“Shark Week”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-07/Calif-lawmakers-pass-bill-banning-shark-fin-trade/50291584/1

The California legislature is seeking to ban the selling, buying, and possession of shark fins.  Except through licensed, medical shark fin dispensaries.

If shark fins become illegal, police will be arresting anyone caught driving a 1959 Cadillac.

The idea is to get people to stop hunting and killing sharks for food, but no new legislation is trying to keep sharks from killing people for food.

“History Not Just a ‘Straight’ Line”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-14-california-teaching-gay-history-schools_n.htm

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a new bill Thursday that adds gay history to the social studies curriculum in California public schools.  So now, California students will finally learn about Socrates, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, the entire Confederate army, Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Rock Hudson, Harvey Milk, and Hillary Clinton.

By including the contributions of gays who played a role in shaping history, the schools’ goal will be to make social studies much more social.

Previously, the only official gay curriculum in the schools was Drama Club.

"Don't Cal. Us, We'll Cal. You"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/01/new-calif-governor-takes-away-cellphones-from-48k-state-workers/1

Newly sworn-in California Governor Jerry Brown is taking 48,000 state-paid cell-phones back from about 96,000 state employees who were issued them. The move will save about $20 million a year. It also means when you call a state agency to complain, there’s no one to answer your call.

This will also save money on roads and highways, since you’ll have 48,000 fewer people causing accidents, talking on cell phones while driving.