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Newsom’s Homeless Policies Require Radical Revision

December 3, 2022 9:02 amDecember 3, 2022 9:16 am

California’s Homeless Industrial Complex was delivered a minor jolt last month, when Governor Gavin Newsom “issued a blanket rejection of local California governments’ plans to curb homelessness, putting on hold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid.” The panic was short-lived, however, when...

Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl

October 13, 2022 10:41 amOctober 13, 2022 12:50 pm

Some things in life are hard to understand and explain. The theory of relativity, for example, or the origins of black holes. Other things are easy to grasp, however. Such as: California’s wildfire woes. In the past five years summer...

California’s Unions Are Misusing Their Power

September 20, 2022 2:54 amSeptember 20, 2022 7:34 am

If you go to the “what we do” page of the California Labor Federation, the lead paragraph starts with this sentence: “The California Labor Federation is dedicated to promoting and defending the interests of working people and their families for...

Newsom’s True Opponents? Water and Fire

August 8, 2021 2:18 amAugust 7, 2021 3:54 pm

Not quite one year ago, Gavin Newsom did something that took political courage. It was also the right thing to do. He removed from one of the state’s local water boards one of the most outspoken critics of a desalination plant proposed...

California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Need to Show True Grit

May 5, 2021 2:45 amMarch 22, 2022 11:38 am

In a recent Facebook post, one of the many Republican candidates hoping to replace Governor Newsom had this to say: “Californians can’t afford to make ends meet because Gavin Newsom and his allies keep raising taxes. We need to make our...

Newsom Recall Gathers Momentum Over Policies ‘Atrocious and Polarizing’

January 22, 2021 2:13 amJanuary 22, 2021 10:21 am

With over 1.2 million signed petitions already collected, and tens of thousands more arriving daily, the chances have never been higher that Gavin Newsom will have to fight for his political life in a special recall election. How the proponents...

How to Beat Gavin Newsom in a Recall Election

December 23, 2020 2:26 amDecember 22, 2020 9:57 pm

With nearly 900,000 signed recall petitions already collected, four active recall committees now operating, and belated but significant press coverage shining a spotlight on the effort, the chances that Gavin Newsom will be in a fight for his political life in...