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Clem72
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This is hilarious. I bet they don't force the people with Chinese names to use their birth names rather than their anglicized ones on the English language ballots. You know, like Connie Chan (real name 陳詩敏), the very person who complained about non-Chinese using Chinese names.
SF Chinese American Candidates Outraged at Name Regulation
More than 30 self-submitted Chinese names are likely to be rejected.sfstandard.com
Denny's closes Oakland restaurant that's been open for 54 YEARS because California city is now so dangerous, weeks after In-N-Out shuttered nearby location over soaring crime
- The only Denny's in Oakland served its last meal on Wednesday after 54 years
- Denny's follows Starbucks, Subway, and In-N-Out Burger in closing its doors
- Oakland is now so dangerous staff are given escorts to walk to the train station
A 54-year-old branch of Denny's has closed its doors in Oakland amid threats to 'the safety and wellbeing' of staff and customers, as the Bay Area city struggles to contain soaring crime.
With robbery up by 37 percent year-on-year, burglary up 24 percent and motor vehicle theft rising 45 percent to reach an all-time record, those who live and work in the city do not feel safe. Violent crimes have also spiked by 21 percent in 12 months.
And on Tuesday, Clorox - which has its global headquarters in Oakland - began providing security escorts for people walking to and from the train station.
'Well honestly I think that's a good thing given the fact that Oakland after dark it's a crazy place,' said Victor Quintanilia who works nearby in Oakland.
Jaime Solis, who lives nearby, told ABC 7: 'I guess you'd say appreciation at least, they're thinking of the community and their members.'
A campaign has begun to recall the city's mayor Sheng Thao and district attorney Pamela Price - both progressive Democrats who've spoken repeatedly about their desire to tackle the 'inequities' they say helps cause crime.
Why California’s Budget Deficit Is Snowballing: Legislative Analyst | Gabriel Petek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/california-insider
Siyamak sits down with Gabriel Petek, California’s legislative analyst. He shares with us why California is facing such a huge budget deficit and how it may last a few more years. He also shares what it will take to solve this budget crisis.
“A couple of years ago, we had a $100 billion surplus, and we heard about these big numbers. Now, we’re estimating that we currently face a $68 billion budget deficit. The governor’s office also identifies about $30 billion in annual deficit,” Mr. Petek said. “In order to solve that problem, we would need $50 billion in higher revenues.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/california-insider
Siyamak sits down with Gabriel Petek, California’s legislative analyst. He shares with us why California is facing such a huge budget deficit and how it may last a few more years. He also shares what it will take to solve this budget crisis.
“A couple of years ago, we had a $100 billion surplus, and we heard about these big numbers. Now, we’re estimating that we currently face a $68 billion budget deficit. The governor’s office also identifies about $30 billion in annual deficit,” Mr. Petek said. “In order to solve that problem, we would need $50 billion in higher revenues.”
Toxic Workplace Leads to Employee Suicide at LA County Department of Public Health
Last Thursday, LA County Environmental Health Specialist Heather Hughes took her own life by jumping off the top of the 18-story building in which the Environmental Health Division is housed. Co-workers speaking to RedState on condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation say that Hughes had been dealing with depression for some time and that Associate Director Brenda Lopez denied Hughes' request for a medical leave of absence despite it being recommended by Hughes' doctor.
From a written statement a co-worker sent to RedState:
The co-worker also told RedState that meetings have been held between senior management and members of the Board of Supervisors to attempt to keep information about the circumstances of Heather's death from coming out in the media. Phone calls made by RedState to the Board of Supervisors on this issue were not returned.
An anonymous employee posted a similar account to Reddit.
Other co-workers added context on Reddit backing up what the original poster said.
Frias sent a memo to staff with the subject line "Unexpected Passing of a Colleague" announcing Heather's death. She included information about employee assistance resources available for those struggling with the news of Heather's death - ironic, given that Heather was asking for a medical leave of absence due to depression at the time of her death.
As opposed to Gov Oleaginous, whose carefully powered nose was severely knocked out of joint when, after watching a shoplfter casually leave with merchandise at a Target and asking the checkout clerk why they didn't do something to stop them, was told, "Ask the governor. It's his policies allowing this."
"But it wasn't MMMEEEEE!" Newsom whined, blaming Prop 47. The clerk wasn't falling for the greasy dirt ball in the tailpipe trick.
Newsom got himself a big mad and then asked the question everyone in CA has been asking themselves:
Welcome to YOUR state, dude. Maybe if you got out more, you'd realize how craptastic life is and why you're bleeding residents. Perhaps even store clerks would know who you were although that could prove awkward.
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"But it wasn't MMMEEEEE!" Newsom whined, blaming Prop 47. The clerk wasn't falling for the greasy dirt ball in the tailpipe trick.
Newsom got himself a big mad and then asked the question everyone in CA has been asking themselves:
Welcome to YOUR state, dude. Maybe if you got out more, you'd realize how craptastic life is and why you're bleeding residents. Perhaps even store clerks would know who you were although that could prove awkward.
And DeSantis Just Keeps Truckin'
California’s Nanny State War on Plastic Bags Backfired…Bigly
Back in 2020, plastic bag bans posed a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic because the reusable totes harbor germs and bacteria. Subsequently, San Francisco reversed its 13-year ban on plastic bags. The extreme liberal city banned reusable grocery totes!
The plastic bag rules are continuing to backfire…bigly.
The grocery stores cleverly used the regulations to their advantage…as any responsible and profitable business would.
Cali's 'Ebony Alerts' Are Unconstitutional (and You Won't Believe What They Have For Native Americans)
As of this writing there are over 34 million views and that’s probably good. But at least some of the views were probably generated by the shock that there is such a thing as an Ebony Alert. And an Ebony Alert is what you might guess: Something like an Amber Alert that is only issued when the missing youth is black.
But first, let’s talk about what the Constitution says. This is one of those situations where the ordinary meaning of a word is different from how it is understood in the law. In ordinary parlance, ‘discrimination’ means to treat people differently according to an unjust factor such as race. But in constitutional law, 'discrimination' means literally to classify—even if the government does nothing with that classification. If the government just keeps a list of who is black, white or whatever, but still treats everyone otherwise equally, that is racial discrimination.
Furthermore, in constitutional law, not all discrimination is illegal or wrong. After all, the government discriminates, classifies people and things all the all the time. To give one example, a regulatory scheme might rightfully treat bus drivers differently than airline pilots—setting up different standards for health, eyesight and proficiency, for instance. Or in a more basic way, two people might both be tried for murder and one person might go free, while the other is convicted and punished. Even if that is based on nothing more than the evidence, that is still discrimination, still classification, between a person proven guilty, versus a person who is not.
What the Supreme Court has said is the discrimination is considered more or less suspicious, depending on what factors are being considered. Discrimination against disabled people is not considered very suspicious at all, to pick one example. Discrimination against women or illegitimate status is more suspicious. And the most suspicious of all is discrimination based on race. Therefore, any discrimination, any classification, based on race has to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. It is exceedingly rare for any kind of discrimination to pass that test.
Thus we come back to this idea of Ebony Alerts. This concept is actually written into California state law. Specifically, it's in Cal. Gov. Code § 8594.14. There’s a lot there but here are the criteria:
One thing to understand when you read the law is the code words often used by the legislature. For instance, if a law says someone shall do something, that is almost always interpreted as saying that the person has no choice in the matter. But the word ‘may’ is almost always permissive. You may do it, but you don’t have to.
So, bluntly, no law enforcement agency has to do any of this, and we think they should refuse to do it because it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. There is nothing in the Amber Alert system that excludes black people, even if they also qualify for Ebony Alerts, so they should stick to the Amber Alert system.
But more insidiously, all those factors mentioned in the Ebony Alert laws like disability status, age and so on are optional, too (‘The law enforcement agency may consider the following factors’). The only criteria that must be present is 1) that the law enforcement agency determines that would be an effective tool the in the investigation and 2) that the person be a black youth—whatever that means.
Further, as the title to this article promised, they don’t just have an Ebony Alert for young black people who are missing. Nope, they also have one for Native Americans in Cal. Gov. Code § 8594.13. And it uses a heck of a term: Feather Alert.
No, we are not making this up. We wish we were, but we aren’t.
California Democrats Introduce Bill That Would Force Homeowners and Renters to Disclose Number of Firearms to Insurance Companies, Government
The questions include information as to the number of firearms in the home, the method of storage, and how many firearms are stored in vehicles on the property. The questions include whether or not the firearms are in locked containers or not.
This is a direct assault on the Second Amendment rights in the state. As many of you know, this also is the first step in gun confiscation – identifying where the guns are located.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk pointed out that the State of California is attacking gun owners while letting rampant crime and child exploitation go unchecked.
“California couldn’t care less about retail theft, child mutilation, infanticide, or illegals breaking into America, but it feels entitled to harass law abiding gun owners. Will California use this database to punish gun owners?” Kirk said on X.
Downtown LA slammed as 'third world' as shocking video shows homeless camped out on trash-covered sidewalks after setting FIRE in middle of the road - with Elon Musk summing up eyesore in one word: 'Wow'
- LA has been described as 'third world' after shocking footage reveals a homeless encampment with open fires in the street and trash-covered sidewalks
- Dozens of homeless people are seen sitting and standing on filthy sidewalks meters away from a $17 million homeless shelter in Skid Row
- LA is home to more than 46,000 unhoused people, a 10 percent increase on the previous year and 10,000 more on the streets since the pandemic
Downtown Los Angeles has been described as 'third world' after shocking footage revealed a homeless encampment with open fires in the street and trash-covered sidewalks.
The startling video, posted to X by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin, shows dozens of homeless people sitting and standing on filthy sidewalks on the corner of San Pedro Street and 6th Street in the Skid Row neighborhood of LA.
Some are seen standing around an open fire in the street, just moments away from the Midnight Mission, a $17 million center for the homeless.
Billionaire tycoon Elon Musk, who has previously been vocal on the state of California's homelessness crisis, summarized the video with one word: 'wow'.
'Gavin Newsom’s California is the richest state but its cities resemble those of Third World countries' one X user said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom Explains Plan to Monitor Crime (and Everything/Everybody Else) in Oakland
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has finally had enough of crime in some of the cities in his state!
Is Newsom calling for leftist DAs to finally scrap their insane policies that keep many criminals on the street? Of course not. Instead, he's supporting an idea to install hundreds of cameras in Oakland to "make the area safer":
They could try keeping criminals in jail but why bother with that when they can just spy on everybody instead?
BOP
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I'm watching this right now.
BOP
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Video shows California deputies fatally shooting kidnapped teen in 2022
A teenage girl who had been kidnapped by her father was following a sheriff's deputy's instructions and appeared to be surrendering when other deputies fatally shot her during a gun battle on a Southern California highway, according to recently released video and audio
BOP
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Cali's 'Ebony Alerts' Are Unconstitutional (and You Won't Believe What They Have For Native Americans)
As of this writing there are over 34 million views and that’s probably good. But at least some of the views were probably generated by the shock that there is such a thing as an Ebony Alert. And an Ebony Alert is what you might guess: Something like an Amber Alert that is only issued when the missing youth is black.
But first, let’s talk about what the Constitution says. This is one of those situations where the ordinary meaning of a word is different from how it is understood in the law. In ordinary parlance, ‘discrimination’ means to treat people differently according to an unjust factor such as race. But in constitutional law, 'discrimination' means literally to classify—even if the government does nothing with that classification. If the government just keeps a list of who is black, white or whatever, but still treats everyone otherwise equally, that is racial discrimination.
Furthermore, in constitutional law, not all discrimination is illegal or wrong. After all, the government discriminates, classifies people and things all the all the time. To give one example, a regulatory scheme might rightfully treat bus drivers differently than airline pilots—setting up different standards for health, eyesight and proficiency, for instance. Or in a more basic way, two people might both be tried for murder and one person might go free, while the other is convicted and punished. Even if that is based on nothing more than the evidence, that is still discrimination, still classification, between a person proven guilty, versus a person who is not.
What the Supreme Court has said is the discrimination is considered more or less suspicious, depending on what factors are being considered. Discrimination against disabled people is not considered very suspicious at all, to pick one example. Discrimination against women or illegitimate status is more suspicious. And the most suspicious of all is discrimination based on race. Therefore, any discrimination, any classification, based on race has to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. It is exceedingly rare for any kind of discrimination to pass that test.
Thus we come back to this idea of Ebony Alerts. This concept is actually written into California state law. Specifically, it's in Cal. Gov. Code § 8594.14. There’s a lot there but here are the criteria:
One thing to understand when you read the law is the code words often used by the legislature. For instance, if a law says someone shall do something, that is almost always interpreted as saying that the person has no choice in the matter. But the word ‘may’ is almost always permissive. You may do it, but you don’t have to.
So, bluntly, no law enforcement agency has to do any of this, and we think they should refuse to do it because it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. There is nothing in the Amber Alert system that excludes black people, even if they also qualify for Ebony Alerts, so they should stick to the Amber Alert system.
But more insidiously, all those factors mentioned in the Ebony Alert laws like disability status, age and so on are optional, too (‘The law enforcement agency may consider the following factors’). The only criteria that must be present is 1) that the law enforcement agency determines that would be an effective tool the in the investigation and 2) that the person be a black youth—whatever that means.
Further, as the title to this article promised, they don’t just have an Ebony Alert for young black people who are missing. Nope, they also have one for Native Americans in Cal. Gov. Code § 8594.13. And it uses a heck of a term: Feather Alert.
No, we are not making this up. We wish we were, but we aren’t.
Go ahead and issue the ebony alert - so the "racist" po-po (who love nothing more than seeing how many black people they can shoot in a day) can know who to not look for.
BOP
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It may be a pipe dream, but that's not going to stop them from trying, if they think they can get away with it.
Mike Rowe & Will Swaim: The PRO Act REALLY SUCKS | The Way I Heard It
The President of the California Policy Center, host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast, and watchdog journalist warns about the new federal regulation that effectively makes CA-AB5 national and ends independent contractor status as we know it. As goes California, so goes the nation—from a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers to rampant homelessness, crime, and reparations—the recovering communist dissects examples of what’s happening in the Golden State and yet to come nationally.