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California Lawmakers React to Trump Admin Cutting $4 Billion High Speed Rail Funds

July 17, 2025 11:14 amJuly 17, 2025 11:16 am

Following the Trump Administration’s announcement on Wednesday that $4 billion in federal funds would be cut from California High-Speed Rail (CHSR), lawmakers from across the state reacted. After all, the $10.2 billion deficit CHSR needs to plug by June 2026...

Voter ID, Proof Of Citizenship Ballot Initiative Launched By GOP Lawmakers

July 17, 2025 8:00 amJuly 17, 2025 8:24 am

Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) and Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) unveiled a proposal Wednesday to place a constitutional amendment on the 2026 ballot requiring voter identification and proof of citizenship. While voter ID initiatives have been routinely talked about...

Pentagon Announces 2,000 Of 4,000 National Guard Troops to be Withdrawn From L.A.

July 16, 2025 11:01 amJuly 16, 2025 11:01 am

The Pentagon announced late on Tuesday that 2,000 of the roughly 4,000 California National Guard troops currently deployed in Los Angeles to assist with protests and other immigration actions will be withdrawn because of federal agents no longer needing their...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Allow Greater Virtual Representation of Individuals in Trusts

July 15, 2025 6:59 amJuly 15, 2025 6:59 am

As part of his first major block of bill signings this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law to permit virtual representation of trust beneficiaries who are Minors, Incapacitated, Unborn, or Unknown (MIUUs) to better facilitate their needs....

Misleading: Gov. Newsom Claims CA is 67% Clean Energy Despite State Agencies Reporting Otherwise

July 14, 2025 4:11 pmJuly 14, 2025 4:11 pm

According to new data released on Monday by the California Energy Commission (CEC), 67% of the state’s total energy now comes from clean sources, with hydro and nuclear energy both playing a larger than anticipated role in keeping that figure...

New Economic Study Finds California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Caused 18,000 Job Losses

July 14, 2025 7:24 amJuly 14, 2025 7:27 am

“New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law,” the...

Fear Mongering Gov. Newsom Warns Californians About July Heat: ‘Have a Heat Plan’

July 12, 2025 9:43 amJuly 14, 2025 6:27 am

“Governor Newsom urges Californians to take precautions as state endures triple digit heat, smoky conditions.” Apparently 40 million Californians have no idea what to do when summer temperatures hit 100 degrees – at least that is what Governor Gavin Newsom...