Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 2

Another Illegal California Gun Control Law Struck Down

March 23, 2026 2:36 pmMarch 23, 2026 3:11 pm

Another of California’s illegal gun laws was just struck down, and the state must pay the National Rifle Association nearly $500,000 in attorney fees. In Safari Club International v. Bonta, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California...

Activists in Black Robes: America’s Shadow Legislature

March 22, 2026 9:15 amMarch 22, 2026 9:15 am

There is a reason the Founders gave Article III judges lifetime appointments and no army. They were supposed to interpret law quietly, not rewrite it loudly. On June 9, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar, an Obama appointee sitting...

California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Continues to Bite Workers, Consumers and Owners

March 20, 2026 4:40 amMarch 20, 2026 4:41 am

California is reaching a grim two-year anniversary of the ill-advised $20 fast food minimum wage. AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks...

Sacramento’s Idea of a Transition

March 19, 2026 1:12 pmMarch 19, 2026 1:16 pm

In 1991, California had more than forty refineries. By the end of 2026, it will have fewer than eleven. Of those, only five are large enough to matter. Phillips 66 shuttered its 147,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in December. Valero’s Benicia...

California’s Whole Child Education Shift Raises Questions as Veterans, Businesses, and Public Safety Struggle for Attention

March 17, 2026 8:30 amMarch 17, 2026 8:35 am

There are moments in public life when leadership is not measured by speeches or press conferences, but by priorities. When costs are rising, trust in institutions is falling, and families are asking whether their government still works for them, leaders...

Why Are Violent Predators Walking Free in California?

March 16, 2026 5:00 amMarch 16, 2026 7:59 am

For more than 15 years, I have worked with groups such as the Golden State Bail Agents Association and Crime Victims United. Their mission is simple: make sure victims are not forgotten. In California today, that mission feels like an...

Nine Ways California’s Climate Agenda Is Driving Up the Cost of Living

March 12, 2026 5:00 amMarch 12, 2026 5:01 am

Last November, Governor Gavin Newsom, playing faux President, traveled to the United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, where he declared that California’s climate policies prove environmental leadership and economic prosperity can go hand in hand. His message was simple:...