Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 2

Newsom’s Energy Wrecking Crew

August 20, 2026 3:16 pmAugust 20, 2026 3:17 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom does not set California’s electricity rates from a high podium. He does something more devious: He personally staffs the California Energy Commission (CEC). Gavin installs loyalists, treats the controversial results as if they fell from the sky....

$25 Federal Minimum Wage to Cost 5 Million Jobs, New Report Finds

August 20, 2026 11:28 amAugust 20, 2026 12:02 pm

The majority of research over three decades finds minimum wage increases reduce employment. Just look at California’s $20 per hour fast food minimum wage. In addition to the latest news that Kentucky Fried Chicken has permanently closed 44 restaurants across...

California’s Paramount Contradiction: Tax Credits for the Company It Is Suing

August 20, 2026 6:16 amAugust 20, 2026 6:17 am

California has a peculiar way of doing business. Even as Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general wage legal war to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Golden State is handing...

AB 1383 — Watching Another Train Wreck In Slow Motion

August 17, 2026 6:00 amAugust 17, 2026 6:01 am

It was at the California Club in downtown Los Angeles, back in April of 2012, when I was serving my second term as Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, that I met with several Southern California County Supervisors...

Ghouls in Pink Turned the Golden State into the Abortion State

August 13, 2026 7:30 amAugust 13, 2026 12:39 pm

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy just signed a new law allowing abortions at any time. Healy, a Democrat, signed the law Monday removing the state’s 24-week abortion limit, allowing abortions at any point in pregnancy. Most of the mainstream media reported that...

Nobody In Sacramento Voted Against This Bill – It Could Still Die Anyway

August 12, 2026 8:40 amAugust 12, 2026 8:40 am

A bill just cleared the California Assembly 76-0. Zero no votes. Not one member of either party stood up to object. In a Legislature that can turn a resolution honoring National Donut Day into a floor fight, that alone is...

Republican Study Committee Slams Gov. Newsom’s Response to Trump CA Visit

August 5, 2026 4:04 pmAugust 5, 2026 4:04 pm

President Trump’s visit to California this week, and Governor Gavin Newsom’s childish response, elicited reactions from the Republican Study Committee’s California Members. Governor Newsom’s response on X likely was penned by his PR flaks, but attributed to the governor: Donald...