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California Reparations Bill Passed in Assembly Judiciary Committee

April 23, 2025 2:45 amApril 23, 2025 2:46 am

A reparations bill aimed at giving at least 10% of funds from California Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program to qualified individuals who are descendants of formerly enslaved people continued to move up in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on...

Bill to Halt Universities From Punishing Students Who Call 911 For Overdoses Awaits Vote In Assm.

April 22, 2025 6:07 pmApril 22, 2025 6:07 pm

A new bill that would stop colleges and universities from academically punishing students who call 911 for help with overdoses continued to await being heard by a committee this week following a massive rewrite last month. Assembly Bill 602, authored...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes 1,647 City Employee Layoffs Amidst Huge $1 Billion Budget Gap

April 22, 2025 2:20 pmApril 22, 2025 2:20 pm

During her state of the city address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced several cuts and rollbacks in the city budget to close the nearly $1 billion city budget deficit, including the layoffs of 1,600 employees and the...

Steve Hilton Announces Run For Governor

April 21, 2025 4:27 pmApril 21, 2025 4:29 pm

In an announcement on Monday, Steve Hilton, former Director of Strategy for then-British Prime Minister David Cameron and former Fox News host said that he would be running for Governor of California in 2026, becoming the second big-name Republican to...

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Parent’s Case Against Chico School District for Gender Transition

April 21, 2025 4:11 pmApril 21, 2025 4:11 pm

In a victory for parental rights, the United States District Court for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco has reinstated the lawsuit that Chico mother Aurora Regina filed against the Chico Unified School District for transitioning her daughter without her...

Democrat Reps Shun Constituents for Wife Beating, Human Trafficker, Illegal Alien, MS-13 Gang Member

April 21, 2025 3:01 pmApril 21, 2025 3:10 pm

Following Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-MD) taxpayer-funded trip and alleged margarita cocktail hour in El Salvador with now-deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia last week, another group of Democrats are jumping on the “look at me” bandwagon, shunning their own constituents, and...

Former LA Councilman Kevin de Leon Faces Major Ethics Violations Fines

April 21, 2025 2:00 pmApril 21, 2025 2:00 pm

According to a Los Angeles city Ethics Commission staff report released over the weekend, former Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon faces up to $18,750 in fines for ethics violations for failing to say that he was financially tied...