Katy Grimes – Page 51 – California Globe

How Many California Counties are Running Budget Deficits?

May 28, 2025 3:30 amMay 28, 2025 10:44 am

Earlier this month, the Globe reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom is likely staring down a $10 billion budget hole that could deepen to $20 billion or more. That deficit number is now $12 billion according to the governor. With...

President Trump Threatens to Cut CA’s Federal Funding over ‘Illegally Allowing Men to Play in Women’s Sports

May 27, 2025 12:05 pmMay 28, 2025 6:25 am

Despite President Donald Trump’s Executive Order in February 2025 banning biological men/boys who identify as transgender women/girls from college women’s and high school girls’ sports teams, Governor Gavin Newsom, elected Democrat lawmakers and the state’s schools haven’t budged – they...

Can a Divided Country, or a Neighborhood Divided Reconcile?

May 26, 2025 2:55 amMay 28, 2025 4:01 pm

The signs of political, personal and emotional distress are all around us. Acrid bumper stickers on Subarus and Priuses, yard signs declaring “Good People Don’t Support Nazis,” are still prominently posted in neighbor’s yards. #Resist is alive in my downtown...

America’s Military, Not America’s Politicians, are the Real Public Servants

May 26, 2025 2:55 amMay 26, 2025 7:10 am

Politicians love to refer to themselves as public servants, despite the outrageous perks and entitlements they vote for themselves, or just take. America’s real public servants are members of the greatest military in the world. And what better time as...

Top 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. – California Not Even in Top 100

May 22, 2025 8:25 amMay 22, 2025 8:31 am

In the newly released 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025-2026, Frisco and Carmel are in the top 100 – but not San Francisco, California or Carmel, California – Frisco, Texas and Carmel, Indiana are more desirable...

CA Senate Republicans Ask US Senators Schiff & Padilla to Repeal Newsom-Backed EV Mandate

May 21, 2025 5:00 pmMay 21, 2025 5:00 pm

While Governor Gavin Newsom calls those who oppose his electric vehicle mandate to outlaw gas-powered cars by 2035 “big polluters” and “right-wing propaganda machine,” California’s 10 Senators Wednesday appealed to the state’s U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Senator Alex...

New Full-Page Ad Slams Los Angeles $30 Wage, Saying The City Is ‘Ruining a Golden Opportunity’

May 21, 2025 2:46 pmMay 22, 2025 8:26 am

And the gold medal goes to … anyone but the Los Angeles City Council. In a 12-3 vote last week, the Los Angeles City Council approved a minimum wage hike for airport and hotel workers, with the goal of reaching...