August 2025 – Page 15 – California Globe

Gavin Newsom’s Crime Spree

August 12, 2025 3:00 amAugust 12, 2025 3:01 am

While Governor Gavin Newsom is closing one prison after another in California, criminal activity has not abated in our state for a myriad of reasons. In the City of Santa Barbara, at their recent annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta celebration,...

America’s Streets Are Not Shelters: Time to Rethink Homelessness Policy

August 12, 2025 2:45 amAugust 12, 2025 2:46 am

Walk through any major American city today—San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle—and you’ll see the same troubling pattern: sidewalks turned into encampments, public parks overtaken by tents, and transit stations rendered unusable. This isn’t just a humanitarian crisis. It’s...

The Division of the Community Estate in California

August 12, 2025 2:30 amAugust 12, 2025 2:31 am

In the California Family Code, Division 7, Part 4, deals with special rules for the division of the community estate. Section 2600 authorizes the court to divide the community estate as provided in this part. Section 2601 states that, where...

Restore Transparency, Safety, and Support: Repeal SB 54

August 11, 2025 3:00 pmAugust 11, 2025 3:01 pm

The California Values Act, SB 54, often called the “Sanctuary Law,” was enacted initially with noble intentions to ensure that undocumented immigrants could report crimes without fear of immigration retaliation. Unfortunately, in practice, SB 54 has resulted in a lack...

Trump Declares Crime Emergency in DC, Federalizes Metropolitan Police Force

August 11, 2025 2:10 pmAugust 11, 2025 2:12 pm

President Donald Trump, flanked by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, announced that he was taking executive action to restore law and order in our nation’s capitol by invoking Section 740 of the 1973 District of...

Gavin Newsom Sends Strongly Worded Letter to President Trump re: Redistricting

August 11, 2025 11:18 amAugust 12, 2025 6:26 am

“If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states,” California Governor Gavin Newsom says in a strongly worded letter threatening...

Californians Choosing Between Gas or Groceries, Utility Bills or Rent

August 11, 2025 7:53 amAugust 12, 2025 6:26 am

How is it possible that in California, hard-working families must choose between gas or groceries, utility bills or rent? The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the U.S. today is $3.138. California’s cost for that same gallon...