Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals
LOS ANGELES— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today challenging the last step in the administration’s plan to allow oil drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public lands and minerals in Central California. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, says the Bureau of Land Management violated federal […]
California governor seeks $1 billion to target homelessness
by DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A billion-dollar investment last year has yet to curtail California’s growing homeless crisis, and with the state awash in revenue, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend a billion more on programs aimed at getting people off the streets. He signed an executive order Wednesday creating what […]
Will California Republican Party Help “Recall of Newsom” Effort? How?
. By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views We know Gavin Newsom lied about his opposition to the High Speed Rail. We know that Newsom decided to force 80,000 independent truckers into corporation workers and union bribe payers. We know that Newsom has declared war on California farmers by limiting water allocations to make […]
Trump Gets Win After California’s Supreme Court Nixes Law Requiring POTUS To Fork Over His Tax Returns
CHRIS WHITE TECH REPORTER . California’s high court unanimously knocked down a recently passed state law requiring politicians to provide several years of tax returns before running for national office, CNN reported Thursday. President Donald Trump immediately challenged the law in court after Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed the law in July after it sailed through the […]
Newsom used Goldilocks Syndrome to destroy PG&E
Richard Eber, California Political News and Views Like most people who have lived their entire lives in California, I’m not exactly in love with PG&E. The utility that serves millions of residents can be charitably called a benevolent oligopoly. It is large and often unwieldy but when a pilot light is out, a utility line […]
Is Leaving Customers in the Dark Really the Solution to preventing Wildfires?
By Debra Tash Residents of Ventura County recently experienced the effects of a Southern California Edison’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS). It was the utility’s attempt to prevent wildfires caused by their equipment/grid failures in a high wind event. Customers were left in the dark for days resulting in food spoilage, revenue loss with businesses […]
Recall Newsom petition efforts surprisingly strong
Governor Newsom has approved bills to specifically benefit those illegally in the United States. Those bills are AB 32, legislation aimed at shutting down private immigration detention centers in California, and SB 225 that provides a person, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, the right to hold an appointed civil office in California. In 2015, […]
What Do Rolling Blackouts And Sky-High Gas Prices Mean For Gov Newsom’s Job As Governor?
CHRIS WHITE TECH REPORTER Wildfires might be the least of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s concerns as his state’s citizens struggle with power blackouts. A previous California governor who struggled to deal with rolling energy blackouts was recalled in 2003. High gas prices, rolling blackouts, and wildfires are weighing on California citizens. Recent history might explain […]
California Governor Approves Broadest Gun Seizure Laws In US
DAVID KRAYDEN OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved some of the strictest gun laws and gun seizure powers in the U.S. Friday, signing into law 15 different pieces of gun legislation. Newsom has reinforced a “red flag” law that enables educators, employers and co-workers to inform on gun owners and request […]
What Didn’t the Governor Get About Assembly Bill 51?
The state director for California’s leading small-business association today reacted with perplexity over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing, yesterday, of Assembly Bill 51 into law, a law aimed at essentially prohibiting arbitration of labor and employment claims as a condition of employment. “I don’t know if Governor Newsom realized that AB 51 is likely […]
