CalChamber Flags 2025 ‘Job Killer’ Bills, Citing Threats to Jobs and Economy
As California’s legislative session nears its end, the state’s largest business advocacy group is sounding the alarm over a slate of 2025 bills it deems...
Month : August 2025
California Democrats Strip “Texas Trigger” From Redistricting Plan, Pushing News Maps to November Ballot Regardless of Texas Outcome
California Assembly moves to ensure partisan congressional map proceeds regardless of what Texas or the courts do. California Democrats in the Assembly on Thursday revised...
Who Drew California’s New Congressional Map? What We Know About Paul Mitchell, the DCCC, and Planned Parenthood’s Role
Capitol insiders, records, and interviews point to redistricting consultant Paul Mitchell—working with congressional Democrats—as the key architect behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 map, while...
Newsom Engages White Supremacists on Twitter in Questionable New Media Strategy
From reposting racist extremist accounts to trolling President Trump online with satirical merch, Newsom appears to be testing what one can get away with when...
Thousands Protest Assembly Bill 495 in Sacramento, Saying It Undermines Family Authority
Thousands converged at the State Capitol Tuesday, warning that AB 495’s expanded caregiver authority could sideline parents amid deportation or separation. In a charged demonstration...
UCLA Investigation Reveals Antisemitism, Newsom Looks the Other Way
“It’s time for ‘progressives’ to start condemning anti-semitism and violent attacks on Jewish people with the same intention and vigor demonstrated in other areas of...
GOP Lawmakers File Emergency Petition Against Newsom’s Redistricting Power Grab
Petition argues Democrats illegally “gutted and amended” bills to rush through a constitutional amendment overriding California’s voter-approved redistricting commission. Four California Republican lawmakers have filed...
Leaked Maps Reveal California Democrats’ Plan to Target GOP Districts
Partisan proposal would sideline independent commission and target GOP-held districts. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A leaked draft map reveals that California Democrats are preparing to sidestep...
Valley Fever Cases Climb Again in California After Record-Breaking 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is seeing another surge in Valley fever cases this year, just months after setting an all-time record for infections in 2024,...
Polls Show Californians Strongly Favor Independent Redistricting Over Newsom’s Proposal
Supporters of the current commission outnumber proponents of returning map-making power to the legislature by nearly two-to-one. A new POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab poll shows that...