California State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) is pushing a bill that would restrict expedited airport screening by for-profit companies such as Clear, which charges $189 per year to move passengers to the front of the TSA security line.
California State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), who was recalled in 2018 but reelected in 2020, has dropped an effort to pass a bill that would reveal the names of voters who sign recall petitions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that he would ask state Attorney General Xavier Becerra — the same guy who is always suing the Trump administration — to investigate whether oil and gas companies are to blame for high fuel prices in the state.
The supermajority will give Governor-elect Gavin Newsom the ability to push his agenda through the legislature with minimal opposition.
Voters in California’s 29th State Senate district recalled freshman Democrat Josh Newman in Tuesady’s California primary over his vote for Governor Jerry Brown’s 12-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike, replacing him with Republican Ling Ling Chang and definitively denying Democrats a supermajority in the upper house.
Voters in California’s 29th State Senate district will decide the fate of freshman Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) on Tuesday, when he faces a recall over his 2017 vote to increase gas taxes by 12 cents per gallon, along with other fees.
California Republicans say they have gathered more than enough signatures to put a proposal to repeal last year’s controversial gas tax on the November ballot — the latest sign that there is still life in the Golden State’s GOP.
Californians are bracing for the first phase of the SB-1 gas tax and vehicle registration hikes, which could help boost prices by up to 29 cents per gallon over the next 32 months.
California Democrats fast-tracked another bill Thursday designed to rig the recall election process and protect their supermajority status by saving an embattled state senator from a recall effort.
The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), the Democrat-created ethics committee for elections in California voted Thursday to reverse its long-standing rule restricting campaign limits on donations from elected officials in recall elections. The goal is to help State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) save his seat from a recall election.
An appellate judge in California has shut down Democrats’ efforts to rig the recall election targeting freshman State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), blocking a new law Monday that would have postponed the vote until next year.
The Democrat-appointed members of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission voted Thursday to ignore the advice of their own attorney and lift restrictions on campaign contributions to defend officials from recall votes — a move designed to help State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), who voted for Jerry Brown’s gas tax earlier this year.
Republican advocates of a California ballot initiative to repeal the state’s new gas tax will sue Attorney General Xavier Becerra over language he issued describing the measure, which they say is “misleading” to voters.
California Democrats passed a $125 billion budget Thursday, the largest in state history, while slipping in a provision to alter the recall process to protect State Sen. Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) and their supermajority.
Californians reject the new gas tax and vehicle registration fee increases passed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democrat-dominated California legislature.
Embattled freshman Democrat State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) is resurrecting old smears against the San Diego Republican responsible for organizing a recall election against him for voting for Gov. Jerry Brown’s 12-cent gas tax earlier this year.
California Governor Jerry Brown referred to taxpayers as “freeloaders” last week for objecting to his new gas tax and car fee hikes. “The freeloaders — I’ve had enough of them … They have a president that doesn’t tell the truth and they’re following suit,” he said.
