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How is Gavin Newsom’s $50M Legal Slush Fund to ‘Trump-Proof’ the State Faring?

August 14, 2025 11:50 amAugust 14, 2025 11:50 am

Back in early February, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation authorizing a $50 million legal slush fund to “Trump-proof” the state against the President. However, Gov. Newsom claimed the funding was not to be used for “immigration related legal services,”...

Ringside: The Case for Carbon Sequestration via Natural Gas Power Plants

August 14, 2025 2:45 amAugust 14, 2025 2:46 am

In the case Massachusetts v. EPA in 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate greenhouse gases because they qualify as air pollutants. And ever since, electric power plants using “thermal” fuels have faced escalating regulatory pressure. How...

Port Congestion Relief and Mitigation

August 14, 2025 2:30 amAugust 14, 2025 2:31 am

In Division 6, Part 2, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code, it deals with port congestion relief and port mitigation relief. Section 1740 provides three statements of legislative findings and declarations, including that there is a need...

Additions and Amendments to California’s Constitution

August 13, 2025 4:52 pmAugust 13, 2025 4:52 pm

To preface this brief article, I readily admit to being a legislative geek as I read and researched our state’s constitution. The current (and second) California Constitution was adopted in 1879. The first one was adopted in 1849, the year...

Choosing the Positive Reality of Hydrocarbons Over ‘Green’ Fantasies

August 13, 2025 11:13 amAugust 13, 2025 11:34 am

British multinational BP has announced its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil’s Santos Basin. By 2030, daily production is expected to be 2.3 to 2.5 million barrels of oil equivalent, which leaves little doubt that the...

UPDATED: How to Kill a State in 5 Easy Steps – Gavin Newsom’s California

August 13, 2025 7:36 amAugust 13, 2025 7:38 am

California is one of only five states that haven’t recovered to pre-COVID job levels, and even our partial recovery is entirely dependent on government jobs. The California Center for Jobs & the Economy recently reported: “California’s job growth has been...

Offenses in California Navigable Waters

August 13, 2025 2:30 amAugust 13, 2025 2:31 am

Division 1.5, Chapter 3 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deal with offenses in navigable waters. Section 130 provides that every person who cuts or causes to be cut down any tree, so that it falls into any navigable...