Never to buck tradition, we at the Sac Rag feel compelled to link to SacBee.com’s brief listing of the new laws that take effect today. We live in the Capitol City afterall and these babies are written and signed here. Here some highlights:

Senate Bill 1028 – Prohibits killing birds or mammals via a controversial Internet technology linking a computer mouse to a camera and rifle.
{Oh, this can’t miss: “We are offering a limited number of ‘I Shot OSAMA’ t-shirts for sale. Purchase one along with your membership and shooting session. Put up to 10 holes into a target printed on the shirt and then wear it with pride.”}

Assembly Bill 405 – Restricts the use of experimental pesticides on school campuses.
{Restricts? Good for you, Legislature, no need to get crazy here. Baby steps}

Assembly Bill 121 – Bans the sale of candy containing excessive lead, as was detected several years ago in a batch imported from Mexico.
{Excessive? Again, baby steps, what’s a little lead in your Snickers, anyway? It’s not like there’s an excessive amount in there, sheesh.}

Senate Bill 670 – Apologizes to U.S. citizens or legal residents of Mexican ancestry who were forcibly relocated to Mexico in the 1930s.
{Oops, our bad.}

But seriously, props to Assembly Bill 1328 which designates a 31-mile stretch of Cache Creek, primarily in Yolo and Lake counties, as a state wild, scenic and recreational river. Who knew there was an actual Cache Creek? And knowing is, of course, half the battle.