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Steve Hilton: Abolish the DMV
BY LYNN LA (REPUBLISHED FROM CAL MATTERS – CALMATTERS.ORG) Saying “enough is enough,” Steve Hilton said he wants to get rid of the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Rallying in front of a DMV office in West Hollywood on Tuesday, the Republican candidate for governor said he wants to abolish the department by transferring its functions to a…
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California could be first in the nation to create smoke-damage standards
BY LEVI SUMAGAYSAY (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) Two smoke-damage bills awaiting the governor’s signature address a longstanding issue brought to the fore by the Los Angeles County fires: When is it safe for wildfire survivors to move back into their homes? After the deadly January 2025 fires, which destroyed more than…
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Globe accused of ‘Hit Piece’ over exposé of CA assemblyman who sent $6 million to his own nonprofit from state budget
Taxpayers did not volunteer to underwrite Assemblyman Jackson’s nonprofit By Katy Grimes (Republished from The California Globe – california globe.com) California Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson (D-Moreno Valley), who received his Masters in Social Work, founded and directs the nonprofit Center Against Racism and Trauma (CART), which has only been tax-exempt since February 2022. Earlier this year, he named CART his legislative…
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Wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of session
BY LEVI SUMAGAYSAY (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) After nearly a month of intense closed-door negotiations, California lawmakers on the last day of session killed a compromise bill that failed to insulate utilities when they cause catastrophic wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the utilities had fought to significantly reduce what utility companies…
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California lawmakers strike wildfire deal that leaves out most of Newsom’s big demands
BY JEANNE KUANG AND LEVI SUMAGAYSAY (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday backed off his proposal to reduce costs for electrical utilities after their equipment sparks wildfires, agreeing instead to a narrower deal after homeowners, insurers and fire survivors argued his original plan would have shifted those costs onto them. Instead, the…
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CAIR Sponsored Bill to add Muslim Holidays to California’s Official State Holidays Headed to Gov’s Desk?
It is selective accommodation, while traditional American Christian holidays get watered down By Katy Grimes, The California Globe (Republished from californiaglobe.com) A mere 25 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by nineteen Islamic extremists, and the California Legislature appears ready to adopt two Muslim holidays. Are Democrats following in the footsteps…
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Shocking: CA Senate Democrats Reject Banning Pedophile Sex Offenders from Holding Public Office
I will not stop fighting until every sex offender is barred from holding public office in California’ said Sen. Valladares By Katy Grimes, The California Globe (Republished from The California Globe – californiaglobe.com) A bill to keep convicted sex offenders from holding public office made it through the Assembly 67 to 0 in early July. Then…
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Federal wildfire crews are stretched thin. California is stepping in to help
BY RACHEL BECKER (This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.) California’s last working nuclear power plant sits cradled in a landscape that would worry any firefighter when the wind picks up. The Pacific Ocean and its perpetual fog lick the western edge of the coastal bluffs holding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. But the…
