Monday, January 03, 2011
Watch Your Step!
gubbmint outta control. again.
750 new laws went into effect in California 1/1/11.
The up side, we can spell California properly again as Ahhhnold is OUT. *whew* But not before pardoning son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez [CircleD - LA] for his guilty plea “to voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon for a drunken knife fight.” Swell.
Here’s a sampling. I may have already broke eight or twelve this morning…
SB 535, was sponsored by General Motors, ... July 1, the 85,000 drivers of hybrid vehicles allowed to use High Occupancy vehicle lanes lose the privilege. ... Beginning January 2012, 40,000 new generation hybrids—electric motor, rechargeable battery-powered cars with small internal combustion engines—will be allowed to use the lanes.
Remember Prop 19 wherein Californians didn’t make pot legal? Yeah. Far too much money being made in the current situation by growers, both illegal alien and local, for that sillyness. ‘Sides, the growers are already unionized in Oakland. rly.
SB 1449, that makes possession of up to one ounce of the drug an infraction. If caught, it’s still a $100 fine but the change from misdemeanor to infraction eliminates the possibility of arrest, a trip to court and creation of a criminal record.
Another new Commission has been created to join the more than 500 we already have.
the California Apiary Research Commission whose job is do protect honey bees whose numbers have been dropping significantly in recent years. The seven-member commission will be paid for with a fee of no more than $1 assessed on all state bee colonies. Its job is to educate beekeepers on pest management practices that will reduce honey bee disease.
Yep—the State will educate the professionals. Works every time.
AB 2470: Prohibits health insurers from canceling insurance once a policy is issued, unless there is fraud or intentional misrepresentation. (Assemblyman Hector De La Torre, CircleD-South Gate)
Did you list your height at 5’10”? Are ya reaaaally 5’ 9.875”? FRAUUUUD!!!lebnty!!!!
AB 2503: Creates a process for companies to leave decommissioned oil rigs in place as aquatic reefs, with tops removed, and to share the savings for environmental and public purposes. (Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, CircleD-Los Angeles)
Wait: “share the savings for environmental and public purposes”?!? uh. huh…
AB 605: Allows free beer, wine and liquor tastings inside large supermarkets and large liquor outlets. (Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, CircleD-La Cañada Flintridge)
woooooooooooooooo!
SB 944: Designates a Ronald Reagan Day each Feb. 6 as a day of special significance - not a holiday - in which schools will be encouraged to conduct exercises honoring Reagan. (Sen. George Runner, R-Lancaster)
This oughta end well…
Desperately needed are these…
SB 1072: Permits the state Horse Racing Board to issue licenses for “exchange wagering” that allows bets to be placed on a racehorse to lose, beginning in May 2012. (Sen. Ron Calderon, CircleD-Montebello) whaaa???
SB 929: Bans the use of cadmium in children’s jewelry by January 2012. (Sen. Fran Pavley, CircleD-Agoura Hills)
Cadmium but not arsenic? WTH?!?
This sounds good.
SB 1290: Requires self-defense for middle and high school students to be added to physical education classes once curriculum frameworks are revised. (Sen. Christine Kehoe, CircleD-San Diego)
Think they’ll spend time at the range? Think harder. “Keys between your fingers, children!”
But, the parents of chronic truants will be charged with a misdemeanor if “they have not reasonably supervised [the children] and encouraged school attendance.” Why the kidz would want to miss is beyond me: they’ll have “free, fresh drinking water during meal times” [SB1413] and “be immunized for whooping cough.” wee.
Here’s the one that’ll effect us all: the Sockpuppet Law.
SB 411: Makes it a misdemeanor to impersonate another person on a website or by electronic means to intimidate, threaten, defraud or harm. (Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto)
Posting “Looook at meeee! *snort*drool*duhr*—Teh iWon” now illegal! in CA! Ah wth—that’ll be covered by the Feds before July anyway.
I’m going for more coffee before that’s restricted.
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