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Ignoring $30M From Water Bonds and State Surplus, Gov. Gavin Newsom Wants New Water Tax

March 21, 2019 7:59 amMarch 21, 2019 3:18 pm

Despite Assembly Constitutional Amendment 3 that would use 2 percent of the annual General Fund to pay for all water improvement projects, and eight water bonds totaling more than $30 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to charge California water customers up to...

California Supreme Prejudice

March 20, 2019 6:54 pmMarch 20, 2019 3:01 pm

“Thanks to Governor Brown, who breathed new life into the judiciary with 600 plus judicial appointments, 200 of those in his final year. In the last year, these new appointees self-report that 41 percent are non-white and over half of...

CA Lawmakers Say Presidential Candidates Must Release Tax Returns To Be on State Ballot

March 20, 2019 2:01 amMarch 19, 2019 4:02 pm

After one vetoed bill already, state Democrat lawmakers are trying again to pass a law to require all candidates for U.S. President to file copies of their income tax returns with the California Secretary of State as a precondition for appearing on...

Democrats Want Nation to Adopt California’s Invasive Gun Control Laws

March 19, 2019 10:09 pmMarch 21, 2019 8:00 am

The Democrat-dominated California Legislature is pushing through a resolution telling the federal government to use California’s gun control laws as a template to pass federal legislation on universal gun control laws. On the flip side, Kentucky just became the 16th state...

Sacramento Unified School District on Verge of Insolvency While Super Takes $35K Junket to Harvard

March 18, 2019 12:15 pmMarch 18, 2019 1:13 pm

Sacramento City Unified School District is teetering on insolvency. And now the Sacramento City Teachers Association has voted to authorize a strike, demanding salary increases to deal with the surging cost of living in California’s urban centers, the Bond Buyer...

Who Makes the Rules for the Judiciary?

March 18, 2019 5:05 amMarch 17, 2019 10:34 am

The judicial branch of California state government, which is the largest judicial system in the country, is provided for in Article VI of the California Constitution. There are three levels of courts in this state: superior (the trial courts), appellate...

CA Assemblywoman Friedman’s Fur Ban: ‘There is No Need For Fur in the 21st Century’

March 16, 2019 10:53 amMarch 20, 2019 12:57 pm

The first duty of the government is to protect its citizens. Former President Ronald Reagan understood this and had another take on it: “Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.” Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) is...