Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 29

‘Sustainable’ Sonoma-Marin SMART Train: Environmental or Autocratic?

June 14, 2023 2:05 pmJune 14, 2023 2:05 pm

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project has helped transport passengers across the North Bay since 2002, but at what cost to the taxpayers? The special District established by state legislation has piqued the interest...

Can California Keep the Lights on this Summer While Demanding More Electric Cars?

June 7, 2023 2:45 amJune 7, 2023 2:46 am

As we enter the warm summer season in California, people across the state recall both fond and negative memories of recent years. Natural disasters have recurrently reared their ugly head as witnessed during the disaterly wildfires, rotating power shut offs...

Sen. Wiener’s Affordable Housing Mandate for Cities Extended

May 31, 2023 5:46 pmMay 31, 2023 5:46 pm

Turning all of California into San Francisco one bill at a time seems to be Senator Scott Wiener’s goal. Sen. Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced gleefully today that the Senate passed his Senate Bill 423, legislation to extend his SB 35...

Latest Claim by Gov. Newsom: Highbrow Hubris or Desultory Delusion?

May 12, 2023 3:05 amMay 12, 2023 3:06 am

Let’s give credit where credit is due. At least he was able to say it with a straight face. Last week in a conversation with Stephanie Ruhle, NBC Senior Business analyst and host of MSNBC’s The Eleventh Hour, California Governor...

Julie Su Ordered Staff to Obstruct Immigration Agents

May 10, 2023 7:13 pmMay 10, 2023 9:18 pm

When she was California’s Labor Commissioner, Julie Su directed department staff to not cooperate with federal immigration agents if they appeared at any commission office looking for illegal aliens. Su’s 2017 memo also strongly implies that Commission employees should actively...

The Role of the Media is to Hold Power Accountable

April 28, 2023 12:02 pmApril 28, 2023 12:02 pm

We recently learned President Joe Biden had a cheat sheet with a prewritten question from a journalist at Wednesday’s press conference. “A photographer caught a picture of the cheat sheet as the president held a press conference alongside South Korean...

Su Squeaks Past Committee on Party Line Vote

April 26, 2023 10:07 amApril 27, 2023 12:32 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee Wednesday morning voted 11 to 10 to advance formed California labor chief Julie Su’s nomination to become the next federal Secretary of Labor. The vote – as expected – was a strictly...