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Communication Fundamentals: Know Your Audience; Use Precise Language
The other day Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that would impose a 1 percent annual fee on the sales of olive trees.
An identical fee is already levied against the sales of fruit trees, nut trees and grapevines which generates $1.4 million to conduct research into ways of improving the vine and tree crop industry. Read more »
The State’s “First Green Industry” Wants to Tax Itself — Gov. Brown Lets Them
California’s 44 registered renderers got their wish September 26 as Gov. Jerry Brown signed renderer-sponsored legislation to reimpose on themselves a lapsed $3,000 annual regulatory fee.
The hope is that more revenue will allow the state Food and Agriculture Agency to do a better job preventing thefts of a lucrative part of the rendering industry – inedible kitchen grease. Read more »
No Yolk Buddy, Inspector White of the Egg Police: Let’s See the Log Books
California is putting more egg cops in the henhouse under a bill signed September 26 by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The measure is a reaction to August 2010’s nationwide recall of more than 380 million eggs produced by two Iowa farms after a eight-state salmonella outbreak that sickened some 266 Californians.
“Additional enforcement was needed to maintain food safety and quality assurances for Californians,” according to the Senate Floor Analysis of the bill – SB 549 by Sen. Read more »
Exactly the Kind of Media Attention the High Speed Rail Authority Was Looking For
(The Hanford Sentinel Explains) Read more »
To Sleep Or Not to Sleep, That Apparently Isn’t In Question
From the Hanford Sentinel:
Video Captures Rail Official Snoozing During Hanford Public Hearing
By Kevin Kennedy | Monday, September 26
A California High-Speed Rail Authority official charged with spreading the agency’s message is drawing ridicule from Kings County residents for nodding off during last week’s public hearing in Hanford in a moment captured on YouTube and quickly spread around the Internet. Read more »
State Law as It Relates to Edible White Spheroids With a Yellow Center
What constitutes an “egg product” in California?
Food and Agriculture Code Section 27512 says simply that “egg products means egg meats.”
What then are “egg meats?”
The preceding Section 27511 defines egg meats as the “white, yolk or any part of eggs, in liquid, frozen, dried or any other form, used, intended or held for
use in the preparation of — or to be a part of or mixed with — food or food products, for human consumption.” Read more »
Better Luck Next Time, Roy
California’s Capitol extends condolences to the Bay Area’s Roy Benson.
Benson’s initiative to declare the Tuesday after the first Monday in November a statewide holiday failed to garner the necessary signatures to qualify for the ballot, the Secretary of State announced recently.
Although Benson’s cover letter doesn’t include his reasoning for declaring Election Day a holiday, the presumed intent would be to increase voter turnout by eliminating other conflicts, such as employment. Read more »
Today’s Latin Lesson Gets This Hint: “Nothing (Here) But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos”
Filum Viae
“Center of the Road” Read more »
A Round of Mango Mojitos on the House: Infusion Is No Longer Rectification!
Gov. Jerry Brown has made California safe for lemoncello lovers and imbibers of Martian Martinis, bacon bourbon, cucumber gin, Bloody Marys tingling with habanero vodka and even Mona Lisa Green Monsters, margaritas infused with medicinal marijuana.
Up until the Democratic governor signed SB 32 on September 21, any cocktails made with “infused” alcohol sold by bars and restaurants violated state law. Read more »
Fingerprints? Recipients and Providers of In-Home Care Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Fingerprints!
More than 400,000 low-income elderly Californians who receive in-home care through the state – and their caregivers — will not need to submit fingerprints to receive the services, under legislation on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk.
The fingerprinting requirement was approved as part of the budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30, ostensibly to combat “fraud” allegedly occurring in delivering In-Home Supportive Services, the fastest growing social program in the state budget. Read more »
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