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California Democrats want gender-neutral bathrooms mandatory in all K-12 schools
A California state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make the Golden State the first in the nation to require schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom on campus.
State Sen. Josh Newman (D) introduced SB 760 last week, which would require all K-12 public and charter schools to have at least one genderless bathroom for student use amid ever-increasing controversy over the place of public schools when a student claims to identify with a gender different from their biological sex.
"Schools should provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students, one where they’re able to focus on learning and where they’re encouraged to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally,” Newman said in a press release. "By requiring all California K-12 schools to provide gender-inclusive restroom facilities on campus, we’ll ensure the well-being of our LGBTQ+ and non-binary students and ensure safer school communities for everyone."
Disputes over bathroom facilities were among the first battlegrounds of the transgender culture wars. But the issue has largely faded into obscurity as Republican-controlled states have pushed to ban cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and sex-change surgeries for minors. The issue has also spilled over into athletics, as a number of states have passed bills requiring student-athletes to compete based on their biological sex.
A California state lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make the Golden State the first in the nation to require schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom on campus.
State Sen. Josh Newman (D) introduced SB 760 last week, which would require all K-12 public and charter schools to have at least one genderless bathroom for student use amid ever-increasing controversy over the place of public schools when a student claims to identify with a gender different from their biological sex.
"Schools should provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students, one where they’re able to focus on learning and where they’re encouraged to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally,” Newman said in a press release. "By requiring all California K-12 schools to provide gender-inclusive restroom facilities on campus, we’ll ensure the well-being of our LGBTQ+ and non-binary students and ensure safer school communities for everyone."
Disputes over bathroom facilities were among the first battlegrounds of the transgender culture wars. But the issue has largely faded into obscurity as Republican-controlled states have pushed to ban cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and sex-change surgeries for minors. The issue has also spilled over into athletics, as a number of states have passed bills requiring student-athletes to compete based on their biological sex.
Democrats complained hysterically last month when Governor DeSantis bragged about Florida’s billion-dollar budget surplus. They whined loudly that, thanks to federal pandemic relief, any large, tourist-heavy state could have done that too.Maybe.
Or maybe not. Yesterday Fox News ran a story headlined, “Gavin Newsom Predicted Massive Budget Deficit For California. Reality Was Even Worse, Analysis Finds.”
Oops! California received substantially more federal aid than did Florida, even though the states’ populations are similar, and Florida has an older population more susceptible to covid. And still somehow, with all that federal aid, California derailed its finances right into the creek of mismanagement.
Fox’s story included a laughably ironic sub-headline, which honestly I’d have thought Fox would have avoided: “Despite California’s high taxes, legislature’s budget analyst expects state tax revenues to drop.” Hahaha, DESPITE the high taxes! It’s so simple! To raise revenues, just increase tax rates!
Basic economics — supply and demand — says if you increase the price of something, demand falls. Taxes increase the price of everything, so people use less everything. Income taxes increase the price of labor. When you raise income taxes, people use less labor. It’s not hard.
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LA DA Gascon suspends prosecutor for misgendering and 'deadnaming' trans child molester accused of murder
Shea Sanna, who had been the lead prosecutor for part of the case, is accused of misgendering and "deadnaming" the convicted child molester Hannah Tubbs, who is now accused of beating a man to death in the woods with a rock in Kern County.
Sanna has argued in the past that jailhouse phone calls show Tubbs, now 27, was attempting to use gender identity to game the justice system – an argument that sources say made others in Gascon's office uncomfortable and led to the suspension.
He made his first public remarks on the incident on Twitter Friday afternoon.
"I was suspended for speaking out against the Gascón Administration," he wrote. "Misgendering Tubbs while informing them that they were being played is just their excuse for the suspension."
Now California reparations panel RAISES amount it wants to give 1.8m black people from $220,000 to $360,000 each in $650 BILLION give away - as hearing is told payments are 'only way to stop our children busting into liquor and grocery stores'
- Black Californians could be paid $360,000 each as part of 'reparations' plan
- Locals divided over the project which one said had turned into 'political theatre'
- It comes as several other cities contemplate similar initiatives
Split the difference.
Use the $360,000.00 to build a private prison cell for them and call it a condo.
Hijinx
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Does Oprah get reparation money? How about Whoop? Maxine Waters should be eligible as well as Spike Lee. Would reparations be considered taxable income?
How black must one be to be able to claim reparations? How about the Duchess of Sussex? Is she black enough? Do we go back to the one drop rule? What about Haitian refugees living in California? Would it take a cadre of history professors to pour over the Bona Fides of those claiming descendants of slave status.? I see court cases and a can of worms opening up .
The whole issue of reparations to blacks who have never been slaves themselves is insane .
How black must one be to be able to claim reparations? How about the Duchess of Sussex? Is she black enough? Do we go back to the one drop rule? What about Haitian refugees living in California? Would it take a cadre of history professors to pour over the Bona Fides of those claiming descendants of slave status.? I see court cases and a can of worms opening up .
The whole issue of reparations to blacks who have never been slaves themselves is insane .
Newsom says California is 'done' with Walgreens. But there's a problem.
When asked what tangible actions would result from Newsom's online proclamation, a spokesperson for the governor's office told SFGATE: "California is reviewing all relationships between Walgreens and the state. We will not pursue business with companies that cave to right wing bullies pushing their extremist agenda or companies that put politics above the health of women and girls." When pressed for more details about what relationships currently exist between California and Walgreens, Newsom's office did not reply.
The same is true for other media outlets that contacted Newsom's office about his tweet. The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Newsom’s aides said his administration did not have any details on what cutting ties would entail and is only now reviewing all relationships between Walgreens and the state, including MediCal and Covered California contracts." The outlet then noted that advocates for those who receive state-sponsored health care said it is "difficult to determine if the decision to sever ties with the retailer would affect patients given the lack of details."
The whole kerfuffle began last month when attorneys general in 20 Republican-led states jointly threatened to sue Walgreens if it began selling mifepristone, an abortion pill, in their respective states. Walgreens announced Friday that it would not sell the pill in those states, enraging abortion-rights advocates, who accused the company of weakly bowing to legal threats from anti-abortion lawmakers.
Gas Ranges Targeted in Class Action Suit Against LG
The suit comes as the industry faces attacks and efficiency proposals by the Biden administration that would remove up to half the current gas range ovens on the U.S. market.
A California woman who purchased an LG gas stove from Costco in October 2022 claims in the suit that she was unaware of the “risks” associated with the product before purchasing.
“Ms. Sherzai relied on the representations on the marketing materials disclosing risks,” read the lawsuit. “The marketing materials did not disclose or warn that the product emitted harmful pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides. Thus, at the time of purchase, Plaintiff was unaware that the product emitted harmful pollutants such as nitrogen oxide.”
This bit is ridiculous .......
Sherzai also said in the suit that if customers knew of the “defective design” of LG gas ovens the price would drop “dramatically.” She also alleged through attorneys she would have paid “significantly less” for the product “had she known that it emitted harmful pollutants.”
“If consumers knew the truth, demand for Defendant’s prices would drop, and Defendant could not sell their products at current prices. In addition, the defective design of gas stoves reduces their value. Consumers pay for a stove that is safe for home cooking, but receive a less valuable stove—one with a defective design that carries significant (and undisclosed) air pollution risks.”
people in California are ****KING INSANE ... I gleefully awai the day Cali-fu bans all gas stoves and they are all removed ... and the people CANNOT COOK and feed themselves because of Electrical grid collapse
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
So if the stove had cost less, she would have bought it anyway knowing it "emitted harmful pollutants"?
Uber and Lyft shares rise after California court victory lets them classify drivers as contractors
Ride-sharing apps, including Uber and Lyft, can continue to treat their drivers as independent contractors, a California appeals court ruled on Monday, overturning a lower-court decision that barred them from doing so.
In Nov. 2020, California voters approved Proposition 22, which allowed ride-sharing and delivery app makers to classify their drivers as independent contractors. A California judge ruled the proposition unconstitutional in 2021, arguing that it infringed the legislature's power to set standards at the workplace. The state and a group representing the companies and other parties appealed that decision, and Monday's ruling came down in their favor.
Shares of ridesharing and delivery companies rose on the news, with Uber, Lyft, and Doordash notching gains of more than 4% after hours.
California Bill To Cap Oil Profits Approved By State Senate Committee
The bill — a deal between Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and state legislators — would create a government watchdog that would establish limits on profit margins for oil refiners and implement penalties for surpassing those limits, according to a Monday announcement by the governor’s office. Newsom had previously sought to impose a windfall tax — a tax imposed when market conditions help a company generate profits that are significantly above the norm — which would have required a super majority of the state legislature to be implemented, as opposed to the current proposal which would only require a simple majority of the Democrat-controlled governing body to pass, Bloomberg reported.
The proposed legislation would also mandate stricter reporting on financial data and give the state the ability to more clearly investigate the “unexplained” higher gas prices in the state of California compared to the rest of the nation, the governor’s office said in a press release. Gas prices surged in California, to $6.42 per gallon, roughly $2.61 higher than the national average, despite a drop in crude prices, according to the governor’s office.
Gas prices in California are partially propped up by high taxes on gas and its lack of interstate pipelines, which means downtime at any of the 10 refineries across the state — down from nearly 50 in recent decades — causes spikes in gas prices, the LA Times reported in December 2022. California is also heavily reliant on foreign imports of crude oil, and was one of Russia’s best U.S. customers for oil, leading to spikes following a U.S. ban on russian crude imports.
LAPD chief accused of feeding personal data to anti-police activists: 'Bounty on our officers'
Thousands of photos, names and other personal information for police in Los Angeles were released to an anti-police group that has published the material on a website — sparking a complaint against the city's top cop from the officers' labor union.
The information's release endangers police across the city and exposes undercover cops, the union claims, though the group said the information is public information and doesn't include private addresses.
"This site just went up a day or two ago and puts a bounty on our officers," Robert Rico, general counsel for the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL), told Fox News Digital on Thursday. "We are going to court to try and get it taken down and have sent cease-and-desist demands to Google and Twitter."
California lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — This Easter, Americans will devour more than 1 billion Peeps — those radiant marshmallow chicks whose appearance on store shelves each year is as much a herald of spring as azaleas at the Masters.
What makes the treats so vibrant is erythrosine, a chemical that shows up on ingredient labels as Red No. 3. It’s one of several chemicals, along with titanium dioxide, used to color some of the most popular candy in the country — including Skittles and Hot Tamales.
Both chemicals have been linked to cancer. More than 30 years ago, U.S. regulators banned Red No. 3 from makeup. The U.S. still has not banned the chemical from food, to the dismay of some consumer safety groups.
Now, a state lawmaker wants to ban erythrosine and titanium dioxide in California, plus three other chemicals used in everyday favorites like tortillas and some store brand sodas.
Under normal circumstances, the governor’s vibe wouldn’t affect so much of what goes on in the state. The Wuhan Chinese Bat Flu Plague, however, gave Democrat governors like Newsom a taste of tyrannical power that they have been reluctant to give up. The Golden State is now very much a reflection of its Soviet-esque chief executive. A couple of recent stories just reek of the Newsomness of it all. The first one from Rick:
We all know how threatened commies are by people of faith, so this isn’t too surprising. Even Gavin knows that California isn’t so far gone that he can just start shutting down churches. It’s almost certainly on his agenda though.
Robert wrote about some news from California that’s got “hammer and sickle” all over it:
We all know how that keeps working out.
We all know how threatened commies are by people of faith, so this isn’t too surprising. Even Gavin knows that California isn’t so far gone that he can just start shutting down churches. It’s almost certainly on his agenda though.
Robert wrote about some news from California that’s got “hammer and sickle” all over it:
We all know how that keeps working out.
Clem72
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Banned all over the world. There are other natural and unnatural red dyes that an be used that won't give you cancer or cause ADHD in kids. But it might cost 2 cents more for a box of fruit loops.
SamSpade
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Have you SEEN what the electicity charges are planning to be?
Even the very very highest rates are a fraction of what *I* pay every month. How does California manage to deliver such cheap electricity?