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Gov. Newsom Funds $33k for Self-Portrait in State Budget, But No Money for Wildfires

January 22, 2026 7:59 amJanuary 22, 2026 5:52 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom has budgeted $33,000 for a self-portrait, but no money for wildfires. Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton weighs in on this below. It’s one line in an expenditure schedule. Page 227 of the Governors Budget Summary, Item 0720....

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California: 2025 Edition

December 17, 2025 9:44 amDecember 29, 2025 9:15 am

This week the Globe reported on the newly released California State Auditor’s report which depicts a devastating state of the state: “The California State Auditor published a scalding report Friday that is an unvarnished indictment of Governor Gavin Newsom and...

Ringside: The Numbers Driving California vs. Washington on Energy, Water & Forestry

November 21, 2024 3:30 amNovember 21, 2024 3:31 am

With national election results that have delivered a surprisingly unequivocal result, California’s business interests now find themselves on a political tightrope. On one side, the incoming Trump administration will pursue deregulation that may help businesses remain in California, and on...

Gavin Newsom is Attempting to Play on a Stage Well Above His Pay Grade

November 12, 2024 3:00 amNovember 12, 2024 3:01 am

On the heels of Democrats’ huge presidential loss last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom doubled down on stupid. He doubled down on arrogance, on smug bravado, on foolishness, on indiscrete loony ideas and policies. Perhaps before Newsom gets too full...

Ringside: More Water Supply Requires Industry Unity

September 4, 2024 2:30 pmSeptember 4, 2024 2:37 pm

Probably the most consequential and controversial water policy decisions in California involve how much water to pump out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and into southbound aqueducts, and we’re in the middle of another one right now. For the last...

Ringside: Water Czars Ignore Solutions to Scarcity

May 9, 2024 2:55 amMay 9, 2024 2:56 am

The Delta Tunnel proposal exemplifies California’s political dysfunction. It will probably never get built, but it promises to dominate all discussions of major state and federal spending on water infrastructure for the next decade, preventing any other big ideas from...

Ringside: Water Rationing is the Worst Way to Build Resiliency

January 11, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 11, 2024 2:46 am

When a public policy decision is flawed, and the reasons it is flawed are simple and obvious, and the consequences are huge and costly, the appropriate response for a concerned observer is to call attention to the looming debacle. Not...