Appeals Court denies preliminary injunction against top-two open primary

The California Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling denying a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of Proposition 14 in Field v. Bowen, one of the pending lawsuits against the top-two open primary system. The court held that the so-called "party preference ban" and the prohibition against counting write-in votes in general elections under top- two are constitutional.  

Study: Crime increased after closing of LA medical marijuana dispensaries

Many critics of drug legalization worry that lifting the prohibition on illegal drugs like marijuana will increase crime and make our streets less safe. A recent study released this month, however, indicates that just the opposite might be true. Counter-intuitively, stricter drug policies might actually lead to an increase in crime.

Solyndra bankruptcy and its inevitable impact on California renewable energy

Solyndra executives, CEO Brian Harrison and CFO Bill Stover, were pummeled in a Congressional hearing last Friday, mostly by Republicans who wanted to know what happened to the $528 million in federal loan money and why the loans were made subordinate to a $75 million private loan. Democrats were also unhappy.

Wall Street protest enters second week, spreads to West Coast

Protesters demonstrating against the excesses of crony capitalism and its corrupting influence on our nation’s politics have occupied a park in Manhattan’s financial district for over a week.  Their numbers are growing and the movement appears to be spreading.