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Gov. Newsom’s DMV Strike Team Struck Out; DMV System Crashes During Gov’s Press Conference

July 23, 2019 3:59 pmJuly 24, 2019 1:55 pm

‘Customers have not been altogether satisfied.’ ~Steve Gordon, new California DMV director “Governor Newsom dressed up the old failing DMV in new clothes and tried to convince us it was new,” Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) said in an interview...

CG Interview: California Rep. Tom McClintock Talks Turkey

July 23, 2019 6:56 amJuly 23, 2019 3:59 pm

“If your country is going to hell, you stay and fight. If your state is going to hell, you flee to freer states.” U.S. Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA) has never shied away from the professional pursuit of representing the...

California Public Schools: Still Not as Good as You Think

July 22, 2019 7:39 amJuly 23, 2019 6:57 am

The 60 percent increase in Kindergarten through 12th grade spending in California’s schools, just since 2011 hasn’t made a difference in student performance, California Globe recently reported. Recently, education scholar Lance Izumi and I had a chance to discuss his...

Fact-Check Missing in Article About Fur Ban Legislation in California

July 21, 2019 3:14 pmJuly 22, 2019 7:39 am

A recent Sacramento Bee article, Conservative group paid for pro-fur testimony at the Capitol, California activists charge, feigns shock and outrage over a Libertarian college group offering to pay students to travel to the State Capitol and help them oppose...

Berkeley Going Gender-Neutral in its City Code

July 20, 2019 5:06 pmJuly 20, 2019 5:08 pm

The City of Berkeley, CA announced it is removing all gendered language from city code. “The City Council adopted the first reading of the new ordinance on Tuesday, which would replace all instances of ‘he’ and ‘she’ in the city...

Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures, Part III

July 20, 2019 8:05 amJuly 22, 2019 8:54 am

Everyone is piling on California these days, and for many valid reasons. California is always ranked as one of the worst states in the country in which to run a business, while many other states are ranked at the top...

California State Fair Honors Active-Duty Military & Veterans With Military Appreciation Day

July 19, 2019 9:26 amJuly 19, 2019 11:36 am

The California State Fair, a tradition in the Golden State since 1854, honored the U.S. Military with Military Appreciation Day Thursday July 18. The featured speaker was Command Sergeant Major Timothy A. Guden, a senior leader at the U.S. Army...