California
Violent Beating on Sleeping Homeless Man in Arroyo Grande Left Him with Permanent Brain Injury
The Court suspended the five-year state prison sentence for each defendant, and placed both on formal probation for four years
Chart of Sections of the Assembly and Senate Daily Files
The first reading of the bill takes place when it is actually introduced in either house
Sen Ruben Gallego’s Pattern of Poor Judgment Exposed with New Revelations of Sexual Relationships with House Staffers
Sources described Gallego as “very flirtatious” after drinking, with one Democratic operative telling the Post the behavior ‘gives me the creeps’
West Hollywood Declares War on Home Depot Over Imaginary ICE Ties
Government at its most self-destructive: It’s easier to virtue-signal against a corporation than to enforce the law
New Poll Shows Socialist Challenger Within Eight Points Of Stanton In Arizona, Raising Stakes For Republican Jasser
Socialist Kai Newkirk’s campaign platform calls for Medicare for All, tuition-free public colleges and universities, the abolition of ICE
Ringside: Commercializing Hydrocarbon Production from Air and Water
Terraform Industries has built its business model on the premise of much lower costs
Canadian Woman Violently Expressed Opinion On Donald Trump and ICE – and Now She’s Being Deported
Her husband was worse – wished for the death of President Donald Trump and his family on Tic Toc
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Files Lawsuit to Stop Release Process for Murderers Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Newsom’s Board of Parole Hearings created a bureaucratic process to give these criminals a chance at parole, re-victimizing the families of their victims
Congressional Candidate, Navy Veteran, Airline Pilot, Engineer Jim Desmond Tackles SoCal’s High Cost Of Living
MAGA Majority highlights Desmond: dedicated to service, leadership, and getting things done
Inventory and Appraisal of Decedent Estates
Deals with inventory and appraisal for the administration of estates of decedents in California
Commercial Fishing Licenses
Requires the department to issue a commercial fishing license to any resident upon payment of a base fee of $95
Another California Rail Disaster: Over $1 Billion Per Mile for LAX SkyLink, Contractor Sues City
The only high-speed thing in California is the velocity at which tax dollars disappear
Sacramento Bolsheviks Hire Recycling Police for ‘Curbside Trash Bin Inspections’
The real issue is submission: the government needs you to submit to their policies, legitimate or not
Leaving California: Tennessee is Romancing Paramount
The loss to the California economy would be roughly $30 billion
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Announces Lawsuit Seeking to Block New California Parole Regulations for Murderers Sentenced To Life
These rules exceed the Board’s legal authority and could allow early release for some of California’s most violent offenders
Tone Deaf Gavin Newsom Avoiding ‘Uncomfortable Truths’ of His Own Making
Is Gavin Newsom considering a dalliance with the DSA?
Former Arizona Democratic Party Vice Chair and DSA Transgender Activist Arrested Over Disputed Kink ‘Scene’ Involving Knife, Tape, and Gloves
Brianna Westbrook’s social media accounts connect Westbrook’s established BDSM adult-performance persona operating under the name Harley DeVil
California Needs a Controller Who Puts Classrooms and Cops Before Bureaucracy
The California Constitution charges the Controller with superintending the state’s accounting systems, financial reporting, audits, and uniform accounting procedures
Chart of Legislative Rules Known by Their Numbers
A bill other than the Budget Bill may not be heard or acted upon by committee or either house until the bill has been in print for 30 days
Sport Fishing Licenses
A sport fishing license is not required for a resident to take a rattlesnake
DCCC Faces Democrat Backlash Over $200,000 Intervention In Key Arizona Primary
The DCCC has endorsed Marlene Galán Woods in Arizona’s First Congressional District
California Leads Coalition of 12 States in Antitrust Lawsuit to Block $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery Merger
In response to Paramount Skydance’s repeated requests for accommodation, Bonta accused the company of ‘blackmail’
The Second Circuit Just Narrowed Religious Liberty – Did It Misread the Supreme Court’s Remand?
A federal appeals court transformed what appeared to be a broader Supreme Court protection for parental religious rights into a much narrower rule—one that could affect California as much as New York.
California Labor and Democrats Driving Wildfire Reducing Goat Herders Out of Business
Labor groups are wagging the dog as California is right in the middle of wildfire season
Two Years After Butler, Democrats’ Hateful Rhetoric Persists
Marni von Wilpert pushes anti-Trump extremism in congressional race
The Legal Challenges to California’s Proposition 40, the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act
It will take a brave Billionaire to step up and file a court challenge, asap
Seven States Down, Forty-Three to Go: The Squatter Fix Is Not Complicated
Until recently, California law made no distinction between a career squatter running a fake-lease scam and a legitimate tenant dispute
Chart of Types of Legislative Publications
The agenda of business for each legislative days
Another Month, Another Onslaught of Municipal Tax and Fee Increases Across Arizona
Local leaders across Arizona increasingly treat taxpayers as an endless ATM
Governor Newsom to ‘San Francisco’ all of California With No ‘Red Tape’ Affordable Housing
Upzoning from single-family zoning to allow for multiple-unit buildings is supply-side progressivism
Newsom’s ‘First in the Nation’ Fast Food Council Hasn’t Met in Two Years Despite Million-Dollar Budget
After two years of inactivity, Californians can be forgiven for asking whether this ‘groundbreaking’ body was ever more than a union wish-list item with a permanent blank check attached
Paramount Considering Moving its HQ, Pulling $30B Annual Spending out of California
Paramount has made repeated requests to AG Bonta to strike a deal that would allow its merger with Warner Bros. to close
The Latino Vote Revolts
Democrats built an entire electoral strategy around the idea that certain groups belonged to them
Courts Removing Statewide Measures from the Ballot
The Judicial branch has done so recently in three instances
The Legislative Order of Business
The hierarchy of business that is conducted on the Floors of the two houses of the California Legislature
Ninth Circuit Delivers Promising Injunction Against CA’s SAFETY Act’s Parental Secrecy Rules
This is a small victory to reclaim parental rights in California from an increasingly aggressive nanny-state
As AG, Xavier Becerra Prevented California Housing
As with so many of the political opportunist ilk sleaze, Becerra now suddenly demands the very housing he prevented
Have Courts Struck Down Voter-Approved Ballot Measures?
The courts have done so more than once in the State of California
Committees of the California Legislature
There are 130 different committees between the two houses of the California Legislature
Turning Point Action Revokes Arizona Republican’s Endorsement After Scorecard Dispute
TPA revoked its endorsement of Rep Nick Kupper after COO Tyler Bowyer’s criticism of Rep Quang Nguyen
‘Patch and Pray’ Security Culture a Dangerous Game for American IT
Congress should establish legal standards that hold software manufacturers accountable for preventable security failures
The Rusty Areias Highway… to Hell?
Rusty Areias’s firm represents more than 100 clients with business before the Legislature
US Hospitals Advertising in Spanish to Illegal Aliens for Free Taxpayer Paid Health Care
‘It’s not America… it’s California’
San Francisco Public Bank: Because What This City Needs Is Another Bright Idea
When the politically approved loans go sideways – and they will – the losses land squarely on you, the local taxpayer
Elevating ‘Black English’ to a Language in Schools Comes with Linguistic and Cultural Problems
California’s public schools already struggle with literacy rates and achievement gaps that affect students of all backgrounds
Sacramento’s Sanctuary Law Is Also a Housing Policy
A California household needs an annual income of $204,800 just to carry the payment on a median-priced home, and only 22% of the state’s households can clear that bar
Out-of-State Billionaires vs. California Small Businesses: The Rigged System Blocking Local Craft Spirits
California distillers are struggling to find support in Sacramento for legislation that would simply allow them to ship directly to their own customers
Did Assembly Republican Leaders Sell Out The Caucus or just Themselves?
Republican Minority Leader Heath Flora and Republican Caucus Chair Juan Alanis voted for a tax increase;
Uniform Prudent Investor Act
Requires a trust to invest and manage trust assets as a prudent investor would
Judicial Proceedings for Health Care Decisions
Provides that an advance health care directive is effective and exercisable free of judicial intervention
Open Letter to California AG Bonta Requesting Investigation into 2026 Los Angeles Mayoral Election
The process involved substantial use of mail-in ballots, extended counting periods, and late shifts in reported totals as additional ballots were processed
Arizona Supreme Court Slams Maricopa Board’s Election Power Grab, Hands Recorder Heap Major Win
Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer wrote for the Court that the Board cannot use its budgetary authority to ‘usurp an independently elected officer’s statutory functions’
Arizona Among Six States To Receive DOJ Election Monitors Ahead Of Primary
The DOJ has sent monitors in prior administrations where poll workers made mistakes, used the wrong poll books, denied voters access to the polls, or failed to comply with language-access requirements
California Ranks #17 on CNBC’s ‘America’s Top States for Business 2026’
CNBC’s ranking is curious since California ranks dead last once again in Chief Executive Magazine’s Best & Worst States For Business 2026
Ringside: The Dismal Economics of Floating Offshore Wind
Floating offshore wind is similarly preposterous. It must be canceled, before any more money is wasted
Did Universities Really End DEI? New Reports Suggest Otherwise
Criticalrace.org has cataloged over 700 institutions of higher education DEI activities
What Is in the 2026 Claims Bill?
AB 2597 would appropriate $7,391,650.83 from the General Fund to the Attorney General to pay claims, settlements, or judgments against the state
Newsom’s Summer Tour Kicks Off in Nevada
Canvassing blitz and fundraising push for Aaron Ford’s governor bid
US DOJ Civil Rights Letter Warning: Elections Officials in all 50 States Subject to Criminal Prosecution if Noncitizens Vote
‘Any amount of voter fraud is a significant amount of voter fraud for the Civil Rights Division!’
Chart of Main Canons of Statutory Construction
Different words in the same statute cannot have the same meaning
Spencer Pratt Launches The WAR Foundation to Battle Political Corruption, Communists, and Restore Common Sense
Pratt is building permanent organization dedicated to fighting political corruption through hard-hitting media, investigative research, educational campaigns, and strategic partnerships
Consumer Affairs: California is NOT One of The Best States to Move to in 2026
Why did California rank so low?
Hamadeh To Introduce Impeachment Articles Against Judge Who Blocked SAVE Voter Citizenship Checks
Hamadeh accused ‘Judge’ Sparkle Sooknanan of issuing ‘a blatant and unlawful subversion of the President’s executive authority and a direct assault on election integrity’
UC Berkeley to Launch ‘Nonpartisan’ Nancy Pelosi Institute
Berkeley wants Pelosi to teach Democracy?
Even More Notes on California Legislative Drafting
From one bill: It is the intent of the Legislature that this paragraph have retroactive application
Arizona Election Bombshell: Audit & Interface Failures Documented Years Before 2024 Voter Verification Scandal
Significant interface, audit, reconciliation, and security-review questions involving the state’s voter registration system were documented years before Arizona officials disclosed a citizenship-verification problem affecting more than 200,000 registered voters in 2024
Swing-District Dem Randy Villegas Silent on Platner Sexual Assault Allegations
Villegas’ campaign is managed by Morris Katz of Fight Agency, the same firm tied to Platner, raising further questions about the depth of their alliance
Common California Legislative Rule Waivers Granted
There are several hundred total rules found in the Joint Rules, Assembly Rules, and Senate Rules
Undercover LA Raid Exposes California’s Multi-Million Dollar Welfare Fraud
California receives 80% of the federal funding for illegal immigrant families
‘Bipartisan’ Rep Susie Lee Wants to ‘Beat the Shit Out of’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
In April, Lee unleashed a profanity-laced meltdown on X (formerly Twitter) targeting President Donald Trump. In a since-deleted post
Toyota to Move Tacoma Production to Texas as Trump Admin Punts US/Canada/Mexico Trade Deal
U.S. won’t renew USMCA, opening door for negotiations with Canada and Mexico
Operation New Dawn Success Due To Agencies Working Together
This was a sweeping operation in Chicago that brought together 11 different federal agencies to execute 305 arrests and recover 24 children
Taking Possession of Decedent Property
Deals with public administrators in the administration of the estates of decedents in California
86-Year-Old Paul Pelosi Involved in Hit-and-Run in Yountville
The Pelosis’ estimated net worth is $636 million as of July 2026 – perhaps Paul should hire a driver
Fed Analysis: Illegal Immigration Surge Under Biden Jacked Up Home and Rental Prices by Double Digits
Illegal immigration accounted for roughly 30% of home price growth and 20% of rent increases in the average market
Memo to Other States: Don’t Copy California on $6+ Gas
Electric vehicles, advanced biofuels, hydrogen technologies, and other emerging transportation solutions should compete and succeed on their merits