Prepping for wildfire hazards

Summer and fall are peak fire season. Recent fires in­clude the Nixon Fire in Riv­erside County, along with the Park Fire in Northern Califor­nia....

Legislators back at work pushing for governor’s approval

The July summer recess is over – we re-convened on August 5th. All bills that passed the Senate before the recess will now be...

Protecting kids online

Summer is here, and kids have time on their hands. That could mean hours of unsupervised internet use while parents are working. It’s been...

Biden’s plan a threat to American innovation

The Biden administration is quietly advancing a proposal that could devastate America’s high-tech economy. The proposal functionally rewrites a 1980 law known as the Bayh-Dole...

Watch out for investment scams

Californians fall prey to more online investment scams and lose more money than residents of any other state in the country, according to the...

Defending communities against SVPs

Last week, a rally of over two hundred people opposed to placement of a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) in a rural Poway neighborhood was...

Summer brings new laws to light

A number of new laws passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor have gone into effect this year. New laws that went...

Advocating for animals after research

Recently, at a ceremony in the Capitol, I was honored to recognize Shannon Keith, President and Founder of the Beagle Freedom Project, along with...

Trailers on state’s budget

The main state budget bill passed prior to the June 15th constitutional deadline, and the Governor had until June 30th to sign it into...

Funding Alzheimer’s research

As with so many issues involving medical research and healthcare, San Diego County is ground zero in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, it is...