If California politicians can trust shoppers to social distance while packed into big box stores, then churches should be trusted to do the same. That’s what Senator Brian Jones (R-Escondido) argued as he introduced the Religion is Essential Act (SB 397) yesterday, a bill to require the state and local…
In defiance of federal law, California already requires all private health insurance plans to include coverage for abortion. Last December, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it would withhold $200 million from California unless the state changed course. Unconcerned about the threat, Senator Lena Gonzalez wants…
Senate Democrats’ commitment to transparency will be put to the test by a new bill introduced at the state capitol requiring school districts to post sex education lessons online for easy parent access. A similar bill was heard in the Senate Education Committee last year, SB 673, but was rejected…
Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has made good on his promise to begin his effort to “decriminalize all drug use” step by step with the introduction of several bills at the start of the new legislative session. Senate Bill 57 creates “safe injection sites” in Oakland, San Francisco, and Los…
Last Friday, the US Supreme Court handed churches and synagogues in New York a stunning victory over their governor’s discriminatory COVID-19 restrictions on indoor services. The 5-4 majority declared “even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten.” Despite the victory, it was unclear how the New…
Ignoring the thousands of lives destroyed every year by illicit drugs, Senator Wiener (D-San Francisco) recently announced on Twitter his intent to end California’s “war on drugs.” Encouraged by the recent decriminalization of some psychedelic drugs in Oregon and Washington D.C., Wiener plans to start his new crusade by introducing…
Ignoring the privacy and safety rights of female inmates, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 132 several weeks ago, a bill to allow inmates to decide where to be housed based not on their biological sex, but on their gender identity. The bill author, Senator Scott Wiener (D) San Francisco, said…
Despite the medical evidence and the moral outcry from Christians around the country, Governor Gavin Newsom sent out a celebratory press release over the weekend announcing the signing of AB 2218, a bill that gives grants to gender clinics to pay for transgender drugs and surgeries known to sterilize children…
Last Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a controversial bill that would make it harder for churches, youth organizations, and the average citizen to protect teens from young adults who seek them out for sex. The new law removes the mandatory sex offender registration requirement for adults convicted of homosexual sex…
A recently released poll shows 64 percent of California voters do not want Governor Gavin Newsom to sign a bill to pay for transgender drugs and surgeries known to sterilize minors and adults. The survey, conducted by Spry Strategies in conjunction with the Women’s Liberation Front, shows that conservative Christians…