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The California Dream is Driving Small Business Away

December 17, 2025 2:30 pmDecember 17, 2025 2:31 pm

The California Legislature’s high tax, high cost of living, anti-business climate continues to drive businesses large and small and many of their employees out of the state. Shockingly, the Democrat-led supermajority of elected representatives double down on costly regulatory policies...

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California: 2025 Edition

December 17, 2025 9:44 amDecember 29, 2025 9:15 am

This week the Globe reported on the newly released California State Auditor’s report which depicts a devastating state of the state: “The California State Auditor published a scalding report Friday that is an unvarnished indictment of Governor Gavin Newsom and...

Failed State California: $18 Billion Deficit, High-Risk State Agencies, Record Out-Migration

December 16, 2025 2:55 amDecember 17, 2025 3:16 pm

“The Legislature has needed to address budget problems for three years in a row,” the California Legislative Analyst warned in their November report on California’s fiscal outlook. And the really bad news: California has an $18 billion budget deficit, $5...

Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures

October 20, 2025 2:55 amOctober 20, 2025 2:56 am

What could possibly make someone leave Laguna Niguel and Coachella Valley, California for a move to Goodyear, Arizona? According to our latest interview with Barri on Leaving California, California’s highest-in-the-country cost-of-living, and “quality of life.” Everyone is piling on California...

UPDATED: How to Kill a State in 5 Easy Steps – Gavin Newsom’s California

August 13, 2025 7:36 amAugust 13, 2025 7:38 am

California is one of only five states that haven’t recovered to pre-COVID job levels, and even our partial recovery is entirely dependent on government jobs. The California Center for Jobs & the Economy recently reported: “California’s job growth has been...

Greenberg: Kamala’s Defeat – We Dodged A Bullet

May 17, 2025 2:55 amMay 18, 2025 8:09 am

San Francisco still stumbles under the weight of progressive policies run amok. Homeless encampments, though greatly diminished, clutter its streets, crime still erodes public safety, and surprisingly empty downtown storefronts signal economic decay. Confidence continues to wane. The 2024 presidential...

Cato Institute Ranking of Governors: Gavin Newsom Earns a “D” and Tim Walz an “F”

November 4, 2024 3:51 pmNovember 4, 2024 3:51 pm

The Cato Institute recently issued a report ranking the Governors of 48 of the nation’s 50 states. Although most Californians will not be surprised by how poorly Governor Gavin Newsom fared, the country may be very surprised at how the...