Author: Lloyd Billingsley

Lloyd Billingsley is the author of Sexual Terrorist, about the Golden State Killer, and A Shut and Open Case, about a California murder trial prolonged by Proposition 57 and recent legislation. Lloyd is a fellow with the Independent Institute and his work has appeared in the Daily Caller, City Journal, Orange County Register, Wall Street Journal and many other publications. Bill of Writes: Dispatches from the Political Correctness Battlefield is a collection of his journalism.

Bureaucrats Play, Taxpayers Pay

August 9, 2019 6:41 amAugust 9, 2019 12:05 pm

Sexual misconduct complaints and investigations should be handled by outside experts, guarantee due process for both sides, and the results made public. “A state board that regulates construction is paying $950,000 to settle a lawsuit from a female employee...

Senate Bill 1391 Functioning as the MS-13 Empowerment Act

August 8, 2019 6:59 amAugust 8, 2019 9:58 am

“Keymontae Lindsey was found guilty of murder in the killing of Jaulon ‘J.J.’ Clavo on Monday in a Sacramento courtroom,” report Darrell Smith, Marcos Breton and Molly Sullivan of the Sacramento Bee. The verdict arrives four years after Lindsey gunned...

From El Paso to San Bernardino

August 6, 2019 7:22 amAugust 6, 2019 10:57 am

The mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday left 22 dead and more than two dozen wounded. While the carnage was still being sorted out, prominent Democrats began to unload on President Trump. “He is a racist, and he...

Verdict in Yolo County Murder Trial

August 1, 2019 10:35 amAugust 2, 2019 8:37 am

A Yolo County jury on Thursday found Rohail Sarwar guilty of first degree murder for the fatal stabbing of massage worker Junying Lu in the Cottonwood Massage last August 21. Sarwar was 27 and his victim 51. California Globe covered...

Convicted California Terrorist to Go Free

August 1, 2019 7:42 amAugust 1, 2019 7:49 am

Sacramento-based federal Judge Garland E. Burrell has vacated the conviction of Lodi man Hamid Hayat, convicted in 2006, as the U.S. Department of Justice explained, “in connection with a series of terrorism charges related to his 2003/2004 attendance at a...

California Bids Farewell to a Freedom Fighter

July 29, 2019 11:50 amAugust 9, 2019 2:38 pm

With nearly 40 million people in the Golden State, Californians may be unaware of heroic persons in their midst. Such a hero was Alex Alexiev, who lived in Templeton, San Luis Obispo County, from 1999-2014, and passed away on Sunday...

From San Juan to Sacramento

July 28, 2019 7:34 amJuly 29, 2019 12:16 pm

Last week in the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico, Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced he would resign, following nearly two weeks of protests in the capital of San Juan. Some 3,500 miles away in the Golden State, Californians can find guidance...