California Bans Certain UPFs in Public School Meals
Monitor: None required. This is routine state-level policy within normal administrative authority. No constitutional implications or distraction dynamics present.
This is a routine state-level nutrition policy affecting public school meals. No constitutional drivers are triggered: no election interference, no rule of law violations, no separation of powers issues, no civil rights infringement (school meal composition is not a protected right), no regulatory capture indicators, no corruption, no violence. The policy_change mechanism applies to standard administrative rulemaking within established state authority over education and public health. Single_state scope with moderate population yields 0.4 scope modifier. Base A-score of 0 remains 0 after all modifiers. B-score shows modest media appeal (health/food stories, California policy novelty) totaling 4.4 from Layer 1 only. With A<25, no constitutional mechanism engaged, and clear noise indicators (routine administrative policy, no rights impact, standard state authority exercise), this classifies as Noise despite minimal hype.