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How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Three

June 21, 2023 3:00 amJune 21, 2023 3:01 am

This is the third and final installment in a series of reports on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted...

Gov. Newsom’s No-Bid Covid Contract with McKinsey & Co. Continues

June 21, 2023 2:45 amJune 23, 2023 6:21 am

In 2021, the Washington Post published an alarming article about California Governor Gavin Newsom’s no-bid contracts with Blue Shield and McKinsey & Company, how he outsourced much of California’s vaccine rollout during the Covid crisis, and how “private contractors cost...

Gov. DeSantis Focuses on California Collapse While Gov. Newsom Deludes on ‘Climate Change’

June 20, 2023 6:11 pmJune 20, 2023 6:11 pm

The contrast between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom could not be more glaring, as both governors were on display Monday. 2024 Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis released a new ad on Monday critical of Governor Gavin...

THUGS Among Us

June 20, 2023 12:45 pmJune 20, 2023 1:17 pm

In a time where parents are treated with hostility by entrenched, anti-parent activists in California’s K-12 schools, there are a number of school board trustees trying to do the right thing by students in their stewardship. Yet, for some reason,...

Bi-Partisan Support for Tidal and Wave Energy Bill

June 20, 2023 12:41 pmJune 20, 2023 12:42 pm

Senate Bill 605, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista), would specifically require the Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council to commence a comprehensive, collaborative study to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of using wave energy and tidal energy...

Happy Juneteenth: Freedom Brought to You by the Republican Party

June 19, 2023 8:32 pmJune 19, 2023 9:10 pm

During the Antioch Juneteenth Celebration event a few years ago, I shared the fact with a few people, mainly youth in attendance, that Juneteenth and the ending of slavery in the U.S. was the result of the efforts of the...

Is the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Identifying as Trans?

June 19, 2023 4:04 pmJune 19, 2023 4:04 pm

“California Women Lead, in partnership with the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, will announce the 40 members of the 2023 class of recipients of the California Women Lead Scholarship Program for women and gender expansive Fellows...