Sen. Scott Wiener – California Globe

Sacramento Could Become Transgender ‘Sanctuary’ City in Trans Sanctuary State

March 26, 2024 6:46 amMarch 26, 2024 6:46 am

The Sacramento City Council may soon become a “sanctuary city for transgender people” thanks to a new Resolution by Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. California is already a destination state for “transgender” procedures for...

Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation ‘Supporting’ or Harming LGBTQ+ Children?

September 24, 2023 4:00 pmSeptember 26, 2023 3:42 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Saturday that he has signed legislation “strengthening protections and supports for LGBTQ+ Californians, including measures to better support vulnerable youth.” It’s still not clear to most what constitutional and legal protections LGBTQ+ youth do not have....

Sen. Wiener’s Universal Health Care Bill Passes Assembly: How Much is Too Much?

September 13, 2023 3:02 pmSeptember 13, 2023 3:03 pm

Universal health care rears its ugly head once again in California. At a time when any Health care reform proposals should be a patient-centered, market-based alternative that empowers individuals to control the dollars and decisions regarding their health care, Sen....

Five Transgender Bills Targeting Concerned Parents Awaiting Gov. Newsom’s Signature or Veto

September 13, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 13, 2023 2:46 am

A teacher friend recently shared with me curriculum required by the school district for use in the early elementary classroom on “gender expression.” It is a video called “Expressing Myself. My Way.” The tag line on the video gives a...

Sen. Wiener’s Affordable Housing Mandate for Cities Extended

May 31, 2023 5:46 pmMay 31, 2023 5:46 pm

Turning all of California into San Francisco one bill at a time seems to be Senator Scott Wiener’s goal. Sen. Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced gleefully today that the Senate passed his Senate Bill 423, legislation to extend his SB 35...

The Uni-Party Isn’t Just Bad for Governance – It’s Bad for Society

May 15, 2023 10:15 amMay 15, 2023 10:16 am

We will take as a given for the purposes of this article that California has one actual political party. It is called the Democratic Party but could easily be called any number of things – the Bureaucratic Party, the Oligarch...

A Brief and Unpleasant History of Gov. Newsom’s Record

March 30, 2023 8:04 amApril 1, 2023 7:16 am

California has some very serious problems. While the Golden State has always exuded the West Coast way of life and California hip, these very real problems go back many years, all while elected officials reveled in California cool rather than...