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The ACU is the group that puts on CPAC.

California today became the first state to outlaw plastic bags after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the ban into law. SB270 prohibits stores from providing disposable plastic grocery bags to shoppers, and requires them to charge for paper bags. The bill, which proponents called a national model, represents a step toward elimination of the plastic checkout bags which have been a …

The new ad from homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio concludes by calling him “independent.” DeMaio, of course, is the GOP nominee and has declared that he “owes everything” to the Tea Party. But somehow, he’s independent. 

The bill also bans “transgender panic” as a valid defense for violent crimes. California is the first state to enact such a ban.

Homocon GOP House candidate Carl DeMaio hired and then fired a campaign staffer yesterday after discovering racist and anti-Semitic messages on his Twitter feed.  Former San Diego City Councilman Carl DeMaio, who is running for the Congressional seat held by Democrat Scott Peters, fired college student Blaise Hahs after tweets containing hashtags like ‘#smartniggaprobzz’ and comments such as “Who wants …

One hundred drag queens will reportedly descend on Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters tomorrow in a protest over the “real name” rule that has seen many profiles deleted. Via Techcrunch: Trannyshack founder and drag queen Heklina woke up this morning to discover her Facebook profile page had been completely erased from existence. She’d heard of this happening to other queens in …

According to a just-completed preliminary count, the billionaire behind the plan to divide California into six new states did not turn in enough valid petition signatures to place the issue on the 2016 state ballot. The measure needed 807,615 valid voter signatures to qualify, and the Six Californias campaign turned in nearly 1.14 million in mid-July. But several weeks of …

California should soon become the first state to ban the so-called “gay panic” defense in violent crimes against LGBT citizens. A bill awaiting Brown’s approval would prohibit the use of the defense — the argument that a violent act was triggered by the revelation of a victim’s actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation — in …

“Dear Governor Brown, I work for you. I am an Associate Professor of English and Classics at California State University-Northridge. I know that a bill, AB 1951, sponsored by Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles, may reach your desk for signature soon. It will allow for birth certificates to be issued, which indicate gay men as ‘mother’ and lesbians as ‘father.’ …

Oakland’s first Pride parade is today, but according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the leather community is not invited. One thing you probably won’t find at Oakland’s first LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday: partially clad men in leather chaps. What you will find is the Jolly Trolly from Children’s Fairyland, pony rides, antique fire engines and singer/drummer Sheila E. Instead …

Remember a few months ago when the office of homocon US House candidate Carl DeMaio was trashed just days before the primary? Remember how reporters suspected an attention-seeking inside job? Via U-T San Diego: Two former staffers may be the ones responsible for a burglary at GOP congressional candidate Carl DeMaio’s Mira Mesa campaign headquarters on the eve of the …

Via Reuters: A former trainee manager at Little Caesars pizza in California sued the company for discrimination on Wednesday, accusing the Detroit-based chain of denying employees health insurance benefits for their legally wed same-sex spouses. The lawsuit was brought in state Superior Court in Orange County, regional headquarters for the nation’s third-largest pizza chain, by Frank Bernard, 47, who said …

The 6.0 M near the Bay Area this morning was the largest quake to hit that area since the Loma Prieta earthquake almost 25 years ago.— USGS (@USGS) August 24, 2014 UPDATE: At least 70 people were injured by this morning’s earthquake in California. Damage reports are coming in. http://t.co/Ow5OxhnoCD— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) August 24, 2014 #California hit by biggest #earthquake …

In November 2012, Los Angeles County voters approved a bill that mandates the use of condoms in all local porn productions. The bill’s passage resulted in a 90% decline in porn production permit applications in the county. Yesterday the California state Senate killed a bill that would have expanded that mandate statewide. The measure, set aside by the Senate Appropriations …

His latest attack against the Democratic House incumbent: “Scott Peters voted to spike government employee pensions even though he knew San Diegans could not afford it. Because of Scott Peters’ pension scheme, many government employees now get pensions higher than $100,000 a year and some even became millionaires.”

A Los Angeles gay man has filed a lawsuit after discovering that his medical records list him as having the “chronic problem” of homosexuality. Matthew Moore, 46, who is openly gay, said he was shocked to see his sexual orientation still described as a chronic condition more than a year after he complained about the use of the archaic medical …

A registered sex offender who ran in this year’s California GOP gubernatorial primary as a reformed “Christian soldier” has been arrested for shooting a man and killing a horse. Tye “Glenn” Champ, 48, was arrested without incident a day after Fresno County Sheriff’s officials say he opened fire during a dispute with his neighbor in Prather, a community about 30 …

In November 2012, Los Angeles County voters approved a bill that mandates the use of condoms in all porn video shoots. The Associated Press reports today that local applications for porn filming permits dropped by more than 90% last year. But that doesn’t mean that condom-less filming isn’t still taking place. So where are those hundreds of films available for …

The billionaire behind the plan to divide California into six new states says his group has gathered enough signatures to place the issue on the November 2016 ballot. Timothy Draper, a founder of a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that has invested in Twitter, Skype and Tesla, among other companies, has been agitating for months for a ballot initiative to …