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President Trump Targets California’s Overreaching Cap and Trade Program

April 10, 2025 11:35 amApril 10, 2025 12:12 pm

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that targets California’s climate change laws and policies, specifically naming California’s sketchy Cap and Trade program, which ostensibly facilitates greenhouse gas emission reductions. Trump is promoting “all of the above” energy policy,...

Santa Clara County Judges Line Up with DA on Death Sentence Reversal

November 25, 2024 3:05 pmNovember 25, 2024 3:05 pm

By Ron Matthias and Dolores Carr Since August, local judges have been nullifying murderers’ death sentences one by one. But there’s a problem: The law the judges have been relying on to reduce those death sentences doesn’t apply to death...

California Air Resources Board Exempts Itself From Regulations and State Laws

August 2, 2024 2:55 amAugust 2, 2024 2:56 am

This week, Thomas Buckley reported that a slew of new California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations roll out this year and next, but the government will not have to worry about compliance for its own car and truck fleets. The...

Rosen’s Lawless War Against The Death Penalty, Part II

July 25, 2024 10:47 amJuly 25, 2024 3:59 pm

Three months ago, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen unveiled his controversial scheme to have the death sentences of 14 South Bay murderers reduced to prison terms. Although his plan faltered out of the gate because he failed to coordinate scheduling with the courts, the misstep bought him valuable time that he could have used to correct course. He blew the chance. If Rosen had only taken that opportunity to re-read...

Parent Advisory Council Transparency Bill Passes Assembly Education Comm. With Unanimous Vote

June 13, 2024 5:19 pmJune 13, 2024 5:19 pm

A bill aimed at increasing transparency of information about members of the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Parent Advisory Council (PAC) passed the Assembly Education Committee late on Wednesday, moving up to the Assembly Appropriations Committee by a 6-0 vote...

California Citizens Redistricting Commission: Are all votes created equal?

December 9, 2021 2:45 pmDecember 9, 2021 2:52 pm

As the California Citizens Redistricting Commission wends its way to finalizing mapping out the lines that will define the state’s politics for the next ten years, there are a number of factors they will be considering. General population figures, existing...

California Controller Wrote 49 Million Checks, but Can’t Locate Any of Them?

May 13, 2021 5:00 pmMay 13, 2021 5:00 pm

OpenTheBooks.com reports at Real Clear Policy, “It’s been 21 months since we asked California to do what 49 other states, the federal government, and hundreds of America’s largest cities do: produce a line-by-line state checkbook of its spending.” “State Controller,...