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It’s Recall Déjà Vu All Over Again for California Gov. Gavin Newsom

February 26, 2024 9:59 amFebruary 26, 2024 11:17 am

Ouch. Just as he’s doing national interviews insisting that he’s not running for President, California Governor Gavin Newsom is getting hit with another recall election. I think this proves that the First Cut Is not necessarily the Deepest. “The new...

Bill to End Unconditional Pet Bans In Rental Units Introduced In The Assembly

February 21, 2024 5:03 pmFebruary 21, 2024 5:03 pm

A bill to end all unconditional pet bans in rental units in California was introduced in the Assembly on Tuesday. The bill would also require reasonable reasons for not allowing pets in a rental unit. Assembly Bill 2216, authored by...

Sen. Wiener Wants to Ditch State Environmental Review for San Francisco Building Projects

February 17, 2024 8:34 amFebruary 17, 2024 8:34 am

A bill to exempt all San Francisco building projects within a certain area of the city from the California Environmental Quality Act for ten years was introduced in the Senate on Friday. CEQA is a law that requires significant environmental...

Bipartisan Bill to Create Statewide Homeless Encampment Ban Introduced In Senate

February 7, 2024 12:25 pmFebruary 7, 2024 12:25 pm

A new bipartisan bill to ban homeless encampments from many public areas across the state was introduced in the Senate this week, with Republicans and Democrats coming together. Senate Bill 1011, jointly authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee) and Senator...

California Business Exodus For Friendlier States Continues

January 29, 2024 12:06 pmJanuary 29, 2024 12:06 pm

Most Californians know why California businesses are fleeing the once-Golden State in droves. Small, medium and large businesses are packing up and moving to business friendlier states for lower taxes, fewer regulations, and affordable housing for their employees. And they...

$478,000 Per Unit: Homeless ‘Tiny’ Apartments Now Open in Sacramento

January 11, 2024 8:17 amJanuary 12, 2024 4:56 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg proudly announced “Sacramento’s historic Capitol Park Hotel reopens this week as St. Clare at Capitol Park, a permanent supportive housing complex for people experiencing homelessness.” Calling the state’s homeless vagrant population “unhoused” has justified spending billions...

CA Dept. of Insurance Approved State Farm 20% Home Insurance Rate Increase

January 4, 2024 4:48 pmJanuary 5, 2024 11:29 am

The California Department of Insurance approved a request by State Farm Insurance on Wednesday to allow the company to raise all active home insurance rates by 20%. Throughout 2023, multiple insurance companies operating in California either stopped accepting all new...