California's legislature killed two bipartisan bills that would have made lobbyist influence letters public — the same basic transparency standard already met by at least ten other states — while a separate bill moving through committee could expose journalists who report on government-funded immigration nonprofits to $4,000-per-violation fines. Meanwhile, the state's own nonpartisan analysts confirm what critics have argued for years: spending has outpaced revenue by 10 points since the pandemic, producing structural deficits of $20–$30 billion annually that Sacramento has yet to seriously address.
Two bipartisan bills would have shown you who's lobbying your lawmakers. Sacramento killed them both.
The state's own nonpartisan analyst says spending outpaced revenue by 10 points. More taxation won't solve the problem.
AB 2624 just cleared committee. It could allow taxpayer-funded immigration NGOs to sue the journalists investigating them.
California's EDD lost $20 billion to fraud and still owes $21 billion on its federal pandemic loan — and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
SB 1074 bans Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from rigging their platforms against startups. The fight DC couldn't win lands in Big Tech's backyard.
ACA-7 would gut Prop 209's K-12 protections, letting race determine who gets into gifted programs. Voters said no twice. Sacramento doesn't care.
While virtue signaling politicians and their donors sip champagne, real builders walk the fire rubble of Pacific Palisades and work with startup founders to create jobs
Tom Steyer renamed a 1978 Democratic law after Donald Trump and called it a plan. The loophole is real. The history, and the math, are not.
Public sector unions are picking their next governor. Porter, Swalwell, and Steyer are lining up to perform. One Democrat is not: Matt Mahan
California bleeds $20-35 billion a year. Steyer wants to raise taxes. Mahan wants to stop lighting money on fire.