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Vacated Seats, Appointments Create A Large Special Election Field in 2021

December 23, 2020 6:07 amDecember 22, 2020 9:58 pm

After the elevation of Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) to the respective Senator and Secretary of State positions on Tuesday by Governor Gavin Newsom, the number of special election races in California next year...

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber Tapped By Governor Newsom As Next Sec. of State

December 22, 2020 7:36 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom nominated Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) to fill the newly vacant position of Secretary of State of California. Governor Newsom’s decision came only hours after he made the post vacant by selecting the soon-to-be former...

Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom Selects CA Elections Secretary Alex Padilla for U.S. Senate

December 22, 2020 2:44 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to finish out Senator Kamala Harris’ tenure as U.S. Senator. Padilla, a longtime ally of Newsom and other top Californian Democrats, will become the first...

Los Angeles County Reverses Ban on Indoor Religious Services

December 21, 2020 5:06 pm

Over the weekend, Los Angeles County reversed their ban on indoor religious services, allowing churches and other houses of worship to open up in time for Christmas and other seasonal holidays. Since the summer, houses of worship, led by the...

Wealth Tax California Style: Tax ‘Avoidance’ Will Not Be Allowed

December 21, 2020 8:12 am

Tesla founder Elon Musk recently left California for Texas after warning Gov. Gavin Newsom of his intensions, to which Newsom responded: Meh. Many other business owners before and after Musk have also fled the state’s high taxes and business-interfering regulations,...

Sen. Grove Sends Bipartisan Signed Letter To Gov. Newsom Urging Food Industry Reclassification

December 17, 2020 6:04 pm

On Wednesday, Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) sent a letter signed by prominent Republican and Democratic Senators asking Governor Gavin Newsom to reclassify the food service industry as critical infrastructure. The letter said that the reclassification would allow restaurants...

San Bernardino County Sues Gov. Newsom Over Lockdown in CA Supreme Court

December 16, 2020 2:54 pmDecember 18, 2020 5:29 am

On Tuesday, San Bernardino County filed a lawsuit against Governor Gavin Newsom in the California Supreme Court over the legality of the statewide stay-at-home order. The lawsuit, which also names California’s acting public health officer Dr. Erica Pan and the...