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State Bar asks CA Supreme Court for bailout

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by JOHN HOWARD posted 10.03.2016

Blocked by lawmakers at the 11th hour and facing a fiscal emergency, the State Bar of California went directly to the state Supreme Court seeking authority to levy dues on thousands of attorneys. The Bar, which filed the request Friday, said it would go out of business early next year without the money generated by the dues.

PolitiFact: Licensed gun dealers outnumber McDonald’s 2-to-1 in CA

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by CHRIS NICHOLS posted 07.20.2016

The Safety For All campaign made a recent statement about the prevalence of gun dealers in California. It’s a colorful claim like Obama’s, but has a bit more hard data to back it up. “There are at least twice as many licensed firearm dealers in California as there are McDonald’s,” the campaign’s spokesman said in recent email.