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Lyft Sues San Francisco Over Alleged Tax Overcharge Of $100 Million

December 26, 2024 6:14 pmDecember 26, 2024 6:14 pm

Lyft sued the City of San Francisco this week, accusing them of overcharging the company $100 million from 2019 to 2023. According to the lawsuit, Lyft claims that the city taxed the entire app ride fare as revenue, rather than...

LA Times Angles for High-Speed Rail As ‘Jobs’ Program

December 26, 2024 9:40 amDecember 28, 2024 9:23 am

What a train wreck. The Los Angeles Times is touting how California’s high-speed rail project “trains workers and provides thousands of jobs in the Central Valley.” You read that right. They finally admit that it’s just a union jobs program....

More States and Auto Dealers Fight Back Against California’s EV Car and Truck Mandates

December 23, 2024 1:33 pmDecember 23, 2024 1:33 pm

For the past several years, multiple states have followed California on two key electric vehicle mandates. One is the 2035 gas-powered car sales ban. And then the other is the 2042 Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which states that all trucks...

Governor Gavin Newsom: Coulda, Woulda Shoulda

December 23, 2024 8:54 amDecember 24, 2024 8:20 pm

When Gavin Newsom was sworn in as California’s 40th governor in January 2019, he made many promises. And few were about improving the cost of living, the cost of energy, the growing homeless crisis, gas prices, food prices, failing public...

Backlash Grows Over Gov. Newsom Nixing College Degree Requirements for 30,000 State Jobs

December 18, 2024 3:40 pmDecember 18, 2024 3:40 pm

Backlash continues to grow over Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement earlier this week that college and other educational requirements for 30,000 state jobs would be nixed. Plans for another 32,000 jobs will be added to that list by the end of...

Biden EPA Approves Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

December 18, 2024 10:02 amDecember 18, 2024 10:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden administration, announced on Wednesday that they have approved California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, making it more difficult for President-elect Donald Trump to federally...

Kamala Harris Has ‘No Chance at Winning’ CA’s 2026 Governor’s Race

December 17, 2024 2:45 amDecember 17, 2024 12:15 pm

Backlash against a possible Kamala Harris 2026 Gubernatorial run continued on Monday, with more top Republicans, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying that Harris would have no chance at winning. While Harris has been mentioned as a possible candidate following...