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California law dictates how long how data are stored and how they are shared by law enforcement agencies.

“We’re doing a lot more research to find out what dictates durability within a garment, but that’s not something we’ve found out yet.”

After the name change was tossed out, the commission noted, Bertoli publicly described the victory as a democratic function of government: “Those in the minority of the result, as members of a democracy, need to learn to accept the results as the vote dictates. It is how we, the people, operate,” he wrote.

"When Rodri got injured at half-time of the Euros final, the feeling in the stands, among the pundits, even the players, was 'what a gap to fill'. That tells you everyone realises he is the player who dictates the play. Everyone looks up to his leadership as well."

He has walked back many of his initial dictates.