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Author: Katy Grimes

Katy Grimes, the Editor in Chief of the California Globe, is a long-time Investigative Journalist covering the California State Capitol, and the co-author of California's War Against Donald Trump: Who Wins? Who Loses?

Gov. and Legislature Ignoring Appellate Court’s Order to Return ‘Unlawfully Diverted’ Subprime Crisis Funds

October 10, 2019   7:40 amOctober 10, 2019   3:27 pm
In 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown was ordered by the state’s 3rd Appellate District Court to repay more than $331 million in funds the state illegally diverted from a national fund intended to help homeowners struggling with foreclosures from the housing...
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Lawsuit: California Utility Customers Forced to Bail Out Utilities for Wildfires They Cause

October 9, 2019   4:01 pmOctober 10, 2019   1:57 pm
‘AB 1054 was enacted to serve the primary private purpose of bailing out investor owned utilities from the billions of dollars in damages from catastrophic wildfires they imprudently caused.’   A lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in California...
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Gov. Newsom’s Executive Order Authorizing Theft of Voter-Approved Gas Tax Money

October 7, 2019   3:15 pmOctober 8, 2019   3:15 pm
Through an Executive Order, California Governor Gavin Newsom has redirected gas tax money to fund railway systems and other projects. The gas tax revenue would have repaired and upgraded the state’s broken highways and roads. Californians pay the highest gas...
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BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019   10:36 amOctober 7, 2019   1:10 pm
The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...
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Bill to Limit ‘Predatory Lending’ Excludes Three Lenders Who Stand to Benefit From Legislation

October 5, 2019   4:55 pmOctober 7, 2019   1:36 pm
A bill to bar “predatory lenders,” like payday small loan companies, from imposing excessively high-interest rates on people who borrow $2,500 up to $10,000, is sitting on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature or his veto. “Assembly Bill 539...
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Agustin Huneeus caught up in Varsity Blues scandal

Napa Valley Vintner Sentenced to 5 months in Prison for Role in ‘Varsity Blues’ College Admissions Scandal

October 4, 2019   5:10 pmOctober 8, 2019   7:42 am
Agustin F. Huneeus, the Napa Valley vintner who admitted guilt in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, has been sentenced to five months in prison. Friday, a federal judge issued the ruling, along with a $100,000 fine, as well as...
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Political Pressure Behind Cancelled Charity Event for Slain Ventura Sheriff’s Family

October 3, 2019   11:25 amOctober 4, 2019   12:27 pm
  ‘The Helus family is the real victim here because they aren’t going to get the money now.’   Partisan politics has polluted a charity event that was planned to raise money for the family of Ventura County Sheriff Sgt....
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