Governor Gavin Newsom – Page 40

Open the Books: Gov. Newsom Solicited State Vendors For Campaign Donations

September 22, 2022 1:36 pmSeptember 24, 2022 8:15 am

“California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign donations from state vendors, key people, employees, or their affiliated corporate political action committees,” Open the Books reports. “While progressives decry corporate money in politics, Governor Gavin Newsom...

What Happens to the Technical, Nonsubstantive Changes Proposed in a Vetoed Bill?

September 19, 2022 2:02 pmSeptember 19, 2022 2:08 pm

In many bills that reach the Governor’s Desk, there are technical, nonsubstantive changes that are made to existing statutes that are already being amended by the particular bill. In other words, in addition to the substantive changes being proposed by...

Governor Signs AB 2188 – Testing for Cannabis Use

September 19, 2022 11:00 amSeptember 19, 2022 11:04 am

On September 19, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2188, by Assembly Member Bill Quirk (D-Fremont). AB 2188 amends Government Code Section 12954 relating to the use of cannabis. Existing California law, the Fair Employment and Housing...

California Governor Launches Abortion.ca.gov

September 13, 2022 9:55 amSeptember 13, 2022 10:00 am

Come to California, visit our “misty Northern California redwood forests to sun-kissed Southern California beaches,” and get an abortion. California, the Abortion Sanctuary State, has officially created a new website to assist out-of-staters with their abortion travel plans. “As other states...

Sacramento Drug-Addicted Transients Taking Over Neighborhoods While City Fiddles

September 6, 2022 2:49 pmSeptember 7, 2022 4:37 pm

UPDATED BELOW: The City of Sacramento has a big problem, and it isn’t the “existential threat of climate change.” Narcotics, burglary, aggravated assault, battery, vandalism, and weapon-related crimes are now commonplace in residential neighborhoods where new moms push strollers on...

Latest Attack on Proposed Sites Reservoir – Not Enough Water

September 4, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 4, 2022 9:14 am

When it comes to attacking anything that will make so much as a scratch in the earth, California’s environmentalists never run out of arguments, and their litigators never run out of money. So it goes with the proposed Sites Reservoir,...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Proposing to Allow Open Drug Dens

August 22, 2022 3:59 pmAugust 22, 2022 4:11 pm

Proposing to allow open drug dens in two of California’s most crime-laden, homeless and vagrant-filled cities is the equivalent of taking a recovering alcoholic to an open bar at a large wedding. Fortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 57,...