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Media Climate Change Hysterics Claim July was the Earth’s Hottest Month Ever

August 6, 2023 11:25 amAugust 7, 2023 2:11 pm

The Sacramento Bee is reporting “July was Earth’s hottest month ever.” At the same time the California media and weather forecasters are breathlessly talking about the “hottest July ever,” excitedly awaiting more “extreme heat waves,” telling people to avoid going...

The Pandemic Wiped Out 3 Million Jobs in California

July 16, 2023 10:01 amJuly 16, 2023 10:02 am

The pandemic wiped out 3 million jobs in California. Then why did the Employment Development Department send out 9 million unemployment benefit debit cards? Since almost all of the cards were sent out in the first 10 months of the...

Mass Media Hysteria Over ‘Dangerously Hot’ Summer Heat

July 14, 2023 9:35 amJuly 14, 2023 9:37 am

Meteorologists forecasted June would be unseasonably hot. It wasn’t – we had lovely cool weather in June. Now that Summer has finally arrived in California, many of these shameless green agenda forecasters are warning of a “dangerously hot” summer. Yesterday...

BREAKING: California EDD ‘Structurally Insolvent’

July 8, 2023 8:26 amJuly 8, 2023 8:44 am

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund the California Employment Development Department uses to pay benefits is now “structurally insolvent” a new Legislative Analyst’s Office report states. The report – a reaction to the “May Fund Forecast” released by the EDD...

Legislative Analyst Warns California Can’t Afford Gov. Newsom’s 2023-24 Budget

May 24, 2023 12:42 pmMay 24, 2023 12:42 pm

The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), the California Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor, announced on Tuesday that the state would unlikely be able to afford the May revisions to the 2023-2024 budget as proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom, and that...

California Did NOT Default on its Federal Unemployment Debt

May 11, 2023 5:00 amMay 11, 2023 7:54 am

While Governor Newsom and the legislature’s decision to foist the re-payment of a federal debt caused by the laughably destructive EDD onto the backs of California businesses remains unconscionable, recent reports that the state is “defaulting” on the debt are...

Calif. Legislative Analyst ‘Calls Bull’ on Newsom Budget Projections

January 17, 2023 4:45 pmJanuary 19, 2023 4:22 pm

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a $297 billion 2023-2024 budget plan on Tuesday, with a projected deficit of $22.5 billion. He shaved $3 billion off his last budget, in the face of a recession, and the $22.5 billion...