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Steve Hilton’s Dream Team

January 16, 2026 3:54 amJanuary 16, 2026 3:55 am

As one of his first acts as governor, in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom sued the Orange County city of Huntington Beach for failing to provide enough additional “affordable housing,” while his own home county of Marin enjoyed a moratorium on...

Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates Announces GOP Bid for California Attorney General

January 15, 2026 1:06 pmJanuary 15, 2026 1:06 pm

Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates announced his candidacy for California Attorney General on Wednesday via a video posted on X. Gates, a vocal conservative known for his clashes with state officials over issues like housing mandates, sanctuary laws, parental...

Are Parental Rights Making a Comeback — Not if California Leadership Can Stop It

December 26, 2025 3:00 pmDecember 26, 2025 3:00 pm

Judge Benitez’s order restoring parental rights, free speech, and religious conscience is a long-overdue return to sanity — and California’s Democratic leadership is already trying to stop it. On December 22, 2025, a federal judge in California did something that...

San Francisco’s Antisemitism Problem: It’s Complicated

July 14, 2025 2:30 amJuly 14, 2025 2:31 am

It is barely summer 2025 and the just-completed San Francisco’s Pride Weekend became the setting for not one but two embarrassing and concerning incidents exposing Mayor Daniel Lurie’s difficultly in leadership. As one of several Jewish elected city officials (his...

Controversial Bill Would Add Trevor Project Suicide Hotline to Student ID Cards

July 10, 2025 1:55 pmJuly 10, 2025 2:31 pm

An utterly treacherous bill has passed the State Assembly and is making its way through Senate committees. Assembly Bill 727, authored by Assemblyman Mark González (D-Los Angeles) would put the Trevor Project’s suicide hotline number on the back of school...

Bills Confronting California’s Trans Policy Undermining Girls’ Athletics: Hearing Tuesday

March 31, 2025 12:50 pmMarch 31, 2025 10:20 pm

On April Fools Day the California Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports & Tourism Committee will hear two bills to ban biological men claiming to be trans women out of girls’ sports. AB 844 by Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside), will require that...

Gavin Newsom Talks and People Everywhere Cringe

March 31, 2025 2:55 amApril 3, 2025 11:50 am

What is the purpose of a podcast but to delve deeply into issues, expose problems and consider solutions? Or is it to entertain? Grok says: “it’s a way to share ideas, stories, or information through audio episodes that people can...