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Welcome back to The Legal Brief, the show where we

CRUSH the various legal myths and misinformation surrounding various areas of the gun world.

I'm your host Adam Kraut and today sucks because I have to tell you about MORE gun control

laws that were just signed in California.

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Recently, we covered a bunch of new bills that were passed by the legislature in California

which were headed to the Governor's desk.

And as you would expect, Governor Brown signed five bills into law.

If it's any relief, he did veto three bills that the legislature had also passed.

Let's hit those first.

Governor Brown vetoed SB 221, which we previously called "The Bullsh*t Act" and would have banned

gun shows at the famous Cow Palace.

In his veto message, the Governor noted that this bill had been vetoed twice in the past

10 years, once by himself and once by former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He went on to say that the decision of the kind of shows that occur at the Cow Palace

rests with the local board of directors, which is in the best position to make those decisions

because it represents a broad cross section of the community.

Also vetoed was SB1177, which we nicknamed "The Rationing of Firearms Act", and would

have limited firearm purchases to one every 30 days.

The Governor noted that he previously vetoed a similar bill in 2016 and his views hadn't

changed.

Lastly, AB 1903 was vetoed.

That's the bill which would have prohibited dispensing gift cards from gun sellers for

gun buyback programs.

The Governor stated that he understood the intent, but didn't believe those programs

needed to be micromanaged to that degree.

So, what did the Governor sign?

SB 1100 which we had titled the "You Must Be This Tall to Freedom Act" which prohibits

the sale or transfer of a firearm by a licensee to anyone under 21 years of age, with a few

exemptions.

Those include a valid hunting license issued by the state, law enforcement and members

of the military.

Apparently the legislature and governor of California feel that people like a 20 year

old single mother just doesn't have the right to defend herself and her children.

Also signed was AB 1968, which we called "It's Ok to Be Crazy Once, Crazy Twice Lose Your

Rights Act" which imposes a lifetime prohibition on anyone who has been taken into custody,

assessed, and admitted to a designated facility because he or she is a danger to himself,

herself, or others, as a result of a mental health disorder two or more times in any one

year period.

As we previously discussed there is a petition process to attempt to get your rights restored,

however, if the petition is denied, you have to wait 5 years before you can try again.

Then there are the three bills which we did not previously talk about.

Governor Brown also signed SB 1200, which amended California's Gun Violence Restraining

Orders or GVROs to include a ban on the possession of magazines.

It previously just covered firearms and ammunition.

In that same vein, he also signed AB 2526 which allows GVROs to be issued verbally by

Judicial Officers in certain circumstances.

So rather than just having to get stuff in writing, they can just tell you that you're

screwed.

Lastly, the Governor put pen to paper on AB 3129 and christened a new law that implements

a lifetime ban on firearm ownership by individuals convicted of any misdemeanor crime of domestic

violence.

You know...because Lautenberg Amendment hasn't been a thing since the mid 90's, which is

exactly the same thing.

Once again we see California continue to march steadily forward towards more gun control.

It almost seems that the state is enacting new laws for the sake of enacting new laws.

But hey, apparently there's no prize for having too few laws in place.

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California test scores have barely improved. What to do about it is hotly debated - Duration: 13:40.

Over the last decade, California took a national lead in making its curriculum more relevant to college and work and in toughening up its standardized tests to measure the new goals

The hope was that students would soon demonstrate the benefits.  But judging by the latest test results, the effort is stalling far short of success

Advertisement  What do about it is hotly debated.  Four years into a new testing program, student scores inched up this year but gains among younger students were nearly canceled out by a drop at the high school level

 More than three million students in third through eighth grade and 11th grade took the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in the spring

The pace of improvement was a little better than last year — when scores were nearly flat — but the results were hardly cause for celebration

Just under half the students met standards in English and fewer than 4 in 10 in math

 You have to look on the right side of the decimal point to get any picture of progress

In English, 49.9% of students met or exceeded state standards in English, compared to 48

6% last year. In math, 38.7% met the standard compared to 37.6% last year.  The strongest gains on the tests, which students take on computers, were in reading scores in third grade (up 4

3 percentage points) and fourth grade (up 3.6 percentage points). The youngest students tested also made the biggest strides in math, although those gains were not as large

 "We're encouraged by what we see, especially since these tests are more rigorous than previous paper and pencil tests," said state Supt

of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. "However, we need to make sure all students continue to make progress

"  Less encouraged were advocates who want to see the state respond aggressively

 "There is no excuse for such abysmal outcomes," said Bill Lucia, the head of Sacramento-based EdVoice

The test results "once again paint a bleak picture of the state of public education, providing further evidence of a seriously broken system

"  Los Angeles Unified, California's largest school system, improved at a faster rate than the state overall, though its scores still fell below state averages

About 42% of L.A. Unified students met or exceeded state standards in reading, while about 32% did so in math

 "L.A. Unified's modest growth shows we have more work to do, especially with our African American, Latino and low-income students," Supt

Austin Beutner said. "The status quo is simply not good enough."  The new tests are intended to match more closely, grade by grade, what students need to learn to become ready for college or work

The changes drove scores downward, suggesting that students were less prepared than the older tests had indicated

 Many questions on the test are multiple choice, but a correct answer produces a harder question to follow, while a wrong answer yields an easier next question

This "adaptive" test seeks to precisely diagnose what a student needs to learn. Education California's standardized test scores inch up overall — but hit a high school snag By Howard Blume  and Sonali Kohli Oct 02, 2018 | 9:00 AM  The test also includes what the state calls a performance task, which requires analysis and writing

A sample fourth-grade task begins with a teacher-led explanation about how animals defend themselves

The class watches a video and there's a discussion. Students then have to read an article and answer questions that incorporate other material they've seen and discussed

They then have 70 minutes to write a paper on animal defenses.  It isn't just the test that has changed

California's revamped learning goals put increased emphasis, for example, on analytical writing and reading, and on studying more-difficult nonfiction

Math classes are supposed to lead to high school calculus. Advertisement  In this testing round, however, 11th-graders performed worse in math than their peers the year before, and their scores in English were nearly 4 percentage points lower

The performance of 11th-graders has, in fact, gone down slightly since the new testing program started

 Although test scores remain a widely used snapshot of progress, they don't cover every subject and are far from the only proper measure of an effective program

 The Antelope Valley Union High School District, where about 70% of students are from low-income families, has seen a worrisome downward trend in scores, which were not high to begin with

Fourteen percent of students met state standards in math, 39% in English.  But the district is doing better, said Supt

David J. Vierra, with improvements including an updated curriculum and online tutoring available 24 hours a day

And it received special recognition this month for its efforts from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, which accredits California schools

 A major source of disappointment statewide is the persistent gap that separates Asian and white students from black and Latino students

One example: 32% of black students met the standard in reading compared with 76% of Asians and 65% of white students

The gap in reading narrowed slightly for Latinos and black students in 2018, by less than 1 percentage point, as did the gap in math for Latinos

But the math gap widened slightly for black students.  At the current rate of improvement, it would take generations for black students to catch up, said Elisha Smith Arrillaga, a senior official with Education Trust-West, an Oakland-based advocacy group

 "I have a son and … I would never be content to know that it would be his grandchildren, and not him, that have the educational opportunities that he deserves," Arrillaga said

 Most advocates and experts want more education funding, but they don't agree on how best to spend it

 Lucia, of EdVoice, wants the state to mandate change when schools perform poorly year after year

Some experts want to focus on early education, including counseling for parents. Teachers in Los Angeles may decide to strike to push for hiring more teachers to lower class size and more nurses and counselors to support the "whole child

"  UCLA education professor Patricia Gandara pinpoints school enrollment patterns that separate black and brown students from their higher-achieving peers

In large measure, the gap represents students in schools with too few resources and unstable staffing, said Gandara

 "The standards that are being set are reasonable if three-quarters of the Asian kids … and two-thirds of the white kids are meeting or exceeding them," Gandara said

"We want the same for all children."  Students in San Marino Unified, which serves a high-income community, aced the old test and also performed well on the new one, with 87% of students proficient or better in both English and math

Advertisement The availability and resources of parents make a huge difference, said interim Supt

Loren Kleinrock. The San Marino Schools Foundation raises about $2.5 million annually for the district's four schools, and each campus also does its own fundraising

 The money allows for smaller classes and special programs, creating working conditions that attract able teachers and administrators, Kleinrock said

 Latino students in the district scored higher than in the state as a whole, although an achievement gap remained

 "This data is valuable for us because … we know we have work to do," Kleinrock said

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Internet provider groups sue over California net neutrality rules - Duration: 2:38.

 Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit on Wednesday seeking to block California's new law to mandate net neutrality rules

 The groups represent companies including AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Comcast Corp and Charter Communications Inc

The lawsuit came after the U.S. Justice Department on Sunday filed its own lawsuit to block the new law

 The lawsuit filed by the American Cable Association, CTIA – The Wireless Association, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and USTelecom – The Broadband Association, called California's law a "classic example of unconstitutional state regulation" and urged the court to block it before it is set to take effect Jan

1.  U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Sunday in a statement that the "the California legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy

"  This marked the latest clash between the Trump administration and California, which have sparred over environmental, immigration and other hot-button issues

 In December, the Federal Communications Commission said in repealing the Obama-era rules that it was preempting states from setting their own rules governing internet access

 California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said on Sunday the Trump Administration was ignoring "millions of Americans who voiced strong support for net neutrality rules

"  The Trump administration rules were a win for internet providers but opposed by companies like Facebook Inc, Amazon

com Inc and Alphabet Inc.  Under President Donald Trump, the FCC voted 3-2 in December along party lines to reverse rules that barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes, also known as paid prioritization

 In August, 22 states and a coalition of trade groups representing major tech companies urged a federal appeals court to reinstate the rules

The states argue that the FCC cannot preempt state rule because it is not setting any limits on conduct by internet providers

 A federal judge on Monday set a Nov. 14 hearing in Sacramento on the Justice Department lawsuit

 Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli

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Abuse victim sues California dioceses, asking for release of all records on predator priests - Duration: 6:29.

Earlier this year, Ventura County resident Tom Emens called a law firm that represents victims of clergy abuse and asked for help

 Emens had recently met someone who was molested by the same priest at St. Anthony Mary Claret in Anaheim in the '70s and '80s

The 42-year-old had grappled with his own trauma for decades, but the weight of another person's story sparked in Emens a new sense of purpose: to seek justice for what had been done to him and countless others

Advertisement  On Tuesday, Jeff Anderson & Associates of Minnesota filed a civil suit on behalf of Emens in Los Angeles County Superior Court

The suit calls for 11 California dioceses — all but Stockton — to release names of every clergy member accused of sexual misconduct, as well as private records documenting such abuse

 When a reporter asked why he wasn't seeking monetary damages, Emens, now a marketing coordinator at California State University, Channel Islands, answered with swift conviction

 "The truth," he said, "is far more valuable than any other money could ever be

"  The law firm also released a lengthy report on Tuesday that lists 307 clerics associated with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles — all of whom were already known predators — who have been accused of abuse

The report shows that in at least three dozen cases, the accused priests were reassigned to faraway parishes instead of being removed from ministry completely

 The firm said it was unable to confirm the whereabouts of nearly half of the accused clerics

 "This information came out in bits and pieces, making it seem like the problem isn't as bad as it actually is," said Mike Finnegan, a partner at Jeff Anderson & Associates

"We wanted people to see how big this problem is — and this is only in L.A."  At least 36 of the priests named in the law firm's report are not included in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' official list of accused clerics, known as the "Report to the People of God

" The archdiocese says it is reviewing the list — last updated in 2008 — to see whether any names should be added

 The People of God report was first published in 2004, after more than 500 abuse survivors brought claims against hundreds of priests during a special legislative window

Those cases led the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pay a $660-million settlement in 2007

 In response to the suit, the archdiocese said that the report was based on information that was already made public; the 2007 settlement required the church to release priests' confidential personnel files

 "The Archdiocese has acknowledged and taken responsibility for the failures and mistakes in the way abuse cases were handled in the past and instituted a strict 'zero tolerance' policy to ensure that allegations of abuse would be reported to authorities," the L

A. Archdiocese said in a statement.  Emens' sweeping suit comes as a harsh spotlight is shining once again on decades of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church and the systemic effort to hide it

 Weeks after an August report in which a Pennsylvania grand jury detailed rampant sexual abuse committed by Catholic clergy, and amid political pressure, some California dioceses — including those in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, San Jose and San Diego — have decided to release the names of priests accused of such crimes

 In its suit, Jeff Anderson & Associates contends that every California diocese should release such lists, as well as all documents related to alleged abuse

If the suit is successful, a judge will review those records and decide how to move forward with the information

 At a news conference on Tuesday, Joelle Casteix, an expert on clergy sex abuse and a victim herself, said survivors like Tom Emens are often silenced

This suit could help change that, she said. Advertisement  "For years he stood up screaming to the wind saying, 'No one's listening to me,'" Casteix said of Emens

"Today, the whole world is listening. And the bishops need to listen."

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How we EARN money saving electricy with OhmConnect-- California, Texas, and more - Duration: 11:58.

Hey frugal friends! It's Stephanie from SixFiguresUnder.com. Saving money by

saving electricity is a no-brainer-- you use less electricity, you save more money--

but EARNING money from saving electricity takes it a step further and

it is awesome! It's September now. Last month in August we earned over $90

from reducing our electricity usage a couple nights a week for the

whole month. Now if you've been following our transparent budget updates every

month, you've heard me talk about the OhmConnect program. I've been promising to

give you the whole scoop for months now and back in June I even recorded the

whole a whole screen share showing you the the dashboard and everything but I

didn't get this intro video done so I'm gonna tell you a little bit about the

program and then I'll show you the screen share video that I made so you

can see what the dashboard looks like see how earning money with OhmConnect

works. Let me tell you how OhmConnect works. OhmConnect is a free program that

is open to households who are willing to proactively reduce their electricity

usage during a couple of hours each week. So I usually get a text maybe one to

three times a week that tells me when the next OhmHour is. So I could get a

text today saying that tomorrow from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. there is an OhmHour and

they also give me a forecast. They tell me how much electricity the electric

company is expecting me to use. Electric companies like to forecast how much

their customers are going to use so that they know what power plants they need to

activate in order to meet the electric demands of all their customers. So during

peak hours, you know when people are getting home from work they're cooking

their dinner, they're doing their laundry, they're turning on the air-conditioning,

when a lot of electricity is being used that's when OhmHours usually happen

because the idea is that they want to prevent the big dirty power plants from

turning on. Not only are they bad, really bad for the environment, they're also really

expensive to run. So OhmConnect gets all of its hundreds of thousands of users to

decide okay during this hour we are going to use less than our forecasted

amount so that the electric company doesn't need to turn on the big dirty

power plants that are expensive and so they are saving money and passing that

savings on to us. The way the forecast is calculated is they take the last 10 days

If it's on a week night, they take the last 10 weekdays

at that same period, so if the ohm hour is going to be from 6 to 7 they look at

the previous10 weekdays during the hours of 6 & 7 and find the average

of what you use then and that is your forecast. For weekends they look at the

last four weekend days at that same hour to forecast what you're going to be-- what

you usually use-- so your forecast comes in kilowatt hours. So they may say. "ok

tomorrow for the ohm hour that's from 6 to 7 you need to use, your forecast is

2.3 kilowatt hours. So in order to win the ohm hour I need to use less than 2.3

kilowatt hours during that 6:00 to 7:00 time period. If I use less

than that then I win the OhmJour and I'll get points which translate into

money. And the more I reduce my usage from that forecast, the more points I get.

So the less energy you use, the more points you get. Now what if you go over

your forecast? what if you use more electricity than they are expecting? You

will lose points. The thing is, you are able to opt out of OhmHours. If, you know,

we've had some OhmHours where we already have company scheduled to come

over and for whatever reason we could not meet the ohm hour, so you can opt out

if you opt out you won't lose points, but the default is that you will be

participating. So in just a second I'll show you the screen share video that I

made that goes inside my dashboard and shows you how we earn points and

walks you through all of that, but first I want to tell you how you can start

earning money. So to get started you can just go to OhmConnevt. If you go to

SixFiguresUnder.com/OhmConnect

I'll put the link down in the description. When you first get there and

they'll ask for your zip code they want to they'll try to guess what your

electricity provider is based on your zip code. You'll have a chance to change

that later if they don't guess right. You'll put in your email address and

create a password. After you verify your email address they will want you to

connect your utility company with them. Now the process at first seemed a

little intimidating to me. They send you a document, an online document

that you need to to sign online so that they have permission to access your

utility history and and usage so that they can know what your forecast is and

know how much you are using so they know how much you've reduced your usage . Since

the utilities are in my husband's name, I forwarded the document on to him.

Plus he's an attorney, so you know reading documents like that is his thing.

So i had him he read it. He signed it electronically, submitted it, it

was simple. Once you submit the electronic signature to connect

OhmConnect with your utility company, wait a couple days and you'll be connected and

then you will start being able to earn through OhmHours. Okay let me show you

that screen share so you can see all the nitty-gritty of how unconnect works.

So let me just jump in here and show you how the OhmConnect dashboard looks.

Right here it shows our past performance in ohm hours, shows the the date and the

time and then the gray column shows what our forecast was and the blue column

shows what we actually used. So depending on the difference between the gray and

the blue, that's where the the points come in. So this this OhmHour we're really

close. We barely came under in under our forecast so we

only got 52 points, but others we get a lot a bigger difference and we get more

points. So this was a mega OhmHour. In the summer they have several, once a week

I think, they do a Mega OhmHour which has the normal forecast and then a

really challenging goal forecast and if you meet your your challenge goal then

you get an extra bonus. :et me click on this and you can see the details. So the

mega bonus for reaching our our goal forecasts, let's see okay, so the mega

goal here is 1.284 kilowatts per hour

kilowatt hours I mean. This is our regular forecast right here and this is

how much we use so we used less than the mega goal. So we reached our mega goal

and we got that that extra bonus that's a 500 point or $5

bonus. This gold status is if you, in the last the average of the last 20 ohm

hours, if you've saved 15% you reach gold status and that gives you another 50% so

1.5 times the normal OhmHour points and then if you are platinum status

that means you in their last 20 ohm hours you've saved 40% or more. So right

now we're at platinum but during this ohm hour we were at gold and so we got

the extra 50%. For platinum you get 2 times the normal amount. And this streak

of 12 here that means the last 12 ohm hours we have won. By winning I mean

we got below our forecast. As your streak builds your bonus increases I think it's

5% with each one and so we get an additional 55% of our normal OhmHpur

points so. And this this buddy thing that's that's another way to earn points

if you and your buddy-- mone's someone I don't even know-- win that OhmHour

you get a bonus. It can't ever hurt you but sometimes you get bonus points

from your buddy. Anyway so for this OhmHour

we got 1388 points which is $13.88

I should also mention that this was a double OhmHour. This is a

two-hour time frame from 6 to 8. Normally they're just one hour. Let's see

here's a mega OhmHour that was just one hour and you see there's our bonus for

reaching getting below the the mega goal. What we did, we actually flipped our

breaker during that time which is why we were able to reduce it so low. And then a

gold status bonus, our streak bonusm buddy bonus, and so that our we earned

$8.82. So if you look at the month of June, let's see, we earned a

$1.14, $2.65 t, 52 cents, $13.88, $3.82

97 cents, $8.82 so that that adds up to like$31 or

something and we've still got more days in the month. So that $31 doesn't

include any referral credits it doesn't include any reimbursements like

sometimes you can get the smart plugs and they'll they'll

reimburse you for it. Okay let me show you the rest of the dashboard here. Down

here it shows your your total. So right now we have $43.70 that

I can cash out. These tokens you can do prizes or you know a streak guard so

that if you if you lose an OhmHour it doesn't mess up your streak or different

things. I don't do a whole lot with tokens.

This shows that we're at platinum. It shows the difference in how much we've

reduced our usage in the last 2000 hours so right now we're at 44% which means we

qualify for platinum and we get two times

two times the regular OhmHour points. Right now we're at 15 and so are our

bonus is an additional 75% this is as long of a record as we've made it. This

is something that's going on in the summer. They have a summer time drawing

where if you reach your mega OhmHour goal then you get entered and once you do

that three times and you get entered in the grand prize thing but I'm not

expecting to win but if I do I won't say no. Well that's the OhmConnect dashboard.

I'm happy to answer any questions you have about the program, about how it

works, what we do in the OhmHours. I'll leave some links down below to this

program and to my blog post about it and let me know if you have any questions!