California Legislature – Page 12

California Legislature Considering Early Parole for Murderers and Rapists

May 23, 2025 12:49 pmMay 23, 2025 12:49 pm

The California Legislature is considering moving up parole hearings and releases for murderers and rapists. The proponents of this change may be having some difficulty rounding up the votes, and they have employed a legislative trick to buy more time....

Why Do Some Tax Increase Bills Only Contain an Urgency Clause?

May 19, 2025 6:41 pmMay 19, 2025 6:41 pm

Some have raised the question why a bill that is clearly a tax increase contains an urgency clause and does not mention that it is a tax increase. A bill that would raise taxes and does not contain an urgency...

Gov. Newsom’s Climate Grift Spent $33 Billion in Cap-and-Trade to ‘Make Communities Cleaner and Healthier’

May 8, 2025 3:20 amMay 8, 2025 3:21 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom claims that greenhouse gas emissions are down in California – not just down but “down 20% since 2000.” “Pollution is down and the economy is up,” Newsom said. “Greenhouse gas emissions in California are down 20%...

Ringside: Can EVs Make Up for Gasoline Shortages?

April 23, 2025 4:33 pmApril 24, 2025 6:34 am

If he hasn’t done so already, California Governor Gavin Newsom needs to demand the state legislature rescind the so-called “ABX2-1” passed on October 14, 2024 in an effort to prevent “price gouging.” If the legislature does not cooperate, Newsom needs...

Ringside: Ways to Rein in the California Coastal Commission

April 17, 2025 2:55 amApril 17, 2025 12:08 pm

There is a growing bipartisan consensus even here in California that environmentalist restrictions have gone too far. It would be a dishonest oversimplification to pretend environmentalists have outlived their usefulness, or that many of the accomplishments of environmentalists over the...

President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...

California Democrats Plan to Starve Proposition 36 to Death

April 3, 2025 3:10 amApril 3, 2025 3:11 am

On November 5, 2024, California voters overwhelmingly adopted Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, a modest reform to restore consequences for thieves and drug dealers and require treatment for addicts. It’s adoption was a complete rebuke...