Governor Gavin Newsom – California Globe

Sacramento Just Turned Off the Lights

September 1, 2026 9:25 amSeptember 1, 2026 9:25 am

I have spent thirty years chasing fraud in the financial services industry as a court-designated expert witness in federal and state courts. The first lesson you learn in that line of work is simple. Fraud does not survive in the...

When Does Governor Newsom Have to Act on the September 1 Bills?

September 1, 2026 7:30 amSeptember 1, 2026 7:30 am

Are SB 492 (Becker) the wildfire bill, SB 113 (Laird) the Budget Bill Junior, and other bills passed on Tuesday, September 1 subject to the September 30 constitutional deadline for Governor Gavin Newsom to act on bills sent to his...

Honduran National Charged With Fraudulently Registering to Vote in California

August 28, 2026 11:40 amAugust 29, 2026 2:18 pm

What Democrats have been telling us never happens, keeps happening. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday the arrest of a Honduran national charged with fraudulently registering to vote in California — the latest concrete case after years of Democratic...

Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall

August 27, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 28, 2026 7:32 am

With four days left in the legislative session, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) stood with fellow Democrats on Thursday and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency: ban local, state and federal law enforcement from buying or using electronic...

Democrats’ Sneaky Solano County Shipyard Legislation Killed in California Forever Plan

August 27, 2026 6:00 amAugust 27, 2026 6:53 am

The Solano County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday, against supporting emergency legislation to fast-track a shipyard and maritime manufacturing facility for the California Forever project. “The Solano Maritime and Manufacturing Act” is emergency legislation to save a proposed...

President Trump’s Big Supreme Court Win Over Mail Ballots

August 25, 2026 7:22 amAugust 25, 2026 10:49 am

In a 6-3 decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed President Trump a significant win ruling in favor of his executive order increasing election integrity relating to mail ballots, saying states improperly sued over the order. With the three liberal...

The Spastic California Tango: Newsom Courts Paramount with Tax Breaks While Bonta Nukes Negotiations

August 24, 2026 3:00 pmAugust 24, 2026 3:01 pm

The ongoing antitrust saga pitting California Attorney General Rob Bonta against Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has devolved into a classic cat-and-mouse game—except the cat keeps tripping over its own tail, and the mouse is seriously considering packing...