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Recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom Effort Qualifies for Ballot

April 26, 2021 5:22 pmApril 28, 2021 6:19 am

The recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom was confirmed on Monday following the Secretary of State’s office updating their validated signatures in the recall effort to be 1,626,042, well above the 1.495 million needed. While previous efforts in 2019 and...

If California is Facing a Rare Mega-Drought, Why is the State Releasing Water from Reservoirs

April 19, 2021 7:29 amApril 21, 2021 6:19 am

Last week, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in Oroville, with a 60% empty Oroville Dam Reservoir as his backdrop, he said he is not ready to declare an official drought emergency. “Instead, he promised he can manage the situation...

Bill To Ban Paid Petition Signature Gatherers Faces Sen. Judiciary Comm. Vote

April 14, 2021 11:55 amApril 15, 2021 12:59 pm

A bill that would ban paying petition signature collectors by the signature faces a tough Judiciary Committee hearing in the coming days following a narrow passage of the bill in another committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 660, authored by...

Gov. Newsom Announces State Aims to ‘Fully Reopen’ Mid-June, But Masks Still Mandatory

April 6, 2021 3:13 pmApril 9, 2021 11:19 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that in 10 weeks or by June 15th, the state “aims to be fully reopened,” but masks will still be mandatory. What started out as two weeks to flatten the curve has turned into 14...

Parents Called ‘White Supremacists’ by Sacramento Teacher For Demanding Schools Reopen

March 30, 2021 10:31 amApril 1, 2021 6:50 am

Parents calling for in-person learning and supportive of the online group Reopen California Schools got an earful over the weekend. A teacher who lives in West Sacramento but teaches at Kennedy High School in the Sacramento City Unified District went...

California Only Pretending to be Open For Business Until We Reach ‘Equity’

March 24, 2021 3:16 pmMarch 26, 2021 2:03 pm

California’s coronavirus testing and positivity rate is trending downward so significantly, it’s below 2% as of 3/22/21. The number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is also significantly down, with a 0.06% decrease. This should be great news. But it...

Voters Remember CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before COVID Lockdown, Part IV

March 18, 2021 8:14 pmMarch 19, 2021 8:43 pm

In Part l of Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, we highlighted many of Newsom’s disastrous policies his first year in the governor’s office 2019, including: announcing state-funded full scope Medi-Cal healthcare to 138,000 illegal immigrants, reinstating...