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LA City Council Votes 11-1 To Keep Eviction Moratorium in Place

July 30, 2022 2:30 amJuly 30, 2022 7:43 am

Following the Los Angeles City Council 11-1 vote on Wednesday extending the eviction moratorium yet again despite the pandemic-instituted protection being virtually erased from most other places in state. Los Angeles has had eviction moratoriums in place since the Spring...

SF DA Brooke Jenkins Fires 16 As Reorganization Away From Former DA Chesa Boudin’s Policies Continue

July 16, 2022 2:34 amJuly 17, 2022 8:05 am

Newly appointed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins fired 16 people in the DA’s office on Friday, continuing her large shifts away from the previous administration of ousted DA Chesa Boudin. Following the recall of Boudin, Mayor London Breed formally...

Mr. Newsom Goes to Washington to Accept ‘Education Award’

July 13, 2022 8:21 amJuly 13, 2022 3:25 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom is traveling to Washington D.C. “to accept an award from the Education Commission of the States in recognition of California’s transformative improvements to education.” The governor who closed California schools for nearly two years is getting an award...

The McClintock Interview: Covid Mandates, Energy, Forest Fires

July 11, 2022 11:26 amJuly 11, 2022 1:53 pm

As public officials in California and Washington D.C. are signaling there could be more Covid mask mandates and lockdowns may be coming (coinciding with the fall midterm elections), even as “the rest of the world has accepted the endemic nature...

Supreme Court’s School Choice Decision Opens the Floodgates, but Some States Ignore

July 9, 2022 11:02 amJuly 10, 2022 8:37 am

California’s public schools were once the envy of the nation. Today, California’s public schools not only rank at the bottom of the entire country, the state spends approximately $22,000 per year for each child in the public school system to...

Pro 2A Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Gov. Newsom’s Attempt to Destroy Youth Shooting Sports

July 8, 2022 1:44 pmJuly 8, 2022 3:35 pm

Several pro-gun groups filed a lawsuit Friday to stop Gov. Newsom’s attempt to put an end to youth shooting and shooting sports. AB 2571 authored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), and sponsored by Governor Gavin Newsom, and passed entirely along party...

California’s $100 Million Low-Cost Insulin Manufacturing Gamble

July 7, 2022 6:17 pmJuly 8, 2022 6:44 am

Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed on Thursday a plan to spend $100 million of state funds to make low-cost insulin in the state, drawing both praise and criticism. In the last few decades, insulin prices in the U.S. have skyrocketed, with...