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Gov. Newsom Sues Trump Admin Again – For Termination of State Libraries Federal Funding

April 7, 2025 3:20 pmApril 8, 2025 7:55 pm

“President Trump is leading a campaign to dismantle vast swaths of the federal government,” claim 21 State Attorneys General. Cue the violins and cut to the chase – it’s all about losing out on the federal gravy train. California Governor...

Cancel Culture Comes for California’s Sutter Buttes Mountain Range

August 4, 2024 11:07 amAugust 5, 2024 3:11 pm

No one can rewrite history. Renaming statues, parks, museums, schools or even mountain ranges does not change history, regardless of whether they are named after Confederate military leaders, racially-biased political figures, Native American tribes or “Swiss Colonizers.” And the people...

Ignorant Cancel Culture Comes for 3 Sacramento City Schools

June 27, 2023 8:20 amJune 28, 2023 6:25 am

In June 2020, CBS13 reported on a Sacramento woman who announced that she wanted to change the name of Sutter Middle School, named after John Sutter, famous for the discovery of gold on the American River, after reports that he...

California Grant Information Act of 1999

November 25, 2022 10:44 amNovember 25, 2022 9:32 am

Chapter 5.2 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the California Government Code provides the Grant Information Act of 1999. Government Code Section 8333 names the act and requires all state agencies to implement this act in a manner that...

California Grant Information Act

August 24, 2022 7:29 amAugust 24, 2022 7:31 am

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Government Code Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 5.2 provides the Grant Information Act of 1999, which is contained in Section 8333 to 8334.1. Chapter 5.2 was added in 1999 by Chapter 405. Section...

Removal of Columbus Statue in CA Capitol Begins

June 25, 2020 3:56 pmJune 25, 2020 4:00 pm

California Senator Mike Morrell took this video Thursday and sent it to California Globe of the start of the removal of the beautiful Christopher Columbus statue in the State Capitol Rotunda. Politicians attempting to erase history Democratic Senate and Assembly...

A Look at the California Research Bureau

June 24, 2019 2:15 amJune 24, 2019 12:36 pm

The California Research Bureau, which is a part of the California State Library, is a hidden gem on the fifth floor of the State Capitol Annex. It has been around for over a quarter of a century and it provides...