- CA Homelessness Crisis – Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Today in Pivotal 8th Amendment Case Limiting Local Power to Regulate Encampments. Controversial 9th Circuit decision in 2018 in Martin v. City of Boise limited power of local governments unless shelter beds are available could be narrowed, based on federal Constitution’s 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. https://eedition2.sacbee.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=b6ba0ecf-9668-425b-bcaf-b9a00b0d1fd2&appcode=SACBEE&eguid=64b98635-dba6-4fcb-9d00-97dbab098887&pnum=3#?deviceId=5D0A89E6-0DA5-43FA-A4F3-5ACC5F6C58A1&tempKey=value
- First Amendment – CA Legislature Voting Today on Bill to Restrict Utilities Ability to Speak on Political Matters (Note: AP describes it as a limit on utility “spending”). https://apnews.com/article/042260c71d0a95145aa432bd351dc6bf
- First Amendment – Citizen Initiatives & State Gov Election Influence – CA Attorney General’s Biased Name for Parental Rights Ballot Measure Upheld by Court: Citizen initiative would require schools to communicate with parents if school treats their children as transgender, require children to use bathrooms and participate in sports consistent with child’s biological sex, and regulate child sex change/gender-affirming treatments. Petition sponsors sued the AG when he gave the initiative the biased title: “Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth Initiative.” Judge held that AG is permitted “considerable latitude” in how to name initiatives. https://eedition2.sacbee.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=2cec530d-0d6f-43e4-a025-e6c401e093eb&appcode=SACBEE&eguid=64b98635-dba6-4fcb-9d00-97dbab098887&pnum=4#?deviceId=5D0A89E6-0DA5-43FA-A4F3-5ACC5F6C58A1&tempKey=value
- CA State Regulation – State Pathetically Takes 30 Years After 1990’s Erin Brockovich Case to Set New Contaminated Drinking Water Rule For Carcinogenic Chromium 6; Finally Adopts Same Standard Thrown Out by Judge 10 Years Ago With More Substantiation. https://eedition2.sacbee.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=b188ab74-56ca-43b0-a636-b54fe9752788&appcode=SACBEE&eguid=64b98635-dba6-4fcb-9d00-97dbab098887&pnum=10#?deviceId=5D0A89E6-0DA5-43FA-A4F3-5ACC5F6C58A1&tempKey=value
- Housing Shortage & Affordability Crisis – “Climate Change” and “Open Space” Preservation Cited as Reasons to Not Build Homes in Folsom: Amid an acute housing shortage and affordability crisis driving state government to usurp local control statewide, local opposition to 8,000 unit development near Sacramento cites “climate change” impacts from use of cars, desire to preserve “open space,” and risk of upending prior plans as reasons to not build homes. (Note: In this editorial, the Sac Bee Editorial Board describes the proposed development as a “risky growth plan”). https://eedition2.sacbee.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=a021d103-983b-44c0-a751-dec21081d93c&appcode=SACBEE&eguid=64b98635-dba6-4fcb-9d00-97dbab098887&pnum=1#?deviceId=5D0A89E6-0DA5-43FA-A4F3-5ACC5F6C58A1&tempKey=value