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Governor Newsom and the Mockery of Informed Consent

July 24, 2025 2:53 amJuly 24, 2025 2:54 am

About a week or two ago, Governor Gavin Newsom headed out of California politics and did a podcast about how he sees the future of the USA. He didn’t take his California politics with him, but rather “got down” with...

California Mask Dictators Bringing Back Mask Mandates

October 10, 2024 8:24 amOctober 10, 2024 8:24 am

Four years after the Covid flu made its way onto U.S. soil, there are still Covid hysterics and even worse, Covid mask dictators and shot pushers, usually found in public health agencies. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that mask mandates...

CalOSHA Throws Pandemic Shade

October 6, 2023 2:30 amOctober 6, 2023 2:31 am

Between the end of August, 2020 and December, 30, 2022, a California business was cited for a “COVID-19 Related Violation” every 9 hours and 48 minutes. Overall, in less than two-and-a-half years, CalOSHA issued 2,096 pandemic-related citations with a fine...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Re-define State’s Open Meeting Act

August 23, 2022 7:24 am

A bill to redefine California’s open meeting act, the The Brown Act, has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 1100, authored by Sen. Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) and Assemblyman Evan Low’s (D-Silicon Valley), authorizes the presiding member of...

Sacramento Mayor and City Council Finally Hold Public Meeting – 866 Days After Lockdown Order

August 18, 2022 8:03 amAugust 18, 2022 8:03 pm

Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the City Council finally returned to in-person meetings, after two-years of “virtual” council meetings. But there was nothing normal about this meeting. Everyone was required to wear a mask, and the council still required social distancing...

California Democrats Re-define State’s Open Meeting Act

August 8, 2022 2:30 amAugust 9, 2022 7:11 am

Only three months ago, the Globe reported that State Capitol leadership was still requiring social distancing in committee hearing rooms, greatly diminishing available seating for lobbyists and members of the public, and denying many access to their elected representatives –...

Pandemic Recovery Rankings in The U.S. – California… Not So Good Yet

May 9, 2022 10:35 amMay 9, 2022 10:35 am

While the majority of the 50 United States are fully opened, back to work and school, mask mandates and social distancing restrictions lifted, California and New York continue to struggle with the concept of relinquishing the emergency controls for a...