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LAPD Ends Taxpayer-Funded Protection of Former VP Kamala Harris Over Mounting Criticism

September 7, 2025 8:59 amSeptember 8, 2025 10:47 am

After reporting this week about the absurd waste of taxpayer funds to provide former Vice President Kamala Harris additional and ongoing taxpayer-funded security detail, first by the CHP, then by LAPD, the Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday announced that...

Taylor Swift, the Prop 50 Ballot Label and the 2026 Elections

September 3, 2025 11:13 amSeptember 3, 2025 2:06 pm

Reading about the fanatical response to the engagement of singer Taylor Swift to football player Travis Kelce strangely brought back a memory of a panel discussion I participated in about 15 years ago on California’s initiative process. It also got...

Redistricting Bills Jammed Through Senate Thursday Violate California Constitution

August 22, 2025 11:58 amAugust 23, 2025 7:48 am

In 2009, Republican Sen. Jeff Denham sought to end the practice of “polling” members ahead of a floor vote. He said “polling” violated Senate rules. “Polling is a practice by which the five members of the Rules Committee are asked...

NEW AD Trolls Newsom’s ‘Keyboard Warrior Strategy,’ Says the Gov is ‘Embarrassing California’

August 22, 2025 7:04 amAugust 22, 2025 7:04 am

The California Business and Industry Alliance ran an ad in USA Today Thursday calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom for his “clout-chasing” social media strategy, and said it is “embarrassing California.” “California has real problems: Businesses are struggling, families can’t...

Greenberg: California is Not the Global Powerhouse Newsom Claims

August 22, 2025 2:45 amAugust 23, 2025 7:49 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom never misses the chance to boast that California is the “4th largest economy in the world,” a claim that has become a staple of his administration’s narrative. In 2024, with California’s nominal Gross State Product (GSP),...

Independent Voters Hold the Key in a Redistricting Special Election

August 19, 2025 2:45 amAugust 19, 2025 2:46 am

You might think that President Donald Trump is done being on election ballots but think again. If California Democrats put new redistricting maps on a special election in November, Donald Trump will be on the ballot. The Democrats’ entire campaign...

CA Globe Editor Katy Grimes Joins Jon Fleischman on Inaugural Podcast

August 14, 2025 5:03 pmAugust 14, 2025 5:03 pm

California Globe Editor in Chief Katy Grimes joined The Flash Report publisher and proprietor of the Substack, “So, Does it Matter?” for his inaugural podcast. It was serious and fun with the rapid fire round on California politics. Jon...