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Newsom’s Charisma Overcomes Dahle’s Truths in a Rigged Debate

October 25, 2022 6:45 amOctober 25, 2022 8:37 am

For the best description of Gavin Newsom’s behavior during his debate with gubernatorial challenger Brian Dahle last Sunday, one must go all the way back to Hunter Thompson’s unforgettable book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail in 1972, where he...

California Target Area Contract Preference Act

August 15, 2022 4:15 pmAugust 15, 2022 4:19 pm

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Government Code Title 1, Division 5, Chapter 10.5 provides the Target Area Contract Preference Act, which is contained in Section 4530 to 4535.3. Chapter 10.5 was added in 1983 by Chapter 323. Section...

Psychiatrist Warns: Parents and Kids Can’t Hang in There For Another Semester

July 31, 2020 8:56 amAugust 1, 2020 9:29 am

Time is ticking…. Nobody wants to make the wrong choice, putting students, families and teachers at risk. But, fear is the new pandemic, and it’s getting in the way of logical thinking about whether to send kids back to school....

FACT CHECK: Is poverty deadlier than Coronavirus?

May 5, 2020 11:15 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. About a week ago, California Globe launched a marketing effort in which anyone could request a free bumper sticker. The sticker reads “Poverty is deadlier than Coronavirus.”...

McClintock: The Unseen Death Toll of Covid-19 Measures

April 16, 2020 9:53 amApril 22, 2020 12:17 pm

In 1957, the Asian flu pandemic killed 116,000 Americans, the equivalent of 220,000 in today’s population. The Eisenhower generation didn’t strip grocery shelves of toilet paper, confine the entire population to their homes or lay waste to the economy. Special to California...

Gov. Newsom Triggered by Trump Administration’s End to Welfare-Dependent Illegal Aliens

August 12, 2019 2:43 pmAugust 13, 2019 8:15 am

The Trump administration on Monday issued a much anticipated rule change strengthening federal immigration officials ability to deny green cards to immigrants relying on welfare subsidies. The change is estimated to save American taxpayers $58 billion annually. The rule change...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Conformity’ Tax Proposal Cherry-Picking Changes to Federal Law

June 20, 2019 2:05 amJune 20, 2019 8:32 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget contains more than $2 billion in new state taxes, even with $21 billion state surplus. Newsom proposed adopting some of the Trump federal tax code changes – and limiting deductions for business losses,...