California Environmental Quality Act

VMT Housing Tax Buried in Budget Bill Could Add $324,000 Per Home or Apartment

September 8, 2025 7:17 amSeptember 9, 2025 9:26 am

A new Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) housing tax was quietly buried in the recent budget housing bill package in Assembly Bill 130, the bill Newsom signed in June claiming he was reforming CEQA, the Holy Grail of environmental policy, California Environmental...

Gov. Newsom: It’s Kumbaya in California Because of Him

August 27, 2025 3:00 amAugust 27, 2025 3:01 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is having fun with internal polls, and with reliable leftist pollsters. Last week we were supposed to believe that Newsom’s approval rating jumped 40 points since 2023: A USA Today/Politico survey conducted July 28–Aug 12 shows...

Blind Squirrels in Sacramento

July 3, 2025 12:41 pmJuly 3, 2025 12:41 pm

An old saying holds that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn occasionally. We see that adage playing out in Sacramento, a town overrun by the blind squirrels who currently sit atop our state government. In short, and much to...

The California Doom Loop vs the Original No Kings Movement!

July 3, 2025 3:20 amJuly 3, 2025 3:21 am

I have written previously about California’s war on energy which is destroying our economy. Yet, the war on energy is but one facet of the war on our liberties and freedoms. I sat in on a meeting decades ago with...

Gavin Newsom’s ‘CEQA Reform’ is Gift to Labor Unions, & not affordable housing – Fake News

July 1, 2025 11:48 amJuly 1, 2025 2:57 pm

California’s absurdly strict environmental guidelines and restrictions prevent most large scale projects from ever taking place without legislative intervention. Instead the California Legislature makes annual noise about the need for CEQA reforms, but always kills any sincere attempts at real...

Governor Newsom Declares Preemptive State Of Emergency Over Wildfire Prevention Projects

March 3, 2025 4:45 pmMarch 3, 2025 5:11 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a new state of emergency over the weekend, with the proclamation set to fast-track critical projects protecting communities from wildfire ahead of peak fire season. According to the state of emergency, several environmental regulations, including the...

Asm. DeMaio to Introduce CA Insurance Reform and Rate Stabilization Initiative

February 13, 2025 12:26 pmFebruary 13, 2025 12:26 pm

The Globe has written many articles about California’s insurance crisis, and has published op-eds from insurance experts explaining how the state got into this mess, and what needs to be done. In June, former State Senator Ted Gaines reported on...