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Newsom Signs SB 73 to Block Ballot Seizures and Election Oversight

May 28, 2026 11:59 amMay 28, 2026 12:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 into law on Wednesday, just days before the June 2 statewide primary. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz),...

Arizona Squatter Crackdown Bill Heads To Governor With Broad Bipartisan Support

May 28, 2026 10:49 amMay 28, 2026 10:52 am

Legislation designed to speed the removal of unlawful occupants from private property has cleared the Arizona Legislature and now heads to Governor Katie Hobbs for consideration following broad bipartisan support. Arizona Senate Bill 1426, sponsored by Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff),...

WeHo Pride Arts Festival: Taxpayer-Funded Ghost Town at the Wrong Address – Late May, Wrong City, and Zero Crowd

May 28, 2026 7:00 amMay 28, 2026 7:01 am

Leave it to the City of West Hollywood to throw a “free” Pride Arts Festival in late May—weeks before actual Pride month and host it at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood, which is...

Strengthening Fiscal Oversight of California’s Cannabis Tax Revenue

May 28, 2026 6:00 amMay 28, 2026 6:01 am

California has collected more than $7.87 billion in cannabis-related tax revenue since recreational sales began in January 2018. As a candidate for State Controller, I view this figure not through the lens of policy debates on legalization, but through the...

Consumer Credit Denials

May 28, 2026 2:30 amMay 28, 2026 2:35 am

Civil Code Division 3, Part 4, Title 1.6B deals with consumer credit denials in California. Article 1 contains general provisions. Section 1787.1 names this title “The Holden Credit Denial Disclosure Act of 1976.” Section 1787.2 provides that, within 30 days,...

Gov. Newsom Proposes 100% Tax on Trump’s January 6 ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’

May 27, 2026 7:54 pmMay 27, 2026 7:54 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday he will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.” And Newsom is looking forward to doing it. He said so. Newsom is talking about imposing a...

Ringside: Fine Tuning the Environmentalist’s ‘Water Renaissance’ Plan for California

May 27, 2026 2:11 pmMay 27, 2026 2:12 pm

The recently released “Water Renaissance” plan, a product of “conservation groups and tribes,” gets a very big idea right. There is no reason why California’s coastal megacities should have to import water. With that one visionary presumption, this report has...