Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones

Senate Confirms Nancy Skinner to California Energy Commission Despite Legislative Record Creating High Energy Costs

May 29, 2025 5:55 pmMay 29, 2025 9:33 pm

“California’s Legislative Swamp Selects Senate Swamp Dweller for California Energy Commission” is the title I really wanted. Here’s why: Former State Senator Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley (redundant, right?), was just confirmed by the Senate for an appointment to...

DOGE Needs to Take a Deep Dive into California’s Bankrupted Medi-Cal Program

April 8, 2025 9:25 amApril 8, 2025 9:27 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal program is insolvent. Newsom just confessed last month that California’s Medi-Cal is insolvent. Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program, a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals. As California Congressman...

Remember Newsom’s 2022 Backroom Deal to Cut Out Competition and Force All of California into Kaiser?

March 18, 2025 8:26 amMarch 19, 2025 1:21 pm

Remember when Governor Gavin Newsom inked the backroom deal with Kaiser for statewide Medi-Cal health? He never learns, does he? Last week we learned that the cost of Newsom’s policy of giving free medical coverage to every illegal immigrant in...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal is Insolvent

March 14, 2025 2:55 amMarch 15, 2025 7:03 am

“I can’t be overdrawn – I still have checks left,” was my favorite dumb blonde bumper sticker in the 1980’s, and apropos in California today. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new vanity podcast project is a diversion to keep attention on...

California Senator Tony Strickland Sworn in – Again

March 11, 2025 3:19 pmMarch 11, 2025 3:19 pm

Senator Tony Strickland was sworn in to the California State Senate Tuesday morning. It was more like a homecoming as this isn’t Strickland’s first rodeo – he was a member of the California State Senate District 19 from 2008 until...