Sen. Nancy Skinner – California Globe

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s First Threatening Message to President-Elect Trump

November 7, 2024 7:23 amNovember 7, 2024 7:58 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom needs a beach day. Traveling around the country as President Joe Biden’s surrogate during the 2024 election cycle backfired when the Obama/Pelosi party leaders cancelled Joe and moved Kamala Harris in as the presumed candidate. Newsom...

California’s Politicians No Longer Work for the People

November 1, 2024 3:55 amNovember 1, 2024 9:22 pm

California’s politicians no longer work for the people – not the Governor, not state Senators and not State Assembly members. They work against the people, refusing to pass or enforce laws that make our lives better. Look around you –...

Legal Challenges Brewing with SB 54 Signed into Law this Week

October 12, 2023 10:06 amOctober 12, 2023 10:06 am

A bill that would force venture capitalist (VC) companies in California to disclose the gender and race of the founding members of companies that was signed into law earlier this week may see legal trouble on the horizon as many...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Banning Public School Suspensions for ‘Willful Defiance’

October 11, 2023 8:21 amOctober 12, 2023 3:35 pm

While Governor Gavin Newsom’s children attend an exclusive private school in Sacramento, he just signed SB 274 by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), which bans school suspensions for “willful defiance.” SB 274 “extends the ban on suspending a student on the...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Requiring Venture Capitalists Report Diversity of Businesses they Invest in

October 9, 2023 7:59 amOctober 9, 2023 4:18 pm

Because “Venture capital investment does not reflect the diversity of California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to require the venture capitalists to report annually to the California Civil Rights Department the diversity of the founding members of the businesses...

Quality of Life is on California November Ballot

November 1, 2022 9:52 amNovember 4, 2022 9:43 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. Escalating violent crime, lawlessness, open drug use, rampant homelessness, coupled with high inflation raising the costs of everything from food to gas to housing, is causing...

Californians’ Quality of Life is on a Collision Course With the Rule of Law

November 28, 2021 10:30 amNovember 30, 2021 8:57 am

Californians’ quality of life is on a collision course with the rule of law. A retired police officer who working as a security guard was shot and killed in Oakland while protecting a Bay Area television news crew covering a...