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California Energy Commission Proposes State Takeover Of Oil Refineries

August 6, 2024 2:55 amAugust 7, 2024 12:57 pm

Just as Chevron Oil company announced that it is moving its headquarters to Houston Texas from San Ramon California, California Energy Commission regulators announced proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to combat future energy price surges,...

Chevron Exit Demonstrates How California Lawmakers Are Regulating Residents Out Of Business

August 5, 2024 3:10 pmAugust 5, 2024 3:10 pm

The announcement of another major corporation leaving California is just the latest illustration of Sacramento lawmakers regulating residents out of business. On Friday, the iconic California oil giant formerly known as Standard Oil will mark the 145th anniversary of its...

Add Chevron to the Growing list of Businesses Fleeing California

August 3, 2024 8:21 amAugust 4, 2024 11:10 am

California’s own Chevron Oil company is moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from San Ramon, California, the latest big business to flee the Golden State. Chevron is in good company joining X/Twitter, Space X, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Charles Schwab, and...

Frequently Asked Questions about Retroactivity of California Statutes

June 27, 2024 2:30 amJune 27, 2024 2:31 am

Is a statute presumed to operate retroactively? In California, as in most states, a statute is presumed to operate prospectively. How do California courts generally view applying a statute’s provisions? In Quarry v. Doe I (2012) 53 Cal.4th 945, 955,...

California Supreme Court yields to Newsom and Legislature, removes Taxpayer Protection Act from November ballot

June 22, 2024 3:00 amJune 22, 2024 7:24 am

From Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association: We were shocked and angered by the California Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday in Legislature v. Weber, the outrageous lawsuit filed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislative leaders. The lawsuit asked...

From the Cheap Seats: The People are Not Sovereign

June 20, 2024 5:17 pmJune 20, 2024 5:17 pm

It is a sad day. In a unanimous opinion published June 20, 2024, the California Supreme Court has made clear that the people of this state are not sovereign but rather are subservient to the governing class. The revenue-raising powers...

California Supreme Court’s Shocking Decision Blocking the Taxpayer Protection Act from the Ballot

June 20, 2024 1:19 pmJune 20, 2024 7:19 pm

Today, the majority Democrat-appointed judges on the California Supreme Court silenced the 1.43 million Californians who signed and placed the Taxpayer Protection Act on the November ballot. The following are statements on California Supreme Court Ruling on Taxpayer Protection Act:...