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Arizona ESA Fight Heads To Court As Special Session Deal Resurfaces

June 27, 2026 1:28 pmJune 27, 2026 1:28 pm

Arizona’s school-choice fight escalated this week as opponents of a Republican-backed ballot referral sued to keep it off the November ballot, while school choice advocates urged lawmakers to return for a special session aimed at reviving a compromise over the...

Gavin Newsom’s Flip Flop on Billionaire Tax is the Real Newsom

June 27, 2026 9:06 amJune 29, 2026 7:13 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s flip flop on the billionaire tax isn’t really a flip-flop – it’s Gavin admitting who he really is and that he actually supported it in the first place. Gavin Newsom originally claimed that he opposed the...

Michael Gates Can Win: Raises $100K at Fundraiser

June 27, 2026 7:29 amJune 29, 2026 6:16 am

Former Huntington Beach City Attorney and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Gates, a Republican, is running for California Attorney General against incumbent Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta in the 2026 California Attorney General election. Friday, June 26, at a...

State Senate Candidate Mike Netter: It’s Time to Undo a lot of Bad Laws

June 27, 2026 7:00 amJune 27, 2026 7:01 am

“I give a shit,” Mike Netter tells me as we chat and I ask why he is running. We laugh. “I’m doing this because I want to, not because I have to – because I care about the majority of...

California Budget’s $26 Million Thumb in the Eye to Trump on Trans ‘Healthcare’

June 27, 2026 6:00 amJune 27, 2026 6:01 am

The California Legislature’s proposed budget includes a one-time $26 million General Fund allocation for a Transgender Health Care Fund. Coalition advocates, led by groups like Equality California, describe it as a modest, strategic investment to stabilize “medically necessary” care for...

Registry for Health Care Directives

June 27, 2026 2:30 amJune 27, 2026 2:31 am

Division 4.7, Part 5 of the Probate Code deals with advance health care directive registry in health care decisions in California. Section 4800 requires the Secretary of State to establish a registry system through which a person who has executed...

Measures Given Numbers for November Ballot

June 26, 2026 5:27 pmJune 26, 2026 5:27 pm

One of the dozen or so budget trailer bills introduced on Friday, June 26 would designate the measures placed on the November 3 statewide ballot by the Legislature. AB 182 (Pellerin/Wiener) is an urgency measure related to elections, which means...