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Leaving California: Tennessee is Romancing Paramount

July 15, 2026 10:28 amJuly 15, 2026 10:55 am

Tennessee is courting David Ellison’s Paramount, The Hollywood Reporter reported Tuesday. Amid California’s effort to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros., the state of Tennessee has invited the David Ellison-owned studio to relocate there. Tuesday, radio talk show...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Announces Lawsuit Seeking to Block New California Parole Regulations for Murderers Sentenced To Life

July 15, 2026 7:23 amJuly 15, 2026 7:25 am

Just about one year ago, Michael Rushford with the Criminal Justice Legal reported for the Globe that a unanimous panel of California’s Third District Court of Appeal rules that state law does not authorize the early release of murderers serving indeterminate...

Tone Deaf Gavin Newsom Avoiding ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ of His Own Making

July 15, 2026 6:30 amJuly 16, 2026 6:29 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s disconnect and lack of self-awareness is stunning. He just gave a little talk at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials event, whining incessantly about “the concentration of wealth, the stagnation of wages for...

California Needs a Controller Who Puts Classrooms and Cops Before Bureaucracy

July 15, 2026 6:00 amJuly 15, 2026 6:01 am

California’s budget is broken. We spend more, yet too often fail to deliver the results taxpayers expect. Classrooms struggle, public safety remains under pressure, and bureaucracy continues to grow. After nearly forty years in finance, managing billions of dollars and...

Chart of Legislative Rules Known by Their Numbers

July 15, 2026 2:26 amJuly 15, 2026 2:27 am

Rule Explanation Assembly Rule 45.5 Presentation of Guests or Memorials in the Assembly – guests may be introduced while the Assembly is in session; memorials can be given at the end of Floor sessions. Assembly Rule 77.2 Substantially Amended Bills...

Sport Fishing Licenses

July 14, 2026 2:00 pmJuly 14, 2026 2:33 pm

Section 7145 provides that every person 16 years of age or older who takes any fish, reptile, or amphibian for any purpose other than profit is required to first obtain a valid license for that purpose and have that license...

The Second Circuit Just Narrowed Religious Liberty – Did It Misread the Supreme Court’s Remand?

July 14, 2026 7:00 amJuly 14, 2026 7:01 am

Parents hoping the U.S. Supreme Court had quietly opened the door to restoring religious exemptions to mandatory school vaccination just suffered a major setback. On June 30, 2026, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals once again upheld New York’s repeal...