Sen. Anthony Portantino – California Globe

Sen. Wiener’s SB 79: Forcing Single-Family Neighborhoods to Accept Low Income High-Rise Apartments Next Door

July 7, 2025 10:28 amJuly 23, 2025 4:54 pm

SB 79 by Democrat State Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco would force single-family neighborhoods to accept high-rise apartment buildings. This favorite policy of Sen. Wiener goes back to 2019 when he authored the controversial housing/zoning bill SB 50, which...

OPINION: The Activist, Communist, and Hypocrite who Stripped Californians of 2nd Amendment Rights

January 5, 2024 7:19 amJanuary 5, 2024 7:19 am

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit once again showed America why they are the most often overturned court by the U.S. Supreme Court, at the tail end of 2023, when a three judge panel placed an administrative...

Interesting Provisions in New California Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 2:34 pmSeptember 27, 2023 2:34 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...

Whamm, Zwap, Bam! Lawsuits Already Filed Over California’s Newest Gun Control Laws

September 27, 2023 12:02 pmSeptember 28, 2023 2:21 pm

UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...

California Legislature Passes ‘Tyrannical’ Package of 12 Gun Control Bills

September 18, 2023 3:51 pmSeptember 20, 2023 4:31 pm

In June 2022, U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen striking down a New York gun law that put unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry of a gun out in public. And...

A California Story: Inane People Create Inane Laws

August 7, 2023 6:32 amAugust 7, 2023 9:53 am

Have you ever wondered how California gets those inane laws that they have? There is an answer to that question, and I believe it is simple: inane people. Ridiculous, word-twisting, ego-driven, prevaricating people that are selected, installed, and left unchecked...

California Trying to Illegally Restrict Concealed Carry Weapons Permits

May 26, 2023 11:15 amMay 26, 2023 11:15 am

Despite being rebuked by the highest court in the country over gun control attempts last year, California Democrats continue to tell the people through shady legislation that you can’t defend yourself with a firearm… or at least they will limit...