but none has taken…