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Governor Newsom To Launch Investigation Into High Gas Prices

October 22, 2019 10:18 pmOctober 23, 2019 11:23 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has called on the California Attorney General’s office to investigate big oil companies and the price of gas. The Governor’s call for an investigation comes after a recent California Energy Commission (CEC) report found that companies such...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...

California AG Becerra Wants Fast-Track Deportations Overruled

September 24, 2019 10:01 amSeptember 25, 2019 8:18 am

The Trump Administration issued a new rule in July that expands the use of expedited removal of illegal aliens in the United States. “The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security (“DOJ,” “DHS,” or collectively, “the Departments”) are...

California Appeals Court Strikes Down Gun Conviction of Kate Steinle Shooter

August 30, 2019 8:09 pmAugust 30, 2019 8:23 pm

California’s First District Court of Appeals has reversed the gun conviction of Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, who was previously acquitted of murder in the July 1, 2015 shooting of Kate Steinle, 32, on a San Francisco pier. The court ruled that...

CA Gov. Newsom Vilifies Trump Immigration Policy, Travels 3,000 Miles to Visit El Salvador

April 8, 2019 6:22 amApril 9, 2019 5:56 am

“Governor Gavin Newsom today becomes the first California Governor to travel to the region, where he will examine root causes of migration and join the world community in being part of a solution to the challenges in El Salvador and...

Democrats Tap Xavier Becerra for Spanish-language SOTU Response

January 29, 2019 5:44 pmJanuary 29, 2019 5:56 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who has sued the Trump administration a record 45 times, will give the Spanish-language response to President Trump’s February 5 State of the Union speech. “I’m looking forward to addressing my fellow Americans on a...