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Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Increased the California Budget 60%-70% in 7+ Years

July 21, 2026 1:51 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:47 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has increased California’s state budget 60% to 70% in the 7 years since he took office in 2019. The 2018-19 enacted budget (pre-Newsom or early transition, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown) was $201 billion. Gov. Newsom’s...

HHS Sec Kennedy Announces Trump Admin is Pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud

July 21, 2026 9:21 amJuly 21, 2026 4:42 pm

UPDATED below: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have deferred more than $1 billion in...

California’s Failing Schools: Everyone Gets a Trophy and 4.5 GPA

July 20, 2026 7:00 amJuly 20, 2026 7:36 am

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that average 12th grade reading scores were 10 points lower in 2024 than in 1992, and 12th grade math scores were three points below their 2005 level, the lowest level since that...

Gavin Newsom’s Free Diaper Program Already is a $77 Million Nonprofit

July 20, 2026 5:42 amJuly 20, 2026 8:05 am

We are re-running this article from May 9 about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s bizarre diaper deal with the $77 million “nonprofit” Baby2Baby, a “nonprofit” whose CEO sits on the board of a charity started by Gov. Newsom’s wife, the First Partner....

Republican AG Candidate Michael Gates Calls Out Rob Bonta on Paramount Lawsuit

July 17, 2026 4:25 pmJuly 17, 2026 4:25 pm

Michael Gates, the Republican candidate challenging Rob Bonta for California Attorney General in 2026, has publicly criticized Bonta’s lack of leadership of the multi-state lawsuit against the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a...

California Economy Up 3.7%, Just Below Washington State +4.5%

July 17, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 17, 2026 12:27 pm

The California economy is up 3.7% annualized real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, coming in second to Washington State, which led the nation with +4.5% annualized real GDP growth in Quarter 1 2026, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis....

Solano County’s ‘California Forever’ Project Loses $3.2 Billion Shipyard to Texas

July 17, 2026 7:52 amJuly 19, 2026 6:57 pm

California Forever, a “walkable city” project in Solano County with strong ties to 15-minute city principles, backed by tech investors Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs, just lost a proposed $3.2 billion shipyard that backers and supporters hoped...