Dec 7, 2022
California is leading the movement to reclassify felony crimes as misdemeanors. Proposition 47 reclassified a wide range of theft and drug possession crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.
Proposition 47 did not spell out specific details on extenuating circumstances for prosecuting these crimes as misdemeanors. The...
Nov 1, 2022
Bad laws did not start out as "bad." These laws started with reasonable assumptions, purpose, and intent. However, some laws end up creating severe and harmful adverse outcomes upon implementation. Our conversation with Ted Stroll focuses on the harm being created when the legislature does not respond to...
Oct 4, 2022
There is evidence of discontent among the voters in CA. It comes from the growing disappointment with specific laws, regulations and policies passed by the California State legislature in recent years.
The problem can be described as the Law of Unintended Consequences. Several Laws passed by the California...
Jun 2, 2022
First-generation candidate Jon Elist for the U.S. Senate sits down in a Zoom call to discuss the top five issues in his bid to be the new Congressional Senator representing California.
Topics include inflation, immigration, homelessness, national security, and why he is willing to move from being the CEO of a...
May 24, 2022
California will hold its primary election on June 7, 2022. Effective January 1, 2011, California changed the way primary elections operate, with a law titled, The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act. Most of the offices that were previously known as "partisan" are now known as "voter-nominated" offices. All candidates...