Bill Essayli – California Globe

Ninth Circuit Rebuke: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California ‘No Vigilantes Act’ as Unconstitutional

October 15, 2026 7:05 amOctober 15, 2026 7:17 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously ruled Wednesday in that California’s “No Vigilantes Act” identification requirement for federal ICE officers violates the Supremacy Clause and cannot be enforced by the state against them. California Governor Gavin...

Private Prison Company GEO Group Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging California’s New Detention Center Law

October 8, 2026 7:23 amOctober 8, 2026 7:23 am

Let the lawsuits begin. Last week, the Globe reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 21 bills claiming they will increase state oversight of federal immigration enforcement, illegal immigrant detention facilities, and related law-enforcement practices inside California....

Newsom Signs Unlawful Immigration Bills Again, After 2025 Bills Were Overturned by Ninth Circuit

September 29, 2026 1:40 pmSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 21 bills claiming they will increase state oversight of federal immigration enforcement, illegal immigrant detention facilities, and related law-enforcement practices inside California. You read that right – Gov. Newsom is trying...

DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit

September 16, 2026 2:43 pmSeptember 16, 2026 2:49 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission last week, citing time constraints, and refused a House summons the following Tuesday for a hearing titled “Fixing Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services.” On...

Trump DOJ Takes Chattah Appointment Fight to the Supreme Court

September 11, 2026 12:12 pmSeptember 11, 2026 12:14 pm

The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit ruling that Nevada’s top federal prosecutor, Sigal Chattah, was unlawfully kept in office after Senate Democrats vowed to block her confirmation, the same vacancies maneuver...

Honduran National Charged With Fraudulently Registering to Vote in California

August 28, 2026 11:40 amAugust 29, 2026 2:18 pm

What Democrats have been telling us never happens, keeps happening. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday the arrest of a Honduran national charged with fraudulently registering to vote in California — the latest concrete case after years of Democratic...

Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall

August 27, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 28, 2026 7:32 am

With four days left in the legislative session, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) stood with fellow Democrats on Thursday and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency: ban local, state and federal law enforcement from buying or using electronic...