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Bill to Increase Spanish-Speaking California Teachers Passes in Assembly

June 6, 2025 2:45 amJune 6, 2025 2:46 am

A bill to increase the number of Spanish-speaking teachers in the California public school system by expanding the teacher exchange program with Mexico passed the Assembly this week, with the legislation being sent to be heard in the Senate. Assembly...

California Veterans’ Memorial Districts

June 6, 2025 2:30 amJune 6, 2025 2:31 am

The California Military and Veterans Code contains a number of statutory provisions related to veterans’ memorial districts in Division 6, Chapter 1. Article 3.5 deals with the construction and alternation of halls, buildings, and meeting places. Section 1221 prohibits any...

Leno’s Law Bill That Removes Smog Check Requirements For Classic Cars Passes Senate

June 5, 2025 5:16 pmJune 5, 2025 5:16 pm

A bill that would remove all smog check requirements for cars that are 35 years or older was passed by the Senate this week following several amendments being tacked onto the bill. Senate Bill 712, authored by Senator Shannon Grove...

New Federal Data Reveals California Has Lost Over 36,000 Fast Food Jobs Since $20 Minimum Wage Law

June 5, 2025 1:51 pmJune 7, 2025 7:31 am

New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law. According...

The Attempt to Regionalize California’s Electrical Grid is Back – Why?

June 5, 2025 6:55 amJune 5, 2025 11:32 am

Since 2018, three bills introduced in California’s Legislature have sought to share control of California’s electrical grid with its neighbors. Those touting the concept claim it will advance solar and wind energy – that when it’s cloudy in Oregon, California...

After Bankrupting Medi-Cal, Gov. Newsom Wants CA Elderly and Disabled to Pay

June 5, 2025 3:25 amJune 7, 2025 7:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal program for low-income Californians is insolvent. We have Gavin Newsom to thank; he gifted free Medi-Cal coverage to every illegal immigrant in the state, costing taxpayers $10 billion to $12 billion. Newsom recently confessed that California’s...

Ringside: California’s Indispensable Heavy Oil

June 5, 2025 3:10 amJune 5, 2025 3:11 am

The moral argument for resuming oil drilling in California is simple: the state still relies on petroleum for fifty percent of its annual energy inputs, and until we can overcome that reliance, we should be producing it here, where it’s subject...