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Bill to Prohibit Sex Offenders and Human Traffickers from Elected Office Amended to Exempt Pedophiles

June 30, 2026 1:38 pmJuly 1, 2026 1:32 pm

Editors Note: This article has been updated with legislative action on Assembly Bill 2753 as of 7/1/26, 11:39 AM. AB 2691 by Assemblywoman Dawn Addis (D-San Luis Obispo) prohibits persons convicted of “sexual assault” and “human trafficking” from running for...

Senator Scott Wiener’s Legislation Protects Sex Offenders Who Have Homosexual Sex with Minors

November 18, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:38 pm

California Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, recently announced he is running for Congress in Nancy Pelosi’s district, as Pelosi confirmed she will not run in 2028. Senator Wiener could actually make voters beg for Nancy to run...

Greenberg: Seven times Newsom Crushed Voters’ Will

October 22, 2025 2:45 amOctober 22, 2025 2:46 am

Governor Newsom portrays himself a “progressive champion,” yet his tenure reveals a disturbing pattern of executive overreach that undermines the democratic will of our state’s voters. Promising bold leadership, he has instead prioritized personal ideology over ballot-box mandates, overriding voter-approved...

John Moorlach: November Statewide General Election Ballot Measures

October 10, 2024 10:43 amOctober 10, 2024 10:43 am

You should be receiving your ballots in the mail soon. Many friends ask for my recommendations on the Propositions as a part of doing their own independent research. The easy answer is to vote “no” on all ten of the...

UPDATED California Globe Voter Guide: 2024 Ballot Measures Broken Down to Just the Facts

September 24, 2024 8:42 amOctober 17, 2024 4:32 pm

UPDATED 10/15/2024: California voters have many decisions to make November 5, 2024, and not just on a President. California voters are facing 10 ballot initiatives dealing with rampant theft and drug trafficking (Prop. 36), limiting rent control laws (Prop. 33),...

Sen. Grove’s Bill to Make Sex Trafficking in California a Felony Once Again Signed into Law

September 26, 2023 7:16 amSeptember 27, 2023 6:55 am

Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill, Senate Bill 14, to once again make sex trafficking a felony, was signed into law by Governor Newsom Monday. One would assume this was a slam dunk, but this was no easy bill...

Senator Shannon Grove’s ‘Make Sex Trafficking a Felony Again’ Bill Killed Once More?

August 16, 2023 12:49 pmAugust 16, 2023 12:58 pm

In July, the Globe reported that California’s Democrats voted to kill a bill by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) to make child sex trafficking a felony once again in the state. And notably, the main stream media attempted to make Gov....