Poll: Proposition 50 Leading By a Hefty 22-point Margin One Week Before the Election
A final pre-election survey conducted by Berkeley IGS (see below) finds 60 percent of Californian's likely voters voting Yes on…
California’s Poverty Machine Manages Misery Instead of Solving It
Something is broken in California. As the federal shutdown threatens to cut off food assistance for 5.5 million residents, we’re…
Vessel Sanitation
Division 3, Chapter 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code deals with vessel sanitation. Section 775 contains three legislative findings…
Scary Governor Newsom
I served in the California State Senate for six years, from 2015 to 2020. While there I was given an…
Newsom Makes a Big About-Face with Big Oil
As he considers a run for the White House, California Governor Gavin Newsom may finally be realizing that he has…
Herd Indoctrination
A quack is defined as a pretender of medical skill, and a hustler is one who obtains money by fraud…
What Does California Need to Stabilize the State’s Oil Supply?
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation in September that fast tracks the approval of 2,000 new wells per year over…
Legal Advocacy Stops a Racially Exclusionary Scholarship at UC San Diego
Wenyuan Wu In the case of a joint legal challenge to halt the Black Alumni Scholarship Fund, a 42-year-old program…
Legislative Committees in California
Both Assembly and Senate Standing Committees do the bulk of the legislative work in the California Legislature. How many are…
How the California FAIR Plan Turned into a Great Pumpkin Nightmare
The Great Pumpkin's annual ascent from the sincerest patch is always a spectacle—but the 2025 vintage comes with a non-festive…