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Senate Transportation Vice Chair Strickland: Sacramento’s $87 Billion Train Off the Rails, Proposition 1A Promise Broken

August 25, 2025 12:01 pmAugust 25, 2025 1:24 pm

California’s long-delayed and grossly over-budgeted high-speed rail project could be operating the Central Valley line by 2032, a new report quietly released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority says. However, rail authority officials also admit that they will need...

The Gavin Newsom Effect: More People are Moving from California U-Haul Reports

August 25, 2025 8:00 amAugust 25, 2025 4:05 pm

It’s starting to feel like Groundhog Day. Every nationwide report has bad news for California whether it’s CEOs or U-Haul rentals for moves to other states. As we reported in July, California lost 361,623 residents and $20,915,598,000 in income to...

Izumi: ‘Masters Degrees Don’t Make Better Teachers’

August 25, 2025 2:55 amAugust 25, 2025 2:56 am

“Taxpayers should not dole out a single dollar for teacher degrees that do not improve student outcomes,” says education scholar Lance Izumi in a new dispatch. “A new report by the National Council on Teacher Quality has found that 90...

Redistricting Bills Jammed Through Senate Thursday Violate California Constitution

August 22, 2025 11:58 amAugust 23, 2025 7:48 am

In 2009, Republican Sen. Jeff Denham sought to end the practice of “polling” members ahead of a floor vote. He said “polling” violated Senate rules. “Polling is a practice by which the five members of the Rules Committee are asked...

Gov. Newsom Signs Shady Mid-Decade Redistricting Legislation

August 22, 2025 8:21 amAugust 22, 2025 8:24 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 3-measure package on mid-decade Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly Bill 604. ACA 8 will put a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot that would redraw the state’s congressional map...

NEW AD Trolls Newsom’s ‘Keyboard Warrior Strategy,’ Says the Gov is ‘Embarrassing California’

August 22, 2025 7:04 amAugust 22, 2025 7:04 am

The California Business and Industry Alliance ran an ad in USA Today Thursday calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom for his “clout-chasing” social media strategy, and said it is “embarrassing California.” “California has real problems: Businesses are struggling, families can’t...

CA Supreme Court Denies Republicans’ Injunction Request to Halt Newsom’s Redistricting Scheme

August 21, 2025 7:34 amAugust 21, 2025 10:21 am

The California Supreme Court denied Republicans’ injunction request to halt Governor Gavin Newsom’s and Democrats’ redistricting scheme late Wednesday. The legislature is expected Thursday to pass the 3-measure package on Congressional redistricting: Senate Bill 280, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, and Assembly...