California Legislature’s ban everything approach: Dan Walters

Banning is the name of a small city in Southern California, but also applies to a pervasive theme of the Legislature this year.
The 1,042 bills that passed the Legislature and the 870 signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom included an extraordinary number that used the state’s police powers to prohibit activities deemed to violate the Capitol’s often unique sensibilities.
They ranged from the semi-ridiculous, such as banning tiny plastic bottles of shampoo and other toiletries from hotel r