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By Theo Brandt

California AB 1043 Demands FOSS Projects File 47 Forms, Attend 13 Seminars, and Pay $299.99 Compliance Fee Before You Can Git Push

LOS GATOS — The California Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) officially arrived last week with the usual California legislative flair: bureaucratic overreach wrapped in well-meaning language that nobody actually reads. The bill now mandates that any open-source software distribution operating in the state must first prove it understands “digital dignity” before committing its code to a public repository.

“It’s not about the code. It’s about the attitude with which the code is written,” said Dr. Jennifer Wu, a newly appointed Digital Dignity Compliance Officer at the State of California’s Department of Open Source Integrity. “We want developers who feel about their software, not just developers who build it.”

By Chet Marlowe

The California High School Track Meet Was Cancelled Before It Started: Officials Must File Form T-889 Before Any Athlete Can Run

SACRAMENTO, CA — The 2026 CIF California State Track Championships will not take place. Not because of weather, not because of funding issues, not because of a pandemic. Because the governing body refused to file Form T-889, Section 12, Subdivision C.

This bureaucratic nightmare has left the state’s high school athletes stranded at the starting line, unable to complete even a single lap of the 100-meter sprint without first clearing the administrative gauntlet. The official stance? “Until Form T-889 is filed, signed, and notarized, no track events may occur.”