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Leaving California: Tennessee is Romancing Paramount

July 15, 2026 10:28 amJuly 15, 2026 10:55 am

Tennessee is courting David Ellison’s Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday. Amid California’s effort to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., the state of Tennessee has invited the David Ellison-owned studio to relocate there. Tuesday, radio talk show...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Announces Lawsuit Seeking to Block New California Parole Regulations for Murderers Sentenced To Life

July 15, 2026 7:23 amJuly 15, 2026 7:25 am

Just about one year ago, Michael Rushford with the Criminal Justice Legal reported for the Globe that a unanimous panel of California’s Third District Court of Appeal rules that state law does not authorize the early release of murderers serving indeterminate...

Tone Deaf Gavin Newsom Avoiding ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ of His Own Making

July 15, 2026 6:30 amJuly 16, 2026 6:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disconnect and lack of self-awareness is stunning. He just gave a little talk at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials event, whining incessantly about “the concentration of wealth, the stagnation of wages for...

California Labor and Democrats Driving Wildfire Reducing Goat Herders Out of Business

July 14, 2026 6:30 amJuly 14, 2026 6:31 am

After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural workers in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instead signed into law Assembly Bill 1066 in 2016 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), and sponsored by the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union, to require...

Governor Newsom to ‘San Francisco’ all of California With No ‘Red Tape’ Affordable Housing

July 13, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 13, 2026 1:26 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, the “greatest champion of affordable housing,” announced Monday he was signing legislation “cutting red tape, helping build more affordable housing in California.” The Oakland press conference sounded more like a presidential campaign stop, with lawmakers and local...

Paramount Considering Moving its HQ, Pulling $30B Annual Spending out of California

July 13, 2026 7:00 amJuly 13, 2026 3:36 pm

Paramount is reportedly considering moving its headquarters and pulling $30B in annual spending out of California, as the company is under threat of litigation by California Attorney General Rob Bonta over its merger with Warner Brothers. According to Semafor, advisers...

The Rusty Areias Highway… to Hell?

July 11, 2026 6:30 amJuly 11, 2026 7:16 am

Bizarre backroom shenanigans and negotiations have been taking place for five months now deep inside of the California State Capitol… not over sneaky last minute tax increases, or new CARB regulations… the extraordinary negotiations are over naming a stretch of...