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California's AB5 put freelancers out of work, and voters pushed back California reclassified millions of independent workers as employees in 2019, then spent two years issuing exemptions. The story of AB5 and Proposition 22. California's 1969 no-fault divorce law and the revolution that followed Governor Reagan signed the law that ended fault divorce in California, and every state followed. The history, and the conservative fight over repeal or reform. What California's Proposition 47 Changed and What Proposition 36 Undid Prop 47 made many thefts and drug possession offences misdemeanors in 2014. Prop 36 restored felony options for repeat offenders in 2024. How Sanctuary Became a Brand, From a 1979 Police Order to City Hall From a 1979 Los Angeles police order and a Tucson church movement to San Francisco in 1989, how a narrow rule turned into a banner cities now advertise. The Electric Car Mandate Is a Choice Washington Makes for Your Driveway Phasing out new gasoline cars swaps millions of family choices for one government choice, and the case against it is about freedom and cost, not about the cars. Two Years After Goldwater, the 1966 Midterm That Put the Right Back in It The 1964 landslide was called the end of conservatism. In 1966 Republicans gained 47 House seats and a first-time candidate named Reagan took California.