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Over 2,000 Gather At Protest Outside State Capitol Building

May 24, 2020 7:36 am

On Saturday, an estimated 2,000 people protested the state lockdown outside the State Capitol Building in Sacramento, the first of many planned protests across the state during Memorial Day weekend. The protest in Sacramento, called Liberty Fest, was led by...

Darrell Issa, Judicial Watch Sue California Over Mail-In Ballot Order

May 23, 2020 7:49 am

On Thursday, former Congressman and current Congressional candidate Darrell Issa sued California along with conservative political accountability group Legal Watch over California’s decision to send mail-in ballots to every registered voter in California in November. Issa and Judicial Watch challenge...

U.S. Department of Justice Gives Gov. Newsom Stern Warning Over Church Closings

May 21, 2020 2:01 amMay 21, 2020 9:18 am

There is no pandemic exception to the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent Governor Gavin Newsom a three-page letter warning that that state’s house of worship closures are discriminatory...

Public Education is Changing Forever

May 20, 2020 6:15 amMay 20, 2020 6:29 am

Since the pandemic lockdown closed the schools, resistance to the status quo in public education has mushroomed. The COVID pandemic has closed public schools for over two months, with no end in sight. This represents a seismic disruption to...

Only Half of All Hotel Rooms for Homeless Filled in California

May 19, 2020 8:16 pmMay 19, 2020 8:19 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office released Project Roomkey data showing that just over 7,000 of the nearly 17,000 state and FEMA-leased hotel rooms and trailers set aside for homeless use during the coronavirus pandemic have been filled. Lower than...

California Democrats Again Kill Fix to AB5

May 15, 2020 10:06 amMay 15, 2020 10:07 am

California’s Senate Republicans introduced a package of bills earlier in the year to fix and/or fully repeal Assembly Bill 5, the bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) which has limited Californians’ ability to work as independent contractors and freelancers....

Gov. Newsom Cuts $6.1 Billion in Revised State Budget with a $54.3 Billion Deficit

May 14, 2020 5:49 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a revised 2020-2021 state budget proposal that would include over $6 billion in cuts. $6.1 billion in cuts, a $54.3 billion deficit Under the May budget revision, $6.1 billion in programs and spending increases...