May 26, 2015 | SacBee.com
It could get more expensive to file a ballot initiative in California.
Legislation hiking the filing fee from $200 to $8,000 passed the Assembly on a 46-24 vote Tuesday. In the background lurked a near-universally condemned proposed ballot initiative that seeks to authorize executing homosexuals. While the ... Read More
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May 12, 2015 | Yahoo News
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge decided not to send a serial rapist back to a psychiatric hospital, outraging the California community where he has lived since his release last year and where some fear he will attack again.
Santa Clara County Judge Richard Loftus ruled ... Read More
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April 29, 2015 | hometownstation.com
A bill to clean out the Bouquet Canyon creek in Santa Clarita and allow for water to flow through the creek once more to refill the canyon’s resident’s wells was passed through the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, officials said Wednesday.
Assembly Bill 353, authored by ... Read More
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April 21, 2015 | NBCLosAngeles.com
Legislators and advocates gathered Monday to showcase a new tool that will crack down on drugged driving across the state.
DDS2, also known as a roadside drug test, is like a breathalyzer, but it tests for narcotics instead of alcohol.
The technology, in use in states such as ... Read More
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February 25, 2015 | LA Times
All of us must have been snoring when Proposition 47 passed. If anyone was awake and noticed a huge flaw, nothing was said. Nary a peep.
That's too often the problem with ballot initiatives. They're products of focus groups and polling to see what sells. They're ... Read More
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February 23, 2015 | Reuters
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Illegal possession of so-called date-rape drugs would become a potential felony under a bill in California to reverse what supporters say is an unintended consequence of a voter-approved law reducing penalties for non-violent crimes.
The measure by Republican Tom Lackey, set to be ... Read More
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January 9, 2015 | bakersfieldnow.com
The NFL made it public Friday morning on national television that the Bobcats are the winners of the league’s "Together We Make Football" contest. Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen, among many others, tweeted about it.
As the winners, the whole team is booked for a ... Read More
January 9, 2015Administrator
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Dear Friends,
The last year has been quite the journey but your support gave us the strength to accomplish our mission and return conservative values and ethical leadership to our region.
Last Tuesday was an historic night and one that both my family and I will always remember, but history could not ... Read More
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Palmdale, CA— In a recent editorial published on Saturday, October 25th, the Antelope Valley Press, similar to a majority of the local leaders in California’s 36th Assembly District endorsed retired Highway Patrol Sergeant and Candidate for Assembly Tom Lackey.
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Palmdale, CA— Former Highway Patrol Sergeant and Candidate for Assembly, Tom Lackey has received the endorsement of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA).
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