Highlight – Page 95 – California Globe

California GOP Congressional Reps Push for Cancelled $4 Billion HSR Funds Diverted to Infrastructure Projects

July 25, 2025 12:40 pmJuly 25, 2025 12:40 pm

A group of nine Californian GOP Congressional members, led by Congressman Vince Fong (R-CA) wrote a letter earlier this week to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to reroute the $4 billion originally assigned to...

Californians for Equal Rights Foundation Settles Discrimination Lawsuit With Sacto County

July 25, 2025 7:13 amJuly 25, 2025 7:13 am

To settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the plucky Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, Sacramento County agreed to stop using racially exclusive criteria for its guaranteed income program. The program, which provides a $750 monthly stipend, was previously reserved for...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules California Cannot Conduct Background Checks for Ammo Purchases

July 25, 2025 6:42 amJuly 25, 2025 6:42 am

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision Thursday that California’s law requiring firearm owners to undergo background checks when buying ammunition goes against the second amendment and is unconstitutional. In the majority opinion, Judge Sandra...

$100 Million in FireAid Relief Funds Went to Non-Profits Instead of Fire Victims

July 25, 2025 2:45 amJuly 25, 2025 2:46 am

According to several independent investigations, the $100 million raised during the FireAid benefit concerts held in January 2025 has not gone to fire victims as promised, but rather to non-profits who then get to decide where the money goes. In...

Small Craft Harbors and Waterways in California

July 25, 2025 2:30 amJuly 25, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 3 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code concerns small craft harbors and connecting waterways. Section 70 allows the department to prepare plans for, and acquire, construct, develop, and improve, small craft harbors, facilities in...

What it Costs to Buy a House in America: California’s Median Price is $790,000!

July 24, 2025 6:05 pmJuly 24, 2025 6:05 pm

Most Californians already know that California has the highest median priced houses in the country. It was $825,000 recently, but the California Legislative Analyst’s Office reports that number has dropped slightly – very slightly – to $790,000. The California Legislative...

The Fifth Amendment and Late Night Pardons

July 24, 2025 11:34 amJuly 24, 2025 11:34 am

In recent days, two former Biden Administration officials exercised their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination to dodge answering congressional questions on the issue of the ex-president’s mental competence. Under current Fifth Amendment law, the unexpressed answers to those questions have...