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The Innovative Wealth Tax That Could Break California

November 19, 2025 1:54 pmNovember 19, 2025 1:55 pm

California is not only the home of innovative technology; sadly, it is also the home of innovative tax ideas. The latest breakthrough is a one-time billionaire wealth tax levied on a retroactive basis. But while the union, the former Clinton...

Report: California Faces $18 Billion Budget Shortfall

November 19, 2025 1:51 pmNovember 19, 2025 1:51 pm

The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) today released a grim fiscal outlook for the 2026-2027 budget year (see below), warning “budget problem now larger than anticipated” with an $18 billion shortfall. Their estimate is $5 billion more than what...

Read the Room Sac County Supervisors: Another Solar Farm Approval is Another Failed Experiment

November 19, 2025 12:04 pmNovember 19, 2025 12:07 pm

In a glaring case of willful stupidity, a proposed 2,700-acre solar farm project east of Rancho Cordova in Sacramento County was just unanimously approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors in an effort to provide “carbon-free power.” The project...

Governor Swalwell? Rep Eric Swalwell Eyes Gubernatorial Bid

November 18, 2025 2:32 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:33 pm

“Not if but when” POLITICO reports on the near certainty that California Congresssman Eric Swalwell will run for California governor as a “moderate alternative to Katie Porter.” With the bar set that low, Swalwell will simply need to answer a...

Gag Rule Prevents California Public Employees from Knowing Their Constitutional Rights

November 18, 2025 2:15 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:20 pm

The First Amendment right of public employees to decline union membership and dues deductions was unambiguously affirmed seven years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME. Unfortunately, no one can exercise a right they don’t know they...

Senator Scott Wiener’s Legislation Protects Sex Offenders Who Have Homosexual Sex with Minors

November 18, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 18, 2025 2:38 pm

California Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, recently announced he is running for Congress in Nancy Pelosi’s district, as Pelosi confirmed she will not run in 2028. Senator Wiener could actually make voters beg for Nancy to run...

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against California To Protect Federal Immigration Officers

November 18, 2025 12:55 pmNovember 18, 2025 12:55 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit (see below) against California, Governor Gavin Newsom, and Attorney General Robert Bonta challenging legislation to regulate federal law enforcement officers through the so-called “No Secret Police Act” and “No Vigilantes Act.” Both...