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Senate Democrats Kill Chance to End California’s 700-day COVID State of Emergency

March 15, 2022 12:36 pm

SCR 5 is a resolution authored by Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), seeking to end Governor Gavin Newsom’s declared COVID-based State of Emergency, which has continued uninterrupted for 700 days – two years. Originally written nine months after the governor’s...

California Democrats Refuse to Pass Gas Tax Relief

March 15, 2022 7:20 amApril 3, 2022 4:33 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Democrats in the California Legislature refused to pass AB 1638 by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay) which would have suspended the state’s gas tax to provide immediate...

California Schools Ignoring Unsuitable, Graphic Sex Curriculum, Student Sexual Harassment

March 14, 2022 9:35 amMarch 16, 2022 6:28 am

Last year, California’s public school population saw a drop by 160,000 kids. Some experts say that enrollment drop was even higher. This year, experts expect even more parents to pull their kids from public schools, for myriad reasons. When Gov....

Californians Can Weigh In on PG&E’s 22% Proposed Rate Hike with Calif. Public Utilities Commission

March 11, 2022 6:48 am

With double-digit inflation, mega-gas prices in California, high food costs, high housing costs, and used cars selling for new car prices, gird your loins: Pacific Gas and Electric is proposing a 22 percent rate hike. PG&E electricity customers were recently...

‘The California Way’ Touted by Gov. Newsom is His Way, Not the People’s Way

March 10, 2022 2:42 pmApril 3, 2022 4:26 pm

At California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State address Tuesday, he touted California leading the way on several hot button issues, calling it “The California Way.” But are these issues near and dear to California voter’s hearts, or agendas...

‘The California Way’ Isn’t as Rosy as Gov. Newsom Touted in State of the State

March 9, 2022 8:12 amMarch 10, 2022 6:42 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told a few whoppers during his 18-minute State of the State Tuesday evening. Listening to him, someone from another state might mistake California for a state with low unemployment, affordable housing, cheap gas and affordable energy,...

Assembly Public Safety Committee Kills Bill to Repeal Prop. 47

March 8, 2022 11:48 am

The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard and killed Assembly Bill 1599 by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay), which sought to repeal Proposition 47. With California’s ongoing crime spike exploding across the state, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, James Gallagher, and Jim Patterson...