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Assemblywoman Presents OC United Way Veterans Big State Check… With Her Signature On It

August 1, 2019 9:11 amAugust 5, 2019 4:55 pm

Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris made a recent presentation to the United Way for Orange County’s homeless veterans, issuing an oversized check of $2.9 million, with her signature on the front of the check… as if she was giving her own money....

Is ‘Consumer Watchdog’ Just a Lapdog for Special Interests in Attacking Lara?

July 23, 2019 7:58 pmJuly 24, 2019 4:56 am

Maybe because it’s the dog days of summer when the Legislature is out of town, but the news coverage of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s acceptance – and return – of campaign contributions from donors linked to insurance companies has gotten...

Coastal Commission Crackdown

July 11, 2019 6:53 amJuly 11, 2019 7:12 am

Last month, the California Coastal Commission fined the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay a full $1.6 million for “failing to provide public access to its nearby beaches.” The hotel, “failed to display signs informing the public that beaches are...

California’s Dying GOP Needs a New, Living Political Platform

June 21, 2019 2:15 amJune 20, 2019 9:46 pm

As a statewide political force, California’s Republican Party is dead. Sure, there are isolated pockets of GOP power; the State-of-Jefferson gang up north, a handful of reliable holdouts in the southeastern counties. And yes, Orange and San Diego counties remain...

California Collusion Crusader

June 19, 2019 3:27 pmJune 19, 2019 5:49 pm

As Katy Grimes reported, California Democrat Eric Swalwell has been on a gun-control crusade, calling for a total ban on what he calls “assault weapons” and buying back the semiautomatic rifles from law-abiding citizens who legally purchased them. Before targeting...

Democrats’ Budget is Making Poverty in California More Tolerable

June 18, 2019 6:55 amJune 18, 2019 6:58 am

You can’t be irrelevant and responsible at the same time “Republicans need to change their product. Californians aren’t buying it,” says the headline on the George Skelton column Monday in the Los Angeles Times. “California voters have not been...

Change California Taxpayers Can’t Believe In

June 9, 2019 2:05 amJune 8, 2019 5:53 pm

As Katy Grimes noted, SB 132 by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener “would allow prison inmates to decide their own sex, how they want to be addressed (Mr. Miss, Mrs. Ms.), and would require California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...