Government’s primary role is to ensure its residents are safe and laws are in place to mandate behaviors to keep people safe. Sentencing laws are enacted to enforce those behaviors and guarantee violent criminals are kept off the streets, so…
By Assemblywoman Laurie Davies | Contributing columnist PUBLISHED: October 18, 2021 at 9:19 a.m. | UPDATED: October 18, 2021 at 9:19 a.m. It feels like every day there is a new catastrophe facing Californians: More than 70 cargo ships are piled…
California’s hard-working taxpayers just handed state lawmakers a $75 billion surplus for fiscal year 2021-22, which begins on July 1. The budget must be crafted by June 15. Are the lawmakers eager to reward us by giving back a major…