August 2025 – Page 7 – California Globe

Gov. Newsom Signs Shady Mid-Decade Redistricting Legislation

August 22, 2025 8:21 amAugust 22, 2025 8:24 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 3-measure package on mid-decade Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly Bill 604. ACA 8 will put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional map...

NEW AD Trolls Newsom’s ‘Keyboard Warrior Strategy,’ Says the Gov is ‘Embarrassing California’

August 22, 2025 7:04 amAugust 22, 2025 7:04 am

The California Business and Industry Alliance ran an ad in USA Today Thursday calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom for his “clout-chasing” social media strategy, and said it is “embarrassing California.” “California has real problems: Businesses are struggling, families can’t...

Greenberg: California is Not the Global Powerhouse Newsom Claims

August 22, 2025 2:45 amAugust 23, 2025 7:49 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom never misses the chance to boast that California is the “4th largest economy in the world,” a claim that has become a staple of his administration’s narrative. In 2024, with California’s nominal Gross State Product (GSP),...

Board of Pilot Commissioners

August 22, 2025 2:30 amAugust 22, 2025 2:31 am

Division 5, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the Board of Pilot Commissioners for Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Section 1150 provides that in the California Transportation Agency...

Gamblers Served a Crapo Tax Sandwich, Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Trash It

August 21, 2025 3:25 pmAugust 25, 2025 10:28 am

President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” contained a poison pill for gamblers and the gaming industry. The bill included an amendment that limits the tax deductibility of gambling losses to 90 percent of winnings, starting in 2026. This is a change...

Democrats In A ‘Death Cycle’ As Voter Registration Plunges to New Lows

August 21, 2025 12:25 pmAugust 22, 2025 2:09 am

A recent article in the NY Times summarized a study that found Democrats are hemorrhaging voters, so much so that in four short years during the Biden administration, Republicans erased registration advantages in all 30 states that track voter registration...

CA Supreme Court Denies Republicans’ Injunction Request to Halt Newsom’s Redistricting Scheme

August 21, 2025 7:34 amAugust 21, 2025 10:21 am

The California Supreme Court denied Republicans’ injunction request to halt Governor Gavin Newsom’s and Democrats’ redistricting scheme late Wednesday. The legislature is expected Thursday to pass the 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly...