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CA Assemblymen DeMaio and Essayli Introduce CA Voter ID Law

January 28, 2025 6:59 amJanuary 28, 2025 6:59 am

With President Donald Trump demanding passage of a Voter ID requirement in California as a condition to receive federal wildfire aid, Assemblymen Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) and Bill Essayli (R-Riverside) announced they are introducing the California Voter ID and Election...

Senator Wiener Proposes Oil and Gas Industry Pay for ‘Climate Driven Disasters’

January 27, 2025 4:28 pmJanuary 27, 2025 7:36 pm

Californians are paying the price for climate change events and catastrophic wildfires happening in the middle of winter, said Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), as he announced his new bill, Senate Bill 222, “the Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act.”...

AG Bonta Influencing Alameda County Board DA Replacement Following Recall Election

January 27, 2025 1:37 pmJanuary 27, 2025 1:37 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to choose his chief deputy Venus Johnson as the replacement for recalled DA Pamela Price, the Globe has been learned. “CA AG Rob Bonta is pushing his...

El Dorado DA Wants Legal Opinion on State/Federal Immigration Enforcement Conflicts

January 27, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 27, 2025 6:55 am

El Dorado District Attorney Vern Pierson just sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta requesting a legal opinion on the very clear conflicts of the state’s immigration law, and federal enforcement laws. In a move that could impact...

President Trump Calls for Voter ID, Water Flows as Conditions in CA for Federal Wildfire Aid

January 25, 2025 2:45 pmFebruary 10, 2025 10:40 am

During his visit to Los Angeles Friday to view the damage from the wildfires, President Donald Trump announced two conditions in order to receive federal aid: voter ID laws and for the state to stop diverting water flows to the...

CA Lawmaker Claims Wildfires are ‘Being Driven by Climate Change’

January 24, 2025 8:00 amJanuary 25, 2025 3:19 pm

Thursday in the California Assembly, lawmakers debated and voted to approve $2.5B in wildfire relief bills, only after Democrats blocked an additional $1 billion for wildfire prevention, requested by Republicans. As the Globe reported, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) told colleagues...

California Legislature Approves $2.5B Wildfire Relief Bills

January 23, 2025 1:09 pmJanuary 23, 2025 5:20 pm

California State Senators and Assembly members unanimously passed two bills Thursday morning to provide a total of $3 billion to help Los Angeles begin recovery and cleanup from the devastating wildfires. The proposed funding in Assembly Bill 4 and Senate...