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Kamala Harris Says She Would Use Executive Action to Take Gun Dealers’ Licenses Away

May 12, 2019 10:55 amMay 13, 2019 9:05 am

“Upon being elected, I will give the United States Congress a hundred days to get their act together and have the courage to pass reasonable gun safety laws,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said in April on CNN. “And if they fail...

The California Crusade Against Tobacco Flavors: From Foolish to Dangerous

May 3, 2019 6:31 amMay 3, 2019 6:44 am

“Crusades typically start out by being admirable, proceed to being foolish, and end by being dangerous.” Russell Baker used these words in a 1994 New York Times column describing the anti-tobacco crusade, noting that the holy war was entering the last...

Democrats Try Shackling Californians to A Desk

April 24, 2019 2:52 amApril 24, 2019 12:49 pm

California has never shied away from creating a solution without a problem or breaking a system that isn’t broken. And, it’s done it again. Last year, the California Supreme Court created a new test that will force many independent contractors...

One Year Since Arrest of Golden State Killer and Original Nightstalker

April 23, 2019 12:29 pmApril 23, 2019 1:54 pm

“The answer has always been in Sacramento.” That was Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert on April 25, 2018, when she announced the arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo. Also present were district attorneys Tony Rackauckas of Orange County, Nancy...

Affluent Marin Educrats Drive Old Dixie Down

April 22, 2019 3:14 pmApril 22, 2019 4:07 pm

As ABC news reports, “A Marin County school district voted to change its name that many consider racist.” Critics of the Dixie School District, readers learn, argued that the word “Dixie” was too closely linked with slavery and the Confederate...

Bill to Throttle Short-Term Lending Will Prove Disastrous

April 22, 2019 6:00 amApril 24, 2019 1:20 pm

UPDATE below: A bill that could severely throttle the short-term lending market in California is currently weaving its way through the state legislature and could have substantial effects on the free market in a region that is rightfully known for...

‘Medi-Cal for All’ Has Been Available in California For Decades

April 19, 2019 6:21 amApril 19, 2019 8:56 am

Upon taking office in January, Governor Gavin Newsom announced he was proposing state-funded full scope Medi-Cal healthcare coverage to 138,000 illegal immigrant adults ages 19-26, as reported by California Globe. Gov. Newsom now seeks to expand Medi-Cal, the state’s low-income...