Right on Daily Legislative Update: AB2128 (Kiley) Aimed at Protecting Children From Sexual Harassment by Teachers Gutted by Democrat Mark Stone and Others

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Apr 302018
 

From a Roseville Joint Union High School District Trustee Julie Hirota:

AB 2128 is a bill regarding the safety of our children at school. What led me to this effort are incidents I’m facing as a trustee in our schools.  One example has become of statewide interest as reported in the Sacramento Bee:
 
I’m sure this is happening in districts accross the state and I’m searching to find more reports like this.
 

Though I can’t comment on issues in closed sessions, I can share what’s been reported in the Sacramento Newspaper.  A longtime teacher, with a history of inappropriate behavior, continues to be employed in the classroom after a 14-year old child complained that he often touched her, massaged her shoulders, flirted with her and even pulled her skirt above her knee. This type of sexual harassment impairs the relationship, disrupts the educational process and teaches our kids that it’s ok to be threatened.  This lesson will be imprinted on this child the rest of her life.  Not a single day passes that I haven’t thought about this young girl and said to myself, “this could be my daughter.”

Sexual harassment can be subtle.  So much that kids might question the reality of what’s happening.  In recent headlines we’ve seen that many adults had difficulty reporting sexual harassment.  And, when a student feels uncomfortable, they don’t always know what to do, so it’s ourresponsibility as adults to do everything we can to protect them.

Again, I’m very interested in passing new language in AB 2128 (click for link.)  The author is Assemblyman Kevin Kiley. The bill attempts to do two things:
  1. First, it would expand the definition of “egregious misconduct” in Education Code Section 44932 to include “sexual harassment.”
    • This would allow the expedited dismissal process to be triggered in cases where a teacher is accused of committing sexual harassment against a student.

  2.  Second, the bill would allow local school officials to look back more than 4 years into a teacher’s record in cases involving sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior with a student. Existing law limits the presentation of evidence and testimony to 4 years except in the most serious instances of alleged sexual assault or child abuse.
    • Expanding the exemptions to this 4-year limit would allow school officials to develop a pattern of inappropriate behavior or sexual harassment when deciding to dismiss a teacher.

In the era of #MeToo, we cannot tolerate the sexual harassment of our children in the classroom.  AB 2128 makes common sense changes to strengthen the existing teacher dismissal statute and better to protect kids from these predatory behaviors.

Bill Status

  • The bill passed the Education Committee 7/0
  • The bill passed (with a significant amendment) the Judiciary Committee yesterday 10/0  (Assemblyman Mark Stone is the chair.)
  • The bill has moved to the Appropriations Committee (no date set)

Assemblyman Stone amended the document and includes the following legislative analysis.

Legislative Analysis and Bill Amendment

The legislative analysis and the feedback from “the committee” (Mark Stone with analysis from his analyst, Alison Merrilees) includes:

  • As now in print, the bill would add sexual harassment, as defined in Section 212.5, to the definition of “egregious misconduct,” basically placing it in the same category of misconduct as sexual offenses such as rape, sodomy, oral copulation, and child molestation. (See Section 44932.) While sexual harassment is serious and traumatizing, the Committee questions whether one act of sexual harassment is sufficiently serious for it to be put in the same category as extremely serious crimes such as rape, sodomy, oral copulation, and child molestation, or whether it should not be.
What’s difficult to me as a parent and a trustee is that sexual harassment is a gateway to sexual assault or sex with a minor.  Teachers need to be held to a higher standard as mentors who have an unusual amount of influence and power over our children during their most vulnerable and the majority of time in their life. 

This amendment which strikes out the new language defeats the major purpose of the bill. By striking the language in this bill, it compromises the safety of children, who are at risk of sexual harassment from teachers.  This is not acceptable.

I’d be happy to meet and talk about any interest on this issue.

Capitol Meltdown: From Steve Davey to Matt Dababneh, Sacramento is fulfilling the worst conspiracy fantasies

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Dec 062017
 

So often, people, not just your intrepid blogger write about things they see coming and are completely ignored. It is easier to dismiss the source rather than deal with the brutal reality.

Some years ago, I had been told about Steve Davey and Dave Titus’ out of control sexual behavior by former staff. Senator Ted Gaines did nothing, and his then Chief of Staff Steve Davey was fired by the Senate Rules committee, which we are now learning is an extremely rare feat, indeed. Many people dismissed the writings of this blog because of the demonstrated disdain for anything Gaines.

One could say that Steve Davey was a trailblazer, or the canary in the sexual coal mine of the Sacramento State Capitol. On January 30, 2016, Rightondaily reported that Steve Davey had been fired for numerous sexual harassment issues. Then on Feb 7, 2016, we posted part two of the disgusting saga of Steve Davey.

Democrat Assemblymember, Roger Hernandez represented the first legislator to fall due to sex issues, (sort of) he beat up his ex and his run for Congress was scuttled as a result. This followed his DUI.

Remember Democrat Senator Ben Huseo with a DUI? Democrat Senators Ron Calderon and Leland Yee getting serious Jail Time for Corruption? Roderick Wright got a slap on the wrist with a guilty verdict for lying about his residency. Link. Their corruption scandals preceded today’s Sexual Scandals.

With Hollywood Icon Harvey Weinstein falling in a public and spectaular way, the sexual scandal dam is breaking. We are finding out now that Weinstein was being protected for years by Bill and Hillary Clinton. (speaking of rapists and sexual deviants) The pattern of powerful democrats protecting high-profile creeps is being exposed, buttressing the concept of the “Deep State”.

Then some 140 women in and around the capitol from sitting members to high level staff and lobbyists signed a letter about the sexual deviance in the California State Capitol.

This is the same capitol whose members voted to throw you in jail for calling someone with a penis a man if they feel like a woman (or a space alien) at the point in time you address them. Yet at the same time, the legislature voted to make infecting someone with HIV a misdemeanor versus a felony. (They also reduced dozens of other felonies to misdemeanors over the last several years)

Then we got Raul Bocanegra. Six women lit him up and apparently there was truth to the allegations as Bocanegra never really fought back against them. A woman who received a settlement as a result of Bocanegra’s abuse lost her job afterwards and was subjected to a confidentiality agreement in order to muzzle her.

Then we got Tony Mendoza. He has three and counting accusers. He has not resigned and is fighting back against the allegations. What is key is that Mendoza fired aides that allegedly knew about his behavior. This is similar to the ex-staffer of Ted Gaines who went on the record with me about Steve Davey.

Now we have Matt Dababneh. I had been warned that DaBabneh had a target on him for a while. Dababneh was lit up by two women, one of which told a graphic, specifically detailed story about Dababneh wacking off in front of her after he followed her in to a bathroom. When Dabs was working for would be impeachment warrior Brad Sherman (who got $250 from Travis Allen, by the way) he allegedly mistreated several female employees.

I am aware that insiders believe as many as 5 more democrat Assemblymembers are under the gun for Sexual Harassment issues. One is a high-profile black member, another is in a district near me and a third is purported to be a female member harassing/attacking females. The same sources that warned me about Dabby have relayed this info. Since I have no proof, I am not naming names.

For as much as Devon Mathis has enraged me with his Cap and Trade vote, I do not believe the sex assault allegations against him are true. I do get that he has terrible judgement and should not be out drinking late at night on legislative days, that alone could sink him. There are a variety of other issues that Mr. Mathis has, but they are not criminal or sexual. It is my opinion that Mathis may survive his scandal in 2018, in terms of staying out of jail.

However, If Mathis survives at the ballot box, it will be because the above three are providing people perspective for what real sex issues look like.

Then we have Chad Mayes and Marc Steinorth. Their affairs with adult women are legal, but not ethical. No one has alleged that what they did was not consensual. Since I have been defending Roy Moore, who has basically admitted dating teenagers, which may or may not have included sex (also legal and immoral), a distinction has to be made. Moore was single. Steinorth and Mayes were married and while they could not get prosecuted for cheating on their wives, they should face accountability for it. I am not a Roy Moore fan as I believe he is a showman and knew 100% what he was doing when he got himself thrown off his bench, however, I am defending him from liars.

Given the current political environment, I am not sure the old fashioned cheating BS so many in Politics are guilty of matters. Watching the National Media walk back their BS about Roy Moore as more and more of his accusers are shredded is also notable. The women who I believe are being hired to lie about Republican candidates to gain political advantage for democrats are making discerning the truth much more difficult.

All this said, Mathis, Mayes and Steinorth are all in serious danger of losing their re-election because of Cap and Trade.

So, back to the capitol. Matt Dababneh has the same Lawyer puke as Harvey Weinstein. She is a malignant cancer who engages in brutal and personal attacks against the women who are brave enough to stand up. She sent a pre-lawsuit warning against the Lobbyist that stood up to Dababneh. Again, given that so many women have been proven to be liars, lying to tilt elections, how can you 100% dismiss Dababneh’s legal tactics.

Women in the Sacramento sewer are in a vice-grip. If they get abused and mistreated and say anything about it, they lose their job (in addition to getting sued) as retaliation.

If I was a female in Sacramento, I would not get anywhere close to any man I was not married to that is anywhere near the Capitol.

When I was told about Ted Gaines former Chief of Staff Steve Davey’s sexual abuse/harrassment issues in 2015, something told me that his behavior was not isolated. Beyond Davey being a graphic illustration of the moral bankruptcy of Ted Gaines, he was a harbinger of what we are seeing today.

There is one other point I will conclude with. Roger Hernandez, Raul Bocanegra and Matt Dababneh are all considered (ahem Tax-Raising) “Biz-Democrats”. The leftist rank and file hate them all. Tony Mendoza on the Senate Side is another. Since I’ve yet to see a liberal get hammered (for sex stuff), it could very well be that the leadership are being selective about their release of leaks regarding the creeps. Of the three other possibles in the Assembly, two are indeed liberals and a third is another tax-raising moderate like the three known creeps.

It could well be that the democrat leadership are using the sex abuse scandals to clean house of those pesky “moderates”. These people know 100% what they are doing (such as legalizing ballot harvesting, changing the rules on absentee ballots to allow for election day dumping, and of course same day fraud registration for a few examples) and I put nothing past them…

#WINNING: California Assembly Drops Eric Holder Contract Thanks In No Small Part Due to Assemblymember Kiley

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Jun 012017
 

IF you get Kevin Kiley’s email updates – there was a theme, he was consistently asking questions about the constitutionality and lack of transparency surrounding the $25K a month contract given to Eric Holder. Eric Holder was the Attorney General of the US, and a former Black Panther who seemed to inflame riots and racial tensions as AG.

The Democrat Leadership of the State Legislature hired Eric Holder to fight Trump, symptomatic of democrat leaders everywhere in the throes of anguish, denial and rage over the victory of Donald Trump.

Kevin Kiley had repeatedly made inquiries of the State Government that were ignored. It appeared that Mr. Kiley (an Attorney in his own right) was preparing to sue the State Government over their stonewalling. What is key here is that the Assembly, of which Kiley is a member is the side that cancelled the contract.

The democrats fellow trump-hating paper of record the Sacramento Bee offered this following eulogy:

The California Assembly will not renew its contract with Covington and Burling, the law firm of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder who Democratic legislative leaders enlisted earlier this year to help craft legal strategy to oppose Trump administration policies.

“We have received valuable guidance from Covington & Burling over the past four months. We will continue to seek their guidance as the need arises,” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, said in a statement Thursday.

Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, announced the $25,000-a month contract with Holder’s firm in January.

Dan Reeves, de León’s chief of staff, said the Senate will maintain a contract with Convington and Burling.

“Covington’s advice and guidance has been very valuable to the Senate in responding to the Trump’s administration’s sustained attack on California’s policies and values,” Reeves said. “We currently have a number of ongoing projects with Covington and plan to continue that valuable relationship.”

Reeves said the duration and cost of the contract is still being negotiated and he expects to have more details in the coming weeks.

Editor’s note: This post was updated at 12:55 p.m. June 1, 2017 to include the comment of Dan Reeves.

Installment 3 of Bad Bills in California Update, Water, Utility Rates, Eliminating Tuition Assistance for Citizens…

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Mar 122017
 

For those of you not aware – in 2018 the Democrat Party will accomplish another one of their social engineering goals. Electricity rates will basically double statewide as the State Changes to a 2 Tier Electrical Rating System.

I recently received a notice that my water rates are going up 16% and sewer rates 14% over the next two years. The notice was clear that the rate increase was due to state mandates.

This is the psychosis of Sacramento where tin-horn demagogues like Kevin De Leon (who has illegal alien family members here in California) and Ricardo Lara are in a pitched battle to see who can get the crown for the worst bill in State History passed.

Kevin De Leon has decided to go for broke with a bill mandating 100% Renewable Energy in California by 2050. Renewable energy is stuff like Solar and Wind Power. Solar Panels wear out in 5-10 years, Wind turbines break frequently (and GASP! kill birds) and both methods are subject to the weather. Note – Dams that let water run over turbines do not count.

CA residential electricity costs an average of 42.3% more per kWh than the national average. CA commercial rates are 51.8% higher.  For industrial use, CA electricity is an astonishing 93.6% higher than the national average (July, 2016). The difference is growing between CA and the national average.

Another thing that is absurdly expensive in California? Housing. Thanks to people like Victor Bekhet, Sierra Watch and others that file CEQA lawsuits to thwart development and of course the psychos in Sacramento, there is amazingly a housing crisis in California despite the mass exodus of people. California has 38% of the Welfare cases in America and apparently, the dependent class has nowhere to live. Read more here.

The 2017-18 Governor’s Budget detailed Brown’s intention of phasing out the Middle Class Scholarship program, which assists students who come from households with a combined income of $156,000 or less with 40 per cent of their tuition costs.

But not getting cut is the funding for illegal alien DREAMers. This is where the California Left is.

Paul Golaszewski, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst for the LAO, told Campus Reform that the DREAM Act is going to cost California taxpayers $88.6 million in fiscal year 2017/18.

The total savings from screwing the middle class citizens? $111 Million. Total.

The state is $2 Billion in the hole still. Read the article here.

The State of CA is taking steps to make sure all the regulations Donald Trump is rolling back get re-encoded in State Law. Apparently, those in Charge of California want to have over 50% of the welfare cases in this state.

Introduced into the California Senate by Senate leader Kevin de Leon and Henry Stern, SB 49 is designed to protect California if there are rollbacks of major federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act by making current standards enforceable as baselines under state law.

Why am I not surprised to see Kevin De Leon as the author of this?

Read more here about this and 5 other Water-Related Bills as the insanity rolls on.

Bad Bill Update Part 2 – Out of Control Demagogues – Tax Increases, Socialized Medicine and Illegal Alien giveaways

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Feb 212017
 

Ricardo Lara – who would be a great tin-horn dictator in a third world country has introduced SB562, to create single-payer health insurance in California. This is in response to their deep fears of Donald Trump and his evil plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. The real nexus? Government Control and Health Insurance for illegal aliens.

In 2015, Brown signed into law the senator’s Health4All Kids bill, which allocates almost $280 million in the coming fiscal year to cover health care costs for 185,000 undocumented California children up to age 18.

Last year, Brown also signed a Lara bill that would have allowed undocumented Californians to buy insurance through Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, regardless of their immigration status. The legislation would have cost taxpayers little or nothing because the undocumented wouldn’t have been entitled to any government subsidies, and the state filed for a federal waiver under the Affordable Care Act seeking to implement it. But last month, after it was delayed by the Trump administration, Lara withdrew the waiver request.

Lara who is on a roll this cycle also introduced SB29, which basically prevents law enforcement from using independent contractors to help them deal with illegal aliens. And it gets better, if you actually do detail illegal aliens, your records are immediately subject to FOIA requests. This means internal communication (similar to what Obama holdovers are leaking to the press in real time), investigation files and other things law enforcement use to gain advantage in prosecution are now public record. Nice, huh?

SB1 is the $5 Billion Gas Tax Hike. Please also note that the car tax is going up $65 a piece and the mileage tax is in the “study phase” thanks in no small part to State Senator Ted Gaines, a “Republican” who voted yes on the bill to establish the study of the mileage tax. Note that our roads are a mess and the current tax money goes in to the general fund so people like Ricardo Lara can spend it on welfare (and single payer healthcare).

IF you think the Gas Tax will be replaced by the mileage tax, you are insane. The Mileage Tax will be in addition to.

Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez introduced AB250 which is taxpayer subsidized trips to the beach for poor people. Yup, the state is in the hole $100+ Billion with Dams breaking and washed out roads everywhere and the priority is beach trips for the poor.

SB6 and AB3 – both bills would provide taxpayer funded legal assistance for illegal aliens in California to fight against ICE deporting them. Apparently, the psychos in the dem leadership in CA forgot that immigration policy is set by the federal government and neither law would stand up in court. (except maybe in the 9th circus)

In addition to Lara’s bill to expose law enforcement to unlimited civil liability for dealing with illegal aliens, Lara introduced to more bills. One is aimed at preventing construction of the border wall and the other is aimed at preventing a Muslim database. (Which does not exist)

SB179 is the Transgender change-your-drivers-license bill. Apparently, it is just too difficult to change all your legal documents to reflect how you feel about your genitalia as it is in its’ current state. According to Sen. Weiner, (one of the authors) “Our trans brothers and sisters are under attack in far too many parts of this country and this world.” I guess boys in the girl’s locker room is now a civil right. Note – Weiner is the guy’s actual last name.

SB2 – a tax increase on Commercial Real Estate and Rental Properties to pay for low-income housing. Like all of these bills, the money goes in to the general fund and may not be spent on its’ intended purpose (similar to gas taxes and infrastructure funds).

Lest you think bad bills are limited to democrats. Here is one with far less earth-shattering impact: Janet Nguyen wants to make campaign finance filings instantly available under FOIA. This would be especially helpful if you had the ability to go an intimidate donors and/or publicly humiliate Independent Expenditure Funders. This is SB529  It wpudl also give advantage in a campaign to the better funded candidate as the intimidation of donors has an increased effect when their is a perception of one winning versus another.

I am sure I will have an update because the democrats can’t help themselves.

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