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Board provisionally approves regulating sales of Kratombased products
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ov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted a court filing Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Illinois lawsuit against the Trump administration's National Guard troop deployment to assist with immigration enforcement. Newsom and Bonta's amicus brief details California's recent experience with the expanding federal mission for the National Guard. Since the June 7 deployment of soldiers to Los Angeles, the federal government ordered hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago and Portland, Oregon. The Trump administration has extended its federalization of the California National Guard to at least February. According to Newsom's office, the administration has asserted that federalized troops should engage in law enforcement without judicial oversight, a stance that defies established legal norms. Trump's troop policy sidelines the courts, flouts congressional limitations, encroaches on state sovereignty and would pave the way for "an alarming expansion of federal power," California officials contend. “Our message to the courts is clear — Trump is putting our members of the military on the frontlines of a completely unlawful activation against American communities," Newsom said in a statement. "The federal government’s actions in Los Angeles earlier this summer
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he Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance intended to curb the use of synthetic pain-relieving products that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may add to the nationwide list of controlled substances. The Riverside County Executive Office, following consultations with the District Attorney's Office, Sheriff's Department and other agencies, submitted a formal request for the board
California National Guard soldiers do riot and crowd control training in June at a facility in Los Alamitos. | Photo courtesy of Sgt. Jon Soucy/National Guard
were just Trump’s first step to completely transform the role of the military in American society by deploying the U.S. military against its own civilians. We won’t stand for it and we implore the courts to affirm states’ sovereign rights to handle any public safety matters at home.” “The facts haven’t changed. Amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, that local leaders like (Illinois Gov. JB) Pritzker have refused to step in to quell, President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to protect federal officers and assets," White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in an email to HeySoCal.com. "President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities." Bonta blasted the administration for militarizing law enforcement.
“The Trump Administration is asking the Supreme Court to grant it unprecedented and unlimited power to deploy the military into American cities — power it has made clear that it fully intends to abuse,” Bonta said in a statement. “Trump wants an army that serves a King, but in America, in our democracy, our military does not police the people. California has been ground zero for the Trump Administration’s militarization of American streets. In the four months since troops were first deployed to Los Angeles, we’ve seen the President abandon any attempt to justify their continued presence in our state, taking a near limitless view of executive power. I urge the Supreme Court to reject the President’s latest bid to defy our constitutional norms
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and grab power he does not have.” At Trump's behest, Department of Defense Secretary Hegseth transferred 4,000 members of the California National Guard to federal control to serve in a civilian law enforcement role in Los Angeles and Southern California communities. California sued to stop the federalization. The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday in the Trump administration's appeal to the trial judge’s order that blocked the troop federalization and deployment. Newsom's office noted falling crime rates, contrary to Trump administration assertions that troop deployments are needed to quell lawlessness. According to the Major
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to consider implementing a set of regulations aimed at deterring sales and marketing of kratom derivatives, mainly to minors. "I had never heard of kratom before this came to us earlier this year," county Chief Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen told the board ahead of its unanimous vote. "Kratom is becoming more widely used. Is there an opportunity to act now before it becomes more widely abused? We've tried to identify the most dangerous aspect of this ... 'gateway
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Large crowds gather throughout Riverside County to protest Trump By City News Service
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ore than a dozen organized protests were underway throughout Riverside County Saturday under the "No Kings" banner, continuing a movement that began earlier this year to denounce Trump administration's policies. Organizers encouraged demonstrators to make their voices heard with signs, slogans and recruitment drives, but not by way of violent confrontations or other law breaking. Similar rallies in June, which like Saturday coinSee Protests Page 32
cided with larger demonstrations nationwide, drew several thousand people to Riverside, Moreno Valley and multiple other communities countywide, none of which spawned mass arrests or widespread vandalism. "A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action," according to a statement posted to NoKings. org. "We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values."