Gov. Jerry Brown – California Globe

California Golden Fleece® Award 2026 Goes to California’s Nuclear Power Ban

May 8, 2026 9:00 amMay 8, 2026 11:28 am

In California, the land of clean, green recycling, wind and solar, bicyclists, public transit, electric cars and banned plastic bags, every economic energy source should be used. Instead, the largest hydroelectric dam removal project in U.S. history was completed last...

Mayor Bill Wells Sues AG Bonta over State Law Prohibiting Local Police from Assisting Federal ICE Officers

April 30, 2026 9:38 amApril 30, 2026 9:42 am

When El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells asked the California Department of Justice a simple question, “If a child in our city is being sex-trafficked by an illegal alien, can we at least do a welfare check on that child?” The...

CA High-Speed Rail Cost Explodes to $231 Billion, From Original $33 Billion

April 28, 2026 7:54 amApril 28, 2026 5:10 pm

California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle is now estimated to cost taxpayers $231 billion, up from its original $33.5 billion price tag in 2008 when voters passed Proposition 1A. “Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude,” California Rep....

Conversion Therapy Bill Could Be in Some Hot Water and Has Unexpected Potential

April 9, 2026 12:00 pmApril 9, 2026 12:01 pm

Just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a stinging 8-1 rebuke to state bans on certain types of conversion therapy, California Senate Bill 934 landed in the Capitol like a lead balloon. Authored by the ever-busy Sen. Scott Wiener...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban, Implicates California’s Ban

March 31, 2026 12:02 pmMarch 31, 2026 12:02 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a ruling this morning on Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, stating that it violates the First Amendment rights of licensed counselors, sending the case back to lower courts for further review. In...

California AG to El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells: Officials Can’t do Welfare Check on Child Being Trafficked by Illegal Alien?

March 24, 2026 12:23 pmMarch 24, 2026 3:02 pm

Blue states governors like California Governor Gavin Newsom have vowed to fight Trump administration immigration policies, including deportations of criminal illegal aliens. At the heart of California’s non-existing illegal immigrant enforcement is Senate Bill 54, which now prohibits local police...

Sen. Niello Bill Would Require CA Air Resources Board to Analyze Cost-of-Living Impacts of its Regulations

March 18, 2026 10:11 amMarch 18, 2026 10:11 am

Senator Roger Niello (R-Sacramento) has authored a California Air Resource Board bill to require the Board to explicitly analyze cost-of-living impacts when considering imposing major regulations, including effects on gasoline, electricity, groceries, housing construction, and business costs. We know that...