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Department of Insurance Holds Public Hearing Over Proposed State Farm Insurance Rate Hike

April 9, 2025 2:24 pmApril 9, 2025 2:24 pm

The California Department of Insurance held a public hearing on Tuesday to help determine if they should accept the request by State Farm Insurance to increase the rate on rental homes, non-rental homes, rental units, and condos by at least...

Democrats Kill Assemblyman DeMaio’s Voter ID Bill Claiming It Will ‘Restrict Voting Access’

April 9, 2025 2:17 pmApril 10, 2025 11:43 am

On the heels of a Superior Court Judge ruling Monday in favor of the Huntington Beach voter ID law, California Democrats in the Assembly Elections Committee just killed a statewide voter ID bill Wednesday morning by Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San...

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli Announces Criminal Task Force to Investigate Fraud and Corruption Involving Homelessness Funds

April 9, 2025 6:46 amApril 9, 2025 6:50 am

Bill Essayli resigned from the California State Assembly Last week to accept the appointment of United States Attorney for the Central District of California by the Trump administration. Newly minted U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli hit the ground running. Tuesday Essayli...

Contracts with Veteran Service Entities

April 9, 2025 2:30 amApril 9, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Military and Veterans Code, in Division 4, Chapter 6, Article 7, provides for contracts with nonprofit veteran service agencies for providing state benefits for veterans. Section 999.50 states that it is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this...

Jay Leno Makes Pit Stop at the Capitol to Speak on ‘Leno’s Law’ to Protect Classic Cars

April 8, 2025 6:17 pmApril 9, 2025 2:21 pm

Jay Leno made a pit stop at the State Capitol Tuesday to speak on Senate Bill 712 by Senator Shannon Grove (R–Bakersfield), known as Leno’s Law, and attend the Senate Transportation Committee hearing on the bill. SB 712 would exempt,...

DOGE Needs to Take a Deep Dive into California’s Bankrupted Medi-Cal Program

April 8, 2025 9:25 amApril 8, 2025 9:27 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal program is insolvent. Newsom just confessed last month that California’s Medi-Cal is insolvent. Medi-Cal is California’s Medicaid program, a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals. As California Congressman...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Woke Pride Fate

April 8, 2025 2:55 amApril 8, 2025 6:32 am

For years, SF Pride has leaned hard into its activist identity, transforming what was once a jubilant commemoration into a sanctimonious soapbox. Its 2025 theme, “Queer Joy is Resistance,” reeks of the kind of self-righteous sloganeering that turns a party...