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California Lawsuit Would Protect Local Governments Being Muzzled by State Laws

March 20, 2025 10:55 amMarch 20, 2025 10:55 am

Local democracy stands as one of the most underappreciated hallmarks of our constitutional republic. Counties and municipalities are the elected bodies most directly accountable to the voters, but their size and scope relative to federal agencies leaves them too easily...

Bill to Expand School Choice Killed In Senate Education Committee

March 20, 2025 8:57 amMarch 20, 2025 8:57 am

A bill that would have expanded school choice for parents in California by individualizing student flex accounts while further securing funding for existing public schools was defeated in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. Senate Bill 64, authored by Senator...

GREENBERG: San Francisco’s Illicit Drug-Fueled Hellscape

March 20, 2025 8:47 amMarch 20, 2025 8:47 am

San Francisco’s City Hall is peddling a dangerous fantasy. Claiming Harm Reduction is a shining success, a “compassionate” policy that’s saving lives isn’t a success—it’s a taxpayer-funded disaster. It’s killing addicts and turning many of our streets into a fentanyl...

Senate Enviro Committee Kills Bill to Repeal 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, and Low-Carbon Fuel Regs

March 19, 2025 7:11 pmMarch 20, 2025 8:55 am

A Senate bill that would have repealed the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) gas tax increase of 65 cents a gallon and end the new LCFS Low-Carbon Fuel regulations that were adopted last year, was killed in the Senate Environmental...

Newly Elected Sen. Tony Strickland Appointed to Several Critical Senate Committees

March 19, 2025 1:33 pmMarch 19, 2025 1:33 pm

Newly sworn-in State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) was assigned to several critical Senate committees Wednesday, including becoming the Vice Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, which will make decisions on key California High-Speed Rail legislation in the coming years....

City of Newport Beach Denies Former Navy Diver Permit to Teach Surfing on Public Beaches

March 19, 2025 1:22 pmMarch 19, 2025 3:53 pm

Former Navy diver Jason Murchison wants to give paid surfing lessons on the City of Newport Beach public beaches. But it seems that City officials are on some kind of power trip to turn the beaches into their own private...

New Poll Finds Gov. Newsom’s Popularity Fell: 26% Say it Harmed their Perception of Gov.

March 18, 2025 2:04 pmMarch 18, 2025 2:04 pm

According to a recently released Capitol Weekly poll, Governor Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom” only made 13% of voters have an improved perception of the Governor, with a huge 26% saying that it harmed their perception of...