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Attorney General Rob Bonta Accused of Rigging Election After Manipulating Voter ID Initiative Language Mid-Campaign

July 21, 2026 4:28 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:51 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta faces accusations of rigging the ballot language for Proposition 39, the Voter Identification, Citizenship Verification, and Registered Voter List Administration Initiative, just months before the November 2026 election. The initiative, which gathered over a million...

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...

DOJ Finds UC San Diego Medical School Unlawfully Discriminated on the Basis of Race in Admissions

July 20, 2026 4:45 pmJuly 21, 2026 2:11 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Monday that the University of California San Diego School of Medicine (San Diego Med) violated federal civil rights law by using race as a factor in its admissions decisions. The finding,...

Solano County’s ‘California Forever’ Project Loses $3.2 Billion Shipyard to Texas

July 17, 2026 7:52 amJuly 19, 2026 6:57 pm

California Forever, a “walkable city” project in Solano County with strong ties to 15-minute city principles, backed by tech investors Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, and Laurene Powell Jobs, just lost a proposed $3.2 billion shipyard that backers and supporters hoped...

Tone Deaf Gavin Newsom Avoiding ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ of His Own Making

July 15, 2026 6:30 amJuly 16, 2026 6:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disconnect and lack of self-awareness is stunning. He just gave a little talk at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials event, whining incessantly about “the concentration of wealth, the stagnation of wages for...

Paramount Considering Moving its HQ, Pulling $30B Annual Spending out of California

July 13, 2026 7:00 amJuly 13, 2026 3:36 pm

Paramount is reportedly considering moving its headquarters and pulling $30B in annual spending out of California, as the company is under threat of litigation by California Attorney General Rob Bonta over its merger with Warner Brothers. According to Semafor, advisers...

US Hospitals Advertising in Spanish to Illegal Aliens for Free Taxpayer Paid Health Care

July 11, 2026 6:00 amJuly 13, 2026 1:25 pm

This is the Urgent Care facility at the Ventura County Medical Center, sent by a reader. Notice the signage. Why are American hospitals advertising in Spanish that they can access free or taxpayer subsidized health care? Why are Americans subsidizing...