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Bloomin’ Bankruptcy: San Diego Outback Franchisee Files Chapter 11, Blames California Labor Costs

November 5, 2026 11:51 amNovember 11, 2026 1:27 pm

A major California-based Outback Steakhouse franchise operator has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, pointing to the California’s soaring labor costs, rising food prices, and declining customer traffic as key factors that pushed its restaurant empire to the brink. San...

Gov. Newsom Spending $19 Million to Polish His and California’s Image

October 28, 2026 9:33 amOctober 29, 2026 2:18 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom was heavily criticized in March for authorizing a $19 million taxpayer-funded advertising campaign designed to burnish his own image and improve California’s public image as he touts California’s largess on the presidential campaign trail. “Newsom planning...

Leaving California: $7 Billion CG Oncology Leaves California for Texas

August 27, 2026 7:33 amAugust 27, 2026 7:59 am

CG Oncology, a $7 billion company, moved its corporate headquarters from Irvine, California, to Dallas earlier in 2026, the Dallas Morning News reports. CG Oncology is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a potential backbone bladder-sparing...

Highest Gas Prices, New Tire Restrictions: Democrats Inflicting More Economic Pain on CA Residents

August 24, 2026 6:00 amAugust 24, 2026 3:19 pm

In March, Democrats in the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee killed Senate Bill 1035 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) which would have provided immediate relief for California drivers at the gas pump by lowering the price of a gallon...

California Must Break Its Regulatory-Litigation Cycle

July 28, 2026 7:00 amJuly 28, 2026 7:01 am

California’s deteriorating business climate is the result of several distinct problems, but excessive regulation and an out-of-control litigation system are two of its most significant causes. Sacramento passes onerous new rules governing nearly every aspect of doing business. Each new...

California’s Billionaire Tax Will Accelerate Its Own Demise

June 8, 2026 12:30 pmJune 8, 2026 12:31 pm

The proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, officially Initiative No. 25-0024, would impose a one-time 5% excise tax on the net worth of anyone with assets over $1 billion who resided in California as of January 1, 2026. Organizers have collected...

California’s State of Emergency for Transportation Fuels

May 30, 2026 8:00 amMay 30, 2026 8:01 am

By Mike Ariza and Ronald Stein California is the fourth-largest economy in the world and an “energy island” that is separated from the other 49 States by the Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountain ranges. There are no pipelines over these...