Governor Signs Bill Establishing Statewide Translation Standards for Ballots
Sacramento – State Treasurer Fiona Ma today thanked Governor Gavin Newsom for signing legislation that will change how a candidate’s name is translated and listed on local ballot. Until now, California law requires the translation of ballots and ballot materials into languages other than English but there has been no statewide translation standards for candidates […]
Will utility rates go up? What California’s $26 billion wildfire plan means for you
BY BRYAN ANDERSON California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed off on a $26 billion plan on Friday to address the state’s ongoing wildfire threats. The comprehensive plan, which sped through the Capitol in less than a week, aims to offer a timetable for reimbursing past wildfire victims following PG&E’s decision to declare bankruptcy earlier this year. It also establishes […]
California Governor Signs Illegal Immigrant Health Care Bill Into Law
Jason Hopkins | Immigration and Politics Reporter California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom officially made his state the first in the U.S. to offer government health care benefits to adult-aged illegal immigrants. Newsome signed SB-104 into law Tuesday, cementing it into the state’s 2020 budget. The legislation extends taxpayer-funded health care to low-income adults aged 19 to 25, […]
JACKSON: If Newsom Is Right, California’s Rot Is Coming To The Rest Of America
KERRY JACKSON PACIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom predicted this week that the Republican Party will “will go into the waste bin of society.” It was an interesting comment, coming only a couple of weeks after his party’s presidential candidates appeared at California’s Democratic Party convention. That convention showed why California is moving in […]
California Set To Give Full Health Care Benefits To Low-Income Illegal Immigrants
Molly Prince | Politics Reporter California lawmakers released a final draft of the state’s 2020 budget late Sunday evening that would expand health care to illegal immigrants and cost taxpayers nearly $100 million per year. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom reached an agreement with Democrats in the state legislature to become the first state in the […]
Gov. Newsom Welcomes Women To Have Their Abortions In California
David Krayden | Ottawa Bureau Chief California is open for abortions — whether you live in the state or not. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that anyone in the United States is welcome to come to his state and get an abortion — and taxpayer dollars might even pay for it, the Fresno Beereported. Newsom […]
California is All Wrong on New Housing
By Richard Colman The target is 3.5 million new California homes by 2025. That’s what California’s new Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom wants to see in the Golden State. When it comes to housing, Newsom has things backwards. Instead of encouraging the construction of new housing, Newsom should give people who live in California — […]
Governor Newsom Announces Cancellation of Brainharming Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Californians for Pesticide Reform Sacramento, CA: California’s farmworking communities will soon get a reprieve from a devastating pesticide linked to permanent brain damage in young children. A little more than two years after the Trump Administration reversed a proposed federal ban of the neurotoxic organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos, Governor Newsom today announced the commencement of […]
Newsom scraps $16B plan for tunnels to deliver water to Southern California
Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News California Gov. Gavin Newsom has formally abandoned a plan to build two giant tunnels to reroute the state’s water from north to south, an idea pushed by his predecessor, Jerry Brown. Newsom had signaled the move in his State of the State address in February but made it official Thursday by asking state agencies to […]
Can Gov. Newsom ‘lead from behind’ on wildfire legislation?
By Chris Reed Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wildfire “strike force” surprised some with the vagueness of its most important recommendation: That it’s time to revise the “inverse condemnation” state law that holds energy utilities can be held fully responsible for fires that were caused by their equipment even if the equipment was properly maintained. The law […]
