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The 2021 List of Gun Rights Killers is Out and it’s Bad

April 23, 2021 7:00 amApril 23, 2021 7:05 am

California Globe has presented the CalChamber’s list of Job Killer bills, and the Capitol Resource Institute’s list of family values killer bills. This week we are presenting the short list of Gun Rights Killer bills, courtesy of Gun Owners of...

‘Saying Yes to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at a Time’

April 22, 2021 2:52 pm

“Saying Yes to Drug Addiction, One Drug Den at a Time,” is a clever title to a very serious problem. California Senate Republicans issued a press statement with this title Thursday over their concerns with Senate Bill 57 by Sen....

Newsom’s California is Not a Model for America – Especially on Homelessness

April 22, 2021 2:17 amApril 21, 2021 9:11 pm

Last week, Gavin Newsom bragged that California set up a national model to “solve homelessness” by converting hotels into homeless housing. He went on to declare that the Biden administration was working to implement the Newsom model across the country....

Winning a War of Attrition Against Government Unions

April 21, 2021 2:45 amApril 21, 2021 7:46 am

Anyone involved in state or local politics in California soon realizes that government unions are the most powerful special interest in the state. From time to time, as the ride-share behemoths proved in spectacular fashion last November with Proposition 22, corporations...

New Study By Stanford-NIH Adjacent Researcher Hypothesizes Masks Are Ineffective Against COVID

April 20, 2021 1:39 pmMay 16, 2022 11:34 am

CORRECTION and UPDATE: This story has been updated with a clarification that better explains the relationships between the study’s author and various institutions whose proximity to the author cast a greater impression of support from those institutions than was warranted....

If California is Facing a Rare Mega-Drought, Why is the State Releasing Water from Reservoirs

April 19, 2021 7:29 amApril 21, 2021 6:19 am

Last week, when California Gov. Gavin Newsom was in Oroville, with a 60% empty Oroville Dam Reservoir as his backdrop, he said he is not ready to declare an official drought emergency. “Instead, he promised he can manage the situation...

California Globe Survey Results Are In On Gov. Recall and Vaccine Passports

April 19, 2021 6:19 amApril 19, 2021 7:30 am

Every week California Globe sends out our email newsletter featuring highlights from the week, and links to many of our articles. It’s one-stop shopping in case you may have missed anything. Last week we started a new feature – a...