County’s life sciences a boon to region
San Diego County ranks third in the nation as a center for the Life Science industry after Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area....
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...