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Tax Fighter Warns ‘Big Problems for California’s Income-Based Utility Rates’

April 24, 2023 6:55 amApril 24, 2023 7:03 am

Last week the Globe reported that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric had just filed a proposal to create income-based utility billing. Currently, utility bills are based on electricity and gas consumption. The...

Senators Whiff on Challenging Julie Su

April 20, 2023 12:50 pmApril 20, 2023 12:56 pm

On February 28th – the day President Biden nominated Julie Su to become the next Secretary of Labor – the state of California owed $18,868,506,716.36 to the federal government to repay the money it borrowed to cover unemployment benefits during...

Did Gov. Newsom’s Capitol Staff Break Campaign Laws on his Red State ‘Political’ Tour?

April 20, 2023 7:50 amApril 20, 2023 7:50 am

Did Governor Gavin Newsom and/or his staff break state campaign laws while he toured red states trolling Republican governors? Fox News did a rather thorough report Wednesday on Newsom’s trip through red states, “running for one job while doing another.”...

Sen. Wiener Bill Requires All Foster Parents to Affirm LGBTQ and Transitioning Youth

April 19, 2023 9:39 amApril 19, 2023 9:42 am

Despite a shortage of foster care families in California, a new bill by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would ensure that unless all potential foster parents are willing to “affirm” LGBTQ gender and sexuality in foster youth, and any gender...

Cease & Desist Demand Filed in San Francisco Over Reparations Scheme

April 18, 2023 3:55 pmApril 19, 2023 9:42 am

Richie Greenberg, Founder of the Recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin movement, community advocate and vocal critic of the Plan for San Francisco Reparations, served a Cease & Desist demand on the offices of the Board of Supervisors Monday. Greenberg...

Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Overturns Berkeley’s Ban on Gas Stoves

April 18, 2023 8:07 amApril 18, 2023 8:27 am

Berkeley was the first city in the United States to ban gas stoves, in 2019. This followed the 2018 passage of Senate Bill 100 by then-Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles), which established the 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2017 increasing...

California Going Full Commie: ‘Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition’

April 16, 2023 2:30 amApril 17, 2023 7:37 pm

Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric filed a proposal on Thursday that would install a fixed-rate electric bill system for those under the three largest power companies in the state, the Globe reported....