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Secretary of State Releases Final Recall Petition Signature Report

May 6, 2021 2:57 pmMay 6, 2021 2:59 pm

The California Secretary of State’s office released a final recall petition report on Wednesday, showing that a total of 1,719,943 valid signatures were verified out of 2,161,349 signatures submitted two months ago – just under an 80% validation rate. According...

Why Do Californians Have to Choose Between Food, Agriculture, and Fish?

May 6, 2021 8:34 amMay 7, 2021 3:46 pm

The long time political dispute between California farmers and state and federal water regulators predates the latest drought and will continue long after, unless some political honesty takes place. Most of the media and public officials paint California farmers and...

Court of Appeal Rules on Governor’s Emergency Powers Challenge

May 5, 2021 3:58 pmMay 5, 2021 4:31 pm

On May 5, in an unanimous 3-0 decision, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, issued its ruling in Newsom v. Superior Court of Sutter County (Gallagher, Kiley, and others as Real Parties in Interest). The decision was certified...

California #50 (again) in Chief Executive Mag’s Best & Worst States For Business 2021

May 5, 2021 3:57 pmMay 7, 2021 7:07 am

In 2020, Tesla founder Elon Musk announced he had enough of California’s lockdowns and left California for Austin Texas, and took more than 10,000 jobs with him. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its global headquarters move to Houston, Texas from California. Oracle announced...

Appellate Court Decision on Kiley/Gallagher Lawsuit Against Gov. Newsom’s ‘One Man Rule’

May 5, 2021 1:54 pmMay 5, 2021 2:07 pm

The lawsuit filed by Assemblymen James Gallagher and Kevin Kiley is to determine whether the governor has the emergency authority to make law without legislative authority, using his emergency powers during the COVID shutdown of the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom...

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...

John Cox, Caitlyn Jenner Release First Recall Campaign Ads

May 4, 2021 11:06 am

Republican Recall candidates John Cox and Caitlyn Jenner released their first ads of their respective campaigns on Tuesday, with both candidates attacking Governor Gavin Newsom and state Democrats while also taking wildly different advertising approaches. John Cox, who lost the...