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California’s Water Crisis Lingers as Gov. Newsom Vacations in Costa Rica

April 2, 2022 2:45 amApril 4, 2022 9:20 am

How can California have a water crisis when the state borders the Pacific Ocean, and the Sierra Nevada mountain range, 400 miles north-south and 50 miles to 80 miles east–west, drains into more than 15 rivers, 6 lakes, and numerous...

California State Assembly nearly empty except for a few folks in the balcony.

Should After School Programs Bills Require Detailed Legislative Findings?

April 1, 2022 6:18 amApril 1, 2022 6:25 am

Similar to bills proposing to amend the California Political Reform Act, California Privacy Rights Act, and others, in reviewing recently-introduced legislation that proposes amendments to Proposition 49, the same legislative finding and declaration is made in each bill. It is...

Lt. Gov Kounalakis Signs Eviction Moratorium Extension Bill into Law

April 1, 2022 2:17 amApril 1, 2022 2:37 pm

First passed in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, statewide eviction moratoriums have been extended numerous times in 2020, in 2021, and, due to the rise of different variants, through 2002 until March 31st...

Re-Open the Floodgates of American Energy to Prevent an Oil-pocalypse

March 31, 2022 2:24 pmMarch 31, 2022 2:49 pm

With gas prices in California even higher than predicted in Will Smith’s 2007 zombie apocalypse I Am Legend, Democrats are poised for the electoral blowout of the century. Every poll favors Republicans, particularly on energy issues. And as Americans are...

Questioning Firefighters Union Political Priorities As Wildfire Season Approaches

March 31, 2022 6:15 amMarch 31, 2022 6:28 am

As another summer of wildfires approaches, it is in the interest of every Californian to understand that California’s firefighters’ union, the California Professional Firefighters, is one of the most politically powerful unions in the state. This union has the power to...

EXCLUSIVE: Newsom Bolting for Costa Rica

March 30, 2022 2:55 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Well-traveled Governor Gavin Newsom, who made national headlines with a posh getaway to a Cabo San Lucas Villa in November, is heading south once again. As the Globe can exclusively report, the governor and his family will be heading to...

Appropriations Limit Disclaimer in California Bills

March 29, 2022 6:46 amMarch 29, 2022 6:49 am

A reader of California legislation may come across a section at the end of a bill that provides a disclaimer related to Article XIII B, such as the following example: This act provides for appropriations relating to the state of...