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SB 237: Is it Having its Expected Impact on Gasoline Supplies?

May 6, 2026 3:04 pmMay 6, 2026 3:04 pm

by Professor James Rector, Professor Michael Mische, and Joseph Silvi After signing Senate Bill 237 in September 2025, Governor Newsom said of the bill: “we’re stabilizing the state’s gasoline supply to avert severe price spikes at the pump.” The key...

California Lettuce Growers Regulatory Compliance 1,400% Higher Per Acre Since 2006 When CA Climate Change Bill was Passed

May 5, 2026 12:32 pmMay 6, 2026 4:02 pm

A 2025 Cal Poly research paper revealed that California lettuce growers now spend 12.6% of their total production costs on regulatory compliance. The Cal Poly study, which updated prior analyses in 2006 and 2017, titled “Two Decades of Change: Evolving...

Mayor Bill Wells Sues AG Bonta over State Law Prohibiting Local Police from Assisting Federal ICE Officers

April 30, 2026 9:38 amApril 30, 2026 9:42 am

When El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells asked the California Department of Justice a simple question, “If a child in our city is being sex-trafficked by an illegal alien, can we at least do a welfare check on that child?” The...

Courts Could, and Arguably Should, Yank The Billionaire Tax Before Voters Ever Get a Chance To Weigh In

April 28, 2026 6:00 amApril 28, 2026 6:01 am

The SEIU-backed punitive tax measure is claimed to have enough signatures to place the question on November’s ballot. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signature count, and once that happens, that’s the moment to act. The proposed...

SEIU Announces They Have Enough Signatures for Billionaire-Tax to Qualify for Ballot

April 27, 2026 7:50 amApril 27, 2026 7:55 am

Supporters of the proposed California billionaire tax, sponsored by SEIU, announced Sunday that they had gathered nearly twice as many signatures as necessary to qualify the controversial proposal for the November ballot. Democrats and the SEIU are pushing the “2026...

9th Circuit Overrides California Law Forcing ICE Agents to Remove Masks

April 22, 2026 3:02 pmApril 22, 2026 3:39 pm

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just issued an injunction blocking enforcement of California’s laws targeting federal ICE agents, requiring them to “unmask” and display visible name and badge number. A three judge panel in the 9th Circuit agreed...

AG Bonta Brags about Fraud Ring ‘Take Down’ as if He’s the Real Nick Shirley

April 9, 2026 4:13 pmApril 9, 2026 4:15 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who currently has more than 55 lawsuits against President Donald Trump, announced today he’s the real Nick Shirley: “We’ve taken down a hospice fraud ring responsible for $267 Million in fraud against the Medi-Cal system....