California Democrats plan to use anti-Trump advertisements in completely unrelated state races, judging by the first statewide ad run by State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), who is running for California Insurance Commissioner.
Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is in the Democrats’ crosshairs, drawing a “Republican” opponent, who sounds more like a Democrat in disguise, exploiting California’s relatively new “top two” primary system.
Gov. Jerry Brown is coming under increasing fire from all sides for ‘stealing’ $1.2 Billion of the cigarette tax money—raised from Proposition 56—and diverting it into the state’s General Fund.
California Democrats are seeking to penalize companies who are forced to buy greenhouse gas (GHG) emission permits as part of California’s “cap-and-trade” program, fresh off a victory over business owners who sued to have the program overturned as an illegal tax.
A bill under consideration in California would place a third gender option on state documents — which, if it passes would make California the first state in the country to do so.
Joe Bray-Ali, a Democrat candidate for Los Angeles City Council, lost the endorsement of the Los Angeles Times last week after admitting that he had made offensive remarks in an online forum.
The California DMV may have inadvertently provided the Trump administration a way to get to the bottom of allegations of massive voter fraud.
A small group of California Republican legislators are reversing their opposition to AB 32 — the “Global Warming Solutions Act” — and embracing California’s controversial climate change policies.
Scott Lucas called into Breitbart News Daily Show, hosted by Alex Marlow, on Monday, and for about 14 minutes, one of the most conservative radio hosts and one of the most liberal political journalists had an extremely good conversation—one that was both insightful and respectful.
The State of California issued the first tranche of taxable construction bonds last Thursday for the High Speed Rail Project, making it clear that it is determined to go ahead with the unpopular project despite numerous obstacles, including federal funding roadblocks thrown up by President Donald Trump.
A mural painted on state property near San Diego—depicting an ICE Agent strangling a Mexican worker as he sends money home—is stirring up a new controversy, according to a San Diego Union Tribune news story.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is no longer “shielding” non-felon aliens who are present in the US illegally, and arrests among that group have doubled since President Trump took office, according to a Washington Post report.
An environmental group and an Arizona Democrat legislator have filed the first lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s border wall, though the case may be thrown out.
President Donald Trump needs a major victory, and after the first, failed effort to repeal Obamacare, many pundits are wondering if he can stop California from becoming a “sanctuary state.”
One California State Senator has amended a bill to discriminate against any contractor who works on President Trump’s border wall—by banning them for life from being awarded any contracts with the state of California. San Diego Tribune reports that State
Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is pursuing a pathway to the California governor’s mansion that would make him the first Latino governor since 1875 — but it depends on turning out the chronically underperforming Latino vote.
A California appeals court denied a challenge to the state’s lucrative cap-and-trade program by California business owners on Thursday—who argued the program constituted an illegal tax.
Rep. Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA) met with President Trump Tuesday and proposed a way to pay for the new border wall: end the visa lottery and “sell” visas for $1 million each to wealthy potential immigrants.
A contractor bidding on President Trump’s border wall wants to know if authorities will “rush in” to protect his crew if they come under “hostile fire” during construction, according to an Associated Press story reported by Yahoo News.
Katie Porter, a law professor at University of California, Irvine — and a former student and protégé of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — announced Monday that she will run for Congress in Orange County’s 45th congressional district.
The highest taxed state in the nation is about to pay more in taxes as California Governor Jerry Brown won agreement from Democrat leaders to push through a long-overdue transportation bill funded by raising gas taxes and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) usage fees.
Parents of students at a North Hollywood middle school are livid after being informed that their school is suffering disproportionate budget cuts that could force layoffs and increase class sizes simply because the school has too high a population of white students.
There is a new “#CalExit” movement afoot, and it just received a $1 million cash infusion and two potentially explosive partners as the “Bad Boys of ‘Brexit’” — Nigel Farage and Aaron Banks.
A California group is launching a controversial “No Sanctuary Campuses” campaign, calling for President Trump to defund any state university that declares itself a “sanctuary” and to prosecute state and university officials promoting “sanctuary” for criminal aliens as “secessionists.”
California faces a “very significant risk” if a damaged spillway on the Oroville Dam, the nation’s tallest, is not fully operational by November 1, according to a report obtained by the Associated Press this week.
The Board of San Francisco’s BART balked last Tuesday on a “call to declare the popular commuter line a ‘sanctuary’ system after being warned that the word might be seen as provocative by the Trump administration,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported this week.
Carl’s Jr., the iconic California “healthier” fast-food chain, announced earlier this month that it is quitting the Golden State for greener pastures in Tennessee.
President Trump’s “America First” budget targets a number of controversial California programs and notorious agencies for heavy cuts or outright elimination—while increasing funding for border security and detention of criminal aliens.
President Trump’s “America First” budget targets a number of controversial California programs and notorious agencies for heavy cuts or outright elimination—while increasing funding for border security and detention of criminal aliens.
California’s infrastructure crisis keeps making front page news — this time with the failure of equipment at a key pumping station in the State Water Project, which supplies drinking water to about half the state’s population.
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom is gambling his political future and the California governor’s race on a universal, single-payer health care proposal modeled after the one he brought to the city of San Francisco.
California’s Senate President pro tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) is promising to take President Donald Trump’s administration to court if it fails to renew the federal waiver that allows California to set stricter vehicle emission standards than the rest of the nation.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told supporters on Sunday via social media that he “won’t be back,” quelling rumors about a possible U.S. Senate run in 2018.
The City of San Francisco sought an injunction Wednesday against President Trump’s executive order to block federal grants to “sanctuary cities,” complaining the move could be devastating to the city’s bottom line.
At a rally convened to show support for Janet Nguyen (R-Garden Grove), the California State Senator who was dragged unceremoniously off the Senate floor two weeks ago for supposedly speaking out of turn, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) was booed as he used the opportunity to take another swipe at her instead of apologizing.
Fifteen months after the most serious terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, many of the most seriously injured survivors in the December 2, 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack are still being denied proper medical and pyschiatric treatment as well as physical therapy, thanks to California’s hopelessly flawed worker’s compensation system.
If all you read was the Sacramento Bee headline,“California exports its poor to Texas, other states, while wealthier people move in,” you might think it was true. But upon deeper inspection, it appears to be false — or, at the very least, highly debatable.
If two California lawmakers have their way, bicyclists will soon be able to run stop signs without stopping or even slowing down — in essence, legalizing the “California roll.”
The Republican Caucus in the California State Senate may soon be leaderless, if no one steps up to take the job.
President Donald Trump is keeping his word so far on enforcement of federal immigration law, and it is apparently having an effect on demand by illegal aliens for “Dream Act” funds.
