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Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Increased the California Budget 60%-70% in 7+ Years

July 21, 2026 1:51 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:47 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has increased California’s state budget 60% to 70% in the 7 years since he took office in 2019. The 2018-19 enacted budget (pre-Newsom or early transition, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown) was $201 billion. Gov. Newsom’s...

Rep Adam Gray Continues Lavish Campaign Spending on Luxury Chauffeurs, Uber Rides, and MLB Tickets

July 21, 2026 12:43 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:46 pm

A new California Globe analysis of recent FEC disclosures shows that Congressman Adam Gray continues to spend campaign funds on luxury items—the same pattern CalWatchDog first documented when Democrats bailed him out in 2014. Gray, who co-chaired Rep. Eric Swalwell’s...

Arizona Senator Revives Push to Save Group Home Watchdog Created After Hacienda HealthCare Sexual Abuse Scandal

July 21, 2026 12:10 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:10 pm

Republican Sen. Tim Dunn plans to renew his effort next year to preserve Arizona’s independent watchdog for group homes serving residents with developmental disabilities after the state budget failed to continue the program’s funding. The Compliance, Oversight, Monitoring, and Investigations...

CalPERS Committed $21 Billion to Diversity But Still Can’t Say If It Paid Off

July 21, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 21, 2026 12:01 pm

Federal contractors have until July 24 to certify they don’t run illegal DEI programs, or risk the fate of IBM, which paid $17 million in May to settle the first case brought under the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative....

Don’t like our laws? Ignore them – Don’t like election outcomes? Gut the office

July 21, 2026 10:01 amJuly 21, 2026 10:01 am

I, for one, am still celebrating our nation’s 250th birthday. I recently wrote about Benjamin Franklin’s answer to the question of what kind of government were we going to have, to which he replied, “A republic, if you can keep...

HHS Sec Kennedy Announces Trump Admin is Pausing over $1 billion in Medicaid Payments to California and Minnesota Over Suspected Fraud

July 21, 2026 9:21 amJuly 21, 2026 4:42 pm

UPDATED below: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have deferred more than $1 billion in...

Mamdani’s Insane Netanyahu Arrest Threat

July 21, 2026 6:00 amJuly 21, 2026 6:01 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has once again demonstrated a remarkable talent for turning his local office into a stage for international grandstanding. His recent musings about possibly directing the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – based...