Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 35

California Supreme Court to Weigh in on 2024 Tax Initiative Before it Even Gets to the Ballot

December 11, 2023 4:00 pmDecember 11, 2023 4:00 pm

The California Initiative and Referendum process is no doubt a complicated one, rife with controversy and arguably in need of overhaul. I am normally astounded at what a California ballot looks like with not only choices for candidates at various...

New Study Reveals BIG Divides Between Governors DeSantis & Newsom on Individual Liberties, etc.

November 30, 2023 3:05 amNovember 30, 2023 6:44 am

A new study from the Institute for Legislative Analysis focused on a stringent comparison between Governor Ron DeSantis and Governor Gavin Newsom, and identified the largest policy divides between the two governors, as well as their state legislatures. Ron DeSantis’...

Ringside View: California Legislature Destroys Incentive to Achieve Water Resiliency

November 22, 2023 2:55 amNovember 23, 2023 1:13 pm

The California State Water Board is currently drafting the regulations needed to implement Senate Bill 1157, which is possibly the most misguided, unnecessary, intrusive, expensive disaster of a law ever passed by the state legislature. Passed and signed by Governor...

About Last Week… Save SF – Give Xi a House There!

November 19, 2023 3:28 pmNovember 19, 2023 3:28 pm

Well, we learned from the recent APEC conference that, if they want to, the state and the city can clean up San Francisco. We also learned that protesting against a murderous dictator bent on destroying the United States is frowned...

UPDATED: Man Stabbed to Death at Downtown Sacramento Golden 1 Center With Concert Goers Nearby

November 15, 2023 1:52 pmNovember 16, 2023 2:27 pm

UPDATE BELOW: As hundreds of concert goers waited in line at the Golden 1 Center Tuesday afternoon, a man lay dying of stab wounds just a few feet away in the commons area of the downtown arena mall in Sacramento....

Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages by California Governors

November 13, 2023 3:44 pmNovember 13, 2023 3:44 pm

In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past quarter century, I compiled the following chart. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the number of Assembly Bills with signing messages, the number of Senate Bills with signing messages, and...

About Last Week …Polls in the Hole for Dems

November 12, 2023 2:30 amNovember 12, 2023 2:31 am

For the first time since taking office, President Joe Biden has slipped into negative territory when it comes to his approval poll numbers in California. For only the second time since taking office, Governor Gavin Newsom has slipped into negative...