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Assembly Republican Leader Gallagher Demands Answers on Undemocratic End of Session

September 9, 2024 2:45 pmSeptember 9, 2024 2:45 pm

Monday, California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) demanded answers from the Assembly Rules Committee in the wake of several parliamentary violations that crushed debate and caused chaos at the end of the 2024 legislative session. As the Globe...

California Supreme Court yields to Newsom and Legislature, removes Taxpayer Protection Act from November ballot

June 22, 2024 3:00 amJune 22, 2024 7:24 am

From Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association: We were shocked and angered by the California Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday in Legislature v. Weber, the outrageous lawsuit filed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders. The lawsuit asked...

California Supreme Court’s Shocking Decision Blocking the Taxpayer Protection Act from the Ballot

June 20, 2024 1:19 pmJune 20, 2024 7:19 pm

Today, the majority Democrat-appointed judges on the California Supreme Court silenced the 1.43 million Californians who signed and placed the Taxpayer Protection Act on the November ballot. The following are statements on California Supreme Court Ruling on Taxpayer Protection Act:...

Assembly Republicans Boycott Judiciary Committee Over Bill Essayli’s Removal

June 4, 2024 4:04 pmJune 4, 2024 4:08 pm

Republican members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee boycotted a hearing Tuesday to protest Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas recently removing Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), a former federal prosecutor, from the committee in retribution for Essayli criticizing Democrat colleagues for voting “to...

Californians Paying 140% More For Electricity than Other States

March 14, 2024 2:55 amMarch 15, 2024 11:50 am

Electricity in Taft, California costs 275% more than what electricity costs in Bullhead City, Arizona. While residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco may feel comfortably smug hundreds of miles away from the Kern County city, it is rare to...

Gov. Newsom Bulldozing Californians with Draconian Climate Change and Electrification

March 11, 2024 2:45 amMarch 12, 2024 6:29 am

In March, 2023 the California Assembly jammed SBX1-2, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, through an expedited hearing, pretending that was enough exposure to the public, and debated the bill and voted on it. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax created a new...

Senate Democrats Reject Measure to Lower the Price of California Gas by $1 a Gallon

September 13, 2023 8:41 amSeptember 13, 2023 8:42 am

While Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended taxes on diesel and gasoline to provide relief from high inflation, California Democrats refused to support an amendment to suspend the state’s gas taxes and fees for one year, which would lower gas...