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CA Congressional Reps Send Letter to President in Opposition to Proposed Range of Light National Monument

January 10, 2025 2:55 amJanuary 10, 2025 2:56 am

Rep. Tom McClintock and members of the California congressional delegation sent a letter to President Biden Wednesday calling on him not to establish a proposed Range of Light National Monument. According to Representatives Doug LaMalfa, Kevin Kiley, Vince Fong, David...

The Anti-American Agendas of California’s Democrats Catching Up

January 9, 2025 8:44 amJanuary 10, 2025 7:09 am

California fires produce as much pollution in 2 days as all the state’s cars do in a year. Yet California Governor Gavin Newsom has never responded to this inconvenient fact in his quest to be the new Climate Change Czar,...

Newsom Has Been ‘Trump-Proofing’ California Rather than ‘Wildfire-Proofing’

January 8, 2025 7:18 pmJanuary 8, 2025 7:18 pm

More than 100 wildfires are tearing through Southern California burning down entire neighborhoods. Homeowners are reporting that insurance companies recently cancelled their fire insurance. Firefighters report that fire hydrants are dry or have little water pressure. The Globe called this...

California’s Perfect Storm: Historical Devastating Fires and the State’s Insurance Crisis

January 8, 2025 8:24 amJanuary 9, 2025 12:10 pm

As wildfires tear through Southern California burning down entire neighborhoods, homeowners are reporting that insurance companies recently cancelled their fire insurance. California’s perfect storm is a mishmash of destructive water policy, environmental policy, and a political insurance crisis. The Southern...

Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes

January 7, 2025 7:19 amJanuary 7, 2025 7:20 am

Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday morning that his company Meta/Facebook will end its fact-checking program, and will instead adopt Elon Musk’s X/Twitter “Community Notes” system. Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp. Zuckerberg admits “fact checkers” on...

SF Chronicle Calls Prop. 13 Property Tax Cuts ‘Subsidies’

January 6, 2025 10:59 amJanuary 6, 2025 9:46 pm

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article today about Proposition 13, the 1978 ballot initiative overwhelmingly passed by California voters, which reduced property tax rates on homes, businesses, and farms by about 57%. Opponents have long claimed that because of...

The Gavin Newsom Effect: U-Haul Reports Californians Leaving the State in Droves

January 5, 2025 9:10 amJanuary 5, 2025 9:15 am

U-Haul has a new report out and once again – for the fifth year in a row – the once Golden State finished on top of the U-Haul Growth Index – meaning more Californians rented one-way U-Haul trucks to leave...