A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a new California law restricting the use of digitally altered political “deepfakes” just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, Politico reported. “I just signed a bill to make this...
In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past two decades, I compiled the following chart of bills that have signing messages. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the bill number and author, and the subject of the bill....
If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state? California’s Assembly Democrats voted Tuesday to pass Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to decrease the state’s gas supply, which will...
I am often asked about the number of bills that get introduced each year in comparison to the number of bills that actually get to the Governor’s Desk, and then the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law...
Sunday evening I re-posted a photo that California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) posted on X/Twitter enjoying the annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. “One of California’s Esteemed members of the State Senate, from San Francisco. And they wonder...
Why is gas more than $5 gallon in California and not across the country if “Big Oil” is so greedy? California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special legislative session after accusing California’s oil refineries of price gouging. The governor...
Six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $20 per-hour fast food restaurant minimum wage law went into effect, California’s fast food industry job loss is now down a net 5,416 jobs since January. Companies were already sounding alarms about the new 25%...