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Is Gov. Newsom’s Closure of San Quentin Abuse of Executive Authority?

February 1, 2022 2:39 pmFebruary 1, 2022 8:47 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defied the state’s voters within 6 weeks of being sworn in January 2019. He said during his campaign he would abide by the will of California voters who in 2016 rejected Proposition 66, a ballot initiative...

State-Controlled Health Care Bill Fails in California Assembly

January 31, 2022 4:59 pmJanuary 31, 2022 7:20 pm

Monday’s legislative deadline for passage of California’s proposed Single Payer state-controlled health care, Assembly Bill 1400, came and went. It did not make it to the finish line despite threats progressive activists made to moderate lawmakers. As Fox 40 reported...

EDD Director Rita Saenz Abruptly Resigns, Replaced by Deputy Director

January 29, 2022 2:13 amJanuary 30, 2022 3:27 pm

Employment Development Department (EDD) Director Rita Saenz abruptly announced her retirement in a staff email on Friday, with Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint EDD chief deputy director of external affairs Nancy Farias to the post early next year. Saenz had...

Secretary of State Weber Says Potential Reparations Would Be For Descendants of Slaves Only

January 28, 2022 12:19 pmJanuary 28, 2022 12:58 pm

Secretary of State Shirley Weber, the author of AB 3121 and the California legislative Slavery Reparations Task Force, said on Thursday that reparations for slavery should only go to the descendants of slaves and not black immigrants or their descendants....

San Jose City Council Passes Mandatory Firearm Liability Insurance, Ownership Fee Ordinances

January 26, 2022 12:08 pmJanuary 26, 2022 1:32 pm

The San Jose City Council passed two measures on Tuesday, requiring all San Jose gun owners to both carry firearm liability insurance and pay a mandatory $25 gun ownership fee, becoming the first city in the nation to do either....

San Francisco DA’s Office Faces Lawsuit in Federal Court Over Reducing Violent Felony to Misdemeanor

January 26, 2022 2:10 amApril 3, 2022 3:15 pm

The San Francisco District Attorney’s office was sued on Tuesday by the Alliance for Asian American Justice over reducing a felony beating of an elderly Vietnamese-American man to a misdemeanor. In November of 2019, then 69-year-old Anh Le was walking...

National School Choice Week: 26,000 Independently Planned Events Spanning all 50 States

January 23, 2022 5:13 pmJanuary 23, 2022 5:45 pm

Now in its twelfth year, National School Choice Week kicks off this week with 26,000 independently planned events spanning all 50 states. Every January, supporters of parents as the architects of their children’s educational journeys gather in school fairs, open houses,...