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The 2026 State Freedom Index: Not-So-Free-California

September 28, 2026 4:53 pmSeptember 29, 2026 11:00 am

What makes a state free? Lower taxes? Right to work laws? Eduction options? What makes one state freer than another state? And should we even care, because after all, we live in the United States of America. The overall freedom...

Fair Debt Settlement

September 28, 2026 2:00 pmSeptember 28, 2026 2:01 pm

Civil Code Division 3, Part 4, Title 1.6C.17 deals with fair debt settlement practices in California. Chapter 1 contains general provisions. Section 1788.300 names this title the Fair Debt Settlement Practices Act. Section 1788.301 defines the terms “debt settlement provider,”...

Bonta’s Wind Lawsuit Shows Why Congress Must Fix Permitting

September 28, 2026 1:48 pmSeptember 28, 2026 1:48 pm

In September, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed his second lawsuit challenging Trump Administration agreements to unwind offshore wind leases in Morro Bay. Both lawsuits – which target the Golden State Wind and Invenergy leases – allege that the federal government unlawfully paid...

Bills Having a State Fiscal Effect in California

September 28, 2026 12:14 pmSeptember 28, 2026 12:14 pm

Article IV of the California Constitution deals with the Legislature and the legislative process in this state. The Legislature enacts statutes by passing bills. Bills may be designated “fiscal” if they create a state fiscal effect pursuant to Joint Rule...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Adds to California’s Illicit Gun Control Laws

September 28, 2026 11:41 amSeptember 28, 2026 11:55 am

Gun Owners of California warned in August of 20 bad gun control bills sitting on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature or veto. On Saturday Gov. Newsom signed 10 of those gun-control bills. They take effect January 1,...

Birth Tourism Is Now Legal and You’re Picking Up the Tab

September 28, 2026 7:30 amSeptember 28, 2026 7:31 am

In June, the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Barbara and settled the birthright citizenship question for a generation. Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority that children born on American soil to parents here unlawfully are “citizens at birth” under...

Democrats’ State Funded News is Not a Free Press

September 28, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 29, 2026 8:06 am

A free press is supposed to be independent of the government it covers. Assembly Bill 2222, offers tax incentives to local news outlets that hire qualifying journalists in California. It is state funded news. Government money is never truly neutral....