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28 Apr 2021 The Texas House of Representatives is currently considering a comprehensive election integrity bill that would, among other things, place executive and legislative checks and balances on the private funding of the administration of the state’s electoral procedures. The 2020 general election in Texas saw $36 million worth of unfettered private funding of election administration in a number of counties in the state from non-profit organizations who were, in turn, financed by Faceboo...

Housing and Development Newsletter “The Lompoc Police Department is awaiting the determination of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office pending the review of the completed investigation by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.” Schmidt said that despite the dispute regarding the weapon, “nothing prevents the AG from taking over an investigation at any time.” He noted that Sheriff Bill Brown served as Lompoc’s former police chief overseeing the recruitment and tr...

/ This is Texas Freedom Force members showed up as counter protesters to BLM at the Alamo Cenotaph in San Antonio, May 30. The January assault on the U.S. Capitol was carried out by hundreds of people — some of whom were in paramilitary organizations or private militias. Dozens of the MAGA rioters traveled from Texas, a state that has anti-militia laws on the books. Despite this, critics argue the state hasn’t done enough to reign in the heavily armed groups. As pandemic restrictions inc...

Public comment on Ojai school boards governance handbook Published: Wednesday, 21 April 2021 14:00  Philip Bagley of Ojai submitted these two public comments for the Tuesday, April 20, Ojai Unified School District board meeting. To read the school board agenda item, he is commenting upon, read HERE. The April 20 agenda is HERE. The school board will also meet today, Wednesday, April 21, in open session at 5:30 p.m. and in closed session at 4:45 p.m. That meeting will be livestreamed. View...

Share Dermot said Turing wasnt unsociable, as is depicted in the film, but instead argued it was just that most other people, including his family, had no interest of understanding in his passion.  He believes that Alans life started going wrong after he was put on hormone therapy in the 1950s, when homosexuality was treated as some kind of mental condition. Dermot said he believes much of what the British public believes about Alan is a myth, arguing Benedict Cumberbatchs portrayal in The Imi...

Bill to make California Native American Day a judicial holiday moves to Assembly floor Lake County News reports 15 April 2021 Assembly Bill 855 was introduced by Assemblymember James C. Ramos (D-Highland). “This is one more step forward in statewide recognition of the history, culture and contributions of California’s Native Americans,” Ramos said. AB 855 would amend the Code of Civil Procedure to recognize California Native American Day as a judicial holiday to provide proper recognit...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Much to the recent surprise of many in the tax community, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (“CDTFA”) is able to adopt or amend regulations without the normal review process by the Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) under the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”). SB 86, The Taxpayer Transparency and Fairness Act of 2017, established the CDTFA.  Tucked away in Section 5, Part 8.7, Chapter 4 (Regul...

Assembly Local Government Committee Hearing Set for Wednesday, April 14 - Assembly Bill 537 would expand Government Code section 65964.1 to provide a deemed granted...

Mayoral candidates answer your questions ahead of San Antonio’s May 1 election We took your questions to the candidates for answers, here are their responses Published:  Updated:  Tags:  . Saturday, May 1, 2021, is the municipal election in San Antonio. On the ballot, a rematch for mayor and nearly 80 candidates competing in 10 city council races, along with a proposition aimed at repealing the police department’s collective bargaining rights and a charter change for city bond projects. ...

"The policies and directives from my office and these new laws created by the Legislature are emboldening murderers of children to apply to be re-sentenced, Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami told City News Service. "This is completely unfair to the surviving families and their loved ones. "Families now have to relive all the horror that was perpetrated upon a small and helpless child. Based upon all the evidence presented at the grand jury, which was made public, and the jury trial, Pea...