And why would anyone want to vote for someone like Gavin Newsom for US president? Those are rhetorical questions, of course. Efforts to recall Newsom failed. He might even have gotten more votes than Harris had he run for president … Continue reading →
I watched parts of a video of Tucker Carlson interviewing attorney Harmeet Dhillon about Kamala Harris’ early days as a prosecutor and DA in San Francisco, and then AG in California. Dhillon knew her back then. The video is very … Continue reading →
This is very funny. But how could anyone think it was anything but a parody? Meanwhile, Newsom has signed a law to fight such ads. And that’s no joke: California has enacted some of the nation’s strictest measures to combat … Continue reading →
Voters in the city of Huntington Beach, California passed an amendment to the city charter that would require ID in order to vote in municipal elections. Also: The measure is slated to take effect in 2026 and would also allow … Continue reading →
I hope this doesn’t spread to other states. It’s bad enough that it’s the new policy in California. It’s truly stunning to contemplate: California is about to demonstrate what a world constructed from the tenets of critical race studies looks … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ace.] We can’t have students feeling bad about their grades – unless they’re smart and high-achieving students. Then it’s okay. So let’s eliminate the tails, says California. All students will be equally – or almost equally – mediocre: … Continue reading →
In 2022 the California legislature passed a bill with the intention of implementing “equitable” electricity charges – in other words, charge the non-poor more. Must have seemed like a great idea to the California legislators at the time, but guess … Continue reading →
RIP. Feinsteins career was “filled with firsts,” as this article reminds us: She was the first woman president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman mayor of San Francisco, and one of two of the first women … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote this post about three ballot initiatives in California designed to protect children and parents from the radical trans activist push in that state. In it, I observed: What if these ballot measures pass? I have a hunch … Continue reading →
There’s some pushback to the gender ideology takeover in the schools, even in ultra-blue California: Protect Kids California, a coalition of parental rights advocates and others who oppose gender ideology, filed three ballot initiatives Monday for the November 2024 ballot, … Continue reading →
Why would anyone want to be a small landlord in a city with rules like this?: Oakland is one of the last cities in the Bay Area hanging on to its eviction moratorium, which was introduced during the pandemic to … Continue reading →
One would think that the most basic task of those running a large city would be to preserve civic order. Not a perfect order, of course; that would require a level of control and a restriction of freedom that would … Continue reading →