Tag: Governor Gavin Newsom
California’s Carbon Crusade: A Reckless Assault on Prudence
California’s single-state war on human-produced carbon emissions is a case study in policy without prudence. From Sacramento, lawmakers tilt at climate windmills, imposing draconian measures that harm residents while achieving little globally. The state’s cap-and-trade program, punishing electricity taxes, and...
President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...
California’s High Gas Prices Climbing Over $5.00 Per Gallon – Again
California’s average price for a gallon of gas today is $4.918; The national average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.260. In Texas that same gallon gas costs $2.87. Where’s Gavin Newsom? He’s not commenting on this on his...
California Democrats Plan to Starve Proposition 36 to Death
On November 5, 2024, California voters overwhelmingly adopted Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, a modest reform to restore consequences for thieves and drug dealers and require treatment for addicts. It’s adoption was a complete rebuke...
With 16,000 Lost Fast Food Jobs, New Ad Blasts California’s ‘Crappiest Law’
“The minimum wage law very cleverly is misnamed,” Economist Thomas Sowell said. “The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them...
Teen Opinion: Make Girls and Women’s Sports Great Again
There is a very important subject in the news lately that is particularly important to me because I am a female athlete. The subject is keeping biological men out of women’s sports. I compete in girls track and cross country...