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How Prevalent Are Double-Jointing Amendments?

October 22, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 22, 2025 2:01 pm

How prevalent are double-jointing amendments? At the end of a California Legislative Session, Capitol observers will hear about the need to have “chaptering out amendments” adopted. However, that is not the correct term to use. “Chaptering out” is the problem...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty Proposes Property Tax Hike to fund Homeless Housing

October 22, 2025 1:00 pmOctober 22, 2025 3:17 pm

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, a Democrat, announced at his first State of the City address Monday, that he is proposing a new tax plan to fund more tiny homes and junkie-homeless housing, after the state of California has already spent...

Border Wall Construction Advances in Arizona Despite Federal Shutdown

October 22, 2025 12:49 pmOctober 22, 2025 12:55 pm

Even as a federal government shutdown grinds much of Washington to a halt, construction crews are forging ahead with miles of new border barriers in Arizona, a move officials say is essential to safeguarding military assets and countering a surge...

California Gas Prices Remain Highest in the Country: Average is $4.62 Per Gallon

October 22, 2025 11:00 amOctober 22, 2025 12:08 pm

As of 2025, California’s total gas taxes and fees amount to approximately $1.15 per gallon, which includes state excise taxes, local sales taxes, and various fees. The state excise tax alone is currently around 59.6 cents per gallon, with additional...

San Diego Surf School Owner Sues Over California State Beaches Monopolizing Surf Instruction

October 22, 2025 10:46 amOctober 22, 2025 12:12 pm

California state beaches are supposed to belong to the public. So should government bureaucrats really have unbridled power to crimp commercial activity on them? San Diego surf school owner Helina Beck apparently does not think so. Beck wants to teach...

The ‘Feminization’ of America’s Boys

October 22, 2025 3:30 amOctober 22, 2025 12:05 pm

In 2008 I wrote this article (below) for my Townhall column: “Girly Men and Girly Sons,” about the “feminization” or effeminization of America’s boys, noting that a boy with a feminist mother does not have a chance; he has been...

Greenberg: Seven times Newsom Crushed Voters’ Will

October 22, 2025 2:45 amOctober 22, 2025 2:46 am

Governor Newsom portrays himself a “progressive champion,” yet his tenure reveals a disturbing pattern of executive overreach that undermines the democratic will of our state’s voters. Promising bold leadership, he has instead prioritized personal ideology over ballot-box mandates, overriding voter-approved...